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

Amit Shah tipped to be next BJP president

Amit Shah tipped to be next BJP president

New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah can take over as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said media reports on Tuesday, adding that the announcement can come as early as on Wednesday.

by IBNS July 08, 2014

Sourav Ganguly turns 42 today

Sourav Ganguly turns 42 today

Kolkata, July 8 (IBNS): Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly turned 42 years of age on Tuesday.

by IBNS July 08, 2014

Rail Budget Protest: Congress leader stomps on Gowda nameplate

Rail Budget Protest: Congress leader stomps on Gowda nameplate

New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS) Taking the protest over the Railway Budget to the official residence of Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda, a Congress leader plucked out the nameplate of the minister and stomped on it shouting slogans on Tuesday.

by IBNS July 08, 2014

TMC MPs accuse BJP of threatening them in Parliament

TMC MPs accuse BJP of threatening them in Parliament

New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS) Trinamool Congress MPs on Tuesday alleged that they were physically threatened and attacked by the BJP members inside Parliament during the Railway Budget speech as TV footage showed several TMC lawmakers rushing out of the House and seeking help.

by IBNS July 08, 2014

Life term for watchman convicted in killing of Mumbai lawyer Pallavi

Life term for watchman convicted in killing of Mumbai lawyer Pallavi

Mumbai, July 7 (IBNS) A sessions court in Mumbai on Monday pronounced life term for a city watchman of an apartment who killed a young woman lawyer, Pallavi Purkayastha, in August 2012, after trying to rape her.

by IBNS July 07, 2014

Congress should get Leader of Opposition post: Sonia Gandhi

Congress should get Leader of Opposition post: Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi said the Leader of Opposition post should go to Congress party, which has only 44 MPs in the Lok Sabha, which is less than one tenth of the total strength of the House required for the same, after their electoral drubbing at the hands of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

by IBNS July 07, 2014