Problem has been nearly solved: Shyam SEL
Jul 21, 2014, at 02:54 am
Kolkata, July 20 (IBNS): In a significant development, Shyam SEL Power Limited, which had lodged a complaint alleging threats and extortion demands by criminals, on Sunday said problem in their plant have been 'nearly' solved.
11% monsoon increase in last week: Govt
Jul 21, 2014, at 02:23 am
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS) The government on Sunday said 11 percent increase in the monsoon have been recorded country-wide during the last one week.
Bangalore rape: School skating instructor arrested
Jul 21, 2014, at 02:18 am
Bangalore, July 20 (IBNS): The skating instructor of the upscale Bangalore school where a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped was arrested on Sunday, said media reports.
Corporate ownership colours journalism: Omar
Jul 21, 2014, at 02:14 am
Jammu, July 20 (IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said media organizations are being owned by corporate houses and that is influencing the working of these organizations and journalists.
CBI faces problem to exhume Badaun rape victims' bodies
Jul 20, 2014, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): The Central Beurau of Investigation (CBI's) effort of exhuming the bodies of two sisters of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, who were allegedly raped and then hanged from a tree, suffered a major jolt on Sunday due to the rise in water levels of Ganga.
Cong headed to split with NC in J&K, to fight Assembly polls alone
Jul 20, 2014, at 08:24 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): The Congress party is headed to end its alliance with the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir as it announced on Sunday that it will contest the Assembly elections in the state for all 87 seats alone.
Bihar village declares independence from darkness
Jul 20, 2014, at 07:59 pm
Dharnai, Bihar, July 20 (IBNS) Even as more than 300 million people still wait for electricity in India, Dharnai in Bihar declared itself energy-independent Sunday with the launch of Greenpeace’s solar-powered micro-grid. The 100 kilowatt (kW) micro-grid currently provides quality electricity to more than 2,400 people living in Dharnai village in Bihar’s Jehanabad district.
Lucknow gangrape: Medical college security guard arrested
Jul 20, 2014, at 07:48 pm
Lucknow, July 20 (IBNS): A security guard of a medical college hospital has been arrested in connection with the gangrape and murder of a 32-year-old old lab assistant in Uttar Pradesh's capital city Lucknow, reports said.
Bangalore student rape: Police detain 8 school staff
Jul 20, 2014, at 06:49 pm
Bangalore, July 20 (IBNS): Coming under pressure, the Bangalore Police has detained eight staff members of an international school in connection with the alleged rape of a six-year old girl inside the school premise, reports said.
BJP ready to form govt in Delhi: Satish Upadhyay
Jul 20, 2014, at 06:15 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Satish Upadhyay met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at his residence on Sunday fuelling speculations of a fresh poll in Delhi.
Baduan case: CBI to exhume rape victims' bodies today
Jul 20, 2014, at 04:54 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): After the procedure was stopped on Saturday as the water level rose in Ganga, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to try on Sunday to exhume the bodies of two sisters of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, who were allegedly raped and then hanged from a tree.
Mumbai offshore gas leak: ONGC evacuates 48 workers
Jul 20, 2014, at 03:48 pm
Mumbai, July 20 (IBNS): A total of 48 personnel were evacuated from the Bombay High Oil Rig North platform in Mumbai after gas flow was observed from the outermost casing annulus on Saturday, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) said in a statement.
Shyam SEL: Two TMC leaders suspended
Jul 20, 2014, at 06:56 am
Kolkata, July 19 (IBNS): The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has suspended two local party leaders of Burdwan-Asansol industrial area over alleged involvement in extortion bid and threatening officials of a steel plant at Jamuria in Burdwan district.
Gas leak at Bombay High Oil Rig
Jul 20, 2014, at 05:33 am
Mumbai, July 19 (IBNS) Workers were evacuated from the Bombay High Oil Rig in Mumbai following reports of gas leak in the compound on Saturday.
Smriti Irani visits Amethi,, slams Rahul Gandhi
Jul 20, 2014, at 04:02 am
Amethi, July 19 (IBNS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday slammed Rahul Gandhi and said the people of Amethi expected more from her than the Congress Vice-President.
PM's National Relief Fund: Modi suggests qualitative changes
Jul 20, 2014, at 02:20 am
New Delhi, July 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the functioning of the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund and suggested several qualititative changes in the way the fund is managed.
Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda sent to 10-day police remand
Jul 20, 2014, at 01:22 am
Bhubaneswar, July 19 (IBNS): A Odisha court on Saturday sent arrested Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda to 10-day police remand.
Kashmir teenager killed in anti-Israel protest firing
Jul 20, 2014, at 01:20 am
Srinagar, July 19 (IBNS) A teenager boy was killed in South Kashmir’s Khudwani area of Kulgam Town, 30 km from Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar after men in uniform opened fire on protesters rallying against Israel's offensive in Gaza.
Army prepares to honour Kargil martyrs
Jul 19, 2014, at 11:44 pm
Udhampur, July 19 (IBNS) The Indian Army is preparing extensively to honour the martyrs of the Kargil War of 1999 in a series of solemn ceremonies this year.
Jul 19, 2014, at 11:42 pm
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management On July 3, 2014, Security Forces (SFs) foiled an infiltration bid across the Line of Control (LoC), killing at least three terrorists. The incident took place in the Balnoi area of the Mendhar Sector in Poonch District, along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
Jul 19, 2014, at 11:40 pm
Tushar Ranjan Mohanty/Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management On July 7, 2014,Security Forces (SFs) involved in the ongoing military operation, Zarb-e-Azb [Sword of the Prophet], in the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), have so far killed a total of 391 alleged terrorists. 19 troopers have also lost their lives during the Operation that began at 01:30am [PST] on June 15, 2014. A total of 61 terrorist hideouts have been neutralized.
Odisha: Maoists - Hanging on a Thread
Jul 19, 2014, at 11:35 pm
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres abducted and killed a tribal, identified as Madan Hantal (35), of Karanjuguda village under Malkangiri Village-79 (MV- 79) Police limits in Malkangiri District on July 8, 2014. The Maoists had abducted Madan on July 6 and his bullet ridden body was found lying in a pool of blood a few metres away from the village. A letter left by Maoists at the spot declared that Madan had been 'punished', as he was passing information to Police. "We had warned Madan many times to maintain distance from Police but he didn't listen to us. Anyone who will try to act as a 'Police informer' will meet the same fate," the one page letter read. Police denied the Maoist allegation that the deceased was a 'Police informer'.
Jul 19, 2014, at 11:22 pm
On June 25, 2014, a US State Department media note announced amendments to the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity designations of Lashkar e Toiba (LeT) to add the following aliases: Jama'at ud Dawa (JuD), Al-Anfal Trust, Tehrik e Hurmat e Rasool, and Tehrik e Tahafuz Qibla Awwal. In conjunction with these actions, the Department of the Treasury also designated two LeT senior members as SDGTs Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry and Muhammad Hussein Gill. Ahmad has been a senior leader of LeT since the early 2000s, and has served as its 'vice-president', and a member of its central leadership. Hussein Gill, one of the group's founders, has been an accountant for the LeT for more than ten years and, more specifically, has served as the outfit's 'chief financial officer' and headed its accounts department for several years.
CBI to exhume Badaun rape victims' bodies
Jul 19, 2014, at 11:00 pm
New Delhi, July 19 (IBNS) Amid fears that the rising waters of Ganga will wash away the graves and evidences, the CBI is likely to exhume the bodies of two sisters of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh where allegedly raped and then hanged from a tree.
Life crippled in Jammu by shutdown
Jul 19, 2014, at 10:46 pm
Jammu, July 19 (IBNS) Normal life in Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir was crippled on Saturday by a shutdown to protest against Friday’s clashes in Baltal base camp of the Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra.
Mulayam courts controversy over UP rape percentage remark
Jul 19, 2014, at 06:35 pm
Lucknow, July 19 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh triggered fresh controversy with his remark that the percentage of rape in the state is much less as compared to its population.
Jayalalithaa against Sanskrit week celebrations, writes to PM
Jul 19, 2014, at 05:41 pm
Chennai, July 19 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the direction by the centre's Ministry of Human Resource Development urging Chief Secretaries of all States to celebrate Sanskrit week August 7 to 13 and instead organize a Classical Language Week in keeping with each state's linguistic heritage.
Angry parents protest Bangalore minor girl rape
Jul 19, 2014, at 04:52 pm
Bangalore, July 19 (IBNS) Hundreds of parents in Bangalore hit the streets on Saturday protesting the alleged rape of a six-year old girl in an international school.
Autopsy: NHRC issues notice to MP govt
Jul 19, 2014, at 04:13 am
New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it has issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over reports that autopsies were being done in an open room of a collapsed building of the Government Hospital at Garhakota town of Sagar district in the state.
UP: Rape victim gets monetary relief from state govt
Jul 19, 2014, at 04:12 am
New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said the Uttar Pradesh government has paid Rs.3 lakh as monetary relief to a rape victim in the state.