Government to probe new names in HSBC list: Arun Jaitley
Feb 09, 2015, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IBNS): Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that the government would investigate new names added to a list of Indians with accounts at HSBC in Geneva as part of a bigger inquiry into black money issue.
New names in black money trail abroad: Jaitley
Feb 09, 2015, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said new names have come up in the black money accounts at HSBC in Geneva.
Two arrested as class VI girl delivers baby in hostel
Feb 09, 2015, at 06:34 pm
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IBNS): A class-VI student delivered a baby in the hostel of a tribal welfare school in Odisha, media reports said.
Janata Dal (United) expels Jiten Ram Manjhi
Feb 09, 2015, at 06:22 pm
Patna, Feb 9 (IBNS): Janata Dal (United) on Monday expelled its Bihar Chief Minister Jiten Ram Manjhi amid an ongoing turmoil after former CM and party leader Nitish Kumar staked claim to form the government in the state when 97 MLAs unanimously elected him as the the leader of the state Assembly at a legislative party meeting.
Chinese national to be quizzed for flying drone in Chennai
Feb 09, 2015, at 06:13 pm
Chennai, Feb 9 (IBNS): A Chinese national will be questioned again on Monday. He was caught while flying a drone, apparently for fun, at Chennai’s popular Marina beach on Sunday evening, media reports said.
Rupee plunges below the 62 level
Feb 09, 2015, at 04:40 pm
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IBNS): The rupee fell below the 62 level by dropping 36 paise against the US dollar, media reports said.
Fresh ceasefire violation by Pak in RS Pura sector
Feb 09, 2015, at 03:53 pm
Jammu, Feb 9 (IBNS): Pakistani troops targeted at least eight Border Security Force (BSF) posts in Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura sector on Sunday night, media reports said.
Prez meets delegates to the Sixth Annual Heads of Mission Conference
Feb 09, 2015, at 04:46 am
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday met delegates to the Sixth Annual Heads of Mission Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Powerful IED recovered in Assam
Feb 09, 2015, at 04:21 am
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IBNS) : The security forces on Sunday recovered a powerful IED weighing five-six kgs in Assam's Chirang district and averted a major incident in the lower Assam district, officials said.
Singapore president arrives in India
Feb 09, 2015, at 03:51 am
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam arrived in India 0n Sunday as he commenced his four-day official visit to the Asian nation.
Bihar crisis: Manjhi meets PM Modi
Feb 09, 2015, at 03:24 am
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Amid a huge political crisis in Bihar, state Chief Minister Jiten Ram Manjhi on Sunday met Narendra Modi here and said he did not discuss any political issue with the Prime Minister.
Kejriwal watches movie, asks party workers to 'chill'
Feb 09, 2015, at 02:36 am
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): A day after people across Delhi exercised their franchise to elect a new Assembly, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal asked his party workers to 'chill' and 'relax' on Sunday.
BJP attacks Mamata for skipping NITI Aayog meeting
Feb 09, 2015, at 01:23 am
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Sunday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for skipping the first meeting of NITI Aayog.
Niti Aayog will have three sub groups of CMs: Modi
Feb 08, 2015, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS):Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that the newly constituted NITI Aayog, which replaces the Planning Commission, would constitute three sub groups of Chief Ministers on various issues.
Let us forge a model of cooperative, competitive federalism: PM
Feb 08, 2015, at 08:32 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon all Chief Ministers to work with the Centre to forge a model of cooperative federalism, whereby the Centre and the States-Team India-can come together to resolve differences, and chart a common course to progress and prosperity.
PM Modi chairs first Niti Aayog meeting
Feb 08, 2015, at 08:22 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired the first meeting of the Governing Council, NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).
Bihar political crisis: Manjhi likely to meet PM Modi
Feb 08, 2015, at 07:40 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Jiten Ram Manjhi is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening in attempt to do some damage control amid a huge political crisis in the state, a day after Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] legislators elected Nitish Kumar as the leader of the legislature party.
Haryana: Mentally-challenged woman raped and killed
Feb 08, 2015, at 07:12 pm
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, a 28-year-old mentally challenged woman was gangraped by a number of unidentified men in Haryana and then murdered.
12 people killed in Assam road mishap
Feb 08, 2015, at 06:01 pm
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IBNS): At least 12 people including including three women were killed and three others injured in a road mishap at NH-37 near Kaziranga in Assam's Golaghat district, officials said.
Nitish to stake claim to form government in Bihar today
Feb 08, 2015, at 03:26 pm
Patna, Feb 8 (IBNS): Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] leader Nitish Kumar is all set to stake claim on Sunday to form the government in Bihar after 97 MLAs of his party unanimously elected him as the the leader of the state Assembly at a legislative party meeting, said reports.
Saradha: Matang Sinh sent to CBI custody
Feb 08, 2015, at 03:29 am
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS) A local court on Saturday sent arrested former Union minister Matang Sinh to the CBI custody for five days.
AAP likely to win Delhi elections, says exit polls
Feb 08, 2015, at 02:34 am
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to clinch the Delhi Assembly polls, according to early trends from exit polls released on Saturday.
Nitish elected JD(U) leader of house amid speculations of early polls
Feb 08, 2015, at 12:32 am
Patna, Feb 7 (IBNS) In a day of rapid political development in Bihar, senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was elected the leader of the Bihar Assembly at a legislative party meeting while his bete noire, chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi recommended to the governor to dissolve the house, stoking possibility of an early election in the state.
Kolkata: Police arrests another chit fund boss
Feb 07, 2015, at 11:33 pm
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS): Police from Electronic Complex Police Station has arrested the owner of chit fund company URO, Biswapriyo Giri, from his own office at Salt Lake sector-V area in Kolkata on Friday night.
Srinagar Muzaffarabad trade suspended
Feb 07, 2015, at 11:27 pm
Srinagar, Feb 7 (IBNS): The trade between Srinagar Muzaffarabad at the Chakothi crossing point remained suspended for a second day on Saturday as a truck from Azad Kashmir was stopped by Jammu and Kashmir Police after it was reported to be carrying illegal imports.
Manjhi recommends dissolution of Bihar Assembly
Feb 07, 2015, at 11:17 pm
Patna, Feb 7 (IBNS) The political situation in Bihar on Saturday went to a high steam as chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi recommended to the governor dissolution of the state assembly defying the opposition of majority of his ministers.
Delhi polls: Over 60 pct Delhiites cast vote
Feb 07, 2015, at 11:15 pm
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): Amid exchange of political barbs between the two main rivals-Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party, more than 60 percent of Delhiites exercised their franchise on Saturday to elect the new government in the national capital.
Feb 07, 2015, at 10:33 pm
Srinagar, Feb 7 (IBNS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today said he hoped that the Aam Aadmi Party will give BJP "something to think about" in Delhi election.
Govindacharya complains to EC against BJP ads on poll day
Feb 07, 2015, at 10:14 pm
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS) Former RSS ideologue KN Govindacharya on Saturday complained to the Election Commission against the Bharatiya Janata Party for its full-page advertisements in e-papers of various national dailies, saying it was a violation of the electoral law.
Manjhi succumbs: To resign in favour of Nitish
Feb 07, 2015, at 10:03 pm
Patna, Feb 7 (IBNS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi finally succumbed on Saturday by deciding to resign and pave the come back way for Nitish Kumar after majority of Janata Dal (U) legislators rallied behind the former CM.