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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
40 stranded Indians in Iraq incommunicado
New Delhi, June 18 (IBNS): India's external affairs ministry has confirmed that 40 Indians stranded in strife-torn Iraqi town of Mosul remained incommunicado even though a control room has been set up to offer assistance to all concerned with information and the Indian embassy in that country is alert to the situation round the clock.
Modi govt might change Guvs of 5 states
New Delhi, June 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government might change Governors in five states, said reports on Tuesday.
Jessica Lal : Convict Manu Sharma gets parole
New Delhi, June 17 (IBNS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted 15 days' parole to Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment for shooting the young model cum bartender, in order to let him sit for his post-graduation examinations in human rights and to submit his thesis on the subject.
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