Kolkata: Worker dies while dismantling Mamata's swearing-in stage at Red Road

Kolkata: Worker dies while dismantling Mamata's swearing-in stage at Red Road

Kolkata, May 28 (IBNS): After the Mamata-led TMC government's swearing-in-ceremony was over on Friday, a middle-aged worker was killed on Saturday morning, while dismantling the temporary structure of the dais on Red Road in Kolkata, reports said.

by IBNS May 27, 2016

Dombivili factory blast toll rises to 12

Dombivili factory blast toll rises to 12

Mumbai, May 28 (IBNS) The death toll in the boiler blast in a Dombivili chemical factory rose to 12 with the recovery of another body on Saturday, reports said.

by IBNS May 27, 2016

Mega show in Delhi today to mark Modi Govt's two year

Mega show in Delhi today to mark Modi Govt's two year

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS) A gala event will be held in the national capital on Saturday to mark the completion of two years of Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre.

by India Blooms News Service May 27, 2016

WHO rejects scientists' call to postpone Rio games over Zika outbreak

WHO rejects scientists' call to postpone Rio games over Zika outbreak

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS) The World Health Organization (WHO) has turned down a call by leading scientists to move or postpone this summer's Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak.

by India Blooms News Service May 27, 2016

Karnataka: Panchayat President nabbed for alleged sexual assault

Karnataka: Panchayat President nabbed for alleged sexual assault

Mandya, Karnataka, May 28 (IBNS) A Karnataka panchayat president was arrested by police for alleged attempts of rape, according to reports.

by IBNS May 27, 2016

PM Modi visits Elephant Falls, heritage village near Shillong

PM Modi visits Elephant Falls, heritage village near Shillong

Shillong, May 28 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Mattilang Amusement Park, the Heritage Village at Mawphlang as well as the Elephant Falls in Upper Shillong on Saturday morning.

by IBNS May 27, 2016

PM Modi pays tributes to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary

PM Modi pays tributes to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, paid tributes to freedom fighter and poet Veer Savarkar, on his birth anniversary.

by IBNS May 27, 2016

PM Modi extends wishes to Pak counterpart, ahead of latter's open heart surgery

PM Modi extends wishes to Pak counterpart, ahead of latter's open heart surgery

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, extended his wishes to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, ahead of the latter's open heart surgery.

by IBNS May 27, 2016

 BLU Mobile launches five smart and two feature phones in West Bengal

BLU Mobile launches five smart and two feature phones in West Bengal

Kolkata, May 27 (IBNS): US-based Smartphone maker BLU on Wednesday unveiled five Android smart phones and two feature phones in Kolkata.

by IBNS May 27, 2016

Mamata Banerjee takes oath as West Bengal's chief minister for second consecutive term

Mamata Banerjee takes oath as West Bengal's chief minister for second consecutive term

Kolkata, May 27 (IBNS): After being re-elected to power with 211 seats out of total 294 in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee took oath as state's Chief Minister for her second consecutive term on Friday in Kolkata's historic Red Road, in presence of West Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, a large number of VVIPs and thousands of general people.

by IBNS May 26, 2016

Madhya Pradesh: Government allegedly transfers IAS officer for praising Nehru

Madhya Pradesh: Government allegedly transfers IAS officer for praising Nehru

Bhopal, May 27 (IBNS) In Madhya Pradesh, an IAS officer, who praised former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru over a post on Facebook, incurred the wrath of the state government and was allegedly transferred to another department, according to reports.

by IBNS May 26, 2016

Hyderabad resident allegedly attacks Nigerian student

Hyderabad resident allegedly attacks Nigerian student

Hyderabad, May 27 (IBNS) A Nigerian student was allegedly attacked in Hyderabad over a parking space dispute, according to media reports on Friday.

by IBNS May 26, 2016

Mamata Banerjee to take oath as West Bengal CM on Friday

Mamata Banerjee to take oath as West Bengal CM on Friday

Kolkata, May 27 (IBNS) Mamata Banerjee, on Friday, will take her oath as the chief minister of West Bengal, her second term, in an elaborate ceremony to be held at Kolkata's Red Road.

by IBNS May 26, 2016

Rahul Gandhi remembers Jawaharlal Nehru on death anniversary

Rahul Gandhi remembers Jawaharlal Nehru on death anniversary

New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday, paid tribute to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on the latter's death anniversary.

by IBNS May 26, 2016

Indian army engaged in two encounters in J&K to foil infiltration

Indian army engaged in two encounters in J&K to foil infiltration

Srinagar, May 27 (IBNS) Encounter between armed forces and terrorists continue on Friday at Naugam sector of Handwara in northern Kashmir's Kupwara distrit, while, in a separate incident, fierce gunfight broke out on Friday between suspected militants and security forces in North Kashmir Tangmarg area of Baramulla district, media reported.

by India Blooms News Service May 26, 2016

16-year-old boy beaten, striped naked in Delhi

16-year-old boy beaten, striped naked in Delhi

New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS) in a horrific case of ragging in the national capital, a 16-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted by a group of men, who paraded him naked before thrashing him for an alleged case of theft, reports said.

by IBNS May 26, 2016

Indonesia: Introduces capital punishment, chemical castration for child rapists

Indonesia: Introduces capital punishment, chemical castration for child rapists

Jakarta, May 27 (IBNS) Child rapists in Indonesia are set to receive either a capital punishment or chemical castration, under a new law, according to reports.

by IBNS May 26, 2016

Manipal ICAS offers Twinning engineering program

Manipal ICAS offers Twinning engineering program

Mumbai, May 26 (IBNS) Manipal ICAS (International Centre for Applied Sciences) is unfolding new opportunities for the students aspiring to do engineering through their exclusive Seminar & Counseling of Manipal ICAS International Twinning Engineering Program.

by IBNS May 25, 2016

Former Bihar CM Jitanram Manjhi's car attacked in Gaya

Former Bihar CM Jitanram Manjhi's car attacked in Gaya

Gaya, May 26 (IBNS) Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's convoy was attacked on Thursday in Gaya, reports said.

by IBNS May 25, 2016

SC allows Italian marine accused of killing Indian fishermen  to return home

SC allows Italian marine accused of killing Indian fishermen to return home

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed an Italian marine arrested for murder in India to return home after four years of detention.

by IBNS May 25, 2016

AAP spokesperson cry foul against BJP, media

AAP spokesperson cry foul against BJP, media

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Ashutosh, on thursday cried fould against the BJP government and country's media for bias.

by IBNS May 25, 2016

Kejriwal accuses Modi Govt of mega splurge on publicity

Kejriwal accuses Modi Govt of mega splurge on publicity

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS) Even though the Narendra Modi Government completes two years on Thursday, claiming to have achieved "inclusive development", his bitterest critic Arvind Kejriwal puts him on the dock for spending billions of crores of rupess on publicity.

by India Blooms News Service May 25, 2016

Modi completes two years in office, posts video on Twitter

Modi completes two years in office, posts video on Twitter

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS) Narendra Modi, who on May 26, 2014, took oath as the 15th Prime Minister of the country, after his party received the largest mandate ever, completed two years on Thursday.

by IBNS May 25, 2016

Intel ISEF: Six India students bag prestigious awards

Intel ISEF: Six India students bag prestigious awards

New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS) Six Indian students shone bright at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), bagging awards in various categories.

by IBNS May 25, 2016

NASA scientists explain the art of creating digital Hurricanes

NASA scientists explain the art of creating digital Hurricanes

California, May 26 (IBNS) Every day, scientists at NASA work on creating better hurricanes on a computer screen.

by IBNS May 25, 2016

Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in cities on Syria's coast

Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in cities on Syria's coast

New York, May 26 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Syria claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) that killed and injured more than 100 people on 23 May, expressing condolences to the victims' families and a speedy recovery to the injured.

by IBNS May 25, 2016

Bengal Congress makes legislators to sign loyalty bond

Bengal Congress makes legislators to sign loyalty bond

Kolkata, May 25 (IBNS) In a move that has kicked up controversy, the Congress in West Bengal has made its 44 legislators sign an undertaking swearing unqualified allegiance to party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi.

by IBNS May 24, 2016

Jayalalithaa thanks Modi for keeping states out of NEET for a year

Jayalalithaa thanks Modi for keeping states out of NEET for a year

Chennai, May 25 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping states out of the purview of the common medical entrance test ( NEET) for a year and urged him to make it permanent, reports said.

by IBNS May 24, 2016

Afghan Taliban appoint Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as new leader

Afghan Taliban appoint Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as new leader

New Delhi, May 25 (IBNS) The Afghan Taliban apparently named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new leader following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour, media reported on Wednesday.

by IBNS May 24, 2016

Bihar journalist's murder : Five arrested in UP

Bihar journalist's murder : Five arrested in UP

New Delhi, May 25 (IBNS) Police arrested five people in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday in connection with the murder of a journalist in Bihar's Siwan district, reports said.

by IBNS May 24, 2016