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

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