Turkey: Blast kills 34

Turkey: Blast kills 34

Ankara, Mar 14 (IBNS): At least 34 people were killed as a blast hit central Ankara city of Turkey on Sunday, media reports said.

by IBNS March 14, 2016

Theres no greater violence than to deny the quest of children : Kailash Satyarthi

Theres no greater violence than to deny the quest of children : Kailash Satyarthi

Kolkata, March 14 (IBNS): Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday said that there is no greater violence on the Earth than to deny the quest of children.

by IBNS March 14, 2016

Delhi-based Khaugalideals ties up with Viber for unorganized restaurant sector

Delhi-based Khaugalideals ties up with Viber for unorganized restaurant sector

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS) Viber Media S.a.r.l. and Khaugalideals Pvt Ltd have announced a strategic alliance that will create synergies and fund flows in the food tech and unorganized restaurant sector of India.

by IBNS March 12, 2016

Chhattisgarh: Two BSF personnel killed, four injured in Maoist encounter

Chhattisgarh: Two BSF personnel killed, four injured in Maoist encounter

Raipur, Mar 12 (IBNS) Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed and four others injured in Maoist encounter in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, according to reports.

by IBNS March 12, 2016

Speech of PM Modi at Advancing Asia event

Speech of PM Modi at Advancing Asia event

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS) Following is the full text of the speech of PM Modi's address at the MOF-IMF Conference on Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future.

by IBNS March 12, 2016

India shows co-existence of democracy and rapid growth: PM Modi

India shows co-existence of democracy and rapid growth: PM Modi

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India has dispelled the myth that democracy and rapid economic growth cannot go together.

by IBNS March 12, 2016

PM Modi to inaugurate rail road bridge in Bihar today

PM Modi to inaugurate rail road bridge in Bihar today

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate three rail road bridges in Bihar on Saturday.

by IBNS March 12, 2016

Modi Govt has backstabbed jewellers: Arvind Kejriwal

Modi Govt has backstabbed jewellers: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of backstabbing jewellers.

by IBNS March 12, 2016

Congress mocks PM, asks him about Jan Ki Baat

Congress mocks PM, asks him about Jan Ki Baat

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS) Mocking Prime Minister's monthly broadcasted programme Maan Ki Baat, the Congress party asked him when he will launch Jan Ki Baat (People's Talk).

by IBNS March 12, 2016

Mallya absconding: Congress alleges inaction against central government, holds PM responsible

Mallya absconding: Congress alleges inaction against central government, holds PM responsible

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS) The Congress party on Saturday accused the ruling BJP government of inaction and said it was responsible for Vijay Mallya fleeing the country.

by IBNS March 12, 2016

PM Modi salutes Dandi March participants

PM Modi salutes Dandi March participants

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday saluted the Dandi March participants.

by IBNS March 12, 2016

Ailing Hurriyat leader Geelani stable in Delhi hospital

Ailing Hurriyat leader Geelani stable in Delhi hospital

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS) Separatist Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who was admitted in Max Hospital in New Delhi on Thursday with heart problem, is recovering and feeling better and the doctors of the Max Hospital, had shifted him from the ICU to the general ward, party spokesman said.

by IBNS March 11, 2016

Yamuna bank festival: NGT to hear fresh petition today, to decide event's fate

Yamuna bank festival: NGT to hear fresh petition today, to decide event's fate

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS) The World Cultural Festival, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art of Living Foundation's global youth festival, ran into further trouble as the National Green Tribunal (NGT), India's highest environmental court, is about to hear fresh petition on Friday thus, deciding the fate of the programme, according to reports.

by IBNS March 11, 2016

 Congress accuses BJP govt. of complicity in Mallya's departure from India

Congress accuses BJP govt. of complicity in Mallya's departure from India

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Disgraced liquor baron and over Rs 9000 crore bank defaulter Vijay Mallya could leave the country with the complicity of the BJP government, alleged the Congress on Friday.

by IBNS March 11, 2016

Pennsylvania: Gunmen kill six including a pregnant lady

Pennsylvania: Gunmen kill six including a pregnant lady

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Mar 11 (IBNS) A family cookout turned gory as two gunmen shot six people in their own backyard on Wednesday night, including an eight-month old pregnant lady, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, according to reports.

by IBNS March 11, 2016

I am not an absconder: Vijay Mallya

I am not an absconder: Vijay Mallya

Mumbai, Mar 11 (IBNS): Liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Friday said he is not an 'absconder' and being an 'international businessman' he travels to and from India frequently.

by IBNS March 11, 2016

PM Modi offers sympathy to Great East Japan Earthquake victims

PM Modi offers sympathy to Great East Japan Earthquake victims

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday offered sympathy towards the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake on its 5th anniversary.

by IBNS March 11, 2016

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's  World Culture Festival 2016 to begin today

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Culture Festival 2016 to begin today

New Delhi , Mar 11 (IBNS): Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Culture Festival 2016, which will be held on the banks of Yamuna here, will start from Friday.

by IBNS March 11, 2016

Heavy rains forecast in J&K

Heavy rains forecast in J&K

Srinagar, Mar 10 (IBNS) The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast heavy rains in plains and snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir Valley during the next three days and has advised people to remain vigilant.

by IBNS March 10, 2016

Gujarat: Three die after consuming bhaang, about 300 odd critically ill

Gujarat: Three die after consuming bhaang, about 300 odd critically ill

Mehsana/Gujarat, Mar 10 (IBNS) Three people have died after consuming bhaang on mahashivratri in Gujarat's Mehsana district, according to reports.

by IBNS March 10, 2016

Indian govt takes up medical student's death issue with Russia

Indian govt takes up medical student's death issue with Russia

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): The Indian government has taken up the issue of an Indian medical student's death in Russia with the country's government.

by IBNS March 10, 2016

Multiple attacks in Israel condemned by senior UN official

Multiple attacks in Israel condemned by senior UN official

New York, Mar 10(Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has condemned the multiple attacks which took place on Tuesday in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Petah Tiqva and Jerusalem in which at least one person was killed and some 14 others injured.

by IBNS March 10, 2016

Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to late women activist Savitribai Phule on her death anniversary

Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to late women activist Savitribai Phule on her death anniversary

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS) Congress Vice- President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday paid his tribute to late women activist, social reformer and poet Savitribai Phule.

by IBNS March 10, 2016

Salman Khan leaves for Jodhpur for Blackbuck case hearing

Salman Khan leaves for Jodhpur for Blackbuck case hearing

Mumbai, Mar 10 (IBNS) Actor Salman Khan, one of the prime accused in the infamous black buck killing case, left early for Jodhpur to attend a hearing on the issue on Thursday, according to reports.

by IBNS March 10, 2016

PM Modi greets CISF personnel on their Raising Day

PM Modi greets CISF personnel on their Raising Day

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel on their Raising Day.

by IBNS March 10, 2016

West Bengal: Aditional SP of Burdwan beaten up, 8 detained

West Bengal: Aditional SP of Burdwan beaten up, 8 detained

Kolkata/Burdwan, Mar 10 (IBNS): The Additional Superintendent of Burdwan district Police and his guards were badly beaten up on Wednesday night by few drunk men at Premganj under Ausgram Police Station area in West Bengal's Burdwan district when he intervened into a local issue, officials said.

by IBNS March 10, 2016

Union Budget 2016 brings cheer to the realty sector

Union Budget 2016 brings cheer to the realty sector

Kolkata, Mar 9 (IBNS) The Union Budget presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley on Feb 29 offered some good news for home buyers and the real estate sectorviz. incentives for first-time home buyers, making affordable housing more viable and removing dividend distribution tax (DDT) on real estate investment trusts (REITs).

by IBNS March 09, 2016

Eastern fashion legacy is all about the East and its heritage: Arijit Dutta

Eastern fashion legacy is all about the East and its heritage: Arijit Dutta

Arijit Dutta, Managing Director of Priya Entertainments PVT Ltd, has conceived the Eastern Fashion Legacy, a new fashion event in the eastern part of India. As the event draws near, Dutta opens up about the various aspects enshrouding the upcoming event in a chat with IBNS correspondent Sudipto Maity.

by IBNS March 09, 2016

Standardization of medical care for obese essential, says new IBC director B Ramana

Standardization of medical care for obese essential, says new IBC director B Ramana

Kolkata, Mar 9 (IBNS) Considering the fast increasing numbers of bariatric surgeries performed in India and other Asian countries, standardization of medical care for obese and diabetic patients has become very important., said Dr. B Ramana, the new director of the International Bariatric Club (IBC).

by IBNS March 09, 2016

Mallya may have left India, banks urge SC to keep him in the country

Mallya may have left India, banks urge SC to keep him in the country

Mumbai, Feb 9 (IBNS) Disgraced liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the former United Breweries (UB) group chairman, is believed to have left India even while the consortium of banks to which his grounded Kingfisher Airlines owe a massive debt were asking the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday to stop him from leaving, according to media reports.

by IBNS March 09, 2016