Al Jazeera journalist released from Egypt, heads for Australia

Al Jazeera journalist released from Egypt, heads for Australia

Cairo, Feb 2 (IBNS): Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released from Egypt and left for his native Australia after serving 400 days in a Cairo prison, reports said.

by IBNS February 02, 2015

Cartoon controversy: AAP accuses BJP of targeting Kejriwal with objectionable content

Cartoon controversy: AAP accuses BJP of targeting Kejriwal with objectionable content

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday accused the Centres ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of targeting its chief Arvind Kejriwals caste in a cartoon-based ad that shows him threatening to disrupt the Republic Day parade one year and asking for a VIP pass for the next years parade.

by IBNS February 02, 2015

South Delhi church vandalized, police begin probe

South Delhi church vandalized, police begin probe

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS) Unknown miscreants vandalized and allegedly desecrated a church in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj in the wee hours of Monday, with media reports putting it as the fifth such attack since December in the region.

by IBNS February 02, 2015

PM Modi to visit China before May 26

PM Modi to visit China before May 26

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on an outcome-driven maiden visit to China before May 26 this year, media reports said.

by IBNS February 02, 2015

Kiran Bedi unleashes tweets on Delhi blueprint

Kiran Bedi unleashes tweets on Delhi blueprint

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS) Ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) releasing its Vision Document for Delhi on Moday, its chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi posted a series of tweets on Monday morning in what she called her blue print for the national capital.

by IBNS February 02, 2015

Kiran promises something for everyone in her vision statement

Kiran promises something for everyone in her vision statement

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)s presumptive chief minister Kiran Bedi promised something for everyone in the vision statement for Delhi that the party will release on Monday, media reports said.

by IBNS February 02, 2015

Church vandalized in south Delhi

Church vandalized in south Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS) Unknown miscreants vandalized a church in south Delhi in the wee hours of Monday, with media reports putting it as the fifth such attack since December in the region.

by IBNS February 02, 2015

Nifty future is looking bullish: Expert

Nifty future is looking bullish: Expert

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) According to Vivek Gupta, CMT Director Research, CapitalVia Global Research Limited, Nifty January Future series gave significant gap up opening and continued its positive momentum on the first trading session of the week after India and the US reached an understanding on resolving the logjam in implementing the India-US nuclear deal.

by IBNS January 30, 2015

Delhi's Uber rape victim sues company

Delhi's Uber rape victim sues company

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS) A woman who was allegedly raped by an Uber driver last month in the capital has filed a lawsuit against the company, saying that Uber's "hollow" safety and driver screening practices was the cause for her unsafe situation.

by IBNS January 30, 2015

Mukul Roy faces CBI quizzing over Saradha

Mukul Roy faces CBI quizzing over Saradha

Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS) Trinamool Congress leader and former Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Friday is facing the interrogation of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Saradha ponzi scheme meltdown scam.

by IBNS January 30, 2015

Modi pays tributes to Gandhi, martyrs

Modi pays tributes to Gandhi, martyrs

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and all the Martyrs who laid their lives for the Nation, On Martyrs` Day.

by IBNS January 30, 2015

Nearly 90 children rescued from Hyderabad

Nearly 90 children rescued from Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IBNS): About 90 children, some as young as 8-year-old, were rescued from Bihar after multiple raids on bangle-making units in Hyderabad on Thursday, media reports said.

by IBNS January 30, 2015

Jayanthi Natarajan to quit Congress, attacks Rahul in letter

Jayanthi Natarajan to quit Congress, attacks Rahul in letter

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS) Senior Congress leader and former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan is set to resign from the party, after shooting off an explosive letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi (written in Nov last year) where she accused vice-president of the party Rahul Gandhi of interference in government work while she was a minister.

by IBNS January 30, 2015

Indian market touches record high before falling flat

Indian market touches record high before falling flat

Mumbai, Jan 30 (IBNS) The Indian market touched record high on Thursday before turning flat.

by IBNS January 30, 2015

HCL Tech shares jumps 9.7 percent

HCL Tech shares jumps 9.7 percent

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS): The Noida-based IT major HCL Tech shares climbed as much as 9.7 percent on Friday, media reports said.

by IBNS January 30, 2015

BJP complains against AAP for using Bedi's image

BJP complains against AAP for using Bedi's image

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the the Election Commission against the Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal for using BJP candidate Kiran Bedi's photographs on his party posters.

by IBNS January 27, 2015

Facebook, Instagram goes down for 40 mins

Facebook, Instagram goes down for 40 mins

New York, Jan 27 (IBNS): Millions of netiznes could not access social network site Facebook on Tuesday for quite sometime before it was brought back to normal service later.

by IBNS January 27, 2015

Kejriwal replies to EC: Denies abetting bribery

Kejriwal replies to EC: Denies abetting bribery

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS) Replying to Election Commission's notice over his 'bribe' appeal to voters, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has denied having made such overtures.

by IBNS January 27, 2015

Your visit has taken India-USA ties to a new level: Modi to Obama

Your visit has taken India-USA ties to a new level: Modi to Obama

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS) As US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama departed from India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said s visit to the Asian nation has taken India-USA ties to a new level.

by IBNS January 27, 2015

President condoles R K Laxaman's death

President condoles R K Laxaman's death

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the death of eminent cartoonist, R.K. Laxman.

by IBNS January 27, 2015

Annual  Amarnath pilgrimage will have delayed start

Annual Amarnath pilgrimage will have delayed start

Jammu, Jan 27 (IBNS): The centuries' old pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Lord Shiva popularly known as "Amarnath Yatra" situated in mighty Kashmir Himalayas will be delayed by almost a fortnight this year and will commence from 2nd July 2015.

by IBNS January 27, 2015

India can be America's best partner: Obama

India can be America's best partner: Obama

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS) Holding that India should be included as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), US President Barack Obama addressing a gathering of students and activists on the concluding day of his three-day visit here on Tuesday said America can not only be a natural partner of India but the best partner as they are both bound by shared democratic values.

by IBNS January 27, 2015

Obama addresses gathering at Siri Fort Auditorium

Obama addresses gathering at Siri Fort Auditorium

New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS) US President Barack Obama will conclude his three-day visit to India on Tuesday but on the last day of his historic stay in India he is addressing an audience comprising Delhi University students at the Town Hall of Siri Fort Auditorium.

by IBNS January 27, 2015

Shashi Tharoor again praises Modi

Shashi Tharoor again praises Modi

Jaipur, Jan 23 (IBNS) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor seems to have done it yet again. In his remarks at the Jaipur Literature Festival while reading from his book he was heard again praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi though tempered with some criticism.

by IBNS January 23, 2015

Safe havens for terrorists in Pakistan unacceptable : Obama

Safe havens for terrorists in Pakistan unacceptable : Obama

New Delhi, Jan 23 (IBNS) Ahead of his visit to India, US President Barack Obama has said terrorists getting 'safe haven' in Pakistan is 'not acceptable' and those behind the 26/11 attack in Mumbai must face justice.

by IBNS January 23, 2015

Parrikar sparks row with "deep assets compromise" aspersions on ex-PMs

Parrikar sparks row with "deep assets compromise" aspersions on ex-PMs

Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 23 (IBNS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar triggered a controversy when at a function to release a publication on Thursday he said that some former Prime Ministers had compromised the country's "deep assets" on national security.

by IBNS January 23, 2015

Bomb blast in Bihar's Arrah, 1 killed

Bomb blast in Bihar's Arrah, 1 killed

Arrah, Bihar, Jan 23 (IBNS) One person was feared dead in a bomb blast outside a court premise in Bihar's Arrah on Friday, police said.

by IBNS January 23, 2015

India observes Netaji's birthday, PM pays tribute

India observes Netaji's birthday, PM pays tribute

Kolkata, Jan 23 (IBNS): India proudly remembered and celebrated the sacrifices made by country's nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose, who is more fondly and better known as 'Netaji' or 'Respected Leader', on his 118th birth anniversary on Friday.

by IBNS January 23, 2015

Aus Open: Sania-Su-Wei Hsieh  crash out

Aus Open: Sania-Su-Wei Hsieh crash out

Melbourne, Jan 23( IBNS) India's Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Su-Wei Hsieh crashed out of the Australian Open after losing their second round match against Gabriela Dabrowski and Alicja Rosolska here on Friday.

by IBNS January 23, 2015

India, US share mature relationship: Jaitley

India, US share mature relationship: Jaitley

Davos, Jan 23 (IBNS): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that India and the United States (US) share a mature relationship and can survive differences, media reports said.

by IBNS January 23, 2015