India took strong stand against terror at SAARC meet : Rajnath Singh at Parliament

India took strong stand against terror at SAARC meet : Rajnath Singh at Parliament

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IBNS) : Taking a strong stand against terror, India has called upon all SAARC nations to take harshest measures not only against the perpetrators, but also the supporters of terrorism, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told parliament on Friday.

by IBNS August 05, 2016

NIA investigates Naik's involvement in inspiring terrorists

NIA investigates Naik's involvement in inspiring terrorists

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IBNS): The trouble is far from over for Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik, as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) suspects his role in inspiring at least 50 terror accused and suspects, media reports said.

by IBNS August 05, 2016

IS leader killed in Egypt

IS leader killed in Egypt

Cairo, Aug 5 (IBNS): The Egyptian military has claimed that a top IS leader has been killed in the country, media reports said.

by IBNS August 05, 2016

Murder case registered against policemen after dalit man dies in custody

Murder case registered against policemen after dalit man dies in custody

Kanpur, Aug 5 (IBNS): A murder case was registered against five policemen after a dalit (backward caste) man died in their custody, media reports said.

by IBNS August 05, 2016

PGTI members cheer on Indian Olympic hopefuls

PGTI members cheer on Indian Olympic hopefuls

Noida, Aug 5 (IBNS): As Indian golfers Anirban Lahiri, SSP Chawrasia and Aditi Ashok gear up to fly the tricolor at the Rio Olympics in a few days from now, they received support from the members of the golfing fraternity of India.

by IBNS August 05, 2016

Trinbago Knight Riders set up titanic clash with Tallawahs in race to Hero CPL final

Trinbago Knight Riders set up titanic clash with Tallawahs in race to Hero CPL final

Antigua, Aug 5 (IBNS): The Trinbago Knight Riders have defeated the St Lucia Zouks at the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to set up an effective semi-final against the Jamaica Tallawahs.

by IBNS August 05, 2016

Study maps hidden water pollution in U.S. coastal areas

Study maps hidden water pollution in U.S. coastal areas

California, Aug 5 (IBNS): Coastal waters and near-shore groundwater supplies along more than a fifth of coastlines in the continental United States are vulnerable to contamination from previously hidden underground transfers of water between the oceans and land, finds a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University, Columbus, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.

by IBNS August 05, 2016

UN agency welcomes landmark step by North and Central American countries to protect refugees

UN agency welcomes landmark step by North and Central American countries to protect refugees

New York, Aug 5 (Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency on Thursday welcomed a joint commitment by nine North and Central American countries acknowledging the need for stronger protection of asylum-seekers, refugees and internally displaced people in the region, where crime and gang violence have driven thousands of people from their homes.

by India Blooms News Service August 05, 2016

300-kg magnet being used to trace missing buses in river after Mumbai-Goa Highway bridge collapse

300-kg magnet being used to trace missing buses in river after Mumbai-Goa Highway bridge collapse

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IBNS) : A 300-kg magnet has been lowered into the Savitri river to trace the buses which were washed away with passengers after a bridge on Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed on Tuesday as search operation was still on in full swing for at least 19 missing people.

by IBNS August 04, 2016

Special Assistant to Pak Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs receives UN Special Representative of Secretary General

Special Assistant to Pak Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs receives UN Special Representative of Secretary General

Islamabad, Aug 4 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Afghanistan Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto called on Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Syed Tariq Fatemi, wherein the discussions focused on the situation in Afghanistan, and Pakistan's efforts for promoting long term peace and stability in that country, officials said.

by IBNS August 04, 2016

Mutual cooperation is important: Sharif tells at SAARC interior ministers meet

Mutual cooperation is important: Sharif tells at SAARC interior ministers meet

Islamabad, Aug 4 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday urged SAARC leaders that the countries in the region should work together to combat the troubles it is facing.

by IBNS August 04, 2016

SAARC: Pakistan blacks out Rajnath Singh speech, prevents Indian media to cover it

SAARC: Pakistan blacks out Rajnath Singh speech, prevents Indian media to cover it

Islamabad/New Delhi, Aug 4 (IBNS): Pakistan blacked out Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh's speech at the SAARC summit in Islamabad on Thursday and also barred Indian media from covering it, according to media reports.

by IBNS August 04, 2016

Syria: Militant attack kills 8

Syria: Militant attack kills 8

Damascus, Aug 4 (IBNS): Rocket shells fired terrorists of Jaish al-Islam in Syria's Damascus area has killed one people killed, media reports said.

by IBNS August 04, 2016

Rajnath Singh attends SAARC Home Ministers' Conference

Rajnath Singh attends SAARC Home Ministers' Conference

Islamabad, Aug 4 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is currently in Pakistan, will attend the SAARC Home Ministers' Conference on Thursday.

by IBNS August 04, 2016

VK Singh greets first batch of Indian Hajis in Medina

VK Singh greets first batch of Indian Hajis in Medina

Jeddah, Aug 4 (IBNS): Union Minister VK Singh on Thursday arrived in Medina city to greet first batch of Indian Hajis.

by IBNS August 04, 2016

PM Modi thanks lawmakers over passage of GST Bill by Rajya Sabha

PM Modi thanks lawmakers over passage of GST Bill by Rajya Sabha

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked lawmakers for the passage of the GST Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

by IBNS August 04, 2016

Kolkata: Globsyn Skills holds 3rd National Skills Convocation

Kolkata: Globsyn Skills holds 3rd National Skills Convocation

Kolkata, Aug 3 (IBNS): Globsyn Skills, a joint venture between the Globsyn Group and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) hosted the 3rd National Skills Convocation in Kolkata on Friday to recognize and award over 1500 trainees.

by IBNS August 03, 2016

Bulandshahr: Punish or we three will commit suicide, says the man whose wife and daughter were gang-raped

Bulandshahr: Punish or we three will commit suicide, says the man whose wife and daughter were gang-raped

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS) : Three days after the horrific mother-daughter gang-rape in Bulandshahr, the family has threatened suicide if the culprits are not punished.

by IBNS August 02, 2016

Petrol bomb hurled on J & K Minister Naeem Akhtar's hoiuse, no casualty

Petrol bomb hurled on J & K Minister Naeem Akhtar's hoiuse, no casualty

Srinagar, Aug 2 (IBNS) : Unidentified persons hurled a petrol bomb at the house of Jammu and Kashmir education minister Naeem Akhtar Srinagar on Monday night, The Times of India quoted police as saying on Tuesday.

by IBNS August 02, 2016

Abu Jundal and six others get life sentence in Aurangabad arms haul case

Abu Jundal and six others get life sentence in Aurangabad arms haul case

Mumbai, Aug 2 (IBNS) : Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal and six others were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment for their role in the 2006 Aurangabad Arms haul case, reports said.

by IBNS August 02, 2016

Anandiben made a scapegoat for BJP misrule in Gujarat: Rahul Gadhi

Anandiben made a scapegoat for BJP misrule in Gujarat: Rahul Gadhi

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS) : Commenting on the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said she has been made the "scapegoat" for the prolonged BJP misrule in the state.

by IBNS August 02, 2016

Sonia Gandhi's mega road show in Varanasi today

Sonia Gandhi's mega road show in Varanasi today

Varanasi, Aug 2 (IBNS) : Beginning in the enemy turf her campaign for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress President Sonia Gandhi will hold a road show in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

by IBNS August 02, 2016

Assam floods drown at least 13 rhinos

Assam floods drown at least 13 rhinos

Guwahati, Aug 2 (IBNS): At least 13 one horned rhinos have drowned in the prevailing Assam floods, reports said.

by IBNS August 02, 2016

PM Modi lauds Swachh Bharat Gramin August campaign

PM Modi lauds Swachh Bharat Gramin August campaign

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the Swachh Bharat Gramin August campaign as a great initiative.

by IBNS August 02, 2016

Pakistan: 12 killed in road mishap

Pakistan: 12 killed in road mishap

Islamabad, Aug 2 (IBNS): At last 12 people were killed when a bus and a truck collided close to the Thermal Power Station in Jamshoro district in Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.

by IBNS August 02, 2016

California Pictures bons with Orange corp India to produce and market Indian movie globally

California Pictures bons with Orange corp India to produce and market Indian movie globally

New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS) California Pictures from Hollywood has signed a long term memorandum of understanding with Orange Corp India to co-produce Hindi & English films and take up other film projects for release and distribution on a global scale.

by IBNS August 01, 2016

Sacked AIADMK member Sasikala Pushpa refuses to relinquish RS post

Sacked AIADMK member Sasikala Pushpa refuses to relinquish RS post

New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): Sacked AIADMK member, Sasikala Pushpa, who was thrown out of the party by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and party supremo J Jayalalithaa on Monday, refused to step down from the Upper House, reports said.

by India Blooms News Service August 01, 2016

Bulandhshahr gang-rape : Mayawati, Sheila Dishit demand Akhilesh Yadav's resignation

Bulandhshahr gang-rape : Mayawati, Sheila Dishit demand Akhilesh Yadav's resignation

Bulandhsahr, Aug 1 (IBNS) : In an inevitable political spin-off to the horrific mother-daughter gang-rape in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Maywati and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit have demanded resignation of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, lambasting the state Government for the law and order situation, reports said.

by IBNS August 01, 2016

Mulayam, Mayawati among former UP CMs asked by SC to vacate official bungalows

Mulayam, Mayawati among former UP CMs asked by SC to vacate official bungalows

New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Monday asked former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers, including Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati, to vacate official bungalows, reports said.

by IBNS August 01, 2016

Afghanistan: Three terrorists shot dead as attack on Northgate hotel ends in Kabul

Afghanistan: Three terrorists shot dead as attack on Northgate hotel ends in Kabul

Kabul, Aug 1 (IBNS): A coordinated Taliban attack on Kabul's Northgate hotel finally ceased on Monday morning as all three terrorists were gunned down by Afghan forces, reports said.

by IBNS August 01, 2016