President to visit Bihar tomorrow
Mar 23, 2017, at 06:46 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Bihar (Patna) on Friday.
R K Nagar bypoll: I support no one, Rajinikanth tweets
Mar 23, 2017, at 04:34 pm
Chennai, Mar 23 (IBNS): Tamil superstar Rajinikanth has preferred a role of a mute spectator in the upcoming R K Nagar bypoll.
Senior mission leaders train at Manekshaw Centre
Mar 23, 2017, at 03:51 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Senior Mission Leaders (SML) Course started in the year 2005 and is the highest recognised course in the UN system. Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) under MEA is conducting present course from 20-31 Mar 2017.
Suresh Prabhu greets Smriti Irani on birthday
Mar 23, 2017, at 03:03 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday greeted Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on her birthday.
PM Modi pays tribute to Ram Manohar Lohia
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:34 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Ram Manohar Lohia on the latter's birth anniversary.
PM Modi pays tribute to Bhagat Singh on martyrdom day
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:28 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on their martyrdom day.
Britain terror attack: Narendra Modi condemns
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:16 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the terror attack in Britain which killed at least five people.
Four killed, 20 wounded in UK Parliament terror attack in London
Mar 23, 2017, at 07:51 am
London, Mar 22 (IBNS): At least four people were killed and 20 others were wounded in a terror attack near UK's parliament building on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
EC freezes AIADMK party symbol ahead of by-election
Mar 23, 2017, at 05:22 am
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The Election Commission has frozen the party symbol of AIADMK over the dispute between Sasikala and Paneerselvam camps ahead of by-election in late former CM J Jayalalitha's constituency, media reports on Wednesday.
Kolkata: BJP activists hold protest march over Narada issue, scuffle with police
Mar 23, 2017, at 04:48 am
Kolkata, Mar 22 (IBNS): Demanding an immediate action against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader-ministers, who were seen taking money in Narada sting tapes, the Kolkata unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hosted a protest rally in the city on Wednesday.
Non-bailable case registered against poet Srijato for his FB post "hurting religious feelings"
Mar 23, 2017, at 04:29 am
Kolkata, Mar 22 (IBNS): A non-bailable case has been registered against eminent Bengali poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay in a Siliguri court in north Bengal on Wednesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiment through a Facebook post, officials said.
Assam govt signs MoU with SBI to provide housing, educational loan at subsidised interest rates
Mar 23, 2017, at 04:05 am
Guwahati, Mar 22 (IBNS): To provide housing loan and educational loan at subsidised interest rates to the employees of the state government, a MoU was signed on between the Assam government and State Bank of India on Wednesday.
Assam multi crore scam: V&AC sleuths raid at social welfare office in Dispur Janata Bhawan
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:56 am
Guwahati, Mar 22 (IBNS): The sleuths of Assam police Vigilance and Anti Corruption (V&AC) on Wednesday raided the Social Welfare department office in Dispur Janata Bhawan in connection with the Rs 2250 crore scam in the department.
UP list of ministers: CM Yogi Adityanath to keep home ministry
Mar 23, 2017, at 01:45 am
Lucknow, Mar 22 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik released the list of ministers of its state on Wednesday, which includes 22 cabinet ministers with Chief Minister Yodi Adityanath as the home minister, media reports said.
Mar 23, 2017, at 12:23 am
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, must publicly withdraw his previous inflammatory statements against Muslims and other religious minorities, Amnesty International India has said.
Former Congress veteran S M Krishna joins BJP
Mar 23, 2017, at 12:06 am
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Former Congress veteran S M Krishna, who earlier served various government posts, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.
Pranab Mukherjee wishes Pakistan on National Day eve
Mar 22, 2017, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the eve of their National Day.
Mar 22, 2017, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
S Harpal Singh assumes office of Director General (Inspection and Safety)
Mar 22, 2017, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Air Marshal S Harpal Singh AVSM VM has assumed office of Director General (Inspection and Safety) on Mar 21.
West Bengal: Family of seven killed in road mishap on Durgapur Expressway
Mar 22, 2017, at 10:18 pm
Kolkata, Mar 22 (IBNS): At least seven persons, including three children and two women, of a same family were killed as a tar-filled tanker overturned and fell on a private car on Durgapur Expressway (NH2) near Rathtala area in Burdwan district of West Bengal on Wednesday morning, reports said.
Currency ban: SBI officials held for violating RBI guidelines
Mar 22, 2017, at 09:22 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday said it has registered a case against Senior Special Assistant and Deputy Manager (Operations) of State Bank of India, Buchireddypalem Branch, Nellore district for misappropriating funds of around Rs 12.40 lakh by violating the RBI guidelines imposed during the period of currency ban last year.
Maharashtra govt warns agitating docs
Mar 22, 2017, at 09:17 pm
Mumbai, Mar 22 (IBNS): As the agitation through mass leave by a section of doctors in Maharashtra entered into its third day on Wednesday, the state government has warned them saying they stand to lose six months' salary unless they join work by eight pm, media reported.
BSF claims over 3400 Bangladesh based JMB, Huji militants entered India in past three years
Mar 22, 2017, at 09:03 pm
Guwahati, Mar 22 (IBNS) : Over 1500 militants from the Jamat-Ul-Mujahideen of Bangladesh (JMB) and Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) have infiltrated Assam from Bangladesh since 2014.
CM Yogi Adityanath bans use of chewing tobacco in UP govt offices
Mar 22, 2017, at 08:57 pm
Lucknow, Mar 22 (IBNS): Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday has banned paan masala and gutka, the two common forms of chewing tobacco, fro all government offices in the state, according to media reports.
Anti-Romeo squads of UP police roll into action
Mar 22, 2017, at 08:30 pm
Lucknow, Mar 22 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh Police teams, dubbed anti-Romeo squads, have been patrolling public places in the state to nab alleged offenders, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Nineteen opposition MLAs suspended for nine months for creating ruckus in Maharashtra Assembly
Mar 22, 2017, at 07:57 pm
Mumbai, Mar 22 (IBNS) : The speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday suspended 19 opposition legislators for nine months for creating ruckus in the House during the presentation of the budget, reports said.
Assam police arrest Subodh Biswas and his associate from West Bengal-Bangladesh boder
Mar 22, 2017, at 07:55 pm
Guwahati, Mar 22 (IBNS) : After 16 days of the Silapathar incident, Assam police finally caught Subodh Biswas, the prime accused behind the All Assam Students Union (AASU) office attack, from a village in West Bengal, on Wednesday wee hours.
Babri dispute: SC verdict on LK Advani, Murli Joshi adjourned till Thursday
Mar 22, 2017, at 07:25 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till Thursday a CBI plea challenging a trial court’s decision to drop criminal conspiracy charges against several BJP and other Hindu organisation leaders in the Babri mosque demolition case.
Union Home Ministry against use of plastic to make Indian National Flag
Mar 22, 2017, at 06:31 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an Advisory for strict compliance of provisions contained in the 'Flag Code of India. 2002' and 'The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971' and has urged administrative bodies to make the public aware about the same.
Rajnath Singh meets Uttarakhand CM, wishes him success
Mar 22, 2017, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday met with newly appointed Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat and wished him success for the present term.