Law will take its own course: Sadananda Gowda on charge against son

Law will take its own course: Sadananda Gowda on charge against son

Bangalore, Aug 28 (IBNS): After an FIR alleging rape was lodged by an actress against Railway Minister Sadananda Gowdas son Karthik hours after he got engaged here on Wednesday, the union minister said the law would take its own course in the case.

by IBNS August 28, 2014

821 passengers being tracked for Ebola: Health Ministry

821 passengers being tracked for Ebola: Health Ministry

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Health Ministry on Thursday said that as many as 821 passengers, most of them from Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, were being tracked for Ebola in the country, media reports said.

by IBNS August 28, 2014

BJP minister attends prayer meeting in Muzaffarnagar

BJP minister attends prayer meeting in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 28 (IBNS): Amid tight security arrangements, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Sanjeev Baliyan attended a prayer meeting in Uttar Pradeshs Muzaffarnagar district on Thursday, reports said.

by IBNS August 28, 2014

Actress files FIR against Sadananda Gowdas son

Actress files FIR against Sadananda Gowdas son

Bangalore, Aug 28 (IBNS): An FIR was lodged by an actress against Railway Minister Sadananda Gowdas son Karthik hours after he got engaged here on Wednesday, reports said.

by IBNS August 28, 2014

FIR filed against Alagiri for encroaching temple land

FIR filed against Alagiri for encroaching temple land

Chennai, Aug 28 (IBNS): A First Information Report (FIR) was filed by the Madurai police against DMK chief M Karunanidhis son MK Alagiri on charges of grabbing a temple land using forged documents, reports said.

by IBNS August 28, 2014

Fresh ceasefire violation in Jammu after Indo-Pak flag meeting

Fresh ceasefire violation in Jammu after Indo-Pak flag meeting

Jammu, Aug 28 (IBNS): Pakistan troopers targeted three Border Security Force (BSF) posts in the Pargwal sector of Jammu by resorting to unprovoked firing on late Wednesday night, reports said.

by IBNS August 28, 2014

Modi defends Rajnath on son row, PMO clears stand

Modi defends Rajnath on son row, PMO clears stand

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally decided to put the ongoing controversy over the son of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to rest by issuing a statement on Wednesday defending the senior BJP leader and the key minister in the Modi cabinet.

by IBNS August 27, 2014

Rajnath Singh rubbishes "rumours" about his son

Rajnath Singh rubbishes "rumours" about his son

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday rubbished some news floating around his son Pankaj Singh after reportedly taking it up with the BJP's ideological patron RSS and at the highest level in the party.

by IBNS August 27, 2014

Modi asks government employees to declare assets

Modi asks government employees to declare assets

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has ordered all government employees to disclose their assets as part of the anti-corruption Lokpal law enacted in December last year.

by IBNS August 27, 2014

Lalu Prasad undergoes heart surgery

Lalu Prasad undergoes heart surgery

Mumbai, Aug 27 (IBNS): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is undergoing a major heart surgery in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday.

by IBNS August 27, 2014

Tara Shahdeos husband arrested for allegedly forcing her to convert

Tara Shahdeos husband arrested for allegedly forcing her to convert

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): The husband of national-level champion shooter Tara Shahdeo was arrested near Delhi after she accused him of deceiving her into marriage with a false religious identity, reports said.

by IBNS August 27, 2014

Militants gun down teenage girl in Assam before parents

Militants gun down teenage girl in Assam before parents

Guwahati, Aug 27 (IBNS) The banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants killed a girl by firing at her point blank in front of her parents recently in Assam's Chirang district, media reports said on Wednesday.

by IBNS August 27, 2014

SC on criminal ministers: No disqualification can be prescribed

SC on criminal ministers: No disqualification can be prescribed

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to disqualify ministers with criminal cases, leaving the decision to the Prime Minister's wisdom".

by IBNS August 27, 2014

No Ebola case reported in India so far: Harsh Vardhan

No Ebola case reported in India so far: Harsh Vardhan

News Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that there is no suspected case of Ebola in India so far, reports said.

by IBNS August 27, 2014

New body is old age home of BJP: Congress

New body is old age home of BJP: Congress

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) After the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a rejig on Tuesday removed patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, and accommodated them as mentors in a new body for the seniors fashioned as "Margdarshak Mandal" , the opposition Congress ridiculed the move as an old age home for silenced leaders.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Old guards Advani, Joshi out of BJP parliamentary board

Old guards Advani, Joshi out of BJP parliamentary board

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) In a major rejig in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been dropped from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, but they were accommodated as mentors in a new body for the seniors fashion as "Margdarshak Mandal" to guide the ruling outfit.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Sheila Dikshit resigns as Kerala governor

Sheila Dikshit resigns as Kerala governor

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday resigned as the Governor of Kerala, capping speculations about her removal after the new BJP led government changed governors of several states appointed by the previous UPA regime, said media reports.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Advani, Joshi dropped from key BJP body

Advani, Joshi dropped from key BJP body

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS) BJP patriarchs L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been dropped from the party's parliamentary board, the highest decision making body, said reports on Tuesday.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Riot-accused BJP legislator Sangeet Som to get 'Z-security' cover

Riot-accused BJP legislator Sangeet Som to get 'Z-security' cover

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Narendra Modi government's decision to provide Z-security cover for riot-accused BJP legislator Sangeet Som has sparked a political uproar.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Shah Rukh Khan given additional protection

Shah Rukh Khan given additional protection

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IBNS) Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has been given enhanced protection by the Mumbai Police following the incident of a firing at the house of his associate and producer Karim Morani allegedly by men of an underworld men.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Three passengers from Ebola-hit Liberia taken to Delhi hospital

Three passengers from Ebola-hit Liberia taken to Delhi hospital

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Three passengers, transiting through Delhi to Mumbai, were isolated and taken to a government hospital here on Tuesday for tests to determine whether they have Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The trio was travelling from Ebola-hit Liberia, reports said.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Five militants, three soldiers killed in encounters in Kashmir

Five militants, three soldiers killed in encounters in Kashmir

Kupwara, Aug 26 (IBNS): At least three soldiers and five militants were killed in two separate encounters that have been continuing intermittently since August 23 in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, reports said.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Supreme Court quashes all coal blocks allocated since 1993

Supreme Court quashes all coal blocks allocated since 1993

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday quashed all allocations of coal blocks since 1993, delivering a historic judgement on the coal scam after hearing petitions seeking the scrapping of allocations.

by IBNS August 25, 2014

Lalu, Nitish gain in Bihar bypolls, BJP trails

Lalu, Nitish gain in Bihar bypolls, BJP trails

Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS): Lalu Prasad Yadavs Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Nitish Kumars Janata Dal-United (JD-U) combine along with their junior partner Congress in Bihar won four seats and was ahead in most of the 10 assembly seats at noon as counting progressed in 18 seats across four Indian states on Monday.

by IBNS August 25, 2014

ED quizzes Trinamool MP Imran

ED quizzes Trinamool MP Imran

Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Monday questioned West Bengals ruling Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Ahmed Hasan Imrat at their Salt Lake office here in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam.

by IBNS August 25, 2014

Fire beaks out at Connaught place building

Fire beaks out at Connaught place building

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): A fire broke out on the first floor of a building at Connaught Place area in Delhi on Monday, reports said.

by IBNS August 25, 2014

PAK troops target 35 Indian posts in Jammu

PAK troops target 35 Indian posts in Jammu

Jammu, Aug 25 (IBNS): In a continued act of ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops targeted 35 Indian posts at the international border in Jammu and Kashmir. Two civilians were injured in the firing, reports said.

by IBNS August 25, 2014

Lalu Prasad hospitalised, to undergo cardiac surgery

Lalu Prasad hospitalised, to undergo cardiac surgery

Mumbai, Aug 25 (IBNS): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for a scheduled medical check-up on Monday.

by IBNS August 25, 2014

Counting begins for by-elections to 18 seats today

Counting begins for by-elections to 18 seats today

Patna, Aug 25 (IBNS): Counting began on Monday for by-elections to 18 assembly segments spread across four states, 10 of them in Bihar.

by IBNS August 25, 2014

At least 10 killed in temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh

At least 10 killed in temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh

Satna, Aug 25 (IBNS): At least 10 people, including five women, feared killed and over 60 injured in a stampede at a temple in Madhya Pradeshs Satna district on Monday, reports said.

by IBNS August 25, 2014