Amit Shah to launch BJP campaign in Patna today

Amit Shah to launch BJP campaign in Patna today

Patna, Jul 16 (IBNS) BJP president Amit Shah launches his party's campaign for the crucial Bihar Assembly election on Thursday.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Asharam Bapu rape case: Murdered witness's family wants gun license for protection

Asharam Bapu rape case: Murdered witness's family wants gun license for protection

Shahjahanpur, Jul 16 (IBNS) Fearing security threat, the family of Kripal Singh, a murdered witness in the Asaram Bapu rape case, wants gun license from the government.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

The day India protests ceasefire violations, Pakistan makes spy drone claim

The day India protests ceasefire violations, Pakistan makes spy drone claim

New Delhi, Jul 16 (IBNS) Pakistan has summoned the Indian envoy after claiming it had shot down an Indian "spy" drone.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Heavy rain pounds Varanasi ahead of PM's arrival

Heavy rain pounds Varanasi ahead of PM's arrival

Varanasi, Jul 15 (IBNS) Heavy rains lashed Varanasi on Thursday morning ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled arrival in the afternoon on a day-long visit to his Lok Sabha constituency.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Havells launches new range of switchgear products in eastern region

Havells launches new range of switchgear products in eastern region

Kolkata, July 16 (IBNS) : Havells India Limited, a $1.4 billion leading Fast Moving Electrical Goods (FMEG) Company with a strong global footprint, on Wednesday unveiled a new range of distribution boards and circuit breakers in Kolkata.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

India lodges strong protest with Pakistan for ceasefire violations

India lodges strong protest with Pakistan for ceasefire violations

New Delhi, Jul 16 (IBNS) India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over repeated ceasefire violations along the border in Jammu and Kashmir.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Katrina Kaif turns 31

Katrina Kaif turns 31

Mumbai, July 16 (IBNS): Bollywood's 'Barbie doll' Katrina Kaif turned a year older on Thursday.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

From mountains to moons: Multiple discoveries from NASAs new horizons Pluto mission

From mountains to moons: Multiple discoveries from NASAs new horizons Pluto mission

California, July 16 (IBNS) Icy mountains on Pluto and a new, crisp view of its largest moon, Charon, are among the several discoveries announced Wednesday by NASA's New Horizons team, just one day after the spacecrafts first ever Pluto flyby.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

India has the oppurtunity to fill the gap of providing skilled manpower: Manipal Global Education Services

India has the oppurtunity to fill the gap of providing skilled manpower: Manipal Global Education Services

New Delhi, July 15 (IBNS): With estimates suggesting a shortfall of around 400 million skilled manpower by 2020, a prominent educationist thinks that India has the oppurtunity to fill the gap both domestically and internationally.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

NASA's New Horizons Phones Home Safe after Pluto Flyby

NASA's New Horizons Phones Home Safe after Pluto Flyby

California, July 15 (IBNS) : The call everyone was waiting for is in. NASAs New Horizons spacecraft phoned home just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday to tell the mission team and the world it had accomplished the historic first-ever flyby of Pluto.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

PM Narendra Modi chairs second meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog

PM Narendra Modi chairs second meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog

New Delhi, July 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the second meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog in New Delhi.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Woman killed, three others, including BSF jawan injured in Pak violation of ceasefire

Woman killed, three others, including BSF jawan injured in Pak violation of ceasefire

Jammu, Jul 15 (IBNS) In a fresh ceasefire violation, Pakistani Rangers on Wednesday morning resorted to firing in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district killing a woman and injuring three others, including a BSF jawan.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Firing on SUV in Gurgaon, nobody killed

Firing on SUV in Gurgaon, nobody killed

Gurgaon, Jul 15 (IBNS) Miscreants opened fire on an SUV near a big mall in Gurgaon on Wednesday morning sending the car toppling over onto an auto-rickshaw.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Indian among 20 foreign tourists detained in China for suspected terror links

Indian among 20 foreign tourists detained in China for suspected terror links

Beijing, Jul 15 (IBNS) An Indian is reported among a group of foreign tourists who have been arrested in northern China for suspected links to "a terror group", media reports said on Wednesday.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Nitish, Kejriwal to attend PM's meet today

Nitish, Kejriwal to attend PM's meet today

New Delhi, Jul 15 (IBNS) Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NITI Ayog meeting on Wednesday, though most of the chief ministers from opposition parties will skip the programme.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon likely to be hanged on July 30

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon likely to be hanged on July 30

Mumbai, Jul 15 (IBNS) Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is likely to be hanged on July 30 if his petition for mercy is rejected by the Supreme Court, media reports said.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Four cops kidnapped by Maoists found murdered

Four cops kidnapped by Maoists found murdered

Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, Jul 15 (IBNS) The bodies of four policemen kidnapped by Maoists on Monday were found in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday.

by IBNS July 15, 2015

Iran, major world powers reach historic nuclear deal

Iran, major world powers reach historic nuclear deal

Vienna, Jul 14 (IBNS) In a historic nuclear deal that Iran reached with six major world powers Tehran has been granted sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programmes.

by IBNS July 14, 2015

IPL betting: Raj Kundra, Meiyappan banned for life, CSK, RR suspended for 2 yrs

IPL betting: Raj Kundra, Meiyappan banned for life, CSK, RR suspended for 2 yrs

New Delhi, July 14 (IBNS) Delivering the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting verdict, the Justice Lodha panel appointed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday banned Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of N. Srinivasan, and Rajasthan Royal owner Raj Kundra for life from attending all matches for indulging in betting and bringing disrepute to the game.

by IBNS July 14, 2015

Besides Mamata, Cong CMs too not to attend Modi's meeting on Land bill

Besides Mamata, Cong CMs too not to attend Modi's meeting on Land bill

New Delhi, Jul 14 (IBNS) All Congress Chief Ministers have decided to skip the Niti Aayog meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Wednesday.

by IBNS July 14, 2015

22 pilgrims killed in Maha Pushkaralu stampeded in Andhra Pradesh

22 pilgrims killed in Maha Pushkaralu stampeded in Andhra Pradesh

Rajahmundry, Jul 14 (IBNS) At least 22 pilgrims, all of them women, were killed in a stampede during Godavari Pushkaralu festival in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday morning.

by IBNS July 14, 2015

12 school kids injured as bus overturns in Delhi

12 school kids injured as bus overturns in Delhi

New Delhi, Jul 14 (IBNS) At least 12 children were seriously injured when a school bus overturned in New Delhi on Tuesday morning.

by IBNS July 14, 2015

CBI raids activst Teesta Shitalvad's residence, office

CBI raids activst Teesta Shitalvad's residence, office

Mumbai, Jul 14 (IBNS) Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation raided on Tuesday morning the home and office of activist Teesta Setalvad, who has been accused of illegally receiving funds from abroad.

by IBNS July 14, 2015

Six pilgrims killed in stampeded during Maha Pushkaralu in Andhra Pradesh

Six pilgrims killed in stampeded during Maha Pushkaralu in Andhra Pradesh

Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, Jul 14 (IBNS) At least six pilgrims have been killed and several injured in a stampeded during a religious festival on the banks of a river in the Rajahmundry district of Andhra Pradesh, reports said.

by IBNS July 14, 2015

Sonia holds Iftar party for opposition leaders, but Mulayam stays away

Sonia holds Iftar party for opposition leaders, but Mulayam stays away

New Delhi, Jul 14 (IBNS) Samajwadi chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was conspicuous by his absence as Congress President Sonia Gandhi's Iftar party in the capital on Monday evening witnessed assembly of several opposition leaders making the occasion a platform for mastering unity of the non-NDA forces.

by IBNS July 14, 2015

Euro zone reaches agreement on Greece, offers third bailout

Euro zone reaches agreement on Greece, offers third bailout

Brussels, July 13 (IBNS) Leaders of Eurozone have unanimously decided to go ahead with a third bailout loan for near bankrupt Greece, said European Council President Donald Tusk after a crucial meeting here to keep Greece in the Euro zone.

by IBNS July 12, 2015

Lalu Prasad marches to Raj Bhavan demanding release of caste census

Lalu Prasad marches to Raj Bhavan demanding release of caste census

Patna, Jul 13 (IBNS) Rashtriya Janata Dal chief lalu on Monday led his partymen to march to Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi's residence demanding Centre to release caste census.

by IBNS July 12, 2015

SC to hear plea against commutation of Nithari serial killer's death sentence

SC to hear plea against commutation of Nithari serial killer's death sentence

New Delhi, Jul 13 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear UP government's plea against commutation of death sentence of Surender Koli, convicted in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case.

by IBNS July 12, 2015

CBI team arrives Bhopal to probe Vyapam scam and deaths

CBI team arrives Bhopal to probe Vyapam scam and deaths

Bhopal, Jul 13 (IBNS) A 40-member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation arrives in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Monday to start probing the in the massive Vyapam recruitment scam, reports said.

by IBNS July 12, 2015

J & K : One terrorist killed as army foils infiltration attempt

J & K : One terrorist killed as army foils infiltration attempt

Jammu, Jul 13 (IBNS) One terrorist was killed following a gun battle with the Indian army during a foiled infiltration bid along the Line of Controlt in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

by IBNS July 12, 2015