Kolkata, Jun 30 (IBNS): Senior Bengali movie, television and stage actor Chinmoy Roy was seriously injured after falling from the terrace of his multi-storey apartment at Golf Green in south Kolkata on Saturday late evening, reports said.

Kolkata, Jun 30 (IBNS): Hours after two youths were held for allegedly demanding extortion money for admission in north Kolkata's Maharaja Sris Chandra College, the city police on Saturday evening launched two Whatsapp numbers and an email id for lodging complaints relating to extortion in campuses, reports said.

Kolkata, Jun 30 (IBNS): Five Chinese nationals were arrested at Kolkata Railway Station near Chitpur area in northern part of the city on Friday night for carrying 197 kg contraband drugs, reports said on Saturday.

New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today reviewed the progress towards holistic development of islands.

New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS): In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of the "Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai " has been inscribed on  UNESCO's World Heritage list.

Hyderabad, June 30 (IBNS): An engineering student from Andhra Pradesh has accused three of her seniors of raping and filming the act to blackmail her for over a year.

Kolkata, Jun 30 (IBNS): Hanging body of a 19-year-old girl was found inside her room at Chowbaga Road area under Tiljala Police Station limits in south-east Kolkata on Friday late night, hours after her mother was pronounced dead in a city hospital, reports said.

New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS): S. Ramesh has taken over as Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs [CBIC], on superannuation of Vanaja N. Sarna on Saturday.

New Delhi, Jun 30 (IBNS): India on Saturday welcomed the decision of the global terror financing watchlist  Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Pakistan in its "Grey list" and hoped that Islamabad will comply with the action plan and take credible measures to address international concerns on terrorism.

Srinagar, June 30 (IBNS) : All schools in the Kashmir valley remained closed on Saturday following a flood alert issued by the authorities as the spectre of a flood loomed large with the rain-fed Jhelum flowing above the critical mark at Sangam in Anantnag district, media reports said.

Denpasar, June 30 (IBNS): Friday saw a lot of tourists stranded in Bali as the international airport was shut after a volcanic eruption resulted in ash spewing and smoke billowing  in the sky, according to officials.

New Delhi, Jun 30 (IBNS) : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday inaugurated the 9th Heads of Mission Conference in Delhi with the participation of all Indian Ambassadors and High Commissioners.

New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS) : Conveying his greetings to social media users on the Social Media Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday the platform has been playing a "key role" in democratising people's discourse.

New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): The Delhi metro will continue its service as usual on Saturday with the Supreme Court restraining the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) employees from going on a strike.

New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): While Narendra Modi claimed to bring back all black money stashed abroad ahead of the 2014 elections, the oppositions have teared into the Prime Minister after reports revealed a rise in Indian money at the Swiss Bank.

Kanpur, June 29 (IBNS): President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone for an auditorium of the Kanpur Bar Association in Kanpur on Friday.

New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): Not only Congress, even Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy has slammed the government for not being able to curb the black money.

Srinagar, Jun 29 (IBNS): An encounter between security forces and terrorists took place on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, media reports said.

Kolkata, June 29 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over note ban and reports of 50 percent rise in Indians stashing money in Swiss banks.  

New Delhi, Jun 29(IBNS): A Delhi court on Friday sent Major Nikhil Handa to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the murder of a fellow colleague’s wife, media reports said.

New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over reports of 50 percent rise in Indians stashing money in Swiss banks. 

Lucknow, Jun 29, (IBNS): Questioning the timing of the release of purported video clips of 2016 surgical strikes, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Friday accused the Narendra Modi Government of trying to make it a political issue for electoral gains before 2019 Lok Sabha polls, media reports said.

Agartala, Jun 29 (IBNS): A hawker from Uttar Pradesh was lynched by a frenzied mob in Tripura on Thursday at Sidhai Mohanpur, 25 km from Tripura's capital town Agartala following a WhatsApp rumour about child lifters being on the prowl, media reports said.

New Delhi, Jun 29 (IBNS): Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu on Friday launched a mobile application called ReUnite which helps to track and trace missing and abandoned children in India.

New Delhi, Jun 29 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met a group of ten tribal students from Maharashtra, who were a part of a team of the “Mission Shaurya” initiative of the Adivasi Vikas Vibhag of the Maharashtra Government.

Guwahati, June 29  (IBNS): The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and 28 other organisations, representing various ethnic and tribal communities , on Friday took out a protest rally against the Citizenship (Ammendment) Bill, 2016 in Guwahati.

New Delhi, Jun 29 (IBNS): Apart from meeting his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajapayee, who is undergoing treatment in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Prime Minister Narendra Modi also laid foundation stone for a new block in the hospital on Friday, media reports said.

Jammu, Jun 29 (IBNS): Heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir has suspended Amarnath Yatra from Pahalgam route, media reports said.

New Delhi, Jun 29 (IBNS): Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has taken a dig at the Narendra Modi government as the Indian currency reached an all-time low on Thursday.

Srinagar, Jun 29 (IBNS): A terrorist has been killed in a battle between the security forces and militants in forests of Kupwara in north Kashmir on Friday, media reports said.

Guwahati, June 28 (IBNS): The Indian army has conducted another surgical strike and attacked a camp of banned outfit group Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland – Khaplang (NSCN-K) in Myanmar.

New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet and interact with a delegation of about 150 sugarcane farmers at Lok Kalyan Marg on Friday.

Mughalsarai, June 28 (IBNS): About ten Border Security Force (BSF) jawans travelling from West Bengal to Jammu by a special train have gone missing, a complaint registered with the railways police claimed on Thursday.

Guwahati, June 28 (IBNS): The Centre will give ten new buses to the Assam government which would be run by methanol.

New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS): India on Thursday clarified that it is not under pressure by the United States to cut trade ties with Iran with special reference to Iranian oil import.

Srinagar, Jun 28 (IBNS): Releasing pictures of four suspects, Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has executed the assassination plot of journalist Shujaat Bhukari, media reports said.

New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS ): Indian external affairs ministry (MEA)  on Thursday said fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi is not in possession of any second valid passport issued by the authorities.

Guwahati, Jun 28 (IBNS) : The much-awaited final draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam will miss its deadline of June 30 with the NRC State Coordinator moving the Supreme Court to seek a deadline extension.

Srinagar, Jun 28 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said the murder of journalist Shujaat Bhukari was a conspiracy by Pakistan, media reports said.

New Delhi, Jun 28 (IBNS): Three days after the Delhi High Court's order against felling of trees, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for reducing green cover in the national capital.

Guwahati, Jun 28 (IBNS): The Assam police have arrested two more persons in connection with the lynching of two youths in  Karbi Anglong early this month, taking the total number of arrested to 43.

New Delhi, Jun 28 (IBNS): Southwest monsoon has further advanced in Western and Northern India and is likely to spread in the entire country in the next couple of days, official reports said on Thursday.

Mumbai, Jun 28 (IBNS): All the four occupants and a pedestrian were killed and two others injured when a small chartered plane crashed in Mumbai suburb’s residential Ghatkopar West area on Thursday, media reports said.

Maghar, Uttar Pradesh, Jun 28 (IBNS) : Launching a campaign to counter the tirade directed against him on Dalit issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the opposition for its brand of politics, swearing by the name of Sant Kabir and speaking out from an obscure Uttar Pradesh village, where the 15th century mystic poet spent his last days.

Mumbai, Jun 28 (IBNS): Five people, including the pilot, were killed when a small chartered plane hired by the Uttar Pradesh government crashed in Mumbai’s residential Ghatkopar West area on Thursday, media reports said.

New Delhi, Jun 28 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia are likely to be charged by the police with criminal conspiracy in connection with the alleged attack on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash in February., NDTV reported.

New Delhi, Jun 28 (IBNS): Attacking the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the release of surgical strikes video, the Congress on Thursday said the soldiers' blood should not be used for gaining political points, media reports said.

Kolkata, Jun 28 (IBNS): On the second day of his West Bengal visit, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah will reach Purulia district of the eastern state on Thursday.

Lucknow, Jun 28 (IBNS): Gearing up for the 2019 General Elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) poll campaign for Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, media reports said.

New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS) The United States has postponed the high-level "2+2 dialogue" with India scheduled in Washington next week.