M Venkaiah Naidu interacts with women at Swarna Bharat Trust
Aug 23, 2016, at 04:30 pm
Vijayawada, Aug 23 (IBNS): Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday visited Swarna Bharat Trust's Vijaywada centre, where he interacted with the women workers of the organisation.
No water was provided by Indian officials at Rio: Marathon runner Jaisha
Aug 23, 2016, at 05:33 am
Bengaluru, Aug 22 (IBNS): After returning from Rio Olympics, athlete OP Jaisha has alleged that she was not provided water by Indian officials while running the marathon.
Aug 23, 2016, at 04:44 am
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee, who is visiting Kolkata, on Monday said that if India wants to make good use of the demographic dividend challenges will have to be converted to opportunity to become a knowledge economy and stress should be laid on innovation.
Aug 23, 2016, at 04:36 am
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said more research is crucial to unearth greater scientific understanding of homoeopathy.
In ISIS style video, ULFA demands Rs.1 crore ransom for releasing BJP leader's son
Aug 23, 2016, at 04:29 am
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IBNS): In a ISIS style hit, terror outfit United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has released a video showing a young man kneeling, asking for help, surrounded by five masked men holding guns.
Aug 23, 2016, at 04:27 am
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS): Homeopathy is gaining popularly in the country day by day as an effective alternative system of medicine and there are over two lakh practitioners of the system in the country at present said the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee in Kolkata on Monday.
Rijiju inaugurates the BRICS meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in Udaipur
Aug 23, 2016, at 03:29 am
Udaipur, Aug 22 (IBNS): Calling upon BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) countries to collaborate for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju said that it will, in turn, influence the global agenda for strengthening efforts on DRR and resilience.
Delegation of leaders from J&K Opposition Parties meets PM
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:57 am
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met a delegation of leaders of the Opposition Parties from the State of J&K.
Reach out to people through substantive political, economic measures: Mehbooba to Centre
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:55 am
Srinagar, Aug 22 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged for reaching out to the people of the state through substantive political and economic measures to address anger and alienation and find a lasting solution to the problems confronting them.
PM Modi assures total support in rescue and relief operations in various flood affected States
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:48 am
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured total support in the rescue and relief operations in the flood affected states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
PM Modi reviews progress of key infrastructure sectors
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:17 am
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors.
Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates CII-IIEST conference
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:04 am
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a CII-IIEST Conference on the theme of “Enabling Make in India through Industry Academia Innovation Platform†in Kolkata, West Bengal on Monday.
Probationers of Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) call on President
Aug 23, 2016, at 01:56 am
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): A group of probationers of 66th (2014) Batch of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) called on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee on Monday at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
Delhi poised to get new air force aerospace museum
Aug 22, 2016, at 11:34 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Delhi will soon have a sprawling new Aerospace Museum close to the international airport focused mainly on Nation’s rich aviation history.
Kolkata: 18 students injured in school bus crash
Aug 22, 2016, at 11:17 pm
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS): At least 18 students of a Kolkata school were injured on Monday morning in city's Newtown area when their school-bus overturned after being hit by a speeding truck, reports said.
Aug 22, 2016, at 10:07 pm
On August 3, 2016, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal after garnering 63.35 per cent of votes in Parliament. Out of 595 lawmakers, 573 cast their votes in the poll, of which 363 were in Dahal's favour. Dahal was backed by the largest party in the House, Nepali Congress (NC), constituents of the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF), the Federal Alliance, and some fringe parties. 210 lawmakers, including those of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) voted against the Maoist leader. This is Dahal's second stint as Prime Minister; he led the Government after the first Constituent Assembly (CA) elections from August 18, 2008, to May 25, 2009.
Aug 22, 2016, at 10:03 pm
The street violence that engulfed a large part of Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has so far accounted for at least 68 deaths - 66 protestors and two Policemen (data till August 21, 2016). The violence was sparked subsequent to the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) 'commander' Burhan Wani in an encounter on July 8, 2016. According to official figures, at least 4,515 Security Force (SF) personnel and 3,356 protestors were also injured during the protests till August 9. [No official figure about the number of inured has been released thereafter.] J& K consists of three divisions: Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.
'Slight' earthquake hits Haryana, tremors felt in Delhi
Aug 22, 2016, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale hit Mahendragarh in Haryana on Monday with its tremor being felt in New Delhi, officials said.
Sushma Swaraj meets Aung San Suu Kyi
Aug 22, 2016, at 09:19 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday met Myanmar's State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi.
PM Modi wants all parties to work together to end Kashmir turmoil
Aug 22, 2016, at 07:57 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Reiterating his stand on the current turmoil in Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, "The government and nation stand with Jammu amd Kashmir."
Two accused in Jigisha Ghosh murder case on death row
Aug 22, 2016, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Two of the three accused in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case were handed a death sentence by a Delhi court on Monday while a third accused got a life term in jail, according to media reports.
Pray for safety and wellbeing of those affected by floods: PM Modi
Aug 22, 2016, at 06:46 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Pledging total support from the central government to the flood affected areas in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday prayed for the safety and wellbeing of the people affected by the calamity.
Over 10,000 Congress workers join BJP in Karbi Anglong
Aug 22, 2016, at 06:11 pm
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IBNS) : After losing power in Assam, Congress faced another set back when more than 10,000 party workers joined the BJP in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Sunday.
Ten killed, 30 injured in Telengana bus accident
Aug 22, 2016, at 06:02 pm
Hyederabad, Aug 22 (IBNS) : At least ten people were killed and 30 injured after a bus in which they were travelling, fell into a canal off a bridge in Telengana's Khammam district in the wee hours of Monday.
Narendra Modi, Ashraf Ghani inaugurate Stor Palace through VC
Aug 22, 2016, at 05:55 pm
Kabul/New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani through video conferencing as the duo inaugurated the renovated Stor Palace in Kabul.
JNU scholar allegedly drugged and raped by student leader
Aug 22, 2016, at 05:52 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) : Jawaharlal Nehru University, the prestigious institution that often becomes the subject of political controversies, may now provide a fresh fodder to its critics to go more virulent with the allegation being levelled against a students' union leader for raping a fellow student inside his hostel room after spiking her drink, reports said.
PV Sindhu takes victory ride in Hyderabad
Aug 22, 2016, at 04:54 pm
Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IBNS): Indian shuttler and Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu, who returned to the country on Monday, took a victory ride atop an open roofed bus in Hyderabad.
Infant raped by teenager in Agra
Aug 22, 2016, at 04:52 pm
Agra, Aug 22 (IBNS): An 11-month old infant was allegedly raped by a teenager, reports said.
Special gratitude to Brazil for hosting Olympics, PM Modi tweets
Aug 22, 2016, at 03:53 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated all the athletes for participating in the Olympics, while showering praise on Brazil for hosting the mega event.
8 killed in Telangana bus mishap
Aug 22, 2016, at 03:29 pm
Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IBNS); At least eight people were killed as the bus, in which they were travelling, fell into a roadside irrigation canal on the Khammam-Hyderabad highway in Telangana on Monday, reports said.