India celebrates International Women's Day
Mar 08, 2015, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi, Mar 8 (IBNS): Amid a steep rise in concern over crimes against women including the danger of sexual assault, physical abuse, rape, molestation, domestic violence and gender bias attitudes, India dedicated Sunday to women as the world celebrates the International Women's Day to convey respect, love and appreciation towards every woman.
Dimapur lynching: Six arrested, top cops suspended
Mar 08, 2015, at 04:05 pm
Dimapur, Mar 8 (IBNS): While the situation continues to remain tensed in Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur, six people have been arrested for lynching a rape accused.
Rajnath Singh reviews situation in Nagaland
Mar 08, 2015, at 05:02 am
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday reviewed the situation in Dimapur with Chief Minister of Nagaland T.R. Zeliang and asked him to ensure law and order in the town, officials said.
J&K: Masarat Alam Bhat freed from prison
Mar 08, 2015, at 04:43 am
Srinagar, Mar 7 (IBNS): The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday released senior Hurriyat Conference (G) leader and chairman of Muslim League Masarat Alam Bhat, officials said.
Journalist Purna Kanta Nath dies
Mar 08, 2015, at 03:38 am
Guwahati, Mar 7 (IBNS) : Journalist and writer Purna Kanta Nath died at his residence at Jamuguri village in Assam's Nagaon district on Friday.
J&K: Separatist leader freed from jail
Mar 08, 2015, at 03:25 am
Srinagar, Mar 7 (IBNS):Separatist leader Masarat Alam has been released from a jail on Saturday, media reports said.
Financial business, Ordinance Bills to be focus of Budget session next week
Mar 08, 2015, at 01:26 am
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): Financial business including the discussion on Railway and General Budgets for 2015-15 and consideration and passing of the Bills to replace the Ordinances will be the main focus of the business before both the Houses of Parliament during the third week of the Budget session of Parliament beginning Monday, a government statement said.
Pranab wishes Indian women on International Women's Day eve
Mar 08, 2015, at 01:18 am
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday extended his good wishes to all Indian women on the eve of International Women's Day.
Gender inequality is fundamentally a patriarchal power game: Survey
Mar 08, 2015, at 01:00 am
Kolkata, Mar 7 (IBNS): Almost 1900 women across the nation responded to questions to the online survey titled 'Is It an Unequal World?' and the findings clearly underlined that women felt they had a limited say in society.
Differently-abled man denied entry to Delhi club
Mar 08, 2015, at 12:53 am
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): Disabled Rights Activist Nipun Malhotra on Saturday claimed that he was denied entry at a posh South Delhi club as he was differently-abled.
Mayank Gandhi hits out at Kejriwal and his loyalists again
Mar 08, 2015, at 12:27 am
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Mayank Gandhi has once again hit out party national convener Arvind Kejriwal as well as his loyalists and has demanded that the minutes of the National Executive meeting that took place on March 4 be made public.
Northern Command Chief Meets Mufti in Jammu
Mar 07, 2015, at 11:40 pm
Jammu, Mar 7 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Syed met Northern Command Chief, Lt. General. D. S. Hooda here in Jammu on Saturday.
Rahul Gandhi expresses concern over Mulayam Singh's illness
Mar 07, 2015, at 11:34 pm
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday expressed concern over Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's health condition after he has been hospitalised.
PM, Sonia condole G.Karthikeyan's death
Mar 07, 2015, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the demise of Kerala Assembly Speaker G.Karthikeyan.
Dimapur: Those lynched Farid Khan must be brought to justice, says Amnesty International India
Mar 07, 2015, at 09:40 pm
Dimapur, Nagaland, Mar 7(IBNS) While Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur continued to remain tense for the second day on Saturday after a violent mob lynched an alleged rapist after storming the central jail, Amnesty International India has said the case must be investigated.
Mulayam Singh Yadav hospitalised
Mar 07, 2015, at 07:13 pm
Lucknow, Mar 7(IBNS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was admitted to a hospital in Gurgaon late night on Friday after he complained of uneasiness and breathing problem.
Kerala Speaker G Karthikeyan dies of cancer
Mar 07, 2015, at 05:53 pm
Thiruvanthapuram, Mar 7(IBNS) Veteran Congress leader and Kerala Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan died at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Saturday morning.
Bar council issues showcause notices to defence lawyers in Nirbhaya case
Mar 07, 2015, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS) The Bar Council of India has issued showcause notices to two defence lawyers for their remarks in a documentary on the brutal gang-rape and murder of a woman in Delhi in 2012.
Lanka PM's comment on Indian fishermen raises storm
Mar 07, 2015, at 05:01 pm
New Delhi, Mar 7(IBNS) A week ahead of Narendra Modi's Sri Lanka visit the island country's Prime Minister Ranil Wickramesinghe has kicked up a storm, saying Indian fishermen will be shot at if they violate the maritime border.
Prohibitory orders still in force in Dimapur
Mar 07, 2015, at 04:44 pm
Dimapur, Nagaland, Mar 7(IBNS) Prohibitory orders continued in Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur for the second day on Saturday after a violent mob lynched an alleged rapitst after storming the central jail.
Govt.'s act on India's daughter has embarrassed the country: Shashi Tharoor
Mar 07, 2015, at 04:42 pm
Thiruvantapuram, Mar 7(IBNS) Flaying the Narendra Modi government for asking Britain to stop telecasting "India's daughter," a documentary on the 2012 Delhi gang-rape, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said this embarrassed the country and the film should be watched by all.
Swaraj meets SL President Sirisena
Mar 07, 2015, at 04:39 am
Colombo, Mar 6 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday arrived in Sri Lanka and met country's president Maithripala Sirisena here.
Mar 07, 2015, at 02:02 am
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj left for Sri Lanka on Friday.
Lift ban on India's daughter: Editors' Guild demands
Mar 06, 2015, at 11:47 pm
New Delhi, Mar 6(IBNS) Criticising the government for its move to ban India's Daughter,' the documentary about the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a student in a moving bus in Delhi, the Editors Guild of India on Friday demanded that the decision be revoked.
Former Bihar CM Ramsundar Das dead
Mar 06, 2015, at 09:39 pm
Patna, Mar 6(IBNS) Former Bihar chief minister Ram Sundar Das died at a hostpital here on Friday. He was 94.
Modi to be on three-nation visit from March 10
Mar 06, 2015, at 08:28 pm
New Delhi, Mar 6(IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave on March 10 on a five-day visit to Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka as part of the effort to strengthen relations with the neighbouring countries.
President accepts Danve's resignation
Mar 06, 2015, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi, Mar 6(IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee has accepted the resignation of Raosaheb Dadarao Danve, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, from the Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, on the advise of the Prime Minister.
Plane skids off runway in US, 6 killed
Mar 06, 2015, at 05:21 pm
New York, Mar 6 (IBNS): A plane from Atlanta skidded off a runway at New York City's LaGuardia Airport while landing during a snowstorm, injuring 6 on Thursday, reports said.
Modi among 30 most influential people on internet: Time magazine
Mar 06, 2015, at 04:51 pm
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): In a significant achievement for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his name has featured among the 30 most influential people on the internet by Time magazine.
Mob storms central jail to lynch rape accused
Mar 06, 2015, at 04:11 pm
Dimapur, Nagaland, Mar 6(IBNS) Dimapur, Nagaland, Mar 4(IBNS) A violent mob has lynched an alleged rapist after breaking into a high security jail at Dimapur forcing the authorities to clamp curfew in the entire district.