17-year-old found dead after being raped

17-year-old found dead after being raped

Karur, June 24 (IBNS): The Tamil Nadu Police on Tuesday said they have found body of a 17-year-old girl on Monday night in Karur district. The minor was allegedly raped.

by IBNS June 24, 2014

Modi to reconsider fare hike for Mumbai trains

Modi to reconsider fare hike for Mumbai trains

Mumbai/New Delhi, June 24 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government might reconsider the rail fare hike for Mumbai suburban trains, said reports on Tuesday.

by IBNS June 24, 2014

Nagaland Guv wants to quit, Narayanan needs time

Nagaland Guv wants to quit, Narayanan needs time

New Delhi, June 23 (IBNS) Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar on Monday said he has informed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh that he wants to resign from his political chair.

by IBNS June 23, 2014

Kolkata metro caught in tunnel, passengers evacuated

Kolkata metro caught in tunnel, passengers evacuated

Kolkata, June 23 (IBNS) The Metro service in Kolkata was severely disrupted and gave a scare to passengers who were stranded inside a rake for nearly an hour between Park Street and Maidan stations on Monday morning.

by IBNS June 23, 2014

Govt to hike import duty on sugar: Paswan

Govt to hike import duty on sugar: Paswan

New Delhi, June 23 (IBNS) Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday said the Centre will hike import duty on sugar by 40 percent.

by IBNS June 23, 2014

Budget Session of the Parliament starts July 7

Budget Session of the Parliament starts July 7

New Delhi, June 23 (IBNS) The Budget Session of the Indian Parliament will start on July 7 and end on Aug 14.

by IBNS June 23, 2014

Campa Cola: BMC disconnects power supply

Campa Cola: BMC disconnects power supply

Mumbai, June 23 (IBNS) Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials on Monday entered the premises of the Campa Cola society and disconnected electricity supply to the illegal flats on the compound.

by IBNS June 23, 2014

Smriti Irani to discuss DU's course with UGC

Smriti Irani to discuss DU's course with UGC

New Delhi, June 23 (IBNS) Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday called University Grants Commission (UGC) officials to sit for a meeting and discuss the Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) of the Delhi University (DU).

by IBNS June 23, 2014

UP: Seven-year-old gangraped in Muzaffarnagar

UP: Seven-year-old gangraped in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar , June 23 (IBNS) A seven-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by three men in Muzaffarnagar city in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, said reports on Monday.

by IBNS June 23, 2014

Preity Zinta to record statement today

Preity Zinta to record statement today

Mumbai, June 23 (IBNS) Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, who has filed a case of an alleged public offensive against her ex-boyfriend, industrialist Ness Wadia, will record her statement on Monday, said reports.

by IBNS June 23, 2014

Campa Cola: BMC officials return for 2nd day

Campa Cola: BMC officials return for 2nd day

Mumbai, June 21 (IBNS) Facing protests by the Campa Cola society residents, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials returned for a second day on Saturday after being unable to start the eviction process.

by IBNS June 21, 2014

Preity molestation: 5 witnesses confirm allegation

Preity molestation: 5 witnesses confirm allegation

Mumbai, June 21 (IBNS) The Mumbai Police on Saturday said out of the seven witnesses who have recorded their statements in the Preity Zinta molestation case, five have confirmed the allegation.

by IBNS June 21, 2014

Govt likely to increase cigarette prices

Govt likely to increase cigarette prices

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government might increase cigarette prices in the coming days.

by IBNS June 21, 2014

Railway hikes is biting the bullet: Bedi

Railway hikes is biting the bullet: Bedi

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS) Former IPS officer and social activist Kiran Bedi has said the rail fare hike is biting the bullet.

by IBNS June 21, 2014

SP halts train to protest rail fare hike

SP halts train to protest rail fare hike

Allahabad, June 21 (IBNS): Workers of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday halted a train to halt to protest the rail fare hike announced by the Centre.

by IBNS June 21, 2014

Modi likely to address US Congress

Modi likely to address US Congress

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was once denied a US visa over 2002 Gujarat riots, is likely to address the US Congress in September.

by IBNS June 21, 2014

Railways suffering heavy loss: Prasad

Railways suffering heavy loss: Prasad

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS) Justifying the steep hike in rail fares, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it was an effect of the policies of the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

by IBNS June 21, 2014

E-governance can ensure transparency: US Consul

E-governance can ensure transparency: US Consul

Kolkata, June 21 (IBNS): The democracies of the United States and India striving for transparency in governance can bank on e-governance to achieve it, said US Consul General in Kolkata Helen LaFave here on Friday.

by IBNS June 21, 2014

Hindi row: Jayalalithaa, Mayawati oppose move

Hindi row: Jayalalithaa, Mayawati oppose move

New Delhi/Chennai/Lucknow, June 20 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday opposed the Narendra Modi government's order of asking bureaucrats to use Hindi language for tweeting and posting comments on social media outlets.

by IBNS June 20, 2014

Preity Zinta to join probe on her return from US

Preity Zinta to join probe on her return from US

Mumbai, June 20 (IBNS) The Mumbai Police said actress Preity Zinta, who has filed a molestation case against her ex-boyfriend, industrialist Ness Wadia, will be joining the investigation process on her return from the US on Friday.

by IBNS June 20, 2014

AgustaWestland scam: CBI to quiz West Bengal, Goa Guvs

AgustaWestland scam: CBI to quiz West Bengal, Goa Guvs

New Delhi, June 20 (IBNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will question West Bengal governor M K Narayanan and his Goan counterpart Bharat Vir Wanchoo in connection with the AugustaWestland chopper deal, said reports on Friday.

by IBNS June 20, 2014

Shinde to replace Chavan as Maharashtra CM?

Shinde to replace Chavan as Maharashtra CM?

Mumbai, June 20 (IBNS) Former Union Home Minister and Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde might replace Prithviraj Chavan as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, said reports on Friday.

by IBNS June 20, 2014

Campa Cola: Deadline ends; residents to form human chains

Campa Cola: Deadline ends; residents to form human chains

Mumbai, June 20 (IBNS) With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) set to start demolishing the 102 illegal flats at the Campa Cola compound, residents on Friday said they are planning to form human chains and try to stop the process.

by IBNS June 20, 2014

Nusli Wadia receives threat calls; Preity's name dragged

Nusli Wadia receives threat calls; Preity's name dragged

Mumbai, June 18 (IBNS) Wadia Group head Nusli Wadia has alleged that he received threat calls and SMS from an underworld don that had a direct reference to actress Preity Zinta, who filed a molestation complaint against his son Ness Wadia, said reports on Wednesday.

by IBNS June 18, 2014

General Budget on July 11; Rail Budget on July 9

General Budget on July 11; Rail Budget on July 9

New Delhi, June 18 (IBNS) The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government will present its maiden General Budget on July 11, said reports on Wednesday.

by IBNS June 18, 2014

PM Modi calls meeting on inflation

PM Modi calls meeting on inflation

New Delhi, June 18 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting on ways to deal with inflation.

by IBNS June 18, 2014

Six Nigerian drug dealers arrested in New Delhi

Six Nigerian drug dealers arrested in New Delhi

Chandigarh, June 18 (IBNS) The Punjab Police on Wednesday said they have arrested six Nigerian heroin dealers in New Delhi.

by IBNS June 18, 2014

Nihalchand rape case: Victim wants to meet Modi

Nihalchand rape case: Victim wants to meet Modi

New Delhi/Jaipur, June 18 (IBNS) The woman, who was allegedly raped by Union Minister Nihalchand Meghwal in 2011, on Wednesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet her.

by IBNS June 18, 2014

Ness Wadia's father receives threat calls

Ness Wadia's father receives threat calls

Mumbai, June 18 (IBNS) Bombay Dyeing heir Ness Wadia's industrialist father Nusli Wadia has alleged that he received threat calls from an underworld don, said reports on Wednesday.

by IBNS June 18, 2014

Yashwant Sinha agrees to bail, to walk free

Yashwant Sinha agrees to bail, to walk free

Hazaribagh, June 18 (IBNS): Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha will walk out free on bail from a jail in Jharkhand on Wednesday evening after he agreed to pay for the bail bond finally, since his arrest over violent power crisis protest.

by IBNS June 18, 2014