At Security Council, UN relief chief spotlights need to end human catastrophe in Yemen

At Security Council, UN relief chief spotlights need to end human catastrophe in Yemen

New York, Feb 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) With a human catastrophe unfolding in Yemen, the Security Council and the international community must urge the parties to the conflict to ensure unconditional and sustained humanitarian access to all parts of the country, and take greater measures to protect civilians, the top United Nations emergency relief official said today.

by IBNS February 17, 2016

Starmark to host launch of Harsho Mohan Chattorajs Ghosts of Kingdoms Past

Starmark to host launch of Harsho Mohan Chattorajs Ghosts of Kingdoms Past

Kolkata, Feb 16 (IBNS): Lifestyle store Starmark, in association with Penguin Books Ltd., will host the launch of Harsho Mohan Chattorajs book Ghosts of Kingdoms Past.

by IBNS February 16, 2016

Syria: Russian aerial bombardment kills 5 civilians

Syria: Russian aerial bombardment kills 5 civilians

Al-Herak, Feb 16 (IBNS) Russian airstrikes has targeted Al-Herak town in Syria which left five people killed, reports said.

by IBNS February 16, 2016

Gas explosion collapses Russian building, 7 killed

Gas explosion collapses Russian building, 7 killed

Moscow, Feb 16 (IBNS) At seven person was killed as a five-storey building collapsed in Russia's Yaroslavl city following a gas explosion on Tuesday, media reports said.

by IBNS February 16, 2016

Kannur: BJP worker hacked to death, state unit cry foul against CPM

Kannur: BJP worker hacked to death, state unit cry foul against CPM

Kannur, Feb 16 (IBNS) A 27-year old BJP worker was hacked to death by CPM, the Kerala state BJP alleged on Tuesday.

by IBNS February 16, 2016

Muzaffarnagar: BJP wins by-polls

Muzaffarnagar: BJP wins by-polls

Muzaffarnagar, UP, Feb 16 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday edged past its closest rival Samajwadi Party to win by-poll in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, according to reports.

by IBNS February 16, 2016

Pakistan's Islamabad city elects its first Mayor

Pakistan's Islamabad city elects its first Mayor

Islamabad, Feb 16 (IBNS) Pakistan's Islamabad has elected its first Mayor, media reports said.

by IBNS February 16, 2016

UN experts urge Nigeria to make areas freed from Boko Haram 'truly safe' for returnees

UN experts urge Nigeria to make areas freed from Boko Haram 'truly safe' for returnees

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations human rights experts have urged the Nigerian Government to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for the displaced persons to return.

by IBNS February 16, 2016

Ex- Delhi University lecturer arrested on sedition charges

Ex- Delhi University lecturer arrested on sedition charges

New Delhi, Feb 16 (IBNS): The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested ex-Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani over sedition and other charges.

by IBNS February 16, 2016

Manipal ProLearn offers Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services

Manipal ProLearn offers Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services

Bangalore, Feb 12 (IBNS) Manipal ProLearn has launched a certification course in Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

by IBNS February 16, 2016

Autorickshaw drivers call for a day's strike in Mumbai

Autorickshaw drivers call for a day's strike in Mumbai

Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS) Protesting against private taxi company Ola and Uber, the autorickshaw drivers of Mumbai have called for a day's strike on Monday, according to reports.

by IBNS February 15, 2016

Snapdeal employee case: 5 men arrested for kidnapping Dipti Sarna

Snapdeal employee case: 5 men arrested for kidnapping Dipti Sarna

Ghaziabad, Feb 15 (IBNS) Probing the Snapdeal employee kidnapping case, five men were arrested by the police on Monday, according to reports.

by IBNS February 15, 2016

World T20: West Indies confirm 12 contracts

World T20: West Indies confirm 12 contracts

St. Johns, Feb 15 (IBNS) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said it received 12 signed contracts from players who were selected for the upcoming 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

by IBNS February 15, 2016

F-16: Pakistan 'surprised' over India's disappointment

F-16: Pakistan 'surprised' over India's disappointment

Islamabad, Feb 15 (IBNS): Pakistan has expressed 'surprise' over India's disappointment over the United States' decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to the Asian nation.

by IBNS February 15, 2016

Pakistan: Van hit by train, 8 killed

Pakistan: Van hit by train, 8 killed

Islamabad, Feb 15 (IBNS) At least eight people were killed as a van was hit by Lahore-bound Fareed Express close to the near Allah Dino Saand railway station in Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.

by IBNS February 15, 2016

Make in India fire mishap was frightening: Amitabh Bachchan

Make in India fire mishap was frightening: Amitabh Bachchan

Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS) Actor Amitabh Bachchan has said the fire mishap during a cultural event of the Make in India week programme was 'frightening'.

by IBNS February 15, 2016

Syria: for first time in months, UN agency delivers aid to residents of Yarmouk camp

Syria: for first time in months, UN agency delivers aid to residents of Yarmouk camp

New York, Feb 15 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East has been able to deliver urgently needed humanitarian supplies to the civilian residents of the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk, on the outskirts Damascus, for the first time in nine months.

by IBNS February 15, 2016

All Make in India week programs will be conducted as scheduled: Maha CM

All Make in India week programs will be conducted as scheduled: Maha CM

Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS): A day after a fire mishap hit a cultural event, the Maharashtra government has said that the Make in India week programmes will be conducted as per schedule.

by IBNS February 15, 2016

Anti-India slogan: JNU on the boil, police cracks down on campus

Anti-India slogan: JNU on the boil, police cracks down on campus

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Several students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi have been barred from academic activities over the incident of anti-India slogans within the campus in support of hanged Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, even as tension ran high on the campus after a students' union leader was arrested over sedition charges and police searched for more student suspects in the slogan shouting.

by IBNS February 13, 2016

PM Narendra Modi to visit Mumbai today

PM Narendra Modi to visit Mumbai today

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mumbai on Saturday.

by IBNS February 13, 2016

West Bengal celebrates  Saraswati Puja today

West Bengal celebrates Saraswati Puja today

Kolkata, Dec 13 (IBNS) The Bengali community across the country, with West Bengal leading the rest, in worshiping Hindu Goddess Saraswati with grandeur on Saturday.

by IBNS February 13, 2016

Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli to visit India

Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli to visit India

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS) Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will visit India on Feb 19, officials said

by IBNS February 13, 2016

Mali: UN condemns attack against Mission base that kills five peacekeepers

Mali: UN condemns attack against Mission base that kills five peacekeepers

New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Top United Nations officials have condemned the attack this morning against a UN camp in Kidal, in the north-eastern region of the country, which killed at least five peacekeepers and wounded 30 others.

by IBNS February 13, 2016

India disappointed over US decision to sell  F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan

India disappointed over US decision to sell F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): India on Saturday expressed its displeasure over America's decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.

by IBNS February 13, 2016

Kolkata college awards certificates to women in community outreach programme

Kolkata college awards certificates to women in community outreach programme

Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS) Participants of Sucharu, a capacity-building programme conducted by Kolkata's Women's Christian College and funded by the University Grants Commission, received their certificates and prizes at a ceremony organised by the college.

by IBNS February 13, 2016

Kolkata college awards certificates to women in community outreach programme

Kolkata college awards certificates to women in community outreach programme

Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS) Participants of Sucharu, a capacity-building programme conducted by Kolkata's Women's Christian College and funded by the University Grants Commission, received their certificates and prizes at a ceremony organised by the college.

by IBNS February 13, 2016

Manipal ProLearn offers Cloud Computing with AWS

Manipal ProLearn offers Cloud Computing with AWS

Bangalore, Feb 12 (IBNS): Manipal ProLearn has launched a certification course in Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

by IBNS February 12, 2016

Missing Snapdeal employee returns home, reunites with family

Missing Snapdeal employee returns home, reunites with family

New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS) Deepti Sarna, the Snapdeal employee who went missing from Ghaziabad, has finally returned home on Friday and is safe, according to police and her family.

by IBNS February 12, 2016

Sachin wraps up film shoot

Sachin wraps up film shoot

Mumbai, Feb 12 (IBNS) After travelling the world for 30 Months, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's biographical film finally wrapped up at Mumbai's Shivaji Park on Friday.

by IBNS February 12, 2016

LeT wanted to attack Jews and Israelites, says Headley

LeT wanted to attack Jews and Israelites, says Headley

Mumbai, Feb 12 (IBNS) In another revelation, David Coleman Headley, who is testifying for the fourth day from an undisclosed US prison, told a Mumbai court on Friday that the Lashkar had plans of blowing up a building because it housed Jews and Isrealites, according to reports.

by IBNS February 12, 2016