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.
Tapas Paul remark: Mamata accuses media of exaggeration
Kolkata, July 3 (IBNS): Even after facing severe criticisms over her party MP Tapas Paul's 'rape' remark, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said media is exaggerating a trivial issue.
Sai Baba ate meat, cannot be regarded as Hindu God: Shankaracharya
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Triggering a new controversy, Hindu religious leader Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati has said that Sai Baba was one who ate meat and cannot be regarded as a "Hindu God".
CM reviews security situation ahead of PM's visit to J&K
Jammu, July 3 (IBNS) Ahead of Narendra Modi's maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir, state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took stock of the security situation and arrangements put in place on the occasion of the Prime Minister's visit on Friday.
Govt introduces 4 vaccines to be provided to children
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced the decision of his government to introduce four new vaccines as part of India's Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).
Narendra Modi-the third most followed world leader on Twitter
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the third most followed world leader on micro-blogging site Twitter after overtaking Indonesian President S B Yudhoyono on Thursday.
Sunanda death row: Subramanium Swamy seeks CBI
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Adding another twist, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramaniun Swamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar's death.
Chennai building collapse toll touches 55
Chennai, July 3 (IBNS): The death toll in Saturday's building collapse near Chennai reached 55 on Thursday as rescue operations still continued, said reports.
Mumbai: School principal, teacher arrested for molesting girl
Mumbai, July 3 (IBNS): The Dadar Police on Wednesday arrested the principal and teacher of a school for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl in the school premises, reports said.
Shashi Tharoor speaks out on Sunanda Pushkar death row
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS) Former union minister and Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday issued a statement demanding a protracted probe into her wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, after a fresh controversy was triggered by the forensic head of AIIMS hospital over the cause of the demise in January this year.
Goa minister asked to explain sexist remark by CM
Panaji, July 2 (IBNS) A Goa Minister who has made some sexist comments on women's dress code and warning them against wearing short attires or going to pubs has been asked to explain his remarks by Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Chennai building collapse toll touches 43
Chennai, July 2 (IBNS): The death toll in Saturday's building collapse near Chennai reached 43 on Wednesday as rescue operations still continued, said reports.
Second provocative video of Tapas Paul emerges
Kolkata, July 2 (IBNS): A second video of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul asking his men to kill opposition has emerged after he was caught on camera threatening his boys to rape women of the rival CPI-M.
AIIMS doctor sparks row over Sunanda Pushkar death report
New Delhi, July 2 (IBNS) There is a fresh twist to the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader and former union minister Shashi Tharoor, with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) forensic head in a report alleging that he had been pressurised to submit a doctored report on the cause of Sunanda's mysterious demise in January this year.
Army chief to visit China with military delegation
New Delhi, July 1 (IBNS) The Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, will proceed on a high level military delegation visit to China from Jul 2 to 5.
MHA seeks report on Tapas Paul's rape remark; nation outraged
Kolkata, July 1 (IBNS): While a nationwide outcry has followed demanding punishment of Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul who in a public meeting in a village in West Bengal has been caught on camera threatening women of the opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) with rape by his boys, the Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the state on the action taken.
Tarun Tejpal gets regular bail from Supreme Court
New Delhi, July 1 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted regular bail to Tarun Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, who was on interim bail earlier and had been in jail for months over the charges of rape and harassment of a young woman employee of his media house during a conclave in Goa.
Goa minister asks women not to dress skimpily, or go to pub
New Delhi, July 1 (IBNS) While the nation watched stunned a Trinamool Congress MP threatening rape of women from the opposition, a Goa Minister is facing flak for sexist comments.
3 more rescued in Chennai building collapse, toll rises
Chennai, July 1 (IBNS): The death toll in Saturday's building collapse near Chennai reached 26 on Tuesday even as three more were rescued alive from the rubble.
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