Trains rescheduled, short terminated for Hudhud
Oct 17, 2014, at 10:06 pm
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IBNS) In view of severe cyclone “HUDHUDâ€, the several trains from Kolkata-Rourkela have been rescheduled/ short terminated and short originated due to late running of link train.
Modi reviews border safety with military Commanders
Oct 17, 2014, at 08:18 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took stock of the country's defence preparedness while interacting with the country's top military commanders and stressed on border safety and modernisation of armed forces.
Amit Shah attends RSS meeting in Lucknow
Oct 17, 2014, at 06:38 pm
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) president Amit Shah attended a three-day meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) on Friday.
Supreme Court grants bail to Jayalalithaa, suspends her sentence
Oct 17, 2014, at 06:32 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was on Friday granted bail by Supreme Court.
India test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile 'Nirbhay' today
Oct 17, 2014, at 04:58 pm
Balasore (Odisha), Oct 17 (IBNS): India test-fired its potent nuclear-capable cruise missile 'Nirbhay' (which means fearless) on Friday giving the nation its capability to strike deep into the enemy territory, media reports said.
AIADMK unlikely to celebrate 43rd birthday if Amma denied bail today
Oct 17, 2014, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): The AIADMK will to celebrate its 43rd birthday on Friday unless its chief J Jayalalithaa, 66, gets bail, media reports said.
PM Modi to interact with top commanders today
Oct 17, 2014, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the country's top military commanders for the first time on Friday outline his strategic vision, reports said.
Woman found dead in south Delhi residence
Oct 17, 2014, at 03:19 pm
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): A 24-year-old woman from Mizoram was mysteriously found dead at her residence in Munirka in south Delhi on Thursday night, police said.
Assam 'witch' attack : National level athlete assaulted in Karbi Anglong
Oct 17, 2014, at 06:24 am
Guwahati, Oct 16 (IBNS): A national level athlete was assaulted by a group of people, branded as a 'witch' of her own village, in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday evening, police said on Thursday.
Prakash Karat welcomes handing over Burdwan blast probe to NIA
Oct 17, 2014, at 05:51 am
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IBNS): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday welcomed the Centre's decision to handover the Burdwan blast investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
JU: Students remember one-month of police crackdown
Oct 17, 2014, at 05:01 am
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IBNS): The protesting students of Jadavpur University marked the one-month of the police crackdown on them by hosting a torch rally and participating in a 24-hour token hunger strike on Thursday.
Pranab condoles loss of lives in AP, Odisha due to cyclone Hudhud
Oct 17, 2014, at 04:11 am
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday condoled the loss of lives and damage to property caused by the cyclone Hudhud in various districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
2 northeast men beaten up in Gurgaon
Oct 17, 2014, at 03:53 am
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) A gang of locals allegedly beat up two men from Nagaland in Gurgaon, police said on Thursday.
Investigators recover IEDs from a house in Burdwan
Oct 17, 2014, at 03:18 am
Burdwan, Oct 16 (IBNS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) oin Thursday recovered a sack full of IED's while conducting searches at a residence in West Bengal's Burdwan district.
Oct 17, 2014, at 02:24 am
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) A group of men attacked a Delhi Police ACP close to the Lodhi Crematorium in south Delhi on Thursday, media reports said.
Arvind Subramanian appointed as India's new chief economic adviser
Oct 17, 2014, at 01:51 am
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) US-based economist Arvind Subramanian has been appointed as India's Chief Economic Adviser for a period of 3 years.
Skilled labour backbone of developed nation: Modi
Oct 17, 2014, at 12:04 am
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): Making an overhaul to the country's archaic labour laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled long-awaited labour reforms, with the motto to simplify employment rules thereby creating conducive environment for business in India, as well as pitching transperancy in governance by abolishing government "red-tapism".
Terror threat looms large on India, says NSG chief
Oct 16, 2014, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): LeT, ISIS, Al-Qaeda and IM – these terrorist groups may join hands to attack India in the near future. The scary revelations were made by the elite National Security Guard (NSG) chief on Thusday.
Nobody should threaten or warn India: Rajnath
Oct 16, 2014, at 10:21 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday issued a strong warning to China by saying that nobody should "threaten or warn India".
Wall adjoining school collapses, many students injured
Oct 16, 2014, at 08:58 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): 15 students have been injured after a wall next to a private school collapsed in Noida near Delhi, media reported.
President condoles the loss of lives caused by Cyclone Hudhud
Oct 16, 2014, at 08:39 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday condoled the loss of lives and damage to property caused by the Cyclone Hudhud in various districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
Sachin meets Modi, says keen to adopt village
Oct 16, 2014, at 08:07 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): Former Indian cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed his keenness to adopt a village under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).
2 jawans injured in IED blast in Kashmir
Oct 16, 2014, at 07:13 pm
Srinagar, Oct 16 (IBNS): Two Army jawans have been injured in a landmine blast planted by militants in Jammu & Kashmir's Baramulla on Thursday afternoon.
PM congratulates ISRO for successful satellite launch
Oct 16, 2014, at 07:09 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the successful launch of the navigation satellite "IRNSS 1C".
Modi replaces Finance Secretary as part of major reshuffle of bureaucrats
Oct 16, 2014, at 06:08 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): In its first major shake-up of bureaucracy, Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on Thursday replaced Union finance secretary Arvind Mayaram to the tourism ministry, reports said.
PM Modi unveils key labour reforms
Oct 16, 2014, at 05:05 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): Unveiling the long-awaited key labour reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India has the capacity to provide adequate skilled workforce to the world.
ISRO launches India's third navigational satellite IRNSS-1C
Oct 16, 2014, at 04:20 pm
Sriharikota, Oct 16 (IBNS): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C26) successfully launched IRNSS-1C, the third satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) on Thursday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota.
Three arrested after crude bombs explode in Malda
Oct 16, 2014, at 03:57 pm
Malda, Oct 16 (IBNS): At least three persons were arrested after some handmade crude bombs exploded on Wednesday evening in West Bengal’s Malda district, police said.
JU: Students to mark one- month of police crackdown
Oct 16, 2014, at 05:02 am
Kolkata, Oct 15 (IBNS): Students of Jadavpur University continued their movement and class-boycotts inside the campus on Wednesday.
Hope that India will refrain from taking actions in disputed areas: China
Oct 16, 2014, at 04:59 am
Beijing, Oct 15 (IBNS): Reacting strongly to reports that India is planning to build a 2000-km long road in Arunachal Pradesh, China on Wednesday said it 'hopes' that the Asian nation will 'refrain' from taking actions in disputed areas that may 'complicate the question'.