Lucknow gangrape: Medical college security guard arrested

Jul 20, 2014, at 07:48 pm

Lucknow, July 20 (IBNS): A security guard of a medical college hospital has been arrested in connection with the gangrape and murder of a 32-year-old old lab assistant in Uttar Pradesh's capital city Lucknow, reports said.

Bangalore student rape: Police detain 8 school staff

Jul 20, 2014, at 06:49 pm

Bangalore, July 20 (IBNS): Coming under pressure, the Bangalore Police has detained eight staff members of an international school in connection with the alleged rape of a six-year old girl inside the school premise, reports said.

BJP ready to form govt in Delhi: Satish Upadhyay

Jul 20, 2014, at 06:15 pm

New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Satish Upadhyay met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at his residence on Sunday fuelling speculations of a fresh poll in Delhi.

Baduan case: CBI to exhume rape victims' bodies today

Jul 20, 2014, at 04:54 pm

New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): After the procedure was stopped on Saturday as the water level rose in Ganga, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to try on Sunday to exhume the bodies of two sisters of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, who were allegedly raped and then hanged from a tree.

Mumbai offshore gas leak: ONGC evacuates 48 workers

Jul 20, 2014, at 03:48 pm

Mumbai, July 20 (IBNS): A total of 48 personnel were evacuated from the Bombay High Oil Rig North platform in Mumbai after gas flow was observed from the outermost casing annulus on Saturday, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) said in a statement.

Shyam SEL: Two TMC leaders suspended

Jul 20, 2014, at 06:56 am

Kolkata, July 19 (IBNS): The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has suspended two local party leaders of Burdwan-Asansol industrial area over alleged involvement in extortion bid and threatening officials of a steel plant at Jamuria in Burdwan district.

Gas leak at Bombay High Oil Rig

Jul 20, 2014, at 05:33 am

Mumbai, July 19 (IBNS) Workers were evacuated from the Bombay High Oil Rig in Mumbai following reports of gas leak in the compound on Saturday.

Smriti Irani visits Amethi,, slams Rahul Gandhi

Jul 20, 2014, at 04:02 am

Amethi, July 19 (IBNS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday slammed Rahul Gandhi and said the people of Amethi expected more from her than the Congress Vice-President.

PM's National Relief Fund: Modi suggests qualitative changes

Jul 20, 2014, at 02:20 am

New Delhi, July 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the functioning of the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund and suggested several qualititative changes in the way the fund is managed.

Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda sent to 10-day police remand

Jul 20, 2014, at 01:22 am

Bhubaneswar, July 19 (IBNS): A Odisha court on Saturday sent arrested Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda to 10-day police remand.

Kashmir teenager killed in anti-Israel protest firing

Jul 20, 2014, at 01:20 am

Srinagar, July 19 (IBNS) A teenager boy was killed in South Kashmir’s Khudwani area of Kulgam Town, 30 km from Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar after men in uniform opened fire on protesters rallying against Israel's offensive in Gaza.

Army prepares to honour Kargil martyrs

Jul 19, 2014, at 11:44 pm

Udhampur, July 19 (IBNS) The Indian Army is preparing extensively to honour the martyrs of the Kargil War of 1999 in a series of solemn ceremonies this year.

CBI to exhume Badaun rape victims' bodies

Jul 19, 2014, at 11:00 pm

New Delhi, July 19 (IBNS) Amid fears that the rising waters of Ganga will wash away the graves and evidences, the CBI is likely to exhume the bodies of two sisters of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh where allegedly raped and then hanged from a tree.

Life crippled in Jammu by shutdown

Jul 19, 2014, at 10:46 pm

Jammu, July 19 (IBNS) Normal life in Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir was crippled on Saturday by a shutdown to protest against Friday’s clashes in Baltal base camp of the Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra.

Mulayam courts controversy over UP rape percentage remark

Jul 19, 2014, at 06:35 pm

Lucknow, July 19 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh triggered fresh controversy with his remark that the percentage of rape in the state is much less as compared to its population.

Jayalalithaa against Sanskrit week celebrations, writes to PM

Jul 19, 2014, at 05:41 pm

Chennai, July 19 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the direction by the centre's Ministry of Human Resource Development urging Chief Secretaries of all States to celebrate Sanskrit week August 7 to 13 and instead organize a Classical Language Week in keeping with each state's linguistic heritage.

Angry parents protest Bangalore minor girl rape

Jul 19, 2014, at 04:52 pm

Bangalore, July 19 (IBNS) Hundreds of parents in Bangalore hit the streets on Saturday protesting the alleged rape of a six-year old girl in an international school.

Autopsy: NHRC issues notice to MP govt

Jul 19, 2014, at 04:13 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it has issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over reports that autopsies were being done in an open room of a collapsed building of the Government Hospital at Garhakota town of Sagar district in the state.

UP: Rape victim gets monetary relief from state govt

Jul 19, 2014, at 04:12 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said the Uttar Pradesh government has paid Rs.3 lakh as monetary relief to a rape victim in the state.

MH17: PM Modi writes to Netherlands PM

Jul 19, 2014, at 03:48 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wrote to Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte to express his condolences on the loss of lives on board MH17.

Those responsible must be held to account: UK PM on MH17

Jul 19, 2014, at 03:23 am

london, July 18 (IBNS):British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday said 'those responsible' for the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which killed 298 people on board, must be held to account.

Kejriwal hits out at Jaitley's Delhi Budget

Jul 19, 2014, at 02:53 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday slammed the Delhi Budget present by Union Fiance Minister Arun Jaitley and said the ruling party has taken a "U-turn" on almost all the promises it had made ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Indian prisoners in Saudi Arabia return home

Jul 19, 2014, at 02:34 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): Forty Indian people, who were languishing in a Saudi Arabia jail, returned to India on Friday.

Surat twin blasts: SC acquits all accused

Jul 19, 2014, at 02:33 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Friday quashed TADA court judgement and acquitted all the accused, who were convicted, in connection with the 1993 twin blasts in Surat.

PIL filed against Vaidik over his meeting with Saeed

Jul 19, 2014, at 01:07 am

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court against journalist and Ramdev aide Ved Pratap Vaidik over his meeting with India's most wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan during a trip of journalists to that country.

Fire fighter dies in Mumbai high-rise blaze

Jul 18, 2014, at 09:41 pm

Mumbai, July 18 (IBNS) Navy choppers were pressed into service to rescue firemen while one fire personnel died as a major blaze swept through the top floors of a 22--storey Mumbai high-rise building, which also houses offices of Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and other showbiz people, in the Andheri suburb on Friday.

MH17: Modi condoles death of 298 people on board

Jul 18, 2014, at 08:39 pm

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the death of 298 people on board a Malaysian Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was downed by suspected Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine.

Fire guts top floors of Mumbai high-rise

Jul 18, 2014, at 08:30 pm

Mumbai, July 18 (IBNS) A major fire broke out in a Mumbai high-rise building, which also houses offices of Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and other showbiz people, in the Andheri suburb on Friday.

Amarnath Yatra base camp clash injures 24

Jul 18, 2014, at 08:26 pm

Srinagar, July 18 (IBNS) At least 24 people were injured when clashes broke out in Baltal base camp of Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

Australian PM blames Russia-backed rebels for MH17 crash

Jul 18, 2014, at 07:22 pm

Melbourne, July 18 (IBNS) Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Friday said Russian backed rebels shot down the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 killing 298 people on board, including many Australians.