West Bengal celebrates  Saraswati Puja today

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.

by IBNS February 12, 2016

Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli to visit India

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

by IBNS February 12, 2016

Mali: UN condemns attack against Mission base that kills five peacekeepers

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.

by IBNS February 12, 2016

India disappointed over US decision to sell  F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan

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.

by IBNS February 12, 2016

Kolkata college awards certificates to women in community outreach programme

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.

by IBNS February 12, 2016

Kolkata college awards certificates to women in community outreach programme

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.

by IBNS February 12, 2016

Manipal ProLearn offers Cloud Computing with AWS

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).

by IBNS February 11, 2016

Missing Snapdeal employee returns home, reunites with family

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.

by IBNS February 11, 2016

Sachin wraps up film shoot

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.

by IBNS February 11, 2016

LeT wanted to attack Jews and Israelites, says Headley

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.

by IBNS February 11, 2016

Rajnath Singh promises stringent actions against anti India slogans

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.

by IBNS February 11, 2016

Gravitational waves detected, scientists thrilled all over the globe

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.

by IBNS February 11, 2016

Hanumanthappa's last rites in his ancestral Karnataka village today

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.

by India Blooms News Service February 11, 2016

Ban appoints Senegalese General as UN Force Commander for Central African Republic

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).

by IBNS February 11, 2016

Snapdeal's missing employee Dipti Sarna found

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.

by IBNS February 11, 2016

 Soumitra Chatterjee to launch Beyond Apu  20 Favourite Film Roles

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.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

Siachen soldier Lance Naik Hanumanthappa dies

Siachen soldier Lance Naik Hanumanthappa dies

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IBNS): Indian Army soldier Lance Naik Hanumanthappa , who was recovered alive six days after he was buried under more than thirty feet of snow and ice after an avalanche stuck their post in the early hours of Feb 3 in Siachen, died on Thursday here, Army source said.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

Terrorist Masood Azhar missing from Pakistan

Terrorist Masood Azhar missing from Pakistan

Islamabad/New Delhi, Feb 11 (IBNS) The alleged mastermind of last month's Pathankot Airbase attack which claimed eight lives, Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar is reportedly missing from the country as he is suspected to have moved to Afghanistan, NDTV reported.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

Headley says RBI rejected his application to open business account

Headley says RBI rejected his application to open business account

Mumbai, Feb 11 (IBNS) Deposing before a Mumbai court on Thursday for the third day from a US prison cell, David Coleman Headley, a key accused of 26/11 Mumbai attack, told the court that the Reserve Bank of India had revoked his application to open a business account in the country with the funds from terror groups and ISI, according to reports.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

David Coleman Headley says Ishrat Jehan was a member of LeT

David Coleman Headley says Ishrat Jehan was a member of LeT

Mumbai, Feb 11 (IBNS) Deposing before a Mumbai court for the third day from a US cell, 26/11 accused David Coleman Headley said on Thursday that Ishrat Jehan- who was allegedly killed in an encounter by Gujarat Police dubbed fake- was an LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) affiliate, working closely with the women wing, according to reports.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

India considers Iran a close friend: President Mukherjee

India considers Iran a close friend: President Mukherjee

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IBNS) Greeting Iran on its 37th Islamic Revolution, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that India considers Iran a close friend.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

PM Modi pays tribute to Deendayal Upadhyaya on his death anniversary

PM Modi pays tribute to Deendayal Upadhyaya on his death anniversary

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on his death anniversary.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

Marc Andreessen  comments on India deeply upsetting: Mark Zuckerberg

Marc Andreessen comments on India deeply upsetting: Mark Zuckerberg

San Francisco, Feb 11 (IBNS): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has distanced himself from a comment of his company's board member Marc Andreessen on India and colonialism.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

 Arati Mukherjee conferred lifetime achievement honour in Bangla music awards

Arati Mukherjee conferred lifetime achievement honour in Bangla music awards

Kolkata, Feb 11 (IBNS) Singer Arati Mukherjee, who has regaled generations of Bengali music lovers and also left some marks with her Bollywood songs, was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to Bengali music at the Music Awards Bangla 2015 instituted by a leading FM channel in its fifth edition.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

UN agriculture agency warns of threat to food security from overuse of antibiotics

UN agriculture agency warns of threat to food security from overuse of antibiotics

New York, Feb 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents is impacting rural livelihoods and food security, and requires globally coordinated efforts, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

by IBNS February 10, 2016

Four dead in Haryana highway pile-up

Four dead in Haryana highway pile-up

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IBNS) Dense fog led to a massive accident on a Haryana highway near Karnal on Wednesday early morning with at least 30 cars piling up leaving four people dead in one of the cars, according to media reports.

by IBNS February 09, 2016

Trump and Sanders top the New Hampshire primary race to the US presidential election

Trump and Sanders top the New Hampshire primary race to the US presidential election

New Hampshire, Feb 10 (IBNS) Outsiders Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday in a convincing manner in the run up to the US presidential election.

by IBNS February 09, 2016

Rahul Gandhi blasts Modi govt. from Kerala

Rahul Gandhi blasts Modi govt. from Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10 (IBNS): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday here said the Modi government is taking away the power that the previous UPA regime had given to the people.

by IBNS February 09, 2016

Global Crude oil price of Indian Basket was US$ 31.06 on Tuesday

Global Crude oil price of Indian Basket was US$ 31.06 on Tuesday

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IBNS) Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas computed the international crude oil price of Indian Basket as U$ 31.06 per barrel (bbl) on Tuesday.

by IBNS February 09, 2016

Leopards spotted again near Bangalore school

Leopards spotted again near Bangalore school

Bangalore, Feb 10 (IBNS) Two more leopards were seen roaming near the Vibgyor school at Varthur in Bangalore on Tuesday, only two days after a leopard had entered the school premises and was captured later, said media reports quoting forest officials.

by IBNS February 09, 2016