India-Bangladesh enclave swapping starts today
Jul 31, 2015, at 05:12 pm
New Delhi, Jul 30 (IBNS) India and Bangladesh will finally start exchanging 162 enclaves from Friday to accord nationality to more than 51,000 people in a historic event that ends four decades of deadlock.
Parliament logjam continues, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noon
Jul 31, 2015, at 05:06 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): Amid chaos and uproar, the Upper House of the Parliament was on Friday adjourned till 12 noon shortly after in began its functioning for the day.
Four Indian teachers kidnapped in Libya by suspected IS
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:49 pm
New Delhi, Jul 31 (IBNS) Four Indian teachers have been kidnapped in Libya, allegedly by the Islamic State terror group.
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets PM Modi
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:48 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is under fire over the Vyapam scam in his state, is meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's residence in New Delh in Friday.
Four Indians kidnapped in Libya by suspected militants
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi, Jul 31 (IBNS) Four Indians have reportedly been kidnapped in Libya by suspected Islamic State militants.
All-party meeting to clear Parliament deadlock fails
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:03 pm
New Delhi, Jul 31 (IBNS) An all-party meeting held to break the political deadlock in Parliament has proved futile though efforts are being made to convene another meeting to ensure that normalcy is restored.
Kolkata: New Market fire brought under control
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:53 am
Kolkata, Jul 30 (IBNS): The fire which broke out at the old complex (Hogg Market) of Kolkata's iconic New Market on Thursday night has been brought under control around 10:30 pm.
Hardcore ULFA(I) ultra nabbed in Assam
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:34 am
Guwahati, July 30 (IBNS): A hardcore militant of United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) was nabbed by police in Assam's Tinsukia district on Thursday, police said.
Judges who rejected Yakub's last minute plea given additional security
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:15 am
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): The three judges, who rejected 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's last-minute appeal in an unprecedented hearing that took place in the Supreme Court at 3 AM on Thursday, has been been provided with additional security, reports said.
Kolkata: Major fire breaks out at New Market
Jul 31, 2015, at 03:40 am
Kolkata, Jul 30 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at the old complex (Hogg Market) of Kolkata's iconic New Market on Thursday.
Cyclone Komen makes landfall in Bangladesh, WB, Odisha on high alert
Jul 31, 2015, at 03:26 am
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Cyclone Komen hit the Bangladesh coast on Thursday evening, which is expected to bring with it heavy rainfall in the Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Execution of Yakub Memon cruel and inhuman: Amnesty International
Jul 31, 2015, at 03:24 am
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS) The execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon marks another disheartening use of the death penalty in India, said Amnesty International India on Thursday.
1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon buried in Mumbai amid high security
Jul 31, 2015, at 02:11 am
Mumbai, July 30 (IBNS): The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday morning in Nagpur Central Jail, was buried in a graveyard in Mahim in Mumbai amid heavy security.
Assam govt to set up Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for innovation
Jul 31, 2015, at 01:34 am
Guwahati, July 30 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said the state will set up Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for innovation soon.
SAIL's plant at IISCO dispatch first export consignment of Blooms
Jul 31, 2015, at 12:30 am
New Delhi/Burnpur, July 30 (IBNS): Steel Authority of India Ltd.'s IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) dispatched its first export consignment of 45 wagons of Steel blooms on Thursday.
Bomb scare in Gurdaspur after suspicious bag spotted near bus stand
Jul 31, 2015, at 12:22 am
Gurdaspur, July 30 (IBNS): Just three days after the terror attack in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, a fresh panic surfaced after a suspicious object was found at a bus stand here on Thursday, reports said.
Gujarat: Medical team allows teenage rape victim to terminate 24 weeks pregnancy
Jul 30, 2015, at 11:48 pm
Ahmedabad, July 30 (IBNS): In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court constituted medical team on Thursday allowed a 14-year-old rape victim to abort her foetus.
Shashi Tharoor's tweets on Memon's execution embarrasses Congress
Jul 30, 2015, at 11:07 pm
New Delhi, Jul 30 (IBNS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is once again in news to put his party in embarrassment, saying he is saddened by the execution of Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Overwhelming evidence to suggest Pak hand behind Gurdaspur attack: Arun Jaitley
Jul 30, 2015, at 10:52 pm
New Delhi, Jul 30 (IBNS) Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said there was overwhelming evidence to suggest that Gurdaspur attack was masterminded from across the border.
Kashmir MLA protesting Yakub hanging detained
Jul 30, 2015, at 09:59 pm
Srinagar, July 30 (IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir Police detained on Thursday Independent MLA and engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid, after he took out a rally here to protest the hanging of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon and prevalence of capital punishment in the country.
Gurdaspur terrorists came from Pakistan : Rajnath Singh
Jul 30, 2015, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi, Jul 30 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the terrorists who attacked Gurdaspur came from Pakistan.
Yakub Memon's body reaches Mumbai for burial
Jul 30, 2015, at 08:09 pm
Mumbai, Jul 30 (IBNS) The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday morning in Nagpur Central Jail reached Mumbai where he will be buried.
I am going to die, only a miracle can save me: Yakub Memon told a jail guard
Jul 30, 2015, at 07:42 pm
Nagpur, Jul 28 (IBNS) As Yakub Memon was probably being torn between hopes and despair waiting for the Supreme Court to decide on his petition against execution, he reportedly told a prison guard that only miracle can save him.
The last hearing on Yakub Memon : Unprecedented 90 minutes in the early hours
Jul 30, 2015, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi, Jul 30 (IBNS) For the first time in India's legal history the Supreme Court was opened for judges at 3 am on Thursday to hear the final plea against the execution of Yakub Memon for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
PM Modi, thousands others bid adieu to Kalam at his funeral in Rameswaram
Jul 30, 2015, at 06:15 pm
Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Jul30 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among tens of thousands of people who bid adieu to the People's President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam as he was laid to rest on Thursday morning with full military honours at a public ground in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram, his hometown.
PM Modi pays tribute to Kalam at his funeral in Rameswaram
Jul 30, 2015, at 05:08 pm
Rameswaram, July 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid his last tributes to former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam at his funeral in his hometown Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu where several other dignitaries from across India also poured in.
Jawan killed in Pak ceasefire violation in Kashmir
Jul 30, 2015, at 04:41 pm
rinagar, Jul 30 (IBNS) An army jawan was killed as Pakistani rangers resorted to firing from across the LoC on Thursday in a fresh incident of ceasefire violation, reports said.
Birthday cake for Memon hours before hanging
Jul 30, 2015, at 04:23 pm
Nagpur, Jul 30 (IBNS) Hours before his hanging a birthday cake was sent to Yakub Memon inside Nagpur Centra Jail at midnight as the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict turned 53 on Thursday.
Google pays tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam with a 'black ribbon' on its homepage
Jul 30, 2015, at 02:41 pm
New York, July 30 (IBNS): Popular search engine Google on Thursday paid homage to former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, who passed away on Monday, by displaying a black ribbon on its homepage.
Hope govt, judiciary will show similar commitment in all cases of terror: Digvijaya Singh
Jul 30, 2015, at 02:23 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS) Hours after 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged in Nagpur, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said he hopes that the Centre and the judiciary will also show 'similar commitment' in all cases of terror.