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