Youth from J&K call on PM Modi
Jan 07, 2016, at 01:10 am
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): Over 240 youth from Jammu and Kashmir called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Metro train starts running with passenger's foot stuck outside the door
Jan 06, 2016, at 11:54 pm
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): A Kavi Subhash bound metro train in Kolkata started running on Tuesday when a passenger's foot was stuck outside the compartment of the train, reports said on Wednesday.
Jan 06, 2016, at 11:43 pm
Raipur, Jan 6 (IBNS) Congress MLA Amit Jogi on Wednesday said he was hurt by the decision taken by the party to expel him for six years.
Congress expels Amit Jogi for six years
Jan 06, 2016, at 10:23 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): Days after an audio tape surfaced which allegedly showed MLA Amit Jogi involved in fixing an assembly by-election in Chhattisgarh , the Congress on Wednesday expelled him from the party.
Bhopal: AI flight’s tyre bursts, passengers safe
Jan 06, 2016, at 10:22 pm
Bhopal, Jan 6 (IBNS) All passengers, who were traveling in an Air India flight, were safe after the tyre of the plane burst during landing at the Raja Bhoj airport in Bhopal on Wednesday.
Jan 06, 2016, at 09:43 pm
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): Alleging that Surendra Lal Das Teachers Training College (B. Ed.) is forcibly occupying a land, few locals on Wednesday morning ransacked the college premise and set few rooms of the college and few vehicles, which were parked nearby, on fire at Bally Anandanagar area in West Bengal's Howrah district, reports said.
Cabinet approves India-Bahrain Agreement on cooperation in combating terrorism
Jan 06, 2016, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday given its ex-post facto approval to the Agreement between India and Bahrain on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crime and Trafficking in Illicit Drugs, Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances and Precursors Chemicals and its ratification.
Cabinet approves signing of MoU between India, Singapore in the field of Civil Aviation
Jan 06, 2016, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its ex-post facto approvalfor signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed in November, 2015 between Airports Authority of India and Singapore Cooperation Enterprise in Civil Aviation during Prime Minister’s visit to Singapore.
PM Modi has connection with Pakistani terrorists: TMC MP Idris Ali
Jan 06, 2016, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Idris Ali on Wednesday triggered a controversy as he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has direct links with Pakistani terrorists which was responsible for Pathankot Airbase attack.
Hydrogen bomb test: India asks North Korea to refrain from such actions
Jan 06, 2016, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS) Hours after North Korea claimed that it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, India on Wednesday asked the Asian nation to refrain itself from such actions.
Indian Railways invites people's suggestions on proposed development authority
Jan 06, 2016, at 08:38 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS) The Railways ministry has invited suggestions from the public on the concept note prepared by it for the formation of the Rail Development Authority of India (Authority).
Crude bomb hurled near Meenakshi temple
Jan 06, 2016, at 08:14 pm
Madurai, Jan 6 (IBNS): A crude bomb was hurled by unidentified men close to the East Tower of Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple on Tuesday, reports said on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out near Triangular Park, no casualty
Jan 06, 2016, at 08:13 pm
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in a four-storey building near Triangular Park in south Kolkata on Wednesday early morning, reports said.
HC asks Delhi govt whether it can restrict odd-even rule to a week
Jan 06, 2016, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned Delhi Government's newly imposed odd-even commuting rule, asking them if it can be stopped this week instead of the original fortnightly plan as it is already creating a trouble for commuters in the city.
BJP MLA arrested in Bengal after hate speech leads to violence
Jan 06, 2016, at 06:35 pm
Malda,West Bengal, Jan 6 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Shamik Bhattacharya along with 10 other party activists has been arrested in Malda in West Bengal on Wednesday in connection with in the case of a mob attacking a police station in the Kaliachak area on Sunday, reports said.
Actor Sanjay Dutt to be released from jail on Feb 27
Jan 06, 2016, at 05:01 pm
Mumbai, Jan 6 (IBNS) Actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed in an illegal arms case related to the 1993 Mumbai blasts, will be released on February 27, media reports said.
16-year-old girl gang-raped, murdered in Uttarakhand
Jan 06, 2016, at 04:40 pm
Dehradun, Jan 6 (IBNS) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by four people in Uttarakhand, reports said.
Obama urges US citizens to stop gun violence
Jan 06, 2016, at 04:17 pm
Washington, Jan 6 (IBNS) Gun violence is one of the major issues plaguing the US right now, something President Obama wants to stop, calling it a phenomenon that makes him mad whenever he thinks about the lives lost due to the same, according to reports.
Pathankot attack: Punjab police officer, friend and cook being interrogated by NIA
Jan 06, 2016, at 04:12 pm
Pathankot, Jan 6 (IBNS) Punjab police officer Salwinder Singh, his friend and cook, who were allegedly abducted by the terrorists a day before the attack on the Pathankot air base on Saturday, are being questioned by the National Investigation Agency.
WB: 7 ministers to oversee Gangasagar Mela 2016
Jan 06, 2016, at 05:06 am
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): After a preparatory meeting at state's main administrative building-Nabanna-on Monday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to depute seven cabinet ministers to Sagar Island in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas districts during the Gangasagar Mela, which will start from next Sunday (Jan 12).
J&K: Police holds Hizbul Mujahideen militant responsible for father-son murder
Jan 06, 2016, at 05:02 am
Srinagar, Jan 5 (IBNS): Police in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday claimed to have solved what it termed as 'mysterious killing' of a father-son duo in Sopore area of north Kashmir by arresting a militant of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit.
Income Tax department conducts raids at Apollo Hospitals
Jan 06, 2016, at 04:31 am
Chennai, Jan 5 (IBNS): The Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted raids across various premises of popular health-care chain Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd, media reports said.
WB: Parents and grandmother arrested for killing baby girl in Nadia
Jan 06, 2016, at 03:53 am
Kolkata/Nadia, Jan 5 (IBNS): The police on Tuesday arrested three for killing a baby girl at Santipur area in West Bengal's Nadia district, reports said.
TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee files FIR after men allegedly broke into her home
Jan 06, 2016, at 03:42 am
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IBNS): Television actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who is better known as 'Anandi' form Balika Vadhu, filed an FIR in Mumbai's Kandivali police station on Monday, alleging that she was molested by few imposters who pretended to be cops, reports said.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Jangalmahal Utsav in West Midnapore
Jan 06, 2016, at 02:38 am
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday flagged off the second edition of Jangalmahal Utsav in West Bengal's West Midnapore district and distributed prizes for the Jangalmahal Cup.
PM Modi mourns ex-Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia's death
Jan 06, 2016, at 02:17 am
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mourned the death of former Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia.
Saradha: Chidambaram's wife named in CBI chargesheet
Jan 06, 2016, at 01:43 am
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed the sixth supplementary chargesheet in connection with their ongoing probe into the Saradha financial scam where they named the wife of former finance minister P. Chidambaram's wife Nalini, sources said.
Cabinet Secretary chairs meeting on relief ops in Manipur
Jan 06, 2016, at 12:57 am
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): Cabinet Secretary P. K. Sinha chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee here on Tuesday to take stock of ongoing relief operations in Manipur.
Mechanized delivery of postal and parcel services launched in Kolkata
Jan 05, 2016, at 11:28 pm
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS) Chief Postmaster General, West Bengal Postal Circle, Arundhaty Ghosh launched the delivery of business and e-commerce parcels through mechanized delivery system to meet the needs of customers in the growing e-commerce segment here on Tuesday.
Kolkata: 2 suspects arrested with firearms from Garden Reach
Jan 05, 2016, at 11:21 pm
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, the police on Monday nabbed two suspects with firearms from Garden Reach area in Kolkata, reports said.