CBI raids university office in Shantiniketan in West Bengal
May 24, 2016, at 08:18 pm
Kolkata/Bolpur, May 24 (IBNS) CBI raided the office of Viswa Bharati, the university located in Shantiniketan in West Bengal, according to media reports.
PM Modi and other BJP top brass to attend Sonowal oath ceremony in Assam
May 24, 2016, at 07:36 pm
Guwahati/New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) Prime minister Narendra Modi and top leaders of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), including BJP president Amit Shah, are expected to be present at Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony of Sarbananda Sonowal as the chief minister of Assam, media reported.
Karunanidhi son Stalin leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly
May 24, 2016, at 06:50 pm
Chennai, May 24 (IBNS) MK Stalin, son of veteran politician and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi, has been elected as the leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday, according to media reports.
Prez Pranab Mukherjee leaves for China today
May 24, 2016, at 06:38 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee is set to leave for China on Tuesday for a four-day visit.
Prez agrees with govt, says NEET wont apply to states now
May 24, 2016, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday agreed and signed off on the central government's decision to postpone NEET exam for the states as of now, thus bypassing a Supreme Court verdict pertaining to the same, where the apex court made it mandatory for aspiring medical students to undergo the exams, according to reports.
MINGLE to host third edition of Indian LGBT Youth Leadership Summit in Mumbai
May 24, 2016, at 06:10 pm
Mumbai, May 24 (Just Earth News) The third edition of the Indian LGBT Youth Leadership Summit will be organized in Mumbai over two days, June 4 and 5, by Mission for Indian Gay and Lesbian Empowerment (MINGLE) in association with Love Matters India.
Kolkata's New Town among 13 new smart cities picked by the govt
May 24, 2016, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) Making an entry into the government's smart cities list is Kolkata's New Town along with 12 other places, according to reports.
INR 2100 cr fund collected by parties between 2004-15: ADR report
May 24, 2016, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) A whooping Rs 2100 crore was collected as funds by several political parties between 2004 and 2015, according to data analysed by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), reports said.
IM operatives feature in IS video
May 24, 2016, at 04:37 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) Two Indian Mujahidden (IM) operatives from Uttar Pradesh, featured in the new ISIS video posted by the fringe unit, according to reports.
Two militants killed in Srinagar
May 24, 2016, at 03:08 pm
Srinagar, May 24 (IBNS) Security forces shot dead two militants of Jamait ul Mujahdeen outfit in Jammu and Kashmir 's Srinagar city late evening on Monday.
Sarbananda Sonowal to take oath as Assam CM today
May 24, 2016, at 02:57 pm
Guwahati, May 24 (IBNS): Sarbananda Sonowal is all set to take oath as Assam Chief Minister on Tuesday.
Left-Congress alliance will stay in future: Surya-Adhir confirm
May 24, 2016, at 05:07 am
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary Surya Kanta Mishra and West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday confirmed that the 'understanding-based-alliance' between the Left Front and the Congress, which was formed before Bengal assembly polls, will be continued in future.
PM Modi presents rare gifts to Iran's Supreme Leader, President Rouhani
May 24, 2016, at 04:38 am
Tehran, May 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is now returning to India after his Iran visit, on Monday gifted the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei a specially commissioned reproduction of a rare seventh-century manuscript of the Holy Quran attributed to Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph.
May 24, 2016, at 04:11 am
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday ended his two-day visit to Iran and left for New Delhi.
Kolkata's Red Road to remain closed from tonight for Mamata Banerjee's oath-taking ceremony
May 24, 2016, at 03:50 am
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police declared to keep Red Road closed from Monday midnight to make the arrangements for the re-elected Mamata Banerjee-led government's oath-taking ceremony, which is scheduled to be held on May 27.
Pranab Mukherjee wishes people of Eritrea on Independence Day
May 24, 2016, at 03:32 am
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of Eritrea on the eve of their Independence Day.
History created: PM Modi says after India, Iran, Afghan sign trade corridor pact
May 24, 2016, at 02:20 am
Tehran, May 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said 'history has been created' as Iran, India and Afghanistan signed the agreement on the establishment of a Trilateral Transport and Transit Corridor during his visit to Tehran.
Woman's skeleton found in Kolkata
May 24, 2016, at 12:38 am
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS): A skeleton was found on Monday from a water tank of an under construction building at DD Block in Kolkata's satellite town Salt Lake.
INS Tarmugli joins the Indian Navy
May 24, 2016, at 12:32 am
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS) The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned the highly maneuverable Fast Attack Craft INS Tarmugli at the hands of Vice Admiral HCS Bisht AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command at a formal ceremony held at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.
India bans its citizens from travelling to Libya
May 24, 2016, at 12:12 am
New Delhi,May 23 (IBNS): The Indian government on Monday banned citizens from travelling to war-hit Libya.
Building collapses due to heavy rain in Kolkata, 1 killed
May 24, 2016, at 12:01 am
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS): Portion of an apartment collapsed at Dhakuria Panchanantala area in Kolkata due to heavy downpour on Monday afternoon which killed at least one person and left another injured, reports said.
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Narendra Modi wishes J Jayalalithaa
May 23, 2016, at 11:57 pm
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated J Jayalalithaa after she oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Indian summiter dies on Mt Everest, 2 missing
May 23, 2016, at 09:12 pm
Kolkata/Kathmandu, May 23 (IBNS): Days after a climber from Kolkata- Rajib Bhattacharya- was killed on Mt Dhaulagiri, another mountaineer from West Bengal- Subhas Pal- on Sunday died on World's highest peak Mt Everest, reports said.
India-Iran sign 12 agreements, Modi says dosti as old as history
May 23, 2016, at 09:10 pm
Tehran, May 23 (IBNS) India on Monday signed 12 agreements with Iran, including a pact to develop the strategic Chabahar port on the Persian Gulf nation's southern coast.
Road over-bridge near Asansol to ease traffic congestion
May 23, 2016, at 09:08 pm
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS) An over-bridge (flyover) over the railway level crossing -- near Kumarpur in Asansol, West Bengal -- on GT Road will be constructed by the Eastern Railways and SAIL-ISP on shared cost basis.
Three policemen killed in separate attacks by militants in Srinagar
May 23, 2016, at 07:23 pm
Srinagar, May 23 (IBNS) Heavily armed suspected militants shot dead three policemen in two separate incidents and decamped with an assault rifle in the heart of Srinagar on Monday.
ISRO successfully flight tests indigenous space shuttle RLV-TD
May 23, 2016, at 06:54 pm
Sriharikota, May 23 (IBNS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Monday, successfully flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime.
Jayalalithaa sworn in as TN Chief Minister for sixth time
May 23, 2016, at 06:20 pm
Chennai, May 23 (IBNS) AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa was on Monday sworn-in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu to be in the office for the second consecutive term and sixth time allover.
Priyanka Chaturvedi-Smriti Irani fight on twitter turns worse
May 23, 2016, at 05:48 pm
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS) The fight between Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi and Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani took turn for the worse as the two ladies had a 'no hold barred' exchange on Twitter, regarding Congress VP Rahul Gandhi and Irani's security.
Two policemen killed in militant attack in the heart of Srinagar
May 23, 2016, at 05:46 pm
Srinagar, May 22 (IBNS) Two policemen, including an officer, were shot dead when heavily armed militants attacked a police party in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu & Kashmir on Monday.