Voting underway for Bengaluru civic polls
Aug 22, 2015, at 05:02 pm
Bengaluru, Aug 22 (IBNS) Voting is underway in Bengaluru on Saturday to elect a new city corporation known as BBMP.
Delhi's AAP MLA arrested for assaulting NDMC worker
Aug 22, 2015, at 04:36 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) Ruling Aam Aadmi Party MLA Surinder Singh has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) worker, reports said.
Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah leaves for Delhi to meet Pak NSA
Aug 22, 2015, at 04:09 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah left for Delhi from Srinagar on Saturday for talks with Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaz Aziz as Sunday's NSA-level dialogues between India and Pakistan hangs in a precarious balance.
India nails Dawood Ibrahim lie by Pakistan, proofs show he is in Karachi
Aug 22, 2015, at 02:34 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) India's security agency has hard evidence that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is living in Pakistan even though the latter has categorically denied the presence of India's most wanted and the 1993 Mumbai blasts prime accused on their soil, according to a report in Hindustan Times on Saturday.
CBSE apologises to Smriti Irani over spelling mistakes
Aug 22, 2015, at 04:38 am
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday apologised to Union Education Minister Smriti Irani for misspelling in a letter sent on her behalf to different schools.
Masarat Alam's detention under PSA quashed
Aug 22, 2015, at 03:57 am
Srinagar, Aug 21 (IBNS) After over four months, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday quashed the detention under Public Safety Act (PSA) of pro-freedom Kashmiri leader Masarat Alam.
Posters welcoming ISIS leader Baghdadi spotted in Srinagar
Aug 22, 2015, at 03:38 am
Srinagar, Aug 21 (IBNS): Posters having the picture of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu bakr al-Baghdadi and the flags of the Sunni terror group along with that of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Pakistan were waved in the Kashmir valley on Friday.
Amitabh Mattoo appointed as advisor to J&K CM
Aug 22, 2015, at 02:25 am
Srinagar, Aug 21 (IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir State Government has appointed academician and Jammu University's former vice chancellor Amitabh Mattoo as advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Assam flood : Over 5.76 lakh affects, hits Kaziranga National Park
Aug 22, 2015, at 02:12 am
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IBNS): Assam flood situation turned grim after flood waters submerged more areas on Friday affecting more than 5.76 lakh people of 19 districts of the state.
Students gherao Presidency University VC
Aug 22, 2015, at 12:58 am
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IBNS): The students of Kolkata's prestigious Presidency University have gheraoed Vice-Chancellor Anuradha Lohia on Friday.
Mere winning of municipal polls in MP & Rajasthan will not absolve CM's from scams : Tarun Gogoi
Aug 22, 2015, at 12:30 am
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said that mere winning of the civic polls by BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan would not absolve Chief Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje from the Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi row.
Aug 21, 2015, at 11:43 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS) Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley will inaugurate the two day Annual Conference of the Chief Commissioners and Directors General of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax on Monday in New Delhi.
Pakistan rejects India's advice over 'meeting' with Kashmiri separatists
Aug 21, 2015, at 10:56 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Pakistan on Friday clarified that it was not possible for the country to accept India's 'advice' of canceling a meeting between Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaz Aziz and Kashmiri separatists.
PM Modi meets Fiji PM, other leaders
Aug 21, 2015, at 10:01 pm
Jaipur, Aug 21 (IBNS) Indian PM Narendra Modi met his Fijian counterpart Frank Bainimarama in Jaipur city on Friday.
Writer Taslima Nasreen's visa extended
Aug 21, 2015, at 09:57 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): The Indian home ministry on Friday extended Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen's visa for a year, media reports said.
High Court stay in Gujarat on compulsory voting in civic polls
Aug 21, 2015, at 08:26 pm
Ahmedabad, Aug 21 (IBNS) In a setback for the Gujarat government, the Gujarat High Court on Friday stayed the order for compulsory voting in municipal elections.
Army stage flag march in curfew-bound Samba after violence
Aug 21, 2015, at 08:25 pm
Jammu, Aug 21 (IBNS) Army staged a flag march on Friday as 14 people, including 10 police personnel, were injured following clashes over an alleged sacrilegious act in Samba district, reports said.
Uphaar fire tragedy : Kejriwal may reject Rs.60 crore the SC has asked to pay Ansals
Aug 21, 2015, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he will seriously consider whether to reject the Rs. 60 crore the Supreme Court has directed the owners of Uphaar cinema to pay as fine for the 1997 fire tragedy in which 59 people were killed.
Amit Shah trapped inside lift in Patna
Aug 21, 2015, at 07:37 pm
Patna, Aug 21 (IBNS) BJP president Amit Shah got stuck in an elevator at the state guest house in Patna late Thursday night, reports said.
Railway Minister Prabhu faces demonstration in Kolkata
Aug 21, 2015, at 07:34 pm
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IBNS): Demanding immediate recruitment in Indian Railways, the Yuva League of All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) demonstrated against railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday in Kolkata.
Last minute hitch over agreement prevented PM Modi from announcing OROP
Aug 21, 2015, at 05:48 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi all set to announce the much-awaited One Rank One Pension for ex-servicemen during his speech from the Red Fort on Independence Day, but could not do so as the government could not reach an agreement in the last minute
Only woman who received gallantry award fights to remain in the Army
Aug 21, 2015, at 05:04 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS) Lt Colonel Mitali Madhumita, the lone woman to have won a gallantry award in the Indian Army is now fighting to stay in the force, media reports says.
Kejriwal to meet kin of Uphaar cinema victim a day after SC judgement
Aug 21, 2015, at 04:29 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS) A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed his displeasure over the Supreme Court verdict that spared the owners of Uphaar cinema hall a jail term for the devastating fire in 1997, he will meet a close kin of two of the victims on Friday, reports said.
India advises Pakistan against meeting with Kashmiri separatists
Aug 21, 2015, at 04:05 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS) Ahead of Sunday's NSA-level talks that is preceded by a growing tension India and Pakistan have exchanged hard talks in keeping with their firm stand over Kashmiri separatists being invited for a meeting with Pakistan's Sartaz Aziz, reports said.
'Cross LoC points' mirror the reality of Indo-Pak relations: Mufti Sayeed
Aug 21, 2015, at 04:05 am
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Thursday described cross-LoC trade and travel as an initiative to bring divided families closer and a big step towards promoting culture, education, business and tourism on the two sides of the international border.
US Ambassador Richard Verma visits Lucknow
Aug 21, 2015, at 03:54 am
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IBNS): The United States Ambassador to India, Richard Verma, visited Lucknow August 19-20.
BJP edge past Congress in Rajasthan civic poll results
Aug 21, 2015, at 03:36 am
Jaipur, Aug 20 (IBNS) After a grueling battle with the opposition Congress party, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday emerged victorious in the recently concluded civic polls.
WB student killing: Arrested CP leader sent to police custody
Aug 21, 2015, at 02:56 am
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IBNS): Congress Chhatra Parishad (CP) leader Paltu Ojha, who was arrested in connection with the killing of a student inside a college campus in West Bengal, has been sent to police custody for six days.
Six Maoists apprehended in Assam
Aug 21, 2015, at 02:51 am
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IBNS): Assam police on Thursday apprehended six Maoists including a woman leader from Cachar district, officials said.
Over 3 lakh people affects in Assam flood
Aug 21, 2015, at 02:41 am
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IBNS): The flood situation in Assam on Thursday turned grim, following incessant rains in past few days across the state, where more than three lakh people have been affected in 13 districts.