Eight militant groups including JMB, HuM active in Assam: Govt
Dec 08, 2015, at 01:30 am
Guwahati, Dec 7 (IBNS): Eight militant groups including Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) are presently active in Assam, the Assam state government said on Monday.
Congress slams NDA for hush-hush India Pak NSA talks in Bangkok
Dec 07, 2015, at 06:25 pm
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IBNS) The opposition Congress on Monday attacked the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) inside Parliament for a National Security Advisors level talks between India and Pakistan in Bangkok on Sunday, allegedly in a hush hush manner.
WB: Cops beaten by sand mafias in Burdwan
Nov 27, 2015, at 09:50 pm
Kolkata/Burdwan, Nov 27 (IBNS): As many as four policemen and five staffers of West Bengal government's irrigation department were reportedly beaten by sand mafias at Katwa in West Bengal's Burdwan district while they carrying out operation against illegal sand mining in the wee hours of Friday.
Rahul Gandhi gets 'yes' response on NDA govt programmes from students
Nov 26, 2015, at 02:40 am
Bangalore, Nov 25 (IBNS): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday faced a tough situation when his question to students of a Bangalore college on whether PM Narendra Modi's "Clean India" campaign is working or not was met with a resounding 'yes'.
Rahul Gandhi takes out padayatra, reaches out to UP farmers
Nov 23, 2015, at 06:40 pm
Lucknow, Nov 23 (IBNS) Eyeing the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday reached out to sugarcane farmers on Monday by undertaking a Kisan Padyatra in Saharanpur district.
Start investigation against me: Rahul Gandhi dares Narendra Modi
Nov 19, 2015, at 10:22 pm
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IBNS): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday broke his silence and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch an investigation against him to prove all charges leveled against him by the BJP.
Rahul takes jibe at Modi, asks him to shun arrogance, communal agenda
Nov 08, 2015, at 07:31 pm
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IBNS) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Bihar election results where the BJP lost badly, asking PM Modi to shun arrogance and communal agenda to take the development of the nation forward.
293 candidates recruited in Army from 4 districts
Oct 16, 2015, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) Army Recruiting Office, Barrackpore inducted 293 candidates from the districts of North 24 Parganas, Hooghly, Bankura & Purulia into the Army on Oct 15.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata's Parama flyover
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:52 am
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated Kolkata's most awaited and longest Parama Flyover on Friday.
Dadri lynching : Forensic test proves the meat found in Akhlaq's house was mutton, not beef
Oct 09, 2015, at 04:56 pm
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IBNS) In a new twist to the Dadri lynching incident, forensic test has reportedly found that the meat collected from victim Mohammad Akhlaq's house was mutton and not beef.
Oct 06, 2015, at 09:22 pm
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that the functioning of the Regional Offices under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is being reviewed to strengthen the compliance mechanism.
Narendra Modi presses for reforms within a fixed time frame of the UN Security Council
Sep 29, 2015, at 02:37 pm
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again pitched for the reform of the UN Security Council preserve the relevance and effectiveness of the UN.
Prez Obama and I share uncompromising commitment on climate change: PM Modi
Sep 29, 2015, at 04:47 am
New Delhi, Sept 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who met Barack Obama in New York on Monday, said he and the US President share an uncompromising commitment on climate change.
Congress, BJP exchange barbs over Narendra Modi's speech in US
Sep 28, 2015, at 09:18 pm
New Delhi, Sept 28 (IBNS): Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress in San Jose, the BJP and the Congress are engaged in a battle of words with each other with ruling party's spokesperson MJ Akbar calling Rahul Gandhi the 'spoilt child' of Indian politics.
I dream to make India a 20 trillion dollar economy: Modi
Sep 28, 2015, at 04:19 am
California, Sept 27 (IBNS): Addressing at the Townhall session with CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook Headquarters, Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said he dreams to make India a 20 trillion dollar economy.
Narendra Modi meets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Sep 26, 2015, at 06:11 am
New York, Sept 25 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon here on Friday.
WhatsApp, Social media exempted from encryption policy: Govt says after public outcry
Sep 22, 2015, at 05:59 pm
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS) In the wake of a public outcry over "threat to user privacy", the government has exempted social media and WhatsApp from under the purview of its Draft National Encryption Policy.
Renowned Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi shot dead at his residence
Aug 30, 2015, at 10:38 pm
Bengaluru, Aug 30 (IBNS): Renowned Kannada writer, research scholar and retired vice-chancellor MM Kalburgi was shot dead at his residence in the northwest city of Dharwad by unidentified youths on Sunday morning.
After Sheena I was Indrani's next target : Mikhael Bora
Aug 29, 2015, at 07:25 pm
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IBNS) Revealing to police that he was in Mumbai on the day of her sister Sheena's murder, Mikhael Bora has made fresh allegations against their mother Indrani Mukherjee, claiming that he was her next target, media reports said.
Sheena Bora: Indrani Mukerjea's ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna arrested from Kolkata
Aug 27, 2015, at 12:02 am
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IBNS) The Mumbai Police have arrested Indrani Mukerjea's ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna from Kolkata on Wednesday, reports said.
PIB launches blog to mark 69th Independence Day
Aug 15, 2015, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IBNS) The Press Information Bureau, under the aegis of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on Saturday launched its blog to mark the country’s 69th Independence Day.
My visit will boost people-to-people ties: Modi on his UAE visit
Aug 13, 2015, at 07:39 pm
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he is certain that his visit to the UAE will 'boost people-to-people ties' between the two nations.
Police post in Udhampur comes under terror attack, intermittent firing on
Aug 07, 2015, at 05:04 am
Udhampur, Aug 6 (IBNS): A police post in Jammu's Udhampur district has been attacked by two suspected terrorists, reports said on Thursday.
Two top KPLT militants nabbed in Karbi Anglong
Aug 06, 2015, at 09:10 pm
Guwahati, Aug 6 (IBNS) : Security forces on Thursday have apprehended two top militants belonging to Karbi People's Liberation Tiger (KPLT) including its Finance Secretary in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, officials said.
Libya abduction: Two released Indian nationals to head back to India today
Aug 02, 2015, at 06:14 pm
Tripoli/New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): The two released Indian nationals, who were abducted allegedly by the Islamic State terror group in Libya, are likely to head back to India on Sunday, reports said.
Nearly 14,000 people become new citizens of India as land swap starts
Aug 01, 2015, at 03:24 pm
Cooch Behar, West Bengtal, Aug 1 (IBNS) Nearly 14,000 people became Indian nationals one minute past midnight on Saturday as India gained access to 55 Bangladeshi enclaves in a historic land swap amid a huge celebration of crowds who remained stateless for nearly 70 years.
MEA confirms abduction of four Indian teachers in Libya
Jul 31, 2015, at 05:48 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): The Indian government on Friday confirmed that four Indian nationals have been abducted in Libya allegedly by the Islamic State terror group.
BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha meets Nitish Kumar, calls him 'guardian of Bihar'
Jul 26, 2015, at 06:49 pm
Patna, July 26 (IBNS): Raising eyebrows, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at his residence in Patna and called him the "guardian of the state."
Top BJP leaders meet ahead of Monsoon session
Jul 20, 2015, at 02:12 am
New Delhi, July 19 (IBNS): Ahead of the Monsoon Session of the Indian Parliament, top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party met here on Sunday.
Four-storey building collapses in west Delhi, 3 killed
Jul 19, 2015, at 06:57 am
New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): At least three people were killed and several others were injured as a four-storey building collapsed in west Delhi's Vishnu Garden area on Saturday, reports said.