Feb 06, 2015, at 05:55 pm
Pune, Feb 6 (IBNS) In a fresh development, the Pune Police have registered an FIR against several people who participated in the AIB Roast show.
Kolkata becomes the first WiFi Metro city in India
Feb 06, 2015, at 05:49 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Kolkata has become the first WiFi enabled metro city of India.
Religious intolerance in India would have shocked Gandhiji: Obama
Feb 06, 2015, at 04:19 pm
Washington, Feb 6 (IBNS) US President Barack Obama has said that if Gandhi were alive, the acts of religious intolerance in India would have shocked him while he also reminded Americans of the acts of the terrible deeds committed by Christians too in history.
PM Modi to addres first NITI Aayog meeting today
Feb 06, 2015, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with eminent economists and experts in the first meeting of newly-constituted NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) on Friday, media reports said.
8-year-old found raped, murdered at factory shed in K'taka
Feb 06, 2015, at 03:18 pm
Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IBNS): The body of an eight-year-old girl was mysteriously found at a factory shed in Karnataka’s Hoskote Taluk industrial area on Thursday evening, media reports said.
Shatrughan Sinha praises AAP chief
Feb 06, 2015, at 04:57 am
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday praised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and said he has a 'good image'.
Assam Municipality poll to be held on Feb 9
Feb 06, 2015, at 02:34 am
Guwahati, Feb 5 (IBNS) : A total of 2,901 candidates are in fray in the municipality poll of Assam which will be held on Feb 9, officials of state election commission said.
Two hardcore NDFB(S) militants nabbed, 12 kgs RDX recovered
Feb 06, 2015, at 02:06 am
Guwahati, Feb 5 (IBNS) : The security forces apprehended two hardcore militants of NDFB(S) and recovered 12 kgs RDX from them, preventing major mishaps in Assam's Chirang district, on Thursday, officials said.
LIMCA Book of Records features Army Transport Unit
Feb 06, 2015, at 12:41 am
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): Army's Eastern Command has recently added another feather in its cap as Kolkata based Army unit dealing with military vehicles and logistics was featured in the Limca Book of Records 2015 for the Longest Safe Driving Records.
Police lathicharge SUICI men in Kolkata
Feb 06, 2015, at 12:02 am
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS) Police on Thursday lathicharged Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) workers in Central Kolkata during a law violation programme.
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Vote for AAP: Mamata appeal to Delhiites
Feb 05, 2015, at 11:45 pm
Kolkata , Feb 5 (IBNS) West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appealed to the people of Delhi to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Assembly elections on February 7.
SC turns down TMC's plea for monitoring Saradha probe
Feb 05, 2015, at 11:29 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS) Dealing a severe blow to the ruling Trinamool Congress of West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Thursday turned down the state government's request for monitoring the probe into Saradha and non-Saradha chit fund scam cases by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
PAHAL Yojana: PM expresses joy over registration of 10 crore citizens
Feb 05, 2015, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed joy over registration of 10 crore citizens as a part of the PAHAL Yojana.
Rajnath instructs Delhi Police to beef up security of churches
Feb 05, 2015, at 11:18 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday instructed Delhi Police to beef up security of churches and other places of worship in the wake of the recent attacks on churches across the national capital.
Ishrat Jahan encounter case: DG Vanzara gets bail
Feb 05, 2015, at 11:17 pm
Ahmadabad, Feb 5 (IBNS): Former Gujarat IPS officer DG Vanzara was on Thursday granted a conditional bail by the Ahmedabad CBI court in connection the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
Hide criminal records, get disqualified :SC about lawmakers
Feb 05, 2015, at 10:43 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS) In a landmark judgement of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that an elected representative could be stripped of his status if found guilty of supressing information on pending criminal cases.
Bengali actress Locket Chatterjee joins BJP
Feb 05, 2015, at 10:16 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): Bengali films popular actress Locket Chatterjee on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after quitting West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Party (TMC).
Politics not my cup of tea: Srinjoy says on resignation
Feb 05, 2015, at 10:00 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS) A day after a city court on Wednesday granted him conditional bail, Saradha scam accused Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose quit the party and membership of the upper house of Parliament on Thursday.
Rahul holds grand roadshow in Cong stronghold
Feb 05, 2015, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday held a large roadshow in north-west Delhi constituency, a seat which is a party stronghold for over 20 years.
L C Goyal takes over as Union Home Secretary
Feb 05, 2015, at 08:36 pm
New Delhi, Frb 5 (IBNS) Senior IAS officer LC Goyal on Thursday assumed office as the country's new home secretary replacing Anil Goswami, who was sacked for trying to obstruct CBI probe against a former union minister.
Amit Shah slams AAP over donation row
Feb 05, 2015, at 08:35 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): Taking a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah questioned that how it claims of not knowing about details of the donations given to his party.
Sunanda Pushkar's son questioned by police
Feb 05, 2015, at 08:13 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5(IBNS) Shiv Menon, the son of Sunanda Pushkar, is being questioned by a special team of Delhi police on Thursday in connection with his mother's alleged murder.
Srinjoy Bose quits Trinamool Congress
Feb 05, 2015, at 07:08 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS) A day after a city court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose, he stepped own from the TMC on Thursday.
Fire in Kolkata high-rise brought under control
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:54 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): The fire, which broke out in a multi -stored building, in Kolkata's Jahwarlal Nehru Road on Thursday has been brought under control.
BJP holds 70 rallies in Delhi on last day of campaign
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:52 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS) With the electioneering reaching its last day ahead of the Feb 7 polls in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going all out to woo the voters amid survey reports that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) could come first in the elections.
Dera Sachcha Sauda backs BJP in Delhi polls
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:38 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS) Ahead of Delhi polls, the BJP has got support from the sect of Dera Sacha Sauda, led by the controversial Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, whose film on himself recently had ran into trouble with the Censor Board.
Fire in Kolkata building, no casualty
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS) A fire broke out at the fifth floor of a building in Kolkata's Jawaharlal Nehru Road on Thursday, officials said.
Police disperse Delhi protesters against church attack
Feb 05, 2015, at 04:44 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS) Police dispersed a large number of people outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi who were agitating against recent attacks on churches across the national capital.
L.C. Goyal appointed as new home secretary
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:55 am
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): The Indian government on Wednesday appointed rural development ministry Secretary L.C. Goyal as the new home secretary after Anil Goswami was sacked for reportedly admitting that he had called up CBI officials while former Union Minister Matang Sinh, who was arrested last week, was questioned in connection with the Saradha scam.
Matang arrest: Home secy Anil Goswami sacked
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:55 am
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS) The Centre on Wednesday sacked Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami on charges that he had called up CBI officials while former Union Minister Matang Sinh, who was arrested last week, was questioned in connection with the Saradha scam, media reports said.