State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi calls on President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi
Oct 18, 2016, at 07:37 pm
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IBNS): The State Counsellor of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, called on President Pranab Mukherjee, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
World is talking about Indian Army's prowess : PM Modi at Himachal Pradesh
Oct 18, 2016, at 07:04 pm
Mandi, Oct 18 (IBNS) : Saluting the Indian Army, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the bravery of the forces has now become the talking point of the world following the surgical strikes against Pakistani terrorists last month.
MPs to be briefed about surgical strikes today
Oct 18, 2016, at 06:15 pm
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IBNS) : The Indian army and Government officials will on Tuesday brief the Members of Parliament about surgical strikes conducted across the Line of Control (LoC) on September 29, reports said.
Manipur : Three girls injured in grenade explosion
Oct 18, 2016, at 06:08 pm
Guwahati, Oct 18 (IBNS) : At least three girls, including a minor, were injured in an explosion in Manipur's capital Imphal on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.
Air India flight tyre gets deflated on taxi strip, passengers survive a scare
Oct 18, 2016, at 04:40 pm
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IBNS): Passengers on board an Air India flight survived an accident on Tuesday morning after one of its tyre deflated on the taxi strip, reports said.
Rahul Gandhi mourns Odisha hospital fire tragedy
Oct 18, 2016, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IBNS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday mourned the loss of lives in the Odisha hospital fire tragedy.
Fire breaks out in high-rise building, 2 killed
Oct 18, 2016, at 03:26 pm
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IBNS): A fire, which broke out at the high-rise building Maker Tower in Mumbai city, left at least 2 people killed on Tuesday, media reports said.
Oct 18, 2016, at 03:01 pm
Bhubaneswar, Oct 18 (IBNS): The fire, which broke out at a hospital in Odisha's Bhubaneswar city on Monday, left 19 people dead, reports said on Tuesday.
Odisha: Fire breaks out in hospital, over 20 feared killed
Oct 18, 2016, at 05:13 am
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IBNS): More than 20 people are feared to have been killed as a major fire broke out at a hospital in Odisha's Bhubaneswar city on Monday, reports said.
Arvind Subramanian's Twitter account hacked
Oct 18, 2016, at 05:05 am
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): India's Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian's Twitter account was hacked on Monday.
Pakistan: Explosion in Karachi kills 1
Oct 18, 2016, at 04:33 am
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IBNS): At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured as an explosion occurred outside Dar-i-Abbas Imambargah in Pakistan's Karachi city on Monday, media reports said.
Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi meets Sonia Gandhi
Oct 18, 2016, at 04:21 am
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi here.
Akhilesh will be chief ministerial candidate for UP polls: SP
Oct 18, 2016, at 04:01 am
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IBNS): The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday cleared all rumours and said Akhilesh Yadav will be the chief ministerial candidate of the party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections.
Tourism Minister to visit Ayodhya tomorrow
Oct 18, 2016, at 03:49 am
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): In an attempt to woo Hindu voters ahead of the Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma will visit Ayodhya on Tuesday to inspect the disputed site for setting up a Ramayana museum.
Major fire breaks out in Bhubaneswar hospital
Oct 18, 2016, at 03:22 am
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Monday.
NE India based journalist forum appreciates Islamabad's gesture to Dawn scribe
Oct 18, 2016, at 02:27 am
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS): Journalists' Forum Assam (JFA) has appreciated the latest gesture shown by the Pakistan Government in Islamabad towards senior scribe Cyril Almeida withdrawing his name from the exit control list (ECL).
Security forces bust two NDFB(S) camps along Assam-Arunachal border
Oct 18, 2016, at 02:08 am
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS): Security forces on Monday busted two camps of NDFB(S) and apprehended a hardcore militant of the outfit during an intensive operation along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, officials said.
Oct 18, 2016, at 02:02 am
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said leading institutions especially educational institutions can play an important role in creating mass awareness about issues like financial inclusion in the country.
Oct 18, 2016, at 01:17 am
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Monday said that while the public participation in the electoral exercise has noticeably improved, public dissatisfaction from the functioning of elected bodies is breeding cynicism with the democratic process itself.
RJD trashes JD-U's bid to project Nitish Kumar as "PM Material"
Oct 18, 2016, at 01:16 am
Patna, Oct 17 (The Bihar Post): The RJD led by Lalu Prasad has strongly opposed JD-U's bid to project Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as "PM material".
Singur: Land to be returned to farmers from Thursday
Oct 18, 2016, at 12:55 am
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IBNS): The West Bengal government on Monday announced that process of giving physical possession of land in Singur will commence from Thursday.
Oct 18, 2016, at 12:00 am
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS) : The simmering anger against the Centre’s decision to revise the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1955 reached at boiling point in Assam.
Mamata Banerjee condemns 'communal terrorism'
Oct 17, 2016, at 11:59 pm
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party condemns communal terrorism.
Assam-Nagaland vow to work towards mutual trust and people to people interaction
Oct 17, 2016, at 11:30 pm
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS) : In putting across their intent loud and clear, the Assam and Nagaland government vowed to adopt "mutually reciprocating approach" to carry forward constant dialogue and people to people contact towards solving all outstanding issues between the two states.
Indo-Pak Border to be completely sealed in two years, officials
Oct 17, 2016, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): The Government has decided to completely seal the International Border (IB) with Pakistan by physical or non-physical barriers by December, 2018, officials said.
Leave Triple Talaq issue to Muslims to decide, Nitish Kumar tells Centre
Oct 17, 2016, at 10:33 pm
Patna, Oct 17 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asked Narendra Modi government at the Centre not to touch the issue of ‘triple talaq’.
My name is Rohith Vemula, I am a Dalit, he says in video days before committing suicide
Oct 17, 2016, at 09:47 pm
Hyderabad, Oct 17 (IBNS) : In what comes as a rebuttal to the report of a Government instituted probe panel report,, a video, stated to have been shot days before Rohith Vemula committed suicide, shows the Hyderabad Central University research scholar saying he is a Dalit.
BJP-JDU in war of words over Nitish Kumar as PM candidate
Oct 17, 2016, at 09:01 pm
Patna, Oct 17 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The BJP on Monday hit out at the JD-U for trying to project Nitish Kumar as PM candidate and as a main challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying they are “daydreamingâ€.
Stalin and other opposition leaders arrested during Tamil Nadu agitation
Oct 17, 2016, at 08:53 pm
Chennai, Oct 17 (IBNS): DMK treasurer and former Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, his party MLAs and other functionaries were arrested in Chennai on Monday while demanding constitution of the Cauvery Water Management Board, reports said.
Our relationship with China has improved : Rajnath Singh
Oct 17, 2016, at 08:40 pm
Chandigarh, Oct 17 (IBNS) : Union home minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that India has strengthened its relationship with China despite having some "perceptional differences" with Beijing.