Mumbai: Bus strike enters Day 2
Apr 02, 2014, at 04:16 pm
Mumbai, Apr 2 (IBNS) All Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST Undertaking) buses remained off roads in the city on Wednesday as the strike called by drivers and conductors entered its second day.
Media distorted remark on Modi: Uma
Apr 02, 2014, at 04:07 pm
Jhansi, Apr 2 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Wednesday clarified her 'orator' remark against the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was distorted by the media.
Massive quake hits Chile; 5 dead
Apr 02, 2014, at 03:59 pm
Santiago, Apr 2 (IBNS): At least five people died as a massive earthquake, measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale hit Northern Chile on Tuesday, said reports.
Modi is a goon of the RSS: Verma
Apr 02, 2014, at 03:25 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (IBNS) Congress leader and Union minister Beni Prasad Verma has said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime miniterial candidate Narendra Modi is a goon of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Uddhav's claim is joke of the year: Pawar
Apr 02, 2014, at 04:04 am
Mumbai, Apr 1 (IBNS): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday retorted back to Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's claim that he blocked the NCP chief's entry into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and called it the "joke of the year".
"Economic environment taken beating during UPA rule"
Apr 02, 2014, at 03:30 am
New Delhi, Apr 1 (IBNS): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday slammed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and said during its regime the economic environment in the country has taken a beating.
EC should probe my chopper delay: Modi
Apr 02, 2014, at 03:22 am
Rewa, Apr 1 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi alleged a conspiracy behind the delay of his private flight from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Akhilesh can't handle Gujarat lions: Modi
Apr 02, 2014, at 02:27 am
Bareilly, Apr 1 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and said he has failed to manage the lions of Gujarat.
SFI to mark Sudipta's death anniversary
Apr 02, 2014, at 02:18 am
Kolkata, Apr 1 (IBNS): The West Bengal state committee of the Student Federation of India (SFI) on Monday announced their agenda to mark the first death anniversary of SFI leader Sudipta Gupta, who died during a police action in Kolkata at their law violation protest last here here.
Apr 02, 2014, at 02:17 am
Kolkata, Apr 1 (IBNS): The Party for Democratic Socialism (PDS) founder and Lok Sabha candidate for the Diamond Harbour constituency, Samir Putatundu on Monday made the people of the area aware of the topsy-turvy situation in the election scenario, at an election meeting here.
Bikers' group urges youths to vote
Apr 02, 2014, at 02:12 am
New Delhi, Apr 1 (IBNS): Bharadwaj Dayala, the first Indian to go around the world on motorcycle, recently spearheaded the ‘Vande Maataram’ movement to create awareness and motivate the youths to vote in the upcoming general elections.
Jammu: 2 terrorists killed in police encounter
Apr 02, 2014, at 01:23 am
Jammu, Apr 1 (IBNS): Two terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter with police and security forces in Jammu region on Tuesday.
Mumbai HC orders BEST workers to resume work
Apr 02, 2014, at 12:40 am
Mumbai, Apr 1 (IBNS): The Mumbai High Court on Tuesday asked Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) workers to resume work immediately after the BEST management moved court saying the workers were creating problem for the people in the city with their protest.
Supreme Court relief for Rajiv Gandhi assassins
Apr 01, 2014, at 09:33 pm
New Delhi, Apr 1 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by the Centre to review its February verdict commuting the death sentence of three killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to life.
Congress keeps fooling people: Modi
Apr 01, 2014, at 08:06 pm
Bareilly, Apr 1 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the Congress and said the party fools people round the year.
BEST buses go off road in Mumbai
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:29 pm
Mumbai, Apr 1 (IBNS) Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST Undertaking) buses went off roads in the city on Tuesday causing trouble for Mumbaikars as drivers and conductors called a strike to protest against the new computerised scheduling system.
All actors coming to Amethi: Vishwas
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:08 pm
Amethi, Apr 1 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas on Tuesday hit out at his fellow contestants - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi - and said all actors are coming to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Amethi constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
Modi not as good as Vajpayee: Uma
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:01 pm
Jhansi, Apr 1 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday said party veteran and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a better orator than the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Joshi protests: BJP workers resign
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:45 pm
Kanpur. Apr 1 (IBNS) With days left for the commencement of the Lok Sabha elections, several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Kanpur resigned as a mark of protest against senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi contesting the polls from their constituency, said reports on Tuesday.
Obama urged to appoint new India ambassador
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi. Apr 1 (IBNS): The US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) thanked Ambassador Nancy Powell for her service as the US Ambassador to India. It also urged President Barack Obama to appoint her successor at the earliest.
Roma summit: Demand to disinvite Romania Prez
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:26 pm
Nevada, Apr 1 (IBNS) European Commission (EC) should rescind invitation extended to Romania President Traian Basescu to speak at Third European Roma Summit, being organized by EC on April four at Brussels, because of his discriminatory Roma remarks; distinguished religious statesman Rajan Zed, stated in Nevada (USA) on Tuesday.
Roma summit just a sweet talk: Zed
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:10 pm
Nevada, Mar 31 (IBNS) Third European Roma Summit, being organized by European Commission (EC) on April four at Brussels, appeared to be just a “sweet talk†like the previous two Summits (2008, 2010), with no concrete outcome to end Roma apartheid; distinguished religious statesman Rajan Zed, stated in Nevada (USA) on Monday.
BU: Hindu students want permanent prayer space
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:09 pm
Nevada, Mar 29 (IBNS) US Hindu students are still waiting for permanent prayer room at Brandeis University (BU) in Waltham (Massachusetts, USA), 50 days after “Murthi Sthapana†(idol installation) “ceremony to establish the Hindu altar on campus†on February six was cancelled.
Rahul is a challenge for Amethi: Smriti
Apr 01, 2014, at 03:08 pm
New Delhi, Apr 1 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani on Tuesday said Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi himself has become a challenge for Amethi.
BJD leads in Odisha: Channel Survey
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:47 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will lead in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, a news channel survey has said.
TMC to maintain dominance in WB: Survey
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:45 am
New Delhi/Kolkata, Mar 31 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) will maintain her dominance in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the state and will emerge in the numero uno position, a news channel survey has showed.
LS: BJP fields Smriti against Rahul
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:22 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday fielded party leader and TV actress Smriti Irani from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh where she will fight against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:04 am
While Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in a TV interview attacked BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on the Gujarat riots and defended his own party in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots after India Gandhi's assassination, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed the Gandhi scion on the issue and asked him to explain the remark of his own father after the post-assassination massacres.
Of Item numbers and Male Chauvinism
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:56 am
The inherent chauvinism, be it in the average Indian male, politician et al pops up in expected and sometimes unexpected, ways. Sometimes it sounds so absurd that is almost hilarious. Take for example, the comments by Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray comparing Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader and now CM of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal, as the ‘item girl’ of politics and that item number prima donna Rakhi Sawant would do a better of it in Delhi. In retaliation, AAP’s Maharashtra convener Anjali Damania suggested that Shiv Sena then should choose Sawant their CM candidate.
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:53 am
The body blow that the Security Forces (SFs) inflicted on the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in West Bengal with the killing of its politburo member Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji, on November 24, 2011, has been followed through with a number of other successes, including key arrests and surrenders, resulting in a near complete halt to Maoist violence in 2012.