Education is fulcrum of Indian engagement with Ethiopia and Africa, says President Kovind

Oct 06, 2017, at 08:53 pm

Addis Ababa, Oct 6 (IBNS): President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, addressed the academic and student community at Addis Ababa University, the oldest university in Ethiopia, on Friday before concluding his four-day State visit to Djibouti and Ethiopia.

Nobel Peace Prize 2017 awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Oct 06, 2017, at 08:51 pm

Stockholm, Oct 6 (IBNS) : The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

Five Air Force officers and two Army personnel killed in IAF chopper crash in Arunachal Pradesh

Oct 06, 2017, at 08:46 pm

Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh Oct 6 (IBNS) : Seven defence personnel, including five Indian Air Force (IAF) officers, were killed when an IAF chopper crashed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang region on Friday morning, officials said.

IAF chopper crash: Death toll rises to seven

Oct 06, 2017, at 07:28 pm

Tawang, Oct 6 (IBNS): At least seven people died when a chopper of the Indian Air Force crashed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang region on Friday morning, officials said.

Sasikala gets five-day parole to meet ailing husband

Oct 06, 2017, at 07:00 pm

Chennai, Oct 6 (IBNS): The AIADMK's former general secretary, V K Sasikala, has been granted a five- day parole to meet her ailing husband, media reports said.

Election Commission to hear AIADMK's 'two leaves symbol' case today

Oct 06, 2017, at 05:38 pm

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India will hear the two-leaves symbol case of the AIADMK on Friday, media reports said.

Arunachal Pradesh: IAF chopper crash kills at least five

Oct 06, 2017, at 04:33 pm

Tawang, Oct 6 (IBNS): At least five people were killed after an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crashed near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday morning, media reports said.

Banwarilal Purohit appointed new Tamil Nadu Governor

Oct 06, 2017, at 04:27 pm

Chennai, Oct 6 (IBNS): Amid the ongoing political turmoil in the state, Banwarilal Purohit has been sworn-in as the new Tamil Nadu Governor on Friday, media reports said.

India’s trade and investment relationship with Ethiopia is very strong, says President

Oct 06, 2017, at 04:56 am

Addis Ababa, Oct 5 (IBNS): Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday addressed the India-Ethiopia Business Dialogue, organised to commemorate the 12th Anniversary of the India Business Forum in Addis Ababa.

Sonowal bids farewell to Governor Banwarilal Purohit

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:53 am

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS): Assam and Meghalaya Governor Banwarilal Purohit who left for Tamil Nadu on Thursday morning to assume the charge of Governor of Tamil Nadu, thanked the people Assam for their all-out cooperation that he received during his tenure in Assam.

ISRO to set up its research centre in Guwahati

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:49 am

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) would set up a research centre in Guwahati for start ups, academicians, environmentalists and entrepreneurs as the decision to this effect was taken at a meeting between Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and ISRO Chariman Dr. A.S. Kiran Kumar held at Loka Priya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on Thursday.

Arunachal governor asks officials to implement developmental projects in mission mode

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:41 am

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS): Newly appointed Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd) on Thursday chaired his first review meeting on developmental activities of the State with the senior officers of the State Government at Raj Bhavan in Itanagar.

Narada sting: ED quizzes TMC MP Aparupa Poddar, CBI visits Madan Mitra's flat

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:30 am

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Aparupa Poddar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday morning for interrogation in connection with the Narada sting operation when a team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra's flat in Kolkata's outskirts to reconstruct the transaction episode, sources said.

Pinarayi Vijayan slams BJP over Jana Raksha Yatra in Kerala

Oct 05, 2017, at 11:35 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5 (IBNS): Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday over their 15-day long Jana Raksha Yatra, which was launched on Tuesday against an alleged Leftist violence in the state, media reports said.

Lalu Prasad questioned by CBI in land-for-hotel scam

Oct 05, 2017, at 11:34 pm

Patna, Oct 5 (TheBiharPost/IBNS) : RJD chief Lalu Prasad was on Thursday quizzed by the CBI in the land-for-hotel scam in which his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav are also accused.

BJP Bengal President Dilip Ghosh allegedly assaulted in Darjeeling

Oct 05, 2017, at 11:32 pm

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IBNS): West Bengal President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Dilip Ghosh claimed that he and few of his companions were beaten up by Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists and the followers of expelled Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binoy Tamang in Darjeeling hills on Thursday.

Radhe Maa receives grand welcome in police station in New Delhi, draws controversy

Oct 05, 2017, at 11:01 pm

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IBNS): Self-styled god-woman, Radhe Maa once again courted controversy as she was caught in a video receiving a grand welcome at Vivek Vihar police station and later sat on the chair of the Station House Officer (SHO).

Eight new born babies die in 24 hours in Assam’s Government-run hospital

Oct 05, 2017, at 10:52 pm

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS) : At least eight new-born babies, aged between 2-4 days died in the past 24 in Assam’s Fakkrudin Ali Ahmed Medical College at Barpeta.

Japan-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro awarded Nobel for literature

Oct 05, 2017, at 10:21 pm

Stockholm, Oct 5 (IBNS) : British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature, BBC reported.

Amit Shah skips Kerala Padyatra day three

Oct 05, 2017, at 09:35 pm

Thiruvanthapuram, Oct 5 (IBNS) : BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday skipped the second leg of the party's padayatra in Kerala to make himself available for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports said.

India ready for full spectrum operations and taking up any challenge : IAF chief

Oct 05, 2017, at 08:11 pm

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IBNS) : The Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief B S Dhanoa on Thursday said India is fully prepared for full spectrum of air operations and respond to any challenge, media reports said.

PM Modi inaugurates Umiya Dham Ashram in Haridwar

Oct 05, 2017, at 06:54 pm

Haridwar/New Delhi, Oct 5 (IBNS): Spiritual institutions in India have been centres for the spread of social reform, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a gathering to mark the inauguration of Umiya Dham Ashram in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, via video conferencing.

Gujarat High Court rejects Zakia Jafri's plea against clean chit to Modi in 2002 riots

Oct 05, 2017, at 06:45 pm

Ahmedabad, Oct 5 (IBNS) : Rejecting the plea of Zakia Jafri, the widow of the slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, The Gujarat High Court on Thursday upheld the closure report that gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 61 others in 2002 post-Godhra riots case, The Indian Express reported.

President Kovind advises Indians in Ethiopia to connect with the youth of the host country

Oct 05, 2017, at 06:27 pm

Addis Ababa/New Delhi, Oct 5 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind, who arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday, addressed an Indian community reception in Addis Ababa hosted by the Ambassador of India to Ethiopia, Anurag Srivastava.

Samajwadi Party elects Akhilesh Yadav as chief for five years

Oct 05, 2017, at 06:10 pm

Agra, Oct 5 (IBNS): Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, has been elected as the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief for five years, media reports said.

Two missing Meghalaya boys rescued in Guwahati

Oct 05, 2017, at 06:09 pm

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS): Two students of Meghalaya's St Anthony's Higher Secondary School, who were allegedly kidnapped from Shillong, were rescued by Assam Police from Guwahati on Wednesday.

Ready to hold joint election in 2018: Election Commissioner Rawat

Oct 05, 2017, at 06:01 pm

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IBNS): Hinting at a landmark electoral reform in the country, Election Commissioner Of India, OP Rawat, on Thursday said the commission is ready to hold a joint election, Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha together, in 2018 if more machines are available.

UKLF militant arrested in Manipur, arms recovered from Moreh town

Oct 05, 2017, at 05:58 pm

Guwahati, Oct 5 (IBNS) : An alleged hardcore militant belonging to the United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) was arrested by security forces in Manipur’s Kakching district on Wednesday, officials said on Thursday.

Lalu Prasad appears before CBI in railway hotel scam

Oct 05, 2017, at 05:50 pm

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IBNS): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister, Lalu Prasad, appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday in an alleged involvement in the railway hotel scam, media reports said.

Samajwadi Party to hold national meeting in Agra today

Oct 05, 2017, at 04:50 pm

Agra, Oct 5 (IBNS): For the first time after receiving a crushing defeat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, the Samajwadi Party (SP) will hold a national meeting in Agra on Thursday, media reports said.