No one can run parallel court in India: SC on Shariat courts, fatwas

No one can run parallel court in India: SC on Shariat courts, fatwas

New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Shariat courts have no sanction of law and no body can run a parallel court in India even as the Muslim Personal Law Board said they are okay with the apex court ruling and whatever they do otherwise is based on the law of the land.

by IBNS July 07, 2014

Stormy start for budget session over price rise, LS adjourned

Stormy start for budget session over price rise, LS adjourned

New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) The first budget session of the Narendra Modi government began on Monday with a ruckus over the price rise in Lok Sabha forcing an adjournment of the lower house.

by IBNS July 07, 2014

Stormy start for Modi government budget session over price rise

Stormy start for Modi government budget session over price rise

New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS) The first budget session of the Narendra Modi government began on Monday with a ruckus over the price rise in Lok Sabha.

by IBNS July 07, 2014

Narendra Modi flags off Vaishno Devi Express for pilgrims' progress

Narendra Modi flags off Vaishno Devi Express for pilgrims' progress

Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, July 4 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off a 25 km long Udhampur- Katra railway link by giving the green flag for the Vaishno Devi Express (which he suggested to rechristen as Shreeshakti Express), which would take commuters and pilgrims to the base camp of Vaishno Devi at Katra now on.

by IBNS July 04, 2014

AgustaWestland scam: CBI quizzes Goa governor

AgustaWestland scam: CBI quizzes Goa governor

Panaji, July 4 (IBNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is quizzing Goa Governor BV Wanchoo on Friday as a witness in the AgustaWestland chopper deal scam.

by IBNS July 04, 2014

Narendra Modi arrives in Kashmir Valley

Narendra Modi arrives in Kashmir Valley

Srinagar, July 7 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narender Modi landed in Kashmir Valley to address the Army Personnel at Army Headquarters at Badam-i-Bagh here on Friday.

by IBNS July 04, 2014

Indian nurses freed in Iraq: Media reports

Indian nurses freed in Iraq: Media reports

New Delhi, July 4 (IBNS): The International Red Cross has confirmed that 46 Indian nurses caught in the fight between Iraqi forces and the ISIS militants have been freed, according to a report in CNN IBN on Friday.

by IBNS July 04, 2014

Hurriyat shutdown in Kashmir over Modi visit

Hurriyat shutdown in Kashmir over Modi visit

Srinagar, July 4 (IBNS) Kashmir Friday observed a shutdown on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden visit to the Valley after taking over as the PM.

by IBNS July 04, 2014

Tapas Paul remark: Mamata accuses media of exaggeration

Tapas Paul remark: Mamata accuses media of exaggeration

Kolkata, July 3 (IBNS): Even after facing severe criticisms over her party MP Tapas Paul's 'rape' remark, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said media is exaggerating a trivial issue.

by IBNS July 03, 2014

Sai Baba ate meat, cannot be regarded as Hindu God: Shankaracharya

Sai Baba ate meat, cannot be regarded as Hindu God: Shankaracharya

New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Triggering a new controversy, Hindu religious leader Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati has said that Sai Baba was one who ate meat and cannot be regarded as a "Hindu God".

by IBNS July 03, 2014

CM reviews security situation ahead of PM's visit to J&K

CM reviews security situation ahead of PM's visit to J&K

Jammu, July 3 (IBNS) Ahead of Narendra Modi's maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir, state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took stock of the security situation and arrangements put in place on the occasion of the Prime Minister's visit on Friday.

by IBNS July 03, 2014

Govt introduces 4 vaccines to be provided to children

Govt introduces 4 vaccines to be provided to children

New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced the decision of his government to introduce four new vaccines as part of India's Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).

by IBNS July 03, 2014

Narendra Modi-the third most followed world leader on Twitter

Narendra Modi-the third most followed world leader on Twitter

New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the third most followed world leader on micro-blogging site Twitter after overtaking Indonesian President S B Yudhoyono on Thursday.

by IBNS July 03, 2014

Sunanda death row: Subramanium Swamy seeks CBI

Sunanda death row: Subramanium Swamy seeks CBI

New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Adding another twist, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramaniun Swamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar's death.

by IBNS July 03, 2014

Chennai building collapse toll touches 55

Chennai building collapse toll touches 55

Chennai, July 3 (IBNS): The death toll in Saturday's building collapse near Chennai reached 55 on Thursday as rescue operations still continued, said reports.

by IBNS July 03, 2014

Mumbai: School principal, teacher arrested for molesting girl

Mumbai: School principal, teacher arrested for molesting girl

Mumbai, July 3 (IBNS): The Dadar Police on Wednesday arrested the principal and teacher of a school for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl in the school premises, reports said.

by IBNS July 03, 2014

Shashi Tharoor speaks out on Sunanda Pushkar death row

Shashi Tharoor speaks out on Sunanda Pushkar death row

New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS) Former union minister and Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday issued a statement demanding a protracted probe into her wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, after a fresh controversy was triggered by the forensic head of AIIMS hospital over the cause of the demise in January this year.

by IBNS July 02, 2014

Goa minister asked to explain sexist remark by CM

Goa minister asked to explain sexist remark by CM

Panaji, July 2 (IBNS) A Goa Minister who has made some sexist comments on women's dress code and warning them against wearing short attires or going to pubs has been asked to explain his remarks by Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, according to media reports on Wednesday.

by IBNS July 02, 2014

Chennai building collapse toll touches 43

Chennai building collapse toll touches 43

Chennai, July 2 (IBNS): The death toll in Saturday's building collapse near Chennai reached 43 on Wednesday as rescue operations still continued, said reports.

by IBNS July 02, 2014

Second provocative video of Tapas Paul emerges

Second provocative video of Tapas Paul emerges

Kolkata, July 2 (IBNS): A second video of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul asking his men to kill opposition has emerged after he was caught on camera threatening his boys to rape women of the rival CPI-M.

by IBNS July 02, 2014

AIIMS doctor sparks row over Sunanda Pushkar death report

AIIMS doctor sparks row over Sunanda Pushkar death report

New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS) There is a fresh twist to the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader and former union minister Shashi Tharoor, with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) forensic head in a report alleging that he had been pressurised to submit a doctored report on the cause of Sunanda's mysterious demise in January this year.

by IBNS July 02, 2014

Army chief to visit China with military delegation

Army chief to visit China with military delegation

New Delhi, July 1 (IBNS) The Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, will proceed on a high level military delegation visit to China from Jul 2 to 5.

by IBNS July 01, 2014

MHA seeks report on Tapas Paul's rape remark; nation outraged

MHA seeks report on Tapas Paul's rape remark; nation outraged

Kolkata, July 1 (IBNS): While a nationwide outcry has followed demanding punishment of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul who in a public meeting in a village in West Bengal has been caught on camera threatening women of the opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) with rape by his boys, the Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the state on the action taken.

by IBNS July 01, 2014

Tarun Tejpal gets regular bail from Supreme Court

Tarun Tejpal gets regular bail from Supreme Court

New Delhi, July 1 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted regular bail to Tarun Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, who was on interim bail earlier and had been in jail for months over the charges of rape and harassment of a young woman employee of his media house during a conclave in Goa.

by IBNS July 01, 2014

Goa minister asks women not to dress skimpily, or go to pub

Goa minister asks women not to dress skimpily, or go to pub

New Delhi, July 1 (IBNS) While the nation watched stunned a Trinamool Congress MP threatening rape of women from the opposition, a Goa Minister is facing flak for sexist comments.

by IBNS July 01, 2014

3 more rescued in Chennai building collapse, toll rises

3 more rescued in Chennai building collapse, toll rises

Chennai, July 1 (IBNS): The death toll in Saturday's building collapse near Chennai reached 26 on Tuesday even as three more were rescued alive from the rubble.

by IBNS July 01, 2014

Delhi University cut off list on Monday

Delhi University cut off list on Monday

New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS): The first cut-off list of the Delhi University, which was embroiled in a standoff with the UGC for days over the undergraduate course duration, will be out on Monday.

by IBNS June 30, 2014

 WB governor M K Narayanan resigns

WB governor M K Narayanan resigns

Kolkata/New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS) West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan has resigned from his post, according to media reports on Monday.

by IBNS June 30, 2014

Chennai building collapse toll rises to 17

Chennai building collapse toll rises to 17

Chennai, June 30 (IBNS): The death toll in Saturday's building collapse near Chennai touched 17 on Monday as more bodies were pulled out from the rubble and some are still feared trapped under the debris.

by IBNS June 30, 2014

BJP activists, police clash in Lucknow

BJP activists, police clash in Lucknow

Lucknow, June 30 (IBNS) A pitched battle was fought between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and police in the Uttar Pradesh capital when the party resorted to protest over the law and order situation in the state.

by IBNS June 30, 2014