IMG to examine potentiality of GAGAN in non-aviation sectors
Jul 08, 2014, at 04:05 am
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): The Ministry of Aviation has set up an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) in order to utilise the maximum potential of the GPS Aided Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) System.
Pranab accepts Goa Governor's resignation
Jul 08, 2014, at 03:58 am
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday accepted the resignation of BV Wanchoo as the Governor of Goa.
No shortage of petroleum products: Petroleum Minister
Jul 08, 2014, at 03:57 am
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharamendra Pradhan on Monday informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that no shortage of petroleum products due is envisaged due to the present internal crisis in Iraq.
Gowda launches social media platform for Railways
Jul 08, 2014, at 03:43 am
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): Minister of Railways D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Monday launched social media platform for the Indian Railways at a function here.
Ex-President's brother named accused in murder case
Jul 08, 2014, at 03:15 am
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): Former Indian President Pratibha Patil's brother Gajendra Narayan Patil has been named as an accused in a murder case that dates back to 2005.
UGC issues directives to DU for 3 year undergraduate programme
Jul 08, 2014, at 02:03 am
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to all the colleges under the Delhi University (DU) for complying with the directives issued by it and ensuring that colleges admit students at undergraduate level for academic year 2014-15 only to the 3 year undergraduate programme which was offered prior to introduction of FYUP.
Jul 08, 2014, at 01:01 am
New Delhi, 7 (IBNS): Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Assam met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday.
SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army Chief
Jul 08, 2014, at 12:14 am
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army Chief of the Indian Army.
Life term for watchman convicted in killing of Mumbai lawyer Pallavi
Jul 07, 2014, at 08:00 pm
Mumbai, July 7 (IBNS) A sessions court in Mumbai on Monday pronounced life term for a city watchman of an apartment who killed a young woman lawyer, Pallavi Purkayastha, in August 2012, after trying to rape her.
Congress should get Leader of Opposition post: Sonia Gandhi
Jul 07, 2014, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi said the Leader of Opposition post should go to Congress party, which has only 44 MPs in the Lok Sabha, which is less than one tenth of the total strength of the House required for the same, after their electoral drubbing at the hands of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Stormy start for budget session over price rise, LS adjourned
Jul 07, 2014, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) The first budget session of the Narendra Modi government began on Monday with a ruckus over the price rise in Lok Sabha forcing an adjournment of the lower house.
No one can run parallel court in India: SC on Shariat courts, fatwas
Jul 07, 2014, at 05:37 pm
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Shariat courts have no sanction of law and no body can run a parallel court in India even as the Muslim Personal Law Board said they are okay with the apex court ruling and whatever they do otherwise is based on the law of the land.
Stormy start for Modi government budget session over price rise
Jul 07, 2014, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) The first budget session of the Narendra Modi government began on Monday with a ruckus over the price rise in Lok Sabha.
Modi government budget session begins
Jul 07, 2014, at 04:42 pm
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) The first budget session of the Narendra Modi government began on Monday amid high expectations from the new regime.
Discoms hatches conspiracy to force CAG to drop audit: AAP
Jul 07, 2014, at 05:43 am
New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday alleged that private power distribution companies have hatched a conspiracy 'with active help from the BJP and the Congress' to delay the audit of their accounts and 'frustrate' the CAG.
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Modi to attend BRICS summit in Brazil
Jul 07, 2014, at 04:06 am
New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): Narendra Modi will participate in the upcoming summit of the BRICS countries in Brazil next week, making it his first multilateral meeting since taking over as the Prime Minister of the country.
2200 Indians want to come back from Iraq: MEA
Jul 07, 2014, at 03:20 am
New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS) India on Sunday said as many as 2200 nationals, who are staying in the non-conflict zone, have expressed their desires to return to their country from the conflict-hit Iraq.
Gujarat Governor transferred to Mizoram
Jul 07, 2014, at 02:45 am
New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal has been transferred as the Governor of Mizoram for the rest of her term on Sunday.
Jul 07, 2014, at 02:29 am
Muzaffarnagar, July 6 (IBNS): A teacher was allegedly raped at Balwa Kheri village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Saturday, the police said.
Mumbai: Dawood Ibrahim's sister dies
Jul 07, 2014, at 02:09 am
Mumbai, July 6 (IBNS): Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar died at a hospital in Mumbai following a heart attack, media reports said on Sunday.
BJP leaders promises Bihari wives for Haryana's men
Jul 07, 2014, at 01:54 am
Chandigarh, July 6 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader OP Dhankar has triggered a controversy as he said his party will bring girls from Bihar so that all men in Haryana can get married.
WB student killed for protesting against miscreants, 1 arrested
Jul 06, 2014, at 08:26 pm
Kolkata, July 6 (IBNS): One person has been arrested in connection with the death of a college student, who was protesting against anti-social activities in his area which is about 30 kms from Kolkata, reports said.
Audio of JD-S chief demanding Rs 40 cr for nomination as party MLC released
Jul 06, 2014, at 08:22 pm
Bangalore, July 6 (IBNS): Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Kumaraswamy has allegedly been heard, in an audio clip released by MLC aspirant Vijugowda Patil, demanding Rs 40 crores to nominate an MLC from the party.
PM pays tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary
Jul 06, 2014, at 07:43 pm
New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which is the forerunner of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on his birth anniversary.
Did not tamper Sunanda's autopsy report: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Jul 06, 2014, at 07:22 pm
New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): Former Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has denied charges of his alleged involvement in the tampering of the autopsy report of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar.
Sri Lanka Navy arrests 20 Indian fishermen
Jul 06, 2014, at 06:59 pm
Rameswaram, July 6 (IBNS): The Sri Lankan Navy on Saturday arrested 20 Indian fishermen and four fishing trawlers for "poaching" in Sri Lankan waters, north of Mannar.
Jaya sets up SIT to probe Chennai building collapse
Jul 06, 2014, at 06:39 pm
Chennai, July 6 (IBNS): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the collapse of the 11-storey building near Chennai that claimed 61 lives.
Centre seeks report on Moradabad clashes
Jul 06, 2014, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): The Centre has sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government over the clashes that took place in Moradabad on Friday.
Another 200 Indians return from Iraq
Jul 06, 2014, at 04:52 pm
New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): A day after 46 Indian nurses caught in conflict-torn Iraq reached Kochi on Saturday, a special chartered flight carrying 200 more Indians from Najaf arrived at the Delhi International Airport on Sunday, reports said.
TN: 11 dead after wall collapses in Thiruvallur
Jul 06, 2014, at 04:23 pm
Chennai, July 6 (IBNS): At least 11 people died after a compound wall of a godown collapsed in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallur district on Sunday, reports said.