CBI busts fake bottled water racket operating in trains

CBI busts fake bottled water racket operating in trains

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS) Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation have busted a counterfeit packaged drinking water racket involving Railway officials and contractors that used to operate on board trains to supply drinking water other than the Indian Railway's Rail Neer brand.

by IBNS October 17, 2015

Ending violence in Middle East focus of emergency Security Council session

Ending violence in Middle East focus of emergency Security Council session

New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): Against a backdrop of escalating violence in the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tay-Brook Zerihoun briefed an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, reporting on the latest violent incident in which a large group of Palestinians set fire to the compound containing the holy site of Josephs Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus.

by IBNS October 17, 2015

People Analytics conjures solutions to complex issues of HR

People Analytics conjures solutions to complex issues of HR

Bengaluru, Oct 16 (IBNS) Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research in collaboration with NHRDN recently organized an HR Confluence on People Analytics.

by IBNS October 17, 2015

Spectrum allocation scam: Jaitley accuses Kapil Sibal of fabricating charges

Spectrum allocation scam: Jaitley accuses Kapil Sibal of fabricating charges

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) As a court discharged all the accused, including former bureaucrat Shyamal Ghosh, in the spectrum allocation scam case and indicted the CBI for framing false charges, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley alleged that the whole thing was done at the behest of Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who was the Telecom Minister in the UPA Government.

by IBNS October 16, 2015

About 11 per cent voting in first two hours of Bihar polls

About 11 per cent voting in first two hours of Bihar polls

Patna, Oct 16 (IBNS) Nearly 11 per cent votes were cast in the first two hours of second phase polling in 32 Assembly constituencies of Bihar on Friday, reports said.

by IBNS October 16, 2015

Supreme Court rejects Government role in selecting judges

Supreme Court rejects Government role in selecting judges

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a new law that gives the government more say in appointing judges and reinstated the age-old collegium system of judges, reports said.

by IBNS October 16, 2015

Supreme Court verdict today on Government's role in selecting judges

Supreme Court verdict today on Government's role in selecting judges

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) The Supreme Court will give its verdict on Friday on whether a new system of appointing judges, which gives the government more say, is valid.

by IBNS October 16, 2015

Muslims can stay in India but must give up eating beef : Haryana CM KL Khattar

Muslims can stay in India but must give up eating beef : Haryana CM KL Khattar

Chandigarh, Oct 16 (IBNS) In what is set to trigger another wave of controversy, Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar has said Muslims can stay in India but they must stop eating beef.

by IBNS October 16, 2015

Narendra Modi is losing the Bihar polls: Arvind Kejriwal claims

Narendra Modi is losing the Bihar polls: Arvind Kejriwal claims

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday claimed that PM Narendra Modi and his BJP is 'badly losing' the Bihar Assembly polls.

by IBNS October 16, 2015

PM Narendra Modi wishes Naveen Patnaik on his birthday

PM Narendra Modi wishes Naveen Patnaik on his birthday

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished Odisha Chief Minister Navenn Patnaik on his birthday.

by IBNS October 16, 2015

Bihar Assembly polls:  Second phase of voting begins

Bihar Assembly polls: Second phase of voting begins

Patna, Oct 16 (IBNS): Polling is currently underway in the second phase of Bihar Assembly polls on Friday.

by IBNS October 16, 2015

Rajasthani writer Nand Bhardwaj returns Sahitya Akademi award

Rajasthani writer Nand Bhardwaj returns Sahitya Akademi award

Jaipur, Oct 15 (IBNS) As the political storm continues over Sahitya Akademi award winners returning their prizes protesting rising intolerance in the country, eminent Rajasthani writer Nand Bhardwaj has joined the band of protesters and returned his award.

by IBNS October 15, 2015

CBI moves SC for arrest of Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh

CBI moves SC for arrest of Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IBNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging a high court order restraining the agency from arresting and interrogating Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh in a corruption case.

by IBNS October 15, 2015

Abdul Kalam was 'Rashtra-Ratna' before a 'Rashtrapati: PM Modi

Abdul Kalam was 'Rashtra-Ratna' before a 'Rashtrapati: PM Modi

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam as one who was a 'Rashtra-Ratna' before a 'Rashtrapati.'

by IBNS October 15, 2015

Ideologically intolerant writers manufacturing controversy and protest : Arun Jaitley

Ideologically intolerant writers manufacturing controversy and protest : Arun Jaitley

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IBNS) Slamming the writers who have returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against the alleged intolerance in the Narendra Modi regime, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said there is an attempt to manufacture a protest by those who are ideologically intolerant.

by IBNS October 15, 2015

Stuck in Pakistan for 11 years, Geeta recognises family, to return soon

Stuck in Pakistan for 11 years, Geeta recognises family, to return soon

Karachi/New Delhi, Oct 15 (IBNS) Geeta, a deaf and mute Indian woman, who has been stranded in Pakistan for 11 years after accidentally crossing the border, is likely to be flown home soon, media reports said.

by IBNS October 15, 2015

Two terrorists killed in J & K encounter

Two terrorists killed in J & K encounter

Jammu, Oct 15 (IBNS) Two former police officers, who turned into terrorists, were on Thursday shot dead by the Army in an encounter in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, reports said.

by IBNS October 15, 2015

PM Narendra Modi pays homage to APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary

PM Narendra Modi pays homage to APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam on his 84th birth anniversary.

by IBNS October 15, 2015

Gurgaon: Minor rescued from house

Gurgaon: Minor rescued from house

Gurgaon, Oct 15 (IBNS) A minor girl, who was working as a domestic help, has been rescued from Gurgaon on Wednesday, reports said on Thursday.

by IBNS October 15, 2015

Naaptol launches shopping festival for customers

Naaptol launches shopping festival for customers

Mumbai, October 14 (IBNS): Shopping website Naaptol has announced its month-long shopping extravaganza NSF (Naaptol Shopping Festival) 2015 to mark the festive celebrations.

by IBNS October 15, 2015

Manipal ProLearn offers ITIL Foundation Certification

Manipal ProLearn offers ITIL Foundation Certification

Bengaluru, Oct 14 (IBNS): Manipal ProLearn offers a certification program in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation, the most widely accepted approach to IT service management in the world.

by IBNS October 14, 2015

Supreme Court rejects plea for transfer of beef ban case to Jammu

Supreme Court rejects plea for transfer of beef ban case to Jammu

Kolkata, Oct 14 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking the hearing on the Jammu and Kashmir beef ban to be heard by a three-judge bench of the high court at Jammu.

by IBNS October 14, 2015

Dutch Safety Boards final report on flight MH17 crash in Ukraine welcomed by UN

Dutch Safety Boards final report on flight MH17 crash in Ukraine welcomed by UN

New York, Oct 14 (IBNS): The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Tuesday welcomed the Dutch Safety Boards final report on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed on 17 July 2014 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

by IBNS October 14, 2015

Bengali poet Mandrakranta Sen returns Sahitya Akademi award

Bengali poet Mandrakranta Sen returns Sahitya Akademi award

Kolkata, Oct 14 (IBNS) Noted Bengali poet Mandakranta Sen has returned her Sahitya Akademi Young Writers Special Award in protest against communal attacks in the country.

by IBNS October 14, 2015

Dadri lynching and Ghulam ali controversy sad incidents, BJP does not support : PM Modi

Dadri lynching and Ghulam ali controversy sad incidents, BJP does not support : PM Modi

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS) Speaking for the first time on Dadri lynching and Ghulam Ali imbroglio, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said these are "sad" incidents which the BJP does not support.

by India Blooms News Service October 14, 2015

Cassini begins series of Flybys with close-up of Saturn Moon Enceladus

Cassini begins series of Flybys with close-up of Saturn Moon Enceladus

California, Oct 14 (IBNS) NASA's Cassini spacecraft will wrap up its time in the region of Saturn's large, icy moons with a series of three close encounters with Enceladus starting Wednesday, Oct. 14.

by IBNS October 14, 2015

DRDO Missile Complex in Hyderabad to be named after Kalam

DRDO Missile Complex in Hyderabad to be named after Kalam

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will rename the countrys prestigious Missile Complex in Hyderabad as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex.

by IBNS October 14, 2015

Indian sailors jailed in Iran released

Indian sailors jailed in Iran released

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said that nine Indian sailors who were in jail in Iran has been released.

by IBNS October 14, 2015

UN relief official urges action to address urgent needs in Afghanistan and Pakistan

UN relief official urges action to address urgent needs in Afghanistan and Pakistan

New York, Oct 14 (IBNS): The head of Operations at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), John Ging, called on Tuesday for renewed international commitment to address urgent humanitarian needs, and to shore up regional peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan, noting that the two countries were on differing humanitarian trajectories.

by IBNS October 14, 2015

Lower Kindergarten kid made to sit on hot iron slide

Lower Kindergarten kid made to sit on hot iron slide

Hyderabad, Oct 13 (IBNS) In a shocking incident, a lower kindergarten student was allegedly made to sit on a hot iron slide as a punishment in her school, reports said.

by IBNS October 13, 2015