Special police officer injured in Kashmir
Feb 24, 2018, at 09:40 pm
Srinagar, Feb 24 (IBNS) : A Special Police Officer (SPO) was critically injured after his service rifle went off accidentlaly in South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
Meghalaya: Most wanted Garo terrorist Sohan D Shira killed
Feb 24, 2018, at 09:37 pm
Guwahati, Feb 24 (IBN) : In a major break through by the Meghalaya police, a most wanted top Garo terrorist, who was identified as Sohan D Shira, was killed in an encounter with the Meghalaya police on Saturday in East Garo Hills.
Meghalaya's most wanted militant gunned down in encounter
Feb 24, 2018, at 09:32 pm
Shillong, Feb 24 (IBNS) : Security forces on Saturday gunned down Meghalaya's most-wanted militant and self-styled chief of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Sohan D Shira in an encounter in East Garo Hills district, media reports said quoting police.
ED attaches Nirav Modi properties worth Rs. 523 crore
Feb 24, 2018, at 08:29 pm
Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) : The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday attached 21 properties worth Rs. 523 crore belonging to billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi and his business group as part of its probe into the Rs. 11,400-crore PNB fraud, media reports said.
Feb 24, 2018, at 08:16 pm
Chennai, Feb 24 (IBNS) : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami and Deputy CM O Panneerselvam unveiled the statue of former CM Jayalalithaa at the AIADMK office on her 70th birth anniversary on Saturday.
Kerala tribal youth's lynching : Ten in custody
Feb 24, 2018, at 07:23 pm
Palakkad, Feb 24 (IBNS) : Police have taken into custody ten people in connection with the lynching of a tribal youth in Kerala, which created a furore on social media, reports said.
PNB scam: Done nothing wrong, says accused Mehul Choksi
Feb 24, 2018, at 06:50 pm
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS): Mehul Choksi, who is one of the accused in the PNB scam, recently told his employees in a letter that he has done nothing wrong, media reports said.
CBI books Delhi jeweller over Rs. 390 crore Oriental Bank of Commerce loan scam
Feb 24, 2018, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) : Amidst the murky scenario involving Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi in the PNB fraud case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Delhi-based jewellery exporter Dwarka Das Seth International for allegedly cheating the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) of ₹389.85 crore, media reports said.
PM Modi to launch Amma Two-wheeler Scheme in Chennai today
Feb 24, 2018, at 06:13 pm
Chennai, Feb 24 (IBNS): In what could raise the speculations of a new political chemistry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will launch the AIADMK-run Tamil Nadu government's Two-wheeler Scheme in Chennai, media reports said.
Ahead of Assembly elections, BJP-Cong face off in Madhya Pradesh by-polls
Feb 24, 2018, at 04:15 pm
Mungaoli/Kolaras, Feb 24 (IBNS): The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are up to a prestige battle in two by-polls in Madhya Pradesh, taking place on Saturday, as the state is heading towards the Assembly election later this year, media reports said.
PM Narendra Modi addresses Economic Times Global Business Summit
Feb 24, 2018, at 03:08 pm
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the Economic Times Global Business Summit in New Delhi, on the theme: New Economy – New Rules.
Uttar Pradesh: 18-year-old girl burnt alive outside her village
Feb 24, 2018, at 05:38 am
Unnao, Feb 23 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, an 18-year-old girl was burnt alive in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao on Thursday.
Pakistan to be placed on watch list for terror financing?
Feb 24, 2018, at 05:19 am
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IBNS): In a move to curb terrorism, the global money laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to put Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watch list, media reports said.
Rahul Gandhi calls meeting with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau 'fruitful'
Feb 24, 2018, at 04:41 am
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Delhi, which the former termed as a fruitful discussion.
Kerala: Mob beats tribal man to death over theft allegation
Feb 24, 2018, at 01:58 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 23 (IBNS): A 27-year-old tribal man was on Thursday night beaten to death by local people over allegation of theft in Kadukumanna village in Attappady, near Palakkad in Kerala.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit 2 states and 2 Union Territories over the next two days
Feb 24, 2018, at 12:34 am
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a visit to two states: Gujarat and Tamil Nadu; and two Union Territories: Daman & Diu and Puducherry, over the next two days.
Kolkata Police arrest suspected JMB member in connection with Bodh Gaya explosion
Feb 24, 2018, at 12:30 am
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IBNS): The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on Thursday nabbed an active member of Bangladeshi terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Dhulian in West Bengal's Murshidabad district in connection with Bodh Gaya explosion, officials said.
Delegation of Delhi Government employees meets Dr Jitendra Singh
Feb 24, 2018, at 12:24 am
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): A delegation of AGMUT Cadre I.A.S Association, Delhi Administrative Subordinate Services (DASS), DANICS officers’ association, Delhi Jal Board, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), engineers and Delhi Government Employees Welfare Association met the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh here on Friday.
Films should become instruments of change and promote social cohesion: Vice President Naidu
Feb 24, 2018, at 12:05 am
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that films should become instruments of change and promote social cohesion and they must also promote communal harmony, national integration and patriotism without diminishing their popular appeal.
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau calls on the President Kovind
Feb 24, 2018, at 12:03 am
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, called on President of India Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday.
Independent Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee praises Mamata Banerjee
Feb 23, 2018, at 11:46 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): In a surprise move, expelled CPI-M MP Ritabrata Banerjee praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her government's performance in the state.
Kolkata: Arrested SSB official escapes from police custody, surrenders later
Feb 23, 2018, at 11:34 pm
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IBNS): A senior official of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), who was held in connection with a murder case, fled from police custody at Diamond Harbour in Kolkata's neighbouring South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Friday, reports said.
Cross border tension: 500 civilians shifted to safer place in Uri
Feb 23, 2018, at 11:18 pm
Srinagar, Feb 23 (IBNS): Police have evacuated five hundred residents and shifted them to safer places in border areas of Uri in North Kashmir’s Barmaulla after Pakistan resorted to unprovoked cross-border shelling in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan visits India, meets Sushma Swaraj
Feb 23, 2018, at 10:56 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan Lyonpo Damcho Dorji is on an official visit to India from Feb 20-23.
India and Canada will work together to fight terrorism, extremism : Narendra Modi
Feb 23, 2018, at 10:47 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS) : Announcing that India and Canada have agreed to work fight together against terrorism and extremism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that any challenge to the country's sovereignty and unity will not be tolerated.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wins heart by showing bhangra dancing skills
Feb 23, 2018, at 09:50 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has won several hearts in India on Thursday night when he showed his dancing skills at an event here.
Terrorism is a threat to both India and Canada: Modi
Feb 23, 2018, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): After meeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Friday said terrorism is a threat to both India and Canada.
Feb 23, 2018, at 08:53 pm
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IBNS) : In another move against diamond merchant Nirav Modi, the prime accused in the PNB fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday froze one of his bank accounts with Rs. 30 crore balance and shares worth Rs. 13.86 crore held by one of his companies, media reports said.
UK national allegedly molested in Jodhpur, Mumbai girl at railway station
Feb 23, 2018, at 07:44 pm
Jodhpur/Mumbai Feb 23 (IBNS) : In two shocking incidents, a UK national was allegedly molested by two bike-borne men in Rajasthan's Jodhpur, while a middle-aged man allegedly forcibly kissed a young woman in a suburban railway station in Mumbai, media reports said.
Will Amit Shah be questioned on Loya death case: Arvind Kejriwal
Feb 23, 2018, at 06:46 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Reacting to the investigations going on over the Delhi Chief Secretary assault case, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked whether BJP President Amit Shah will be questioned on the death of judge Loya.