Five killed in Sikkim landslide
Sep 20, 2017, at 05:31 pm
Gangtok, Sep 20 (IBNS) : Five persons were killed and many injured in a landslide in Sikkim's Namchi, reports said.
BSF jawans shoot dead two Pakistani infiltrators along Punjab border
Sep 20, 2017, at 05:01 pm
Chandigarh, Sep 20 (IBNS): The Border Security Force (BSF) said that it shot two Pakistani infiltrators dead along the Punjab border on Tuesday night.
Performance of India, China will fundamentally reshape the world: Rahul at Princeton
Sep 20, 2017, at 04:55 pm
Trenton, Sep 20 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that the future of the world will be fundamentally shaped by India and China's actions.
Madras High Court to hear plea of 18 disqualified AIADMK MLAs today
Sep 20, 2017, at 04:34 pm
Chennai, Sep 20 (IBNS): The Madras High Court on Wednesday will hear the plea of 18 disqualified AIADMK MLAs, who had supported leader Dinakaran, amid the ongoing power struggle in the ruling party of the state, media reports said.
Mumbai: Overnight rains retard proceedings
Sep 20, 2017, at 03:55 pm
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IBNS): Heavy rains, which belted Mumbai overnight on Tuesday, have slowed down life in the Financial Capital of India, retarding a host of operations, reports said.
Heavy rains lash Mumbai and its suburbs
Sep 20, 2017, at 04:40 am
Mumbai, Sept 19 (IBNS): Heavy rains accompanied with thunderstorms and lightening lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Tuesday, media reports.
Sep 20, 2017, at 04:19 am
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IBNS): Supporters of East Bengal Football Club allegedly attacked the tent of rival Mohun Bagan Athletic Club in Kolkata's Maidan area on Tuesday late afternoon, reports said.
Court sends Iqbal Kaskar, 2 aides to 8-day police custody
Sep 20, 2017, at 03:26 am
Mumbai, Sept 19 (IBNS): Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar, who was arrested on Monday in connection with a case of extortion, has been sent to eight-day police custody, media reports said.
Great grand-daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi meets PM Modi
Sep 20, 2017, at 02:43 am
New delhi, Sept 19 (IBNS): S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, great grand-daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi, on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with their parents, V Shrinivasan and Geetha Shrinivasan.
Envoys of four nations present credentials to President of India
Sep 20, 2017, at 02:38 am
New Delhi, Sept 19 (IBNS): Envoys of Tanzania, Ghana, Burundi and Pakistan presented their credentials to the President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday.
Sonowal favours biotechnological interventions for enhanced production in organic sector
Sep 20, 2017, at 02:33 am
Guwahati, Sept 19 (IBNS) : With a vision to promote business in biotechnology and allied areas through entrepreneurship development, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the Technology Incubation Centre of Guwahati Biotech Park at Amingaon in Guwahati.
Sep 20, 2017, at 02:21 am
Guwahati, Sept 19 (IBNS): The identity and security of the indigenous people of Assam are under threat because of continuous process of illegal Bangladeshi immigration to the north eastern Indian state and it was revealed by the Committee for Protection of Land Rights of Indigenous People of Assam.
Star Cement provides relief to several flood-hit districts in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar
Sep 20, 2017, at 01:32 am
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IBNS): Star Cement, a leading cement brand from north-eastern India, offered large-scale relief services to flood affected districts in Assam and parts of West Bengal and Bihar, during the recent devastation that hit the regions, according to the company.
Vice President releases commemorative coin on Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi
Sep 20, 2017, at 12:41 am
New Delhi, Sept 19 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu released a Commemorative Coin on Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi and inaugurated an exhibition entitled “Kurai Onrum Illai-MS: Life in Music†on the occasion of Birth Centenary Commemoration of M.S. Subbulakshmi here on Tuesday.
CBI arrests BJD leader Pravat Ranjan Biswal in Odisha chit fund scam
Sep 20, 2017, at 12:02 am
Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (IBNS): Embarrassing the ruling party of the state, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pravat Ranjan Biswal in connection with a chit fund scam in Odisha, media reports said.
Sushma Swaraj meets Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
Sep 19, 2017, at 11:32 pm
New York, Sept 19 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New York.
Sushma Swaraj meets US Secretary of State and Japanese Foreign Minister in tripartite talks
Sep 19, 2017, at 08:58 pm
New York, Sep 19 (IBNS): On the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly session, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Jaitley to meet officials to discuss economic situation
Sep 19, 2017, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IBNS): The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that was to take place on Tuesday was declared postponed, media reports said on same day afternoon.
Union Home Minister reviews measures to check cybercrime in the financial sector
Sep 19, 2017, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of all concerned agencies and representatives of certain states to review the measures being taken to arrest the growing trend of cybercrime in the financial sector, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday.
PM Modi greets Indians on the occasion of Mahalaya
Sep 19, 2017, at 06:59 pm
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has greeted the people of India on the occasion of Mahalaya.
Union Agriculture minister says food production will be robust in 2017-18
Sep 19, 2017, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IBNS): Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the two-day “National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign - 2017â€, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Sep 19, 2017, at 06:35 pm
Guwahati, Sep 19 (IBNS): Protests turned more violent in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday after protesters of All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) torched several vehicles including government vehicles during a 'bandh' called by the students' organisation.
Sep 19, 2017, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IBNS): Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, is co-chairing the 13th Meeting of Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) with Kazakhstan, along with the host nation's Minister of Energy, Kanat Bozumbayev.
Rajasthan: School director, teacher allegedly gang-rape student, face charges
Sep 19, 2017, at 05:16 pm
Jaipur, Sep 19 (IBNS): The school director and a teacher have been booked for allegedly raping an 18-year old female student in Sikar district of Rajasthan, media reports said.
Hyderabad: Police arrest man and his parents for allegedly killing wife
Sep 19, 2017, at 05:10 pm
Hyderabad, Sep 19 (IBNS): Hyderabad Police arrested a man and his parents for their alleged involvement in the possible murder of his wife, reports aid.
Don't want Myanmar to be divided by religious beliefs: Suu Kyi
Sep 19, 2017, at 04:39 pm
Naypyidaw, Sep 19 (IBNS): Addressing the nation, Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said that she does not wish her country to be divided based on religious beliefs or ethnicity, reports said.
Sushma Swaraj meets Ivanka Trump in New York, discusses women's entrepreneurship
Sep 19, 2017, at 04:37 pm
New York, Sep 19 (IBNS): External affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, met US president Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, here on Monday where the two discussed about women's entrepreneurship.
UP: Girl dies after falling from school building, parents allege foul play
Sep 19, 2017, at 03:57 pm
Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, Sep 19 (IBNS): A 15-year-old girl died after falling from the third floor of her school in Uttar Pradesh Deoria town on Monday, reports said.
Sep 19, 2017, at 07:20 am
New York, Sept 18 (IBNS): US president Donald Trump has said that the United Nations is not performing to its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement.
Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar detained in Mumbai
Sep 19, 2017, at 05:07 am
Mumbai, Sept 18 (IBNS): The police on Monday detained underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar in Mumbai in connection with a case of extortion, media reports said.