May 21, 2017, at 02:20 am
Guwahati, May 20 (IBNS): Birubala Rabha, who has been waging a war against witch hunting on Saturday, met Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at the latter’s office in Janata Bhawan and apprised him of her proposed visit at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland and her mission to defeat witch hunting and its manifestations.
Assam CM directs DCs to put in place all system before onset of monsoon
May 21, 2017, at 02:12 am
Guwahati, May 20 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday directed Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of all districts to put in place all exigencies before the onset of monsoon.
Hardcore ULFA (I), NSCN (K) militants nabbed along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border
May 21, 2017, at 02:03 am
Guwahati, May 20 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended two hardcore militants belonging to ULFA (I) and NSCN (K) from upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Friday, officials said on Saturday.
Army recruitment rally held in Kohima
May 21, 2017, at 01:57 am
Guwahati, May 20 (IBNS): An army recruitment rally was conducted in Nagaland’s Kohima based IG Stadium on May 18- 20 exclusively for the youths of Nagaland.
Narendra Modi congratulates Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over election victory
May 21, 2017, at 01:41 am
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Iranian President Hassan Rouhani after he won the 12th Presidential elections.
Indian President, PM to taste Shahi litchis of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district
May 21, 2017, at 01:31 am
Patna, May 20 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will very soon taste the luscious Shahi litchis of Bihar.
Kerala: CM calls law student courageous for chopping rapist's genitals
May 21, 2017, at 01:00 am
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IBNS): Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan called the law student "courageous" who chopped off the genitals of a self-styled godman who allegedly tried to rape her in the last night, media reports said on Saturday.
Bengaluru techie dies in Kolkata office after falling from treadmill
May 21, 2017, at 12:49 am
Kolkata, May 20 (IBNS): A 24-year-old IT engineer from Bengaluru died after falling off treadmill at his workplace in Kolkata on Saturday morning, reports said.
May 20, 2017, at 10:45 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS): Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Saturday confirmed that EVM Challenge will take place on June 3.
Kiren Rijiju to lead Indian delegation to GPDRR to be held at Cancun
May 20, 2017, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS): A high level Indian delegation headed by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju is leaving on Saturday for participating in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) to be held at Cancun, Mexico from May 22-26, 2017.
May 20, 2017, at 09:20 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS): Breaking new ground, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Defence, Arun Jaitley, on Saturday finalised the broad contours of a policy aimed at engaging the Indian private sector in the manufacture of high-tech defence equipment in India.
2000 Sabarmati Express blast : University scholar Gulzar Ahmed Wani acquitted after 16 years
May 20, 2017, at 09:15 pm
Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, May 20 (IBNS) : Former Aligarh Muslim University research scholar Gulzar Ahmed and another person in connection with the 2000 Sabarmati Express blast case, citing lack of evidence, reports said.
Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar
May 20, 2017, at 08:21 pm
Srinagar, May 20 (IBNS) : Strict restrictions were imposed on Saturday in three police station areas of Srinagar as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.
Kulbhushan Jadhav ten times bigger terrorist than Azamal Kasab : Pervez Musharraf
May 20, 2017, at 06:58 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS) : Two days after International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered a stay on Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence, Pakistan's former military dictator President Pervez Musharraf said the former Indian naval officer is a bigger terrorist than 2008 Mumbai attack terrorist Azmal Kasab.
Five arrested in connection with the Mathura jewellery shop robbery and murders
May 20, 2017, at 06:20 pm
Mathura, May 20 (IBNS) : The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday arrested five people, including the main accused, in connection with the murder of two jewellers during a robbery in Mathura, media reports said.
Law student chops off genitals of self-styled godman who raped her for eight years
May 20, 2017, at 05:34 pm
Thiruvanthapuram, May 20 (IBNS) : A 23-year-old law student in Kerala on Friday chopped off the genitals of a self-styled godman who had allegedly been raping her since she was a minor, media reports said.
Uma Bharti misleading nation over Farakka Barrage, Bihar minister says
May 20, 2017, at 03:35 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS): Bihar’s Water Resources Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh slammed Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Friday for her claims that Farakka Barrage was not a “problem".
Uttarakhand: Landslide leaves thousands of pilgrimage stranded
May 20, 2017, at 05:00 am
Rishikesh, May 19 (IBNS): Thousands of pilgrims to Badrinath Temple were stranded on Friday after landslide occurred in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, media reports said.
APSC cash-for-job scam : Police seized 990 answer scripts
May 20, 2017, at 02:21 am
Guwahati, May 19 (IBNS): New twist added in the probe of cash-for-job scam of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) after the sleuths of Dibrugarh police have seized 990 numbers answer scripts from the office of APSC on Thursday night.
Homeopathy as an alternative medicine is more cost effective as compared to Allopathy: President
May 20, 2017, at 01:52 am
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 6th Dr. Malati Allen Nobel Award ceremony in the city today and conferred the Dr Sarkar Allen Swamiji Award for lifetime achievement on Dr Shubhendu Bhattacharya, world’s youngest MRCP Consultant Intermits, Guinness world record holder and member of sub-committee for medicine/physiology Nobel Foundation, Sweden.
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Manipur CM calls on MoS DoNER Dr Jitendra Singh
May 20, 2017, at 01:39 am
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh has complimented the Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh for having successfully managed to get nearly five-month old economic blockade lifted which had been imposed by United Naga Council (UNC) in the State.
India and Sweden discuss partnering for Skill India
May 20, 2017, at 01:31 am
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Contributing to the dream of New India and exploring new and greater partnerships in the global skills agenda, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) met up on Thursday with a Swedish delegation led by Ann Linde, Sweden's Minister of EU Affairs and Trade and Foreign Affairs Minister.
Assam govt. to award contractors who maintain quality in their works
May 20, 2017, at 01:24 am
Guwahati, May 19 (IBNS): The Assam government will be awarded cash prize to contractors those will maintain quality in their works.
Minister of Railways inspects rake of Tejas Train
May 20, 2017, at 01:12 am
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inspected the Rake of Tejas Train.
Manipur: Four security personnel injured in IED blast along Myanmar border
May 20, 2017, at 12:56 am
Guwahati, May 19 (IBNS): At least four Manipur police commandos and Manipur Rifles jawan were injured in an powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by suspected militants in Manipur’s Chandel district on Friday, officials said.
PM releases 2 part book series on M.S. Swaminathan: The Quest for a world without hunger
May 20, 2017, at 12:49 am
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released a two-part book series on the eminent agricultural scientist Dr. M.S. Swaminathan.
May 20, 2017, at 12:17 am
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee received the books ‘Jnan, A-Janan and Bijnan: Popper-er Jnantatta’ and ‘Samudra Banijjer Prekshite Sthala Banijjya, Bharat Mahasagar Anchal, 1500-1800’ from Dr. Sushil Chaudhury and Mahasweta Chaudhury in Kolkata, West Bengal on Friday.
Kejriwal involved in money laundering : Sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Sharma
May 19, 2017, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS) : In a stepped-up attack, sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Friday accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of money-laundering.
Let's meet when there is a war, let's change the rotten system : Rajnikanth
May 19, 2017, at 09:59 pm
Chennai, May 19 (IBNS) : Dropping a clearer hint of joining politics, super star Rajnikanth on Friday asked the people to "get ready for a war" as the "system is rotten and needs revamp."
Air Marshal PN Pradhan AVSM takes over as DCIDS (OPS), HQ IDS
May 19, 2017, at 09:41 pm
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Air Marshal PN Pradhan AVSM took over as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations), HQ IDS, officials said on Friday.