Rajiv Mehrishi appointed Union Home Secretary
Aug 31, 2015, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS) Senior IAS officer Rajiv Mehrishi was on Monday appointed Union Home Secretary, reports said.
Assam : Congress suspends four MLAs, show cause notice to five others for anti-party activities
Aug 31, 2015, at 08:08 pm
Guwahati, Aug 31 (IBNS) : Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Anjan Dutta on Sunday suspended four MLAs of the party and issued show cause notice to five other MLAs for anti-party activities, the party officials said on Monday.
Rajiv Mehrishi appointed Union Home Secretary
Aug 31, 2015, at 08:03 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS) Senior IAS officer Rajiv Mehrishi was on Monday appointed Union Home Secretary, reports said.
Indrani Mukherjee roughed up by police: Her lawyers claim
Aug 31, 2015, at 07:55 pm
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IBNS) Indrani Mukerjea, arrested for the murder of her young daughter Sheena Bora, has been roughed up by police, her lawyers reportedly claim.
PM Modi releases digital version of Ramcharitmanas
Aug 31, 2015, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released a special "digital" version of epic 'Ramcharitmanas'.
I am not a supporter of Arvind Kejriwal : Hardik Patel
Aug 31, 2015, at 07:07 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS) Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old leader who is spearheading an agitation demanding OBC quota for the Patel community has asserted that he is not a supporter of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Ram Jethmalani joins OROP stir of ex-servicemen
Aug 31, 2015, at 06:55 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS) Eminent Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Monday joined the One Rank One Pension agitation of military veterans being staged in Delhi's Jantar Mantar, reports said.
Odisha's self-styled Godman Sura Baba detained, people ransack Ashmram
Aug 31, 2015, at 06:07 pm
Bhubaneswar, Aug 31 (IBNS) Hours after the detention of Odisha's Sura Baba and his two sons local villagers went on a rampage in the controversial Godman's Ashmram, vandalising property, reports said.
Andhra's Injection Pshycho still on run
Aug 31, 2015, at 05:46 pm
Hyderabad, Aug 31 (IBNS) Fear stalks Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district as man, who has allegedly attacked 25 people by pricking them with toxic injections is yet to be apprehended, media reports say.
Supreme court stays Rajasthan HC ban on Santhara
Aug 31, 2015, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Rajasthan High Court order which delared as illegal the Jain community's religious ritual Santhara (fast unto death).
Amit Shah to finalise Bihar seat sharing with allies today
Aug 31, 2015, at 04:11 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS) BJP President Amit Shah will meet his parties Bihar allies on Monday to finalise sharing of the state's 243 seats for the Assembly polls, expected to be held on October.
Indrani Mukherjea may be charged with attempted murder of son
Aug 31, 2015, at 03:47 pm
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IBNS) Indrani Mukerjea, accused of murdering her daughter Sheena Bora, may also face charges of attempting to murder her son Mikhael, media reports said.
Petroleum Minister online portal for bookings of LPG in India
Aug 31, 2015, at 02:44 am
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS) Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday launched Sahaj - the on line release of new LPG connections, through the portal mylpg.in to enable customers to register for new LPG connections online, as well as make on line payments for the same.
BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad counters Sonia-Nitish-Rahul-Lalu after Bihar rally
Aug 31, 2015, at 02:38 am
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS) Hours after the JD (U)-RJD-Congress tri-party rally in Bihar attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, IT and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter to slam the leaders of their respective parties.
Renowned Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi shot dead at his residence
Aug 30, 2015, at 10:38 pm
Bengaluru, Aug 30 (IBNS): Renowned Kannada writer, research scholar and retired vice-chancellor MM Kalburgi was shot dead at his residence in the northwest city of Dharwad by unidentified youths on Sunday morning.
Nitish, Sonia launch scathing attack on Modi in Bihar rally
Aug 30, 2015, at 09:23 pm
Patna, Aug 30 (IBNS): Minutes after Congress President Sonia Gandhi's scathing attack on the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday slammed Narendra Modi and said the Prime Minister repackaged the old schemes and declared them as new.
Will make agitation national: Hardik Patel
Aug 30, 2015, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS): Hardik Patel, who is demanding reservation for the Patel community in Gujarat, on Sunday gave a 48-hour deadline to the government for providing compensation to the families of all people who died in last week's protests in the state.
Modi govt anti farmer, people lost faith in Centre: Sonia in Patna
Aug 30, 2015, at 08:14 pm
Patna, Aug 30 (IBNS): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government in Bihar's Patna city while addressing the 'Swabhiman Rally' (a rally for self-respect) ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls.
First year MBBS student of AIIMS Hospital commits suicide in girls hostel
Aug 30, 2015, at 07:40 pm
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS): A first year MBBS student of Delhi's AIIMS hospital has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a fan in her room at the girls hostel, reports said.
Have agreed to let Land Bill lapse tomorrow: PM Modi on Mann Ki Baat
Aug 30, 2015, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday through his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat' said his government will allow the controversial land bill to lapse on Monday due to the immense opposition it faced.
Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Sonia Gandhi to address rally in Patna
Aug 30, 2015, at 04:29 pm
Patna, Aug 30 (IBNS): A massive rally is scheduled to take place in Patna on Sunday where Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and Congress President Sonia Gandhi will share the stage ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls.
PM Modi to address 11th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat' today
Aug 30, 2015, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will share his thoughts on the 11th edition of Mann Ki Baat.
Hated Sheena but did not kill her: Indrani tells police
Aug 30, 2015, at 03:52 pm
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IBNS): Indrani Mukherjea, who is accused of killing Sheena Bora, has told police that she hated her daughter, but did not kill her, media reports said.
Aug 30, 2015, at 03:49 am
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday said it has suspended two of its MP's for 'anti-party activities and indiscipline'.
WB: Man caught with bodies of woman. child in bag
Aug 30, 2015, at 02:17 am
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IBNS): One man was caught by other passengers on Saturday while he was allegedly trying to throw bodies, which he was carrying in his bags, into river Ganges from a boat in Hooghly district of West Bengal.
Aug 30, 2015, at 12:03 am
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IBNS) The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath concluded on Sunday, on Shravan Purnima, amid chanting of religious hymns in the spiritual ambience of south Kashmir Himalayas.
Rajnath Singh meets injured J&K constable
Aug 29, 2015, at 11:07 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met the constable of Jammu and Kashmir police, Mohd. Salim, who was injured during an encounter with terrorists, at AIIMS in New Delhi on Saturday.
Sheena Bora case: Police recover the car in which the murder took place
Aug 29, 2015, at 09:23 pm
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IBNS) In a major development in the Sheena Bora murder case, Mumbai Police have recovered the car in which the crime was committed, reports said.
Another ex-serviceman on OROP hunger strike hospitalised
Aug 29, 2015, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS) Havaldar Abhilekh Singh, an Army veteran, who was on an indefinite hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar to demand the implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme, was on Saturday taken to hospital after he fell ill, reports said.
Two hardcore NDFB(S) militants gunned down in Assam
Aug 29, 2015, at 08:30 pm
Guwahati, Aug 29 (IBNS): Security forces on Saturday gunned down two hardcore militants belonging to NDFB(S) in Assam's Chirang district, police said.