India says troops not going to Sri Lanka, calls reports untrue

New Delhi (IANS) India on Saturday dismissed claims that New Delhi is sending its troops to Sri Lanka amid an emergency imposed in the island nation, saying it is a fake information.

Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka "strongly" denied "blatantly…

With 40,000 MT fuel from India, SL looks to reduce power cut from 13 hrs to 2 hrs

Colombo (IANS) Reliving thousands of those waiting in queues at fuel stations around the country and those hit by 13-hour-long power cuts, 40,000 MT of diesel under the Indian Line of Credit of $500 million arrived at the Colombo harbour on Saturday.

Major scare averted at Birsa Munda Airport

Ranchi: A major scare was averted at the Birsa Munda Airport in the capital as a flight developed a technical snag just before takeoff.

Airport officials said that a flight of Indigo was going on its way to Kolkata from Ranchi. However, during the…

Kolkata STF busts mini gun factory in Dumka

Dumka: A special task force of Kolkata Police with the support of Dumka Police has busted a mini-gun factory being operated in Saruwa village under the Muffasil Police Station area. In this connection, six people including a woman have been arrested.

Congress stages agitation over hike in petrol prices

Ranchi: Over the price rise of essential commodities and hike in petroleum products the Congress party on Saturday staged a dharna before the Raj Bhawan. The Congress is running the Mahangai Mukt Bharat campaign as part of which the dharna was staged…

Opposition increases inside JMM over Sita Soren & Lobin Hembrom

Ranchi: The opposition within the Jharkhand Mukti Morch has intensified against MLAs Lobin Hembram and Sita Soren.

Senior JMM MLA Stephen Marandi held a press conference on Saturday and accused Lobin Hembram and Sita Soren of being involved…

OPD services hit across Govt and private hospitals in state over death of Dr Archana

Ranchi: OPD services across the state were hit on Saturday as doctors boycotted the work protesting against the death of Dr Archana who had committed suicide in Dausa of Rajasthan. In all the hospitals the doctors abstained from OPD services from…

Imran on sticky wicket as political future hangs by a thread

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is faced with the biggest challenge of his political career, as the opposition political parties join hands against him with an aim to end, not only his ruling government, but also his political…

India, Nepal unveil joint vision in power sector

New Delhi (IANS) India and Nepal on Saturday unveiled joint vision into bilateral cooperation in power sector and inked a few Memorandums of Understanding in this regard.

Indian Oil Corporation and Nepal Oil Corporation have signed two Memorandums…

Lavrov bats for actively developing Russia-India-China trilateral mechanism

New Delhi (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that he discussed with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar about actively developing the Russia-India-China trilateral mechanism in the interests of stabilising international relations…