Pakistan's Islamabad city elects its first Mayor
Islamabad, Feb 16 (IBNS) Pakistan's Islamabad has elected its first Mayor, media reports said.
UN experts urge Nigeria to make areas freed from Boko Haram 'truly safe' for returnees
New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations human rights experts have urged the Nigerian Government to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for the displaced persons to return.
Ex- Delhi University lecturer arrested on sedition charges
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IBNS): The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested ex-Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani over sedition and other charges.
Manipal ProLearn offers Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services
Bangalore, Feb 12 (IBNS) Manipal ProLearn has launched a certification course in Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Autorickshaw drivers call for a day's strike in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS) Protesting against private taxi company Ola and Uber, the autorickshaw drivers of Mumbai have called for a day's strike on Monday, according to reports.
Snapdeal employee case: 5 men arrested for kidnapping Dipti Sarna
Ghaziabad, Feb 15 (IBNS) Probing the Snapdeal employee kidnapping case, five men were arrested by the police on Monday, according to reports.
World T20: West Indies confirm 12 contracts
St. Johns, Feb 15 (IBNS) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said it received 12 signed contracts from players who were selected for the upcoming 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
F-16: Pakistan 'surprised' over India's disappointment
Islamabad, Feb 15 (IBNS): Pakistan has expressed 'surprise' over India's disappointment over the United States' decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to the Asian nation.
Pakistan: Van hit by train, 8 killed
Islamabad, Feb 15 (IBNS) At least eight people were killed as a van was hit by Lahore-bound Fareed Express close to the near Allah Dino Saand railway station in Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Make in India fire mishap was frightening: Amitabh Bachchan
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS) Actor Amitabh Bachchan has said the fire mishap during a cultural event of the Make in India week programme was 'frightening'.
Syria: for first time in months, UN agency delivers aid to residents of Yarmouk camp
New York, Feb 15 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East has been able to deliver urgently needed humanitarian supplies to the civilian residents of the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk, on the outskirts Damascus, for the first time in nine months.
All Make in India week programs will be conducted as scheduled: Maha CM
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS): A day after a fire mishap hit a cultural event, the Maharashtra government has said that the Make in India week programmes will be conducted as per schedule.
Anti-India slogan: JNU on the boil, police cracks down on campus
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Several students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi have been barred from academic activities over the incident of anti-India slogans within the campus in support of hanged Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, even as tension ran high on the campus after a students' union leader was arrested over sedition charges and police searched for more student suspects in the slogan shouting.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Mumbai today
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mumbai on Saturday.
West Bengal celebrates Saraswati Puja today
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IBNS) The Bengali community across the country, with West Bengal leading the rest, in worshiping Hindu Goddess Saraswati with grandeur on Saturday.
Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli to visit India
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS) Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will visit India on Feb 19, officials said
Mali: UN condemns attack against Mission base that kills five peacekeepers
New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Top United Nations officials have condemned the attack this morning against a UN camp in Kidal, in the north-eastern region of the country, which killed at least five peacekeepers and wounded 30 others.
India disappointed over US decision to sell F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): India on Saturday expressed its displeasure over America's decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.
Kolkata college awards certificates to women in community outreach programme
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS) Participants of Sucharu, a capacity-building programme conducted by Kolkata's Women's Christian College and funded by the University Grants Commission, received their certificates and prizes at a ceremony organised by the college.
Kolkata college awards certificates to women in community outreach programme
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IBNS) Participants of Sucharu, a capacity-building programme conducted by Kolkata's Women's Christian College and funded by the University Grants Commission, received their certificates and prizes at a ceremony organised by the college.
Manipal ProLearn offers Cloud Computing with AWS
Bangalore, Feb 12 (IBNS): Manipal ProLearn has launched a certification course in Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Missing Snapdeal employee returns home, reunites with family
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS) Deepti Sarna, the Snapdeal employee who went missing from Ghaziabad, has finally returned home on Friday and is safe, according to police and her family.
Sachin wraps up film shoot
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IBNS) After travelling the world for 30 Months, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's biographical film finally wrapped up at Mumbai's Shivaji Park on Friday.
LeT wanted to attack Jews and Israelites, says Headley
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IBNS) In another revelation, David Coleman Headley, who is testifying for the fourth day from an undisclosed US prison, told a Mumbai court on Friday that the Lashkar had plans of blowing up a building because it housed Jews and Isrealites, according to reports.
Rajnath Singh promises stringent actions against anti India slogans
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has promised severe consequences for those raising anti India slogans in the JNU premises, according to reports.
Gravitational waves detected, scientists thrilled all over the globe
Washington, Feb 12 (IBNS) For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe, according to the LIGO Hanford observatory.
Hanumanthappa's last rites in his ancestral Karnataka village today
Hubli, Karnataka, Feb 12 (IBNS): While India mourned the death of their soldier Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, who was rescued alive from Siachen after remaining buried for six days under snow but succumbed later in a hospital in New Delhi, his final rites will be performed Friday in his village in Dhadwaad in Karnataka.
Ban appoints Senegalese General as UN Force Commander for Central African Republic
New York, Feb 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Balla Keta of Senegal as the Force Commander of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
Snapdeal's missing employee Dipti Sarna found
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS): An employee of online marketplace Snapdeal, who went missing since Wednesday, has been found, officials said.
Soumitra Chatterjee to launch Beyond Apu 20 Favourite Film Roles
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IBNS): Popular lifestyle store Starmark, in association with Harper Collins India, will host the launch of Amitava Nags book Beyond Apu 20 Favourite Film Roles of Soumitra Chatterjee at the Quest Mall outlet on Feb 15.
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