Journalist and Ramdev aide sparks row over Hafiz Saeed meeting

Journalist and Ramdev aide sparks row over Hafiz Saeed meeting

New Delhi, July 14 (IBNS): A new controversy has erupted over the meeting of an Indian journalist, who is a close associate of Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan during a visit of scribes to that country organized by a peace research institute.

by IBNS July 14, 2014

DMK demands CBI probe into Chennai building collapse

DMK demands CBI probe into Chennai building collapse

Chennai, July 12 (IBNS) The opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the recent collapse of an 11-storey building that left more than 60 people dead.

by IBNS July 12, 2014

7 infant deaths reported from Malda hospital in West Bengal

7 infant deaths reported from Malda hospital in West Bengal

Malda, July 12 (IBNS) At least seven new-born babies died in the Malda Medical College and Hospital in Malda district of West Bengal, said reports on Saturday.

by IBNS July 12, 2014

House collapses in Mumbai, 1 dead

House collapses in Mumbai, 1 dead

Mumbai, July 12 (IBNS) In yet another house cave-in, one person died and several were injured when an under construction shanty building collapsed in south Mumbai on Saturday.

by IBNS July 12, 2014

Court summons Rahul Gandhi over RSS remark

Court summons Rahul Gandhi over RSS remark

Mumbai, July 12 (IBNS) A local court in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi has issued summons to Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi for his remarks during an election rally on the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS)

by IBNS July 12, 2014

Journalist Jehangir Pocha passes away

Journalist Jehangir Pocha passes away

New Delhi, July 12 (IBNS): Senior TV journalist and Editor-in-Chief of NewsX news channel Jehangir Pocha died on Saturday morning from a cardiac arrest.

by IBNS July 12, 2014

Yahoo female executive sued for sexual harassment

Yahoo female executive sued for sexual harassment

San Francisco, July 12 (IBNS) A top female official of Yahoo has been accused in a lawsuit on Friday of sexually harassing another junior colleague of hers promising her a "bright future at Yahoo" for sexual favours, a charge that has been denied by the company.

by IBNS July 12, 2014

Kins kill 6-year-old in Bangalore after kidnapping for ransom

Kins kill 6-year-old in Bangalore after kidnapping for ransom

Bangalore, July 12 (IBNS) A six-year-old girl was abducted and then strangled to death on Wednesday by her own unlce and aunt in Bangalore after the kidnapping for ransom went awry, said media reports on Saturday.

by IBNS July 12, 2014

Supreme Court rejects petition to repeal Article 370 in Kashmir

Supreme Court rejects petition to repeal Article 370 in Kashmir

New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) demanding quashing of Article 370 that grants a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, according to media reports on Friday.

by IBNS July 11, 2014

Sri Lankan foreign minister meets Sushma Swaraj

Sri Lankan foreign minister meets Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS) Sri Lankan foreign minister G. L. Peiris, who is on a three day India visit that concludes on Friday, met India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on the last day of his stay and the two leaders understood to have discussed the issue of Indian fishermen who are often taken captive by the Lankan authorities for alleged fishing in their waters.

by IBNS July 11, 2014

President Obama invites PM to Washington in Sept

President Obama invites PM to Washington in Sept

New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS) The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns called on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Friday and invited the latter to USA through a letter sent by US president Barack Obama.

by IBNS July 11, 2014

Mizoram governor resigns, refuses Nagaland posting

Mizoram governor resigns, refuses Nagaland posting

New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS) Mizoram governor Vakkom B Purushothaman, who was being transferred to Nagaland, resigned on Friday as a mark of protest, said media reports.

by IBNS July 11, 2014

10-yr-old raped on order of Jharkhand village headman

10-yr-old raped on order of Jharkhand village headman

Bokaro, July 11 (IBNS): A 10-year-old girl has been raped by some men in a Jharkhand village near Bokaro on the order of a headman who tried to adjudicate a complaint of harassment of another girl by the victim's brother, said media reports on Friday.

by IBNS July 11, 2014

Amit Shah lawyer Uday U Lalit likely to be SC judge

Amit Shah lawyer Uday U Lalit likely to be SC judge

New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): Uday U Lalit, a senior lawyer who represented Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aide and new BJP president Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin encounter case, is likely to be elevated as a Supreme Court judge, according to a TV channel report on Friday.

by IBNS July 11, 2014

Budget turned out to be a damp squib: Yogendra Yadav

Budget turned out to be a damp squib: Yogendra Yadav

New Delhi, July 10 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav on Thursday criticised the Centre over its Union Budget and said it was a 'damp squib'.

by IBNS July 10, 2014

Pune: Explosion outside police station, 2 injured

Pune: Explosion outside police station, 2 injured

Pune, July 10 (IBNS) At least two people were injured as a minor explosion occurred outside a police station in central Pune on Thursday, reports said.

by IBNS July 10, 2014

Sonia, Rahul criticise Union Budget

Sonia, Rahul criticise Union Budget

New Delhi July 10 (IBNS) Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has just 'copied' the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s schemes and policies in his Union Budget.

by IBNS July 10, 2014

Union Budget converts hope into trust: Modi

Union Budget converts hope into trust: Modi

New Delhi, July 10 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Union Budget 2014-15 presented in Parliament on Thursday as a Budget that converts hopes and aspirations of the people into trust.

by IBNS July 10, 2014

Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul kills 1

Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul kills 1

Kabul, July 10 (IBNS) A policeman was killed and another was injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Thursday, media reports said.

by India Blooms News Service July 10, 2014

Arun Jaitley presents budget aiming growth, reducing fiscal deficit

Arun Jaitley presents budget aiming growth, reducing fiscal deficit

New Delhi, July 10 (IBNS) Aiming to take the growth of Indian economy to over 7 percent in next few years and reducing fiscal deficit, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Budget for 2014-15, the maiden of the Narendra Modi government, with a big focus on the rural and agriculture sectors and announcing a clutch of infrastructure schemes and measures to woo foreign investors by welcoming FDI in defence and insurance sectors.

by IBNS July 10, 2014

Amit Shah is the new BJP president

Amit Shah is the new BJP president

New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah was announced as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.

by IBNS July 09, 2014

Sonia Gandhi alleges witch hunt in National Herald case

Sonia Gandhi alleges witch hunt in National Herald case

New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi has alleged that Narendra Modi government is acting in a vindictive manner politically by targeting her and her son Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in the case of misuse of the funds of the now defunct National Herald paper which was once run by the Gandhi family.

by IBNS July 09, 2014

N Korea fires '2 short-range ballistic missiles'

N Korea fires '2 short-range ballistic missiles'

Seoul, July 9 (IBNS): South Korea on Wednesday said North Korea fired off two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea from an inland site on Wednesday.

by IBNS July 09, 2014

Woman kidnapped outside Ghaziabad mall, raped

Woman kidnapped outside Ghaziabad mall, raped

New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS) A young woman was allegedly gang-raped by four after she was kidnapped from outside a shopping mall in Ghaziabad, police said on Wednesday.

by IBNS July 09, 2014

Both houses of Parliament adjourned over TMC, Opposition protest

Both houses of Parliament adjourned over TMC, Opposition protest

New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Both houses of Parliament were adjourned on Wednesday over protest by mainly Trinamool Congress MPs over the railway budget.

by IBNS July 09, 2014

Salman Khan served Supreme Court notice in poaching case

Salman Khan served Supreme Court notice in poaching case

New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has issued notice to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the case of poaching of black buck in 1998 during the shooting of a film in Rajasthan.

by IBNS July 09, 2014

TMC protests outside Parliament, Rajya Sabha adjourned

TMC protests outside Parliament, Rajya Sabha adjourned

New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress MPs on Wednesday protested outside the Parliament against alleged attack on them by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers during the budget speech a day ago, a charge that has been strongly denied by the BJP.

by IBNS July 09, 2014

Railway Budget lacks vision: Rahul Gandhi

Railway Budget lacks vision: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Railway Budget presented by the Modi government lacked vision.

by IBNS July 08, 2014

Bengal neglected, humiliated: Mamata on Rail Budget

Bengal neglected, humiliated: Mamata on Rail Budget

New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS) With the Railway Minister not announcing anything for West Bengal apparently in his budget speech, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the Railway Budget by the Narendra Modi government.

by IBNS July 08, 2014

Railway budget shows where we want to take India: Modi

Railway budget shows where we want to take India: Modi

New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS) Prime Minister Nanrendra Modi immediately after the presentation of what is termed as an aggressive Railway Budget said on Tuesday that it showed where his government wants to take India.

by IBNS July 08, 2014

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