Punjab cop dismissed for facilitating TV interview of Larence Bishnoi while in custody
Jan 03, 2025, at 12:34 am
Chandigarh/iIBNS: The Punjab government has dismissed a senior police officer for facilitating the recording of an interview with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi by a private television channel while he was in the custody of the CIA (Crime Investigation Agency) in Kharar, media reports said.
'Not Veer Savarkar', Congress student wing demands Delhi college be named after Manmohan Singh
Jan 03, 2025, at 12:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The naming of a brand new college in Delhi after right-wing ideologue VD Savarkar has sparked controversy with the Opposition Congress and its student wing, the NSUI demanding that it should be named after former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who died on Dec 26.
Noida administration orders school closure for classes up to 8 as cold wave intensifies
Jan 02, 2025, at 09:13 pm
Noida: The cold wave in Noida has worsened, leading the District Magistrate to announce the closure of schools for Classes up to 8th grade across all boards, media reports said.
'Cowardly': PM Modi condemns New Orleans terrorist attack that killed 15
Jan 02, 2025, at 09:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday condemned the terrorist attack in New Orleans, which left 15 people dead, and expressed condolence for the victims' families.
Jan 02, 2025, at 08:42 pm
Patna/IBNS: Election strategist-turned-Jan Suraj Party founder Prashant Kishor Thursday announced fast unto death in support of the demands by protesting Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants, who have been asking for the cancellation of the prelims held last month and for the exam to be conducted afresh.
Jan 02, 2025, at 08:27 pm
Delhi: A porter at Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station demanded Rs 10,000 to assist an elderly man in a wheelchair, media reports said.
Jan 02, 2025, at 06:14 pm
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday responded cryptically to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's 'doors open' remark about reopening ties with the opposition INDIA bloc, media reports said.
Mamata accuses BSF of enabling infiltration; BJP calls Bengal a 'nursery for Bangladeshi influx'
Jan 02, 2025, at 05:29 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused central forces of enabling infiltration from Bangladesh, alleging it was part of the Centre's "nefarious blueprint" to destabilise the state, media reports said.
Delhi businessman accuses wife and in-laws of harassment in 59-mins video, dies by suicide
Jan 02, 2025, at 12:46 pm
New Delhi: A Delhi businessman has committed suicide after shooting a 59-minute video where he accused his wife and in-laws of harassing him, media reports said.
Stuck in Rajasthan borewell for 10 days, three-year-old girl dies hours after rescue
Jan 02, 2025, at 03:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A three-year-old child who fell into a borewell in Rajasthan's Kotputli 10 days ago, died shortly after she was rescued, media reports said.
SRK, Akshay Kumar praise PM Modi's global initiative to take Indian cinema to a greater scale
Jan 02, 2025, at 12:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest initiative, under 'Create in India', to take Indian cinema to a greater scale globally has earned heaps of praises from superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar.
China's proposed dam on Brahmaputra should be cause for concern in downstream India and Bangladesh
Jan 01, 2025, at 08:10 pm
Beijing/New Delhi: The Chinese government, under Xi Jinping, has greenlit the construction of the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra in Tibet, just 22 km from India's Arunachal Pradesh, raising concerns in riparian states India and Bangladesh.
Indian Navy set to commission three frontline fleet assets on January 15
Jan 01, 2025, at 04:01 pm
The Indian Navy is set to commission three frontline combatants - Nilgiri, the lead ship of the Project 17A stealth frigate class; Surat, the fourth and final ship of the Project 15B stealth destroyer class; and Vaghsheer, the sixth and final submarine of the Scorpene-class project - together at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
Jan 01, 2025, at 03:01 pm
Imphal/IBNS: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh has counter-attacked senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh who questioned why prime minister Narendra Modi couldn't visit the violence-hit northeastern state.
Jan 01, 2025, at 02:57 pm
Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Tuesday remembered the role played by former Indian PM Manmohan Singh in launching the 11th Five Year Plan of the Himalayan Nation.
President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi greet nation on New Year 2025
Jan 01, 2025, at 01:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu and prime minister Narendra Modi wished the country on the occasion of New Year 2025 on Wednesday.
Indian-origin doctor among 2 killed in UAE light aircraft crash
Jan 01, 2025, at 12:12 am
An Indian-origin doctor was among two killed in a light aircraft crash that occurred off the coast of UAE's Ras Al Khaimah on Sunday, media reports said.
Dec 31, 2024, at 11:44 pm
Sandeshkhali/IBNS: A day after Mamata Banerjee visited Sandeshkhali, West Bengal's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was in the obscure riverine island on Tuesday, where he warned the Chief Minister of imprisonment over false cases if the Bharatiya Janata Party forms government in the state..
NPPA faces scrutiny over 50% drug price hikes
Dec 31, 2024, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi: India’s drug pricing regulator, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has come under scrutiny from the parliamentary standing committee on chemicals and fertilisers for permitting a 50 percent price increase on 11 drug formulations in October.
Uttar Pradesh's first digital highway: Barabanki-Bahraich route to transform travel
Dec 31, 2024, at 09:52 pm
Lucknow: The 101 km, four-lane highway connecting Barabanki to Bahraich is set to transform travel in Uttar Pradesh, becoming the state's first digital highway, according to recent reports.
'Forgive and forget mistake': Manipur CM N Biren Singh apologises for ethnic clashes
Dec 31, 2024, at 09:41 pm
Imphal/IBNS: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Tuesday apologised for the disturbances in the northeastern state due to the ethnic clashes that started last year and hoped that normalcy will return in 2025.
Farewell 2024: That Was the Year That Was
Dec 31, 2024, at 06:42 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi returned to power for the record-equalling third term as Prime Minister while several incumbent leaders had to quit their nations amid rising protests against their regimes, marking 2024 as a year which will go down as one of the most eventful 12 months in history.IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra revisits some of the major events of 2024. Excerpts.
Assam: STF arrest key member of banned Bangladesh-based terror outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team
Dec 31, 2024, at 04:51 pm
The Assam Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a key member of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from the state's Kokrajhar region, media reports said.
MK Stalin inaugurates 77-metre-long India's first glass bridge
Dec 31, 2024, at 04:26 pm
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated the glass bridge which will connect the Vivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari.
Dec 31, 2024, at 03:14 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nitesh Rane's remark labelling Kerala as "mini Pakistan" "deeply malicious" and "utterly condemnable".
Pune pub sends condoms and ORS to New Year invitees, Congress files complaint
Dec 31, 2024, at 01:11 pm
Pune/IBNS: A Pune pub has drawn backlash and a police complaint by the Congress for sending 'goody-bags' with condoms and packets of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) to select invitees for the New Year's celebration, media reports said.
Yemen approves Indian nurse's death sentence for murder, MEA responds
Dec 31, 2024, at 12:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has responded after Yemen president Rashad al-Alimi approved the death sentence for Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is imprisoned for killing a Yemeni national, media reports said.
Dec 31, 2024, at 11:38 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted a lot of money was in the play to level the allegations of gangrape in Sandeshkhali, where massive protests broke out against erstwhile Trinamool Congress local strongman Sheikh Shahjahan months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Dec 31, 2024, at 01:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The New Year greeting by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to Atishi, embedded with criticism for her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, was met with a sharp response from the Chief Minister.
'Law is equal for all': Pawan Kayan on Allu Arjun's arrest in theatre stampede case
Dec 30, 2024, at 11:54 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan refused to blame Telangana Police for taking action against actor Allu Arjun in the Sandhya theatre stampede case and said the law is equal for all and police must act with public safety in mind.