Rajya Sabha passes the Juvenile Justice Bill
Dec 23, 2015, at 12:35 am
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) After Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Juvenile Justice Bill, which seeks to amend the law to allow trying those over 16 years of age and accused of heinous crimes like the gang-rape of Nirbhaya, as adults.
Rajya Sabha passes Juvenile Justice Bill
Dec 23, 2015, at 12:34 am
PM Modi misusing CBI: Arvind Kejriwal
Dec 23, 2015, at 12:15 am
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Demanding his resignation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as he attacked the PM over the issue of CBI raids in his office and the clean chit to Arun Jaitley on his role in cricket administration.
Two absconding IM members join ISIS : Minister
Dec 22, 2015, at 09:34 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Two absconding members of the banned Indian Mujahideen have joined the terrorist group ISIS, Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary told Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Rajya Sabha debates Juvenile Justice Bill
Dec 22, 2015, at 09:13 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Union Minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday made a strong pitch in the Rajya Sabha for the Juvenile Justice Bill, which seeks to amend the law to allow trying those over 16 years of age and accused of heinous crimes, as adults.
Congress members do not have national interest in mind : Lok Sabha Speaker
Dec 22, 2015, at 08:47 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumira Mahajan on Tuesday reprimanded Congress members in strong words, saying they do not have any national interest but only vested interest.
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay says he got death threat in SMS
Dec 22, 2015, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that he received several SMSs with death threats and they were in such filthy language that part of it he cannot utter in the House.
BJP likely to issue showcause notice to Kirti Azad
Dec 22, 2015, at 07:30 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to issue showcause notice to party MP Kirti Azad for his open attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged financial irregularities in Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA).
Gruesome revenge murder : Moradabad youth chops victim's body into 12 pieces
Dec 22, 2015, at 07:16 pm
Moradabad, Dec 22 (IBNS) In a macabre revenge murder, a 24-year-old man from Moradabad has killed his father's murderer and chopped the body into 12 pieces, reports said.
Seven sentenced to death in Rohtak gang-rape and murder case
Dec 22, 2015, at 06:41 pm
Chandigarh, Dec 22 (IBNS) A special court in Rohtak has sentenced seven men to death for the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a mentally challenged Nepalese woman, reports said.
We have been assured that the Juvenile Bill will be passed : Jyoti Singh's parents
Dec 22, 2015, at 06:14 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) The parents of Jyoti Singh, the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder victim, met junior minister for parliamentary affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday morning, hours before the Rajya Sabha discusses the Juvenile Justice Bill which seeks to amend the law to allow trying those over 16 years of age and accused of heinous crimes, as adults.
Ten killed in BSF plane crash in Delhi
Dec 22, 2015, at 05:58 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) All the ten occupants, including three BSF officers, were killed when a small plane crashed near the Delhi airport on Tuesday morning.
Arun Jaitley will come through with flying colours : PM Modi on DDCA controversy
Dec 22, 2015, at 05:46 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Throwing his weight behind Arun Jaitley, who is embroiled in DDCA corruption controversy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said his Finance Minister will "come through flying colours."
Arun Jaitley's defamation suit : HC issues notice to Kejriwal and five AAP leaders
Dec 22, 2015, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders on a defamation suit filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against them, reports said.
BSF plane crash in Delhi airport, four killed
Dec 22, 2015, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS) Four people were killed when a small aircraft belonging to the Border Security Force (BSF) crashed into a wall near the Delhi airport on Tuesday morning, reports said.
Shuttle bus hits Air India plane at Kolkata Airport
Dec 22, 2015, at 04:38 pm
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IBNS) A Jet Airways bus lost control and jammed right into a parked Air India plane on Tuesday morning at the Kolkata Airport, according to reports.
Murdered artist Hema Upadhyay's ex-husband arrested
Dec 22, 2015, at 02:50 pm
Mumbai, Dec 22 (IBNS) Slain artist Hema Upadhyay's former husband Chintan, who was under the police vigil in connection with the double murder, was arrested on Tuesday, said media reports.
My account was hacked: Azad says after controversial tweet
Dec 22, 2015, at 02:40 pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS): BJP leader Kirti Azad, who used a controversial word against Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while making a post on Twitter on Monday night, clarified on Tuesday that his account was hacked.
Park Street rape: Kolkata Police to move to High Court
Dec 22, 2015, at 03:54 am
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): Challenging the sessions court's verdict and appealing to increase the punishment of the three convicts in the Park Street rape case, the Kolkata Police will be moving to the Calcutta High Court very soon, police sources said on Monday.
After protests, RS to take up Juvenile Justice Bill tomorrow
Dec 22, 2015, at 03:05 am
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Following severe mass protests, political parties have agreed to discuss in the Rajya Sabha the Juvenile Justice Bill on Tuesday.
Kolkata: Police bust porn-film production racket, 28 arrested
Dec 22, 2015, at 02:45 am
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, the police on Monday busted one porn-film production racket and arrested at least twenty-eight (21 male and 7 female) from Salt Lake area in Kolkata, reports said.
Funding Terror through Extortion
Dec 22, 2015, at 02:20 am
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management At least five women were injured in a medium-intensity blast in the Mohalla Bajauri Khord area of Sarki Gate in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), on December 6, 2015. An unnamed Police official disclosed that a device weighing three kilogrammes was planted near the house of one Amjad Khan, a local contractor. "The windows of nearby houses have been damaged and five neighbourhood women were injured inside their houses when they were hit by broken glass," the official added. The official disclosed that the contractor was constantly receiving threats and extortion demands.
Dec 22, 2015, at 02:16 am
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management On December 17, 2015, the Jharkhand Police killed a People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) 'area commander', identified as Dinesh Sahu (28) in an encounter, at Bandha village under the Tupudana Block of Ranchi District in Jharkhand. He was wanted in at least 29 cases in the Khunti District. Khunti Superintendent of Police (SP) Anish Gupta disclosed, "He (Sahu) was wanted in several cases of rape, murder and extortion. Reacting on a tip-off by one of our informers, we found him and shot him dead." Four of Sahu's accomplices, however, managed to escape. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site. PLFI is a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
India welcomes Nepal's decision to amend Constitution
Dec 22, 2015, at 01:56 am
New Delhi/Kathmandu, Dec 21 (IBNS) The Indian government on Monday welcomed Nepal's decision to amend its constitution in a bid to address two key demands of agitating Madhesis in the country.
Nine MLAs disqualified from Assam assembly
Dec 22, 2015, at 01:54 am
Guwahati, Dec 21 (IBNS) : Assam assembly speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi on Monday disqualified nine rebel Congress MLAs from the house membership with immediate effect for joining the BJP.
EC full team in Assam to review poll preparedness
Dec 22, 2015, at 01:36 am
Guwahati, Dec 21 (IBNS) : The full team of Election Commission of India (ECI)- led by Chief Election Commissioner Sayed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi arrived in Guwahati on a two-day visit to Assam on Monday to review the preparedness of assembly poll in the state to be held next year.
Saradha: CBI to quiz Madan Mitra in jail
Dec 22, 2015, at 01:03 am
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): Granting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s appeal, a local court in Kolkata on Monday gave the agency permission to interrogate former cabinet minister Madan Mitra and businessman Santanu Ghosh in jail, in connection with the Saradha financial scam.
West Bengal: BSF seizes 1.2 kgs of suspected heroin
Dec 22, 2015, at 12:18 am
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS) The BSF on Monday said it has seized 1.2 kgs of contraband items at Lalgola in Murshidabad.
WB: Cops, journalists, protesters injured during BJP's law violation in North Dinajpur
Dec 22, 2015, at 12:03 am
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): Few policemen, supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and at least two journalists were injured during a law violation programme at Raiganj in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district on Monday, reports said.
Arun Jaitley should not try to scare us, fight against corruption will continue: Kejriwal
Dec 21, 2015, at 11:21 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should not try to 'scare' the Aam Aadmi Party by filing a civil defamation suit against him and several other AAP leaders.