CM directs officials to make sure that pension amount is paid by 5th of every month

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday directed that the pension amount should be compulsorily credited by the 5th of every month in the account of all the pensioner beneficiaries covered under the social security scheme. Chairing a review meeting…

41.42 lakh dhoti/lungi, saris distributed under Sona-Sobran dhoti saree Yojana

Ranchi: Along with providing additional ration cards to the poor the government is providing clothes at subsidized rates under the Sona Sobran Dhoti Sari scheme.

Lakhs of BPL holders of the state are getting benefits from this scheme. The government…

Special marketing and branding strategy will be made for Palash brand says Secretary, Rural Development

Ranchi: In order to connect the products of rural women with better marketing and branding through Palash brand Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society under Rural Development Department has signed an MoU with International Organization Women…

Ranchi DC participates in meeting to issue identity card & certificate to transgender persons

Ranchi: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India on Tuesday organized a review meeting through video conferencing to issue identity cards and certificates to transgender persons. The virtual meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner,…

Sri Lanka: One dead, 12 hurt as police fire at anti-fuel price hike protesters

Colombo (IANS) One person was killed while 12 others were injured as police fired upon protesters who took to the streets in Central Sri Lanka against the overnight fuel price hike in the crisis-hit island nation.

Protests erupted around the…

Jahangirpuri Violence: Five rioters booked under stringent NSA

New Delhi (IANS) As many as five persons arrested in connection with Saturday's communal clashes in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area have been slapped with the stringent National Security Act (NSA), official sources said on Tuesday.

The sources…

PM unlikely to be present at Bengal biz summit; political mudslinging begins

Kolkata (IANS) As by now it is almost certain that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will skip the inaugural session of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2022 on Wednesday morning, political mudslinging has started between the BJP and the ruling…

Cyber security breach reported in military, high-level probe ordered

New Delhi (IANS) The intelligence agencies have reported a cyber-security breach in the military and a high-level probe has been ordered, sources said here on Tuesday.

According to the sources, some military officials involved in this breach…

Drivers take charge of Uber, Indian riders have nowhere to go

New Delhi (IANS) As cab-hailing platforms grow in sheer size and number in India, local residents are in for more trouble as of late, the drivers have become more aggressive and demanding, forcing people to cancel their rides when drivers do not want…

Russia launches assault to seize Donbas region

Kyiv (IANS) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia has launched an assault to seize the eastern Donbas region, BBC reported.

Moscow bombarded cities with rocket and artillery fire on Monday and in a video address Zelensky…