Ashok Gehlot tests positive for swine flu

Feb 02, 2015, at 04:47 am

Jaipur, Feb 1 (IBNS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said he has tested positive for swine flu.

Kashmir receives fresh snowfall

Feb 02, 2015, at 04:34 am

Srinagar, Feb 1 (IBNS) Kashmir valley received fresh snowfall after a long dry spell on Sunday morning.

Saradha: Matang Sinh hospitalized

Feb 02, 2015, at 02:15 am

Kolkata, Feb 1 (IBNS) Former Union Minister Matang Sinh could not be presented in court on Sunday as he is admitted in state-run SSKM Hospital, reports said.

Bring back Congress to pwer: Gandhi urges Delhi

Feb 02, 2015, at 01:54 am

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Sunday urged people of Delhi to bring back the party in power in national capital while she attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a 'pracharak' (propagator).

Three KPLT militants nabbed in Assam

Feb 02, 2015, at 01:27 am

Guwahati, Feb 1 (IBNS) : The Security forces have apprehended three cadres of Karbi People's Liberation Tiger (KPLT) in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Sunday, officials said.

Assam : Three injured in blast

Feb 02, 2015, at 01:22 am

Guwahati, Feb 1 (IBNS) : At least three persons were injured in an powerful explosion in Assam's Hailakandi district on Sunday evening, police said.

Give me an oppurtunity to serve you: Modi

Feb 02, 2015, at 01:20 am

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): With less than a week left for the Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and alleged that the two parties were competing to tell lies to people.

Modi, Sonia, Kejriwal address Delhi poll rallies

Feb 01, 2015, at 09:30 pm

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, are addressing various rallies on Sunday in the national capital as the Delhi poll campaign heated up.

ISIL beheads Japanese journalist held captive

Feb 01, 2015, at 06:59 pm

Tokyo, Feb 1 (IBNS) The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has released a video capturing the killing of a Japanese hostage- journalist Kenji Goto- by beheading, said media reports.

I will not quit: Arvind Kejriwal

Feb 01, 2015, at 05:46 pm

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal in an Op-Ed article on NDTV.com has apologized for his past mistakes to the people of Delhi while ending with the promise that he will not quit.

13 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

Feb 01, 2015, at 04:59 pm

Mirpur, Bangladesh, Feb 1 (IBNS) At least 13 people were killed in a massive factory fire in Bangladesh's Mirpur on Saturday, said media reports.

Swaraj in Beijing suggests six-point template for India-China ties

Feb 01, 2015, at 04:43 pm

Beijing, Feb 1 (IBNS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who is visiting China on a four-day tour, said to initiate a new century of mutual learning to enrich respective civilizations and to realise the dream of the ‘Asian Century’, a six-point template focusing on action- oriented approach, broad-base bilateral engagement, convergence on common regional and global interests and strategic communication should be focused.

AAP receives Rs 1.25 crore as donation

Feb 01, 2015, at 04:57 am

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said it has received Rs 1.25 crore as donation during a fund raising event on Saturday.

Mamata should be summoned: BJP

Feb 01, 2015, at 04:20 am

Kolkata, Jan 31 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh on Saturday said West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee should be interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Saradha scam.

TMC to protest against BJP govt

Feb 01, 2015, at 03:03 am

Kolkata, Jan 31 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday said it will protest against the manner in which they are being targeted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Rajya Sabha 'due to lack of majority'.

Commemorative postage stamp on Swachh Bharat released

Feb 01, 2015, at 02:46 am

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications & IT has come out with a set of Commemorative Postage Stamps on the theme Swachh Bharat.

PM reviews PaHaL Scheme for Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG Subsidy

Feb 01, 2015, at 02:37 am

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed, in a high level meeting, PaHaL (Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh), the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG Subsidy.

Sushma Swaraj reaches China

Feb 01, 2015, at 02:30 am

Beijing, Jan 31 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday reached China for her four-day visit to the Asian nation.

Delhi polls: AAP releases manifesto

Feb 01, 2015, at 02:04 am

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) In a bid to attract voters and recapture power, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday released its manifesto for the Feb 7 Delhi assembly elections where it promised a full statehood for the national capital.

Saradha: CBI arrests former Union Minister Matang Sinh

Feb 01, 2015, at 01:45 am

Kolkata, Jan 31 (IBNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested former Union Minister Matang Sinh in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, reports said.

Shazia more beautiful than Bedi :Katzu

Jan 31, 2015, at 10:42 pm

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) Former Press Council chairman Markandey Katju on Saturday triggered a controversy for what critics said his 'sexist' remark after he tweeted that Shazia Ilmi was much more beautiful than Kiran Bedi and the former would win in Delhi polls if fielded as CM candidate by BJP.

MIG crash in Gujarat, pilot safe

Jan 31, 2015, at 10:12 pm

Jamnagar, Gujarat (IBNS) A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed has crashed in Jamnagar.

Eleven killed in Assam in two road mishaps

Jan 31, 2015, at 10:03 pm

Guwahati, Jan 31(IBNS) : At least eleven people,including a newly married couple, were killed in two separate road mishaps in Assam's Sonitpur district in the wee hours of Saturday, police said.

Prez, PM congratulates DRDO on Agni-V test-firing

Jan 31, 2015, at 10:01 pm

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated DRDO scientists on the Successful Test-Firing of surface-to-surface missile Agni-V.

BJP moves EC for AAP leader's 'sexist' remark

Jan 31, 2015, at 09:25 pm

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party today complained to the Election Commission against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for his alleged sexist remarks against their chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi.

Hindus not safe even in India :Togadia

Jan 31, 2015, at 08:13 pm

Morena, Madhya Pradesh, Jan 31 (IBNS) Stoking up yet another controversy, Vishwa Hindu Parishad working president Pravin Togadia has said Hindus are no longer safe in India.

Eleven-year-old dies after cop sets her on fire

Jan 31, 2015, at 07:39 pm

Indore, Madhya Pradesh Jan 31 (IBNS) In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old girl, who was allegedly set on fire by a policeman died here on Saturday ending her battle for life.

Ten killed in wall collapse in Tamil Nadu

Jan 31, 2015, at 07:00 pm

Vellore, Tamil Nadu, Jan 31 (IBNS) Ten factory workers were killed after a wall of an industrial plant collapsed on them at Vaniyambadi in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district on Saturday.

AAP releases Delhi poll manifesto with women safety promise

Jan 31, 2015, at 05:39 pm

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday released the poll manifesto of the party promising to make Delhi a safer place for women by use of internet and gadgets like Wi-fi connectivity and CCTV cameras.

Agni-V missile test fired successfully

Jan 31, 2015, at 04:54 pm

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) Agni-V, the longest range ballistic missile of India, was test fired successfully from the Odisha coast's Wheeler Island on Saturday.