PM Modi pays homage to Sree Narayan Guru on his Jayanti
Sep 16, 2016, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 16 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to social reformer Sree Narayana Guru on his Jayanti.
BJP workers to celebrate PM Modi's birthday tomorrow
Sep 16, 2016, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi, Sept 16 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) workers will celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on Saturday.
SC rejects PIL seeking financial ban for Kashmiri separatists
Sep 16, 2016, at 04:25 pm
New Delhi, Sept 16 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a PIL seeking ban on central funds for Kashmiri separatists, media reports said.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar calls on Nepal PM, discuss flood problems
Sep 16, 2016, at 03:37 pm
Patna, Sept 16 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called on Nepal Prime Minister Pushp Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' at the Nepali embassy in the national capital Thursday evening and discussed the issue of flood.
Sep 16, 2016, at 02:48 pm
New Delhi, Sept 16 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, two teens were allegedly gang-raped by four men in Delhi's Aman Vihar area on Wednesday, reports said on Friday.
Mocambo controversy: Kolkata's civil society groups to protest in Park Street
Sep 16, 2016, at 05:02 am
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): Protesting against the alleged racism by Kolkata's popular fine dining restaurant Mocambo, several civil and human rights groups will hold demonstration in Park Street on Saturday next.
Shivpal Yadav resigns from UP cabinet after meeting Akhilesh
Sep 16, 2016, at 04:55 am
Lucknow, Sept 15 (IBNS): Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Thursday resigned from Uttar Pradesh Cabinet and as the chief of the party's state unit hours after meeting his nephew and state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Fortnight-long Hindu ritual of 'Pinddan' begins in BIhar
Sep 16, 2016, at 04:17 am
Patna, Sept 15 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The fortnight-long Pitripaksha Mela, an annual ritual of the Hindus seeking salvation of the dead from the recurrent cycle of rebirth, started in Gaya district of Bihar on Thursday amid tight security arrangement.
Kolkata: Chased by Alsatian, youth faces tragic death
Sep 16, 2016, at 03:41 am
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): A 18-year-old air conditioner technician fell to his death from the terrace of a six-storey residential building, after being chased by two Alsatians, in Kolkata's Thakurpur area on Tuesday night, reports said.
Bihar deputy CM attacks media for
Sep 16, 2016, at 02:12 am
Patna, Sept 15 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav has hit out at the media for the alleged "biased reporting" and "targeting regional parties", apparently irked at the alleged distortion of facts by a section of media.
Three hardcore militants nabbed in Assam
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:44 am
Guwahati, Sept 15 (IBNS): Security forces nabbed three hardcore militants in Assam's Karbi Anglong and Chirang district on Thursday.
Doordarshan: Indian national broadcaster turns 57
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:31 am
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IBNS): Doordarshan, India's national broadcaster and now part of Prasar Bharati, turned 57 on Thursday with celebrations pan-India celebrations at all offices of the channel on Thursday.
PDP MP Tariq Hamid Karra resigns from Parliament and party
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:29 am
Srinagar, Sep 15 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir's People's Democratic Party (PDP) MP, Tariq Hamid Karra, resigned from the Lok Sabha as well as his party on Thursday, according to media reports.
Helicopter with eight on board make emergency landing in Nagaon
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:28 am
Guwahati, Sept 15 (IBNS): An MI-172 helicopter of Skyone airlines with eight people on board including six crew members made an emergency landing in Assam's Nagaon district on Thursday following technical snag.
Kolkata under security blanket after receiving terror alert
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:20 am
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IBNS): Security has been beefed up in Kolkata and its adjacent areas following a terror attack warning received from Central intelligence agencies on Thursday, police officials said.
Bihar journalist was probably killed by 'political mafia': PCI
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:19 am
Patna, Sept (The Bihar Post/IBNS): A fact-finding committee report of the Press Council of India (PCI), a statutory body in the country that governs the conduct of the print media, has said that Bihar-based journalist Rajdeo Ranjan may have been killed by the "political mafias" for his critical reporting.
Lalu Prasad defends Shahabuddin's bail amid protests
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:03 am
Patna, Sep 15 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): RJD president Lalu Prasad on Thursday came to the rescue of controversial party colleague, Mohammad Shahabuddin, saying that the latter had got justice from the court, amid continued protests in Bihar over the release of Shahabuddin.
#Cauvery water dispute: SC raps both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on allowing agitations
Sep 16, 2016, at 12:54 am
Bengaluru, Sep 15 (IBNS): A Supreme Court bench, on Thursday, while hearing a petition regarding the huge losses inflicted following mob violence related to the Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, said that the court hoped that wisdom will prevail over the two states, according to media reports.
Won't challenge Akhilesh Yadav's decision, it's CM's prerogative : Shivpal Yadav
Sep 15, 2016, at 10:21 pm
Mauritius finance minister calls on Indian ministers Arun Jaitley and Kalraj Mishra
Sep 15, 2016, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IBNS): Finance Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, who is currently in India, met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Minister of MSME, Kalraj Mishra, on Thursday in New Delhi.
Nepal PM arrives in New Delhi on four-day visit to India
Sep 15, 2016, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on a four-day visit to India, according to media reports.
23-year-old woman hacked to death by spurned lover in Coimbatore
Sep 15, 2016, at 08:30 pm
Coimbatore, Sept 15 (IBNS) : A 23-year-old old woman was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Wednesday night allegedly by a man she had rejected, NDTV reports.
Schools in Bihar likely to have their own kitchen gardens soon
Sep 15, 2016, at 08:27 pm
Patna, Sep 15 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Thousands of school children in Bihar will soon be eating fresh vegetables grown in kitchen gardens of their schools.
SP family crisis : It's a mistake of the party leadership, says Mulayam Singh's another brother
Sep 15, 2016, at 08:00 pm
Lucknow, Sept 15 (IBNS) : The seeming feud in Mulayam Singh Yadav's family took a new dimension on Thursday as Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav said the party leadership made a 'mistake' by removing Akhilesh Yadav as party's UP President, and the differences that cropped up were the result of some "misunderstanding."
Fire breaks out in Mumbai's high rise Hiranandani tower
Sep 15, 2016, at 07:59 pm
Mumbai, Sept 15 (IBNS) : A fire broke out atHiranandani Tower in Mumbai's KandivaliWest area on Thursday, reports said.
Presidents of India and Afghanistan reiterate their countries' stand to support each other
Sep 15, 2016, at 07:21 pm
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IBNS): President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, met the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
In the run-up to Goa BRICS summit, NSA-level meeting begins at New Delhi
Sep 15, 2016, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS) : The two-day meeting of Security Advisers of BRICS nations began in the national capital on Thursday to discuss the upcoming agenda for summit-level talks on October 15-16 in Goa.
Rajnath Singh leaves for Salempur to attend tribute ceremony for HK Prasad
Sep 15, 2016, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday left for Salempur, Uttar Pradesh, to attend a tribute ceremony dedicated to late Lok Sabha MP Hari Kewal Prasad.
Chikungunya not a fatal disease, Delhi's Health Minister quotes Google
Sep 15, 2016, at 05:31 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS): Satyendra Jain, Delhi's Health Minister recently urged people to not panic amidst chikungunya death threats, stating he has read in Google the disease is nonfatal, media reports said.
Govt rescues captive Indians from Libya, confirms Swaraj
Sep 15, 2016, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS): Two Indians held captive in Libya have been rescued by the government, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday