Mamata instructs officials to curb processions with weapons on Vijaya Dashami
Sep 06, 2017, at 01:15 am
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has instructed the police to show zero tolerance if any right wing organization tries to take out procession with weapons or arms on Vijaya Dashami, which is scheduled to be organized in the state on Sept 30, sources said.
Ladakh: Army helicopter crashes, no casualty
Sep 06, 2017, at 12:35 am
Ladakh, Sep 5 (IBNS): An Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) of the Army on Tuesday afternoon crashed in eastern Ladakh of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.
Kolkata: State govt. run auditorium cancels RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's event
Sep 06, 2017, at 12:31 am
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS): Authority of West Bengal government-owned auditorium in north Kolkata, Mahajati Sadan, has cancelled the booking for an event where Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat was scheduled to address on Oct 3, organizers said.
Pakistan rejects BRICS' anti-terrorism declaration
Sep 06, 2017, at 12:17 am
Islamabad, Sep 5 (IBNS): Pakistan has rejected BRICS' anti-terrorism declaration that consisted the names of Pakistan-based terrorist groups, media reports said on Tuesday.
NITI Aayog calls renewed focus on Nutrition, launches the National Nutrition Strategy
Sep 06, 2017, at 12:07 am
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Leader of the Green Revolution Dr. M.S Swaminathan and Padma Dr. H Sudarshan, on Tuesday, launched the National Nutrition Strategy, along with Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar and Member Vinod Paul.
Rajnath Singh, Yogi Adityanath flag off Lucknow Metro
Sep 05, 2017, at 11:17 pm
Lucknow, Sept 5 (IBNS): Giving pace to the transport movement in Lucknow, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh joined Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday to flag off first phase of metro train in the city.
PM Modi condoles Arunachal Pradesh Minister Jomde Kena's death
Sep 05, 2017, at 10:12 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mourned the death of Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister Jomde Kena.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Myanmar
Sep 05, 2017, at 10:01 pm
Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Myanmar on Tuesday.
Blue Whale Challenge: Jodhpur girl jumps into lake, rescued
Sep 05, 2017, at 09:52 pm
Jodhpur, Sept 5 (IBNS): In yet another incident of attempted suicide related to Blue Whale Challenge, a teen was rescued after she jumped off a cliff into a lake in Rajasthan's Jodhpur city around midnight on Monday, media reports said.
R K Singh takes over as new Power & New Renewable Energy Minister
Sep 05, 2017, at 09:35 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Raj Kumar Singh took over as new Union Minister of State (IC) in Ministries of Power & New & Renewable Energy here on Tuesday.
Old multi-storey building collapses in Kolkata, 1 dead
Sep 05, 2017, at 08:24 pm
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS): At least one person was killed and two others were seriously injured after an old residential four-storey building collapsed in Kolkata's Burrabazar area on Tuesday morning, officials said.
Modi, Xi Jinping agree to work to avoid border disputes
Sep 05, 2017, at 08:12 pm
Xiamen, Sep 5 (IBNS) : Moving to smooth ruffled feathers in the India-China relationship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday agreed that more needed to be done to avoid future border disputes,as the two talked on the sidelines of BRICS summit in the first bilateral talks after the Doklam standoff, media reports said.
Building collapsed in Kolkata's Burrabzar, three injured
Sep 05, 2017, at 07:08 pm
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS) : At least three people were seriously injured when a building collapsed in Kolkata's business hub Burrabazar area on Tuesday, reports said.
Air India aircraft veers off taxiway, rolled into drain at Kochi airport, passengers safe
Sep 05, 2017, at 06:14 pm
Kochi/Mumbai, Sep 5 (IBNS) : An Air India Express aircraft veered off the taxiway and rolled partly into a drain after it landed at the Kochi airport in Kerala early on Tuesday morning., media reports said.
Chhattisgarh: Narayanpur: Entering the Heartland
Sep 05, 2017, at 05:19 pm
On August 16, 2017, three cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by the Security Forces (SFs) from Tumiradi village in the Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh. The arrested Maoists were identified as Vijay Dhruva, Gore Hichami and Maniram Dhruva.
Sep 05, 2017, at 05:15 pm
With the United States exerting more pressure, there seems to be urgency among terrorist formations/individual leaders operating out of Pakistani soil to gain 'political legitimacy' to counter any further existential threat. On September 30, 2014, Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, founder of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) which operates in Indian Jammu & Kashmir, reportedly decided to form his own political party. Khalil was declared a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" by the US on September 30, 2014. Khalil confirmed this decision in an August 25, 2017, report:
PM Modi speaks about 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' at BRICS Summit
Sep 05, 2017, at 04:38 pm
Xiamen, Sep 5 (IBNS): Addressing the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries at the BRICS Summit on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in favour of "Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas" as India's development agenda, media reports said.
BRICS Summit: PM Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
Sep 05, 2017, at 04:34 pm
Xiamen, Sep 5 (IBNS): For the first time after the end of the Doklam stand-off, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit on Tuesday, media reports said.
PM Modi greets teachers on occasion of Teacher's Day
Sep 05, 2017, at 02:56 pm
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the teachers on the occasion of Teacher's Day.
Arunachal Pradesh encounter: Hardcore militant killed, NSCN (K) hideout busted
Sep 05, 2017, at 04:08 am
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): A hardcore NSCN (K) militant was killed and another injured in a gun fight with security forces in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district along with Myanmar border on Monday, officials said.
Sep 05, 2017, at 03:16 am
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): Protesting against the speaker's ruling, opposition Congress staged a walkout from the Assam assembly session which started from Monday after Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami rejected the adjournment motion raised by the opposition to discuss the price hike issue.
Delhi: British National arrested for sexually assaulting blind kids
Sep 05, 2017, at 02:12 am
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IBNS): A 53-year old British national has been arrested over charges of sexually assaulting visually impaired kids at a school run by the National Association of Blind where he himself is a donor, media reports said.
First batch of 1000 E-rickshaws ‘SmartE’ flagged off in Gurugram today
Sep 05, 2017, at 01:06 am
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation flagged off a fleet of first batch of 1000 E-rickshaws from Huda City Centre metro station in Gurugram on Monday.
Civil Servants should be empathetic, efficient, impartial and incorruptible: Vice President
Sep 05, 2017, at 12:54 am
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that Civil Servants should be Empathetic, Efficient, Impartial and Incorruptible and these are the guiding principles that form the bedrock of the higher civil services.
After Gorakhpur-tragedy, 49 newborns die in Farrukhabad due to lack of oxygen
Sep 05, 2017, at 12:35 am
Farrukhabad, Sep 4 (IBNS): Days after the Gorakhpur tragedy, where several children had died, alleged lack of oxygen supply has claimed 49 lives of newborns at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) ward of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) government hospital in Farrukhabad of Uttar Pradesh, putting the Yogi government once again under the scanner, media reports said.
Piyush Goyal takes over as new Railways Minister
Sep 05, 2017, at 12:25 am
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): Piyush Goyal took over as the New Minister of Railways in Rail Bhavan on Monday.
Haryana CM praises Narendra Modi over BRICS anti-terrorism declaration
Sep 05, 2017, at 12:16 am
Chandigarh, Sept 4 (IBNS): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday appreciated and praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after BRICS countries, which included hosts China, named Pakistan based militant groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Haqqani network in its declaration that condemned terrorism.
Break-up in Bihar Grand Alliance was a ‘natural phenomenon’: Nitish Kumar
Sep 05, 2017, at 12:04 am
Patna, Sept 4 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday came out with a ridiculous explanation for the breakup in the erstwhile ruling Grand Alliance in Bihar of which the JD-U was also a part.
Mother Teresa to be named as co-patron of Archdiocese of Calcutta
Sep 04, 2017, at 11:59 pm
Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): In a major development, the Archdiocese of Calcutta is all set to declare Mother Teresa as the co-patron.
Grenade attack on CRPF patrol party leaves 4 injured
Sep 04, 2017, at 11:46 pm
Srinagar, Sept 4 (IBNS): In a grenade attack on CRPF patrol party on Monday left at least four jawans injured in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, media reports said.