Twin blasts at Chennai station; 1 dead
May 01, 2014, at 03:37 pm
Chennai, May 1 (IBNS) At least a woman passenger was killed and 10 others were injured as two consecutive blasts occurred in an express train halted at the Chennai Central Railway Station on Thursday morning.
Shutdown, curfew in Jammu and Kashmir
May 01, 2014, at 03:23 pm
Srinagar, May 1 (IBNS) As the entire Srinagar city was brought under curfew in the wake of killing of a youth in Nawakadal area on late Wednesday evening, the train operation from Baramulla in north Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu was suspended on Thursday by the railway authorities.
FICCI calls EU's ban on importing select Indian fruits, vegetables as 'unfortunate'
May 01, 2014, at 04:38 am
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry ( FICCI) on Wednesday termed the European Union (EU)'s decision to ban import of select fruits and vegetables from India as unfortunate development'.
FIRs against me show Congress is worried: Modi
May 01, 2014, at 04:35 am
Tirupati, Apr 30 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday reacted strongly against the FIRs lodged against him and said the ruling Congress is 'worried' about him.
Omar, Farooq condemn killing of youth
May 01, 2014, at 03:47 am
Srinagar, Apr 30 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed profound grief and sorrow over an incident of firing in Nawa Kadal that has resulted in the loss of a life.
May 01, 2014, at 03:04 am
Srinagar, Apr 30 (IBNS): A youth, who was critically injured in Jammu and Kashmir's old city after government forces fired at a group of protesters, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here, reports said.
Digvijaya admits to his relationship with TV journalist
May 01, 2014, at 02:58 am
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday accepted his relationship with a woman television journalist on social networking site Twitter.
Two FIRs filed against Modi following EC order
May 01, 2014, at 01:46 am
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): Two First information Reports (FIRs) were filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday for waving party symbol lotus while addressing the media.
LS: India records moderate to high polling in 7th phase
May 01, 2014, at 01:12 am
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): From moderate to as high voter turnout in states like West Bengal (81 percent) was witnessed on Wednesday as India underwent its seventh phase of elections with 89 parliamentary constituencies across seven states and two union territories going to the hustings.
Air Marshall SBP Sinha takes over as DCAS
May 01, 2014, at 12:09 am
New Delh, Apr 30 (IBNS) Air Marshal SBP Sinha took over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff at Air Headquarters, Wednesday.
EC directs Gujarat authorities to file FIR against Modi
May 01, 2014, at 12:07 am
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday directed Gujarat authorities to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for waving party symbol lotus while addressing media.
Modi is not my favourite: Amartya Sen
Apr 30, 2014, at 10:40 pm
Bolpur, April 30 (IBNS) Voting in an Indian election after 13 years, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday disapproved of BJP prime ministerial candidate Amartya Sen as the next leader of the nation, holding that a leader with secular credentials and long term view of the economy was required.
Hyderabad: Chiranjeevi breaks queue at polling booth
Apr 30, 2014, at 10:37 pm
Hyderabad, Apr 30 (IBNS) Union minister and Congress leader K Chiranjeevi was stopped by a young voter as he tried to jump queue at a polling booth in Hyderabad to cast his vote on Wednesday.
Adarsh scam: Tewari apologizes to Gadkari
Apr 30, 2014, at 10:32 pm
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS) Congress leader and Union Minister Manish Tewari on Wednesday tendered an unconditional apology to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nitin Gadkari for allegedly defaming him.
Modi's lotus controversy: EC seeks report
Apr 30, 2014, at 10:30 pm
Ahmedabad, Apr 30 (IBNS) The Election Commission on Wednesday sought a report from Ahmedabad District Collector and Returning Officer Roopwant Singh on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi waving party symbol lotus while addressing media.
60 percent turnout in WB as India votes in 7th phase
Apr 30, 2014, at 10:28 pm
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS) Nearly 60 percent votes were cast in eastern state of West Bengal till 1 pm as India underwent its seventh phase of elections on Wednesday with 89 parliamentary constituencies across seven states and two union territories going to the hustings.
Polling underway for India seventh phase elections
Apr 30, 2014, at 04:11 pm
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS) India is undergoing its seventh phase of elections on Wednesday with 89 parliamentary constituencies across seven states and two union territories going to the hustings. BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi also cast his vote in this phase in his home state Gujarat.
BJP moves ECI against "slanderous" attacks on it leaders
Apr 30, 2014, at 04:15 am
New Delhi, Apr 29 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday moved the Election Commission of India (ECI) against the recent "slanderous" attacks made on its leaders.
Ex-Hizbul-Mujahideen spokesman injured in gun attack
Apr 30, 2014, at 03:59 am
Srinagar, Apr 29 (IBNS): Four passengers, including former Hizbul-Mujahideen spokesman Junaid-ul-Islam, were injured after unknown gunman attacked a vehicle carrying them at Sangrama in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday.
LS: Srinagar to vote tomorrow, security beefed up
Apr 30, 2014, at 03:32 am
Srinagar, Apr 29 (IBNS): After lower turnout in Anantnag-Pulwama Lok Sabha seat in south Kashmir, central Kashmir is going to poll on Wednesday amid tight security measures.
UP: Mukhtar Ansari's party to support Congress
Apr 30, 2014, at 03:14 am
Varanasi, Apr 29 (IBNS): Don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has announced that its Quami Ekta Dal party will support Congress candidate Ajay Rai for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, reports said on Tuesday.
Modi's politics borders on fascism: Chidambaram
Apr 30, 2014, at 02:28 am
New Delhi, Apr 29 (IBNS): Attacking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has called him fascist and also a chief minister of an average state.
Priyanka takes on Modi for calling Rahul 'Shahzada'
Apr 30, 2014, at 01:11 am
Amethi, Apr 29 (IBNS): Slamming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for calling her brother 'Shahzada' (prince), Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said the Gujarat CM should stop being "childish."
Modi uses martyr's name to seek votes in Himachal
Apr 30, 2014, at 12:30 am
Palampur, Apr 29 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday sparked off a controversy by seeking votes and invoking the famous words of Kargil war martyr Captain Vikram Batra, 'Yeh dil maange more' at a rally in Palampur in Himachal Pradesh.
Delhi: Teacher sexually harasses 5 students
Apr 29, 2014, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi, Apr 29 (IBNS) A teacher of a government school in Delhi was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually harassing five girl students, said reports.
BJP spreading terror in Varanasi: Kejriwal
Apr 29, 2014, at 08:07 pm
Varanasi, Apr 29 (IBNS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of terrorising the people of Varanasi.
Pre-poll violence: One killed in Bihar blast
Apr 29, 2014, at 08:03 pm
Patna, Apr 29 (IBNS): At least one person was killed and two others were injured in a low intensity bomb blast at Madhubani district in Bihar on Tuesday, said reports.
Farooq Abdullah has assets worth Rs 13.1 cr
Apr 29, 2014, at 07:57 pm
New Delhi, Apr 29 (IBNS) National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah has assets worth over rs 13.1 crore.
500 stone pelters arrested in Kashmir
Apr 29, 2014, at 07:46 pm
Srinagar Apr 29 (IBNS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that in view of stone pelting incidents and violence resorted by miscreants on the poll day in South Kashmir on Apr 24, police had initiated action to identify the trouble mongers and stone pelters.
PIL on missing names on voter list likely today
Apr 29, 2014, at 06:13 pm
Mumbai, Apr 28 (IBNS) A Mumbai based lawyer named Mohan Jaykar is likely to file a Public-Interest Litigation (PIL) in a local court on Tuesday seeking an investigation into missing names on the voter list in the city.