Shaktiman row: Uttarakhand Assembly witnesses ruckus
Mar 19, 2016, at 04:46 am
Dehradun/New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): The Uttarakhand Assembly on Friday witnessed ruckus regarding the issue of Shaktiman, the police horse crippled during a protest in Dehradun.
Rahul Gandhi attends screening of film Fading Glory in Amritsar
Mar 19, 2016, at 04:24 am
Chandigarh, Mar 18 (IBNS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who attended the screening of a film named Fading Glory on Friday, spoke about the rising usage of drugs among youths in Punjab.
PM Modi attends Iron Fist 2016 programme, lauds IAF
Mar 19, 2016, at 03:58 am
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended Indian Air Force's Iron Fist programme.
Hyderabad: Kidnappers make ransom call to family even after teen die
Mar 19, 2016, at 03:18 am
Hyderabad, Mar 18 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped and murdered in Hyderabad by four men including one who was known to him, media reports said.
Mamata slams ECI over central force deployment in WB polls
Mar 19, 2016, at 02:49 am
Kolkata/Siliguri, Mar 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for transferring all security related duties, during the assembly polls 2016, to the central paramilitary forces.
Narada sting: TMC holds counter march, Lefts stage demonstration
Mar 19, 2016, at 01:51 am
Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS): A day after the Left Front (LF) organized a protest rally on Narada News sting operation issue, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday held a counter march from Sealdah to Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area, claiming the sting operation footage is fake and a slander by oppositions.
Mar 19, 2016, at 12:31 am
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) ISKCON head Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
Assam Rifles jawan held for teasing a girl
Mar 18, 2016, at 11:51 pm
Kolkata/Howrah, Mar 18 (IBNS): Howrah City Police on Friday afternoon booked one man from Howrah Station Bus stand area near Kolkata for allegedly misbehaving with a girl, reports said.
Rajnath Singh distributes 300 scholarship cheques to school going children of CAPFs personnel
Mar 18, 2016, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh distributed about 300 scholarship cheques to the school going children of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel who sacrificed their lives in the service of the nation.
JNU row: Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya get bail
Mar 18, 2016, at 10:12 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) A Delhi court on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya.
Kolkata: Police recover firearms from bus ahead of Bengal Polls
Mar 18, 2016, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS): Police from Jorasanko Police Station arrested four miscreants along with firearms on Friday morning from a bus near College Street Market area in north Kolkata, officials said.
Narendra Modi reaches Rajasthan
Mar 18, 2016, at 09:37 pm
Jaisalmer, Mar 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Rajasthan on Friday.
Eight crore LED bulbs distributed under Ujala Scheme
Mar 18, 2016, at 09:23 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a part of the Power Ministry, has, on Friday, reached the milestone of distributing eight crore LED bulbs in a year across 125 cities in India under the Government of India’s UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for all) scheme.
Concentrate on governance: Kejriwal tells PM
Mar 18, 2016, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to focus on governance.
BJP lawmaker Ganesh Joshi sent to 14 days judicial custody
Mar 18, 2016, at 09:20 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) A local court on Friday sent BJP lawmaker Ganesh Joshi, who is accused of attacking police horse Shaktiman, to 14-day judicial custody.
Uttarakhand CM faces rebellion, crisis spirals for Government
Mar 18, 2016, at 08:13 pm
Dehradun, Mar 18 (IBNS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat faces in the Assembly a section of disgruntled MLAs threatening to vote against the Budget- a move that could jeopardize his position.
Nostradamus predicted Modi rule, Minister Rijeju posts on Facebook
Mar 18, 2016, at 07:49 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) French seer Nostradamus predicted that Narendra Modi would lead India from 2014 to 2026, says the latest Facebook post of Union Minister of state for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijeju.
Insulted at being called a gay, Mumbai teen jumps off skywalk, survives
Mar 18, 2016, at 07:47 pm
Mumbai, Mar 18 (IBNS) Frustrated at being called a gay, a 17-year-old boy attempted suicide by jumping off a 40-ft high skywalk in Ulhasnagar on Wednesday, mid-day reports.
CEO from five states to visit West Bengal today prior to Assembly elections
Mar 18, 2016, at 07:23 pm
Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS) Five Chief Election Officers (CEO) of different states are coming to West Bengal on Friday to observe the preparations for the upcoming assembly election in the state, Election Commission of India (ECI) officials said.
Draupadi Roopa Ganguly BJP candidate from Howrah
Mar 18, 2016, at 07:14 pm
Kolkata, Mar 18 (IBNS) BJP leader Roopa Ganguly, who once was known as 'Draupadi' for her role in television serial 'Mahabharata', is among 149 candidates whose names have been announced by the party for the West Bengal Assembly elections.
ED gives time to Mallya till April 2 to appear before it
Mar 18, 2016, at 06:43 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) The Enforcement Directorate has set April 2 as the deadline for liquor baron Vijay Mallya to appear before the agency in connection with a money laundering probe, reports said.
RSS leader makes amend of his comment that homosexuality no crime
Mar 18, 2016, at 06:31 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale, whose sympathetic comment on homosexuality raised a few eyebrow, has posted a controversial clarification, describing it as a "socially immoral act" to be treated as a "psychological" case.
Punjab to defy Supreme Court order in water war with Haryana
Mar 18, 2016, at 05:59 pm
Chandigarh, Mar 18 (IBNS) The row with Haryana over sharing water from the Sutlej and land for a canal takes a new turn as Punjab has decided to defy a Supreme Court order.
Body of kidnapped Hyderabad boy found in box
Mar 18, 2016, at 05:58 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 18 (IBNS) A 15-year-old boy, who was kidnapped for ransom, was found dead on Thursday, reports said.
Allah has 99 names, none stands for violence : Modi
Mar 18, 2016, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) Denouncing terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said Allah has 99 names and none of them stands for violence.
BJP lawmaker Ganesh Joshi accused of attacking Shaktiman arrested
Mar 18, 2016, at 04:45 pm
Dehradun, Mar 18 (IBNS) BJP lawmaker Ganesh Joshi, accused of a brutal attack on police horse Shaktiman, has been arrested.
Two militants killed in Kashmir operation
Mar 18, 2016, at 04:33 pm
Srinagar, Mar 18 (IBNS) The Indian army on Friday claimed to have gunned down two militants in Handwara of Kupwara District of Northern Kashmir.
Mar 18, 2016, at 03:29 pm
Pokhara, Mar 18 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj left Nepal after her 'successful' visit to the nation on Friday.
Narada sting operation: Left Front holds protest march in Kolkata
Mar 18, 2016, at 04:15 am
Kolkata, Mar 17 (IBNS): Demanding proper investigation into the Narada News sting operation issue and punishment for those Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, who were seen taking bribes in sting footage, the Kolkata unit of Left Front (LF) on Thursday held a protest march in Kolkata.
German police team raids BPO office in Kolkata
Mar 18, 2016, at 03:40 am
Kolkata, Mar 17 (IBNS): An intelligence team of German Police on Thursday conducted raid in a BPO office in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, reports said.