All students in 9th standard to get special books alongwith compulsory ones

Ranchi: The students studying in class 9th in government schools of the state will be provided special books along with the compulsory ones.

The special books included Bilingual, Atlas, General Knowledge and English Grammar. Chief Minister…

State in grip of heat wave

Ranchi: Jharkhand is in the grip of a heatwave with several places, especially northwestern parts witnessing extreme day temperature, prompting the IMD to extend heatwave forecasts till April 1. Statistics revealed that several places on Wednesday notched…

Drinking Water Minister inspects water treatment plant at Rukka

Ranchi: Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Mithilesh Kumar Thakur inspected the water treatment plant at Rukka. Expressing displeasure over the shortcomings in the maintenance of the water treatment plant located at Rukka, during the inspection he…

HC dismisses oldest petition in connection with 6th JPSC

Ranchi: In the oldest case related 6th JPSC exam the double bench of the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition. The High Court gave the verdict while hearing the petition filed by Rahul Kumar. In this petition, the resolution of…

Lavrov to visit India, crude, rupee-ruble payment and arms deals on agenda

New Delhi (IANS) Military operations in Ukraine, sale of Russian crude, rupee-ruble denominated payment method, arms deals are a few issues which Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov will discuss during the first high-level visit to India since…

Centre approves hike in DA/DR to its employees & pensioners

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for the release of an additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to the Central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners which will be implemented from January…

7 suspended for allowing students in hijab to take class 10 exams in K'taka

Gadag (Karnataka) (IANS) The Karnataka Education Department has suspended 7 teachers including 2 superintendents for allowing hijab clad students to take SSLC (class 10) exams in Gadag district.

The department has also ordered an inquiry on…

NSAs from China, Middle East, Central Asia to attend Islamabad Security Dialogue

Islamabad (IANS) With an aim to reinforce the need for regional cooperation to deal with existing and emerging challenges in a rapidly changing security landscape, the second iteration of the Islamabad Security Dialogue is all set to take place in…

Terrorist killed in Srinagar encounter was carrying press card

Srinagar (IANS) One of the two terrorists killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces at Rainawari area in Central Kashmir's Srinagar district was carrying a press card, officials said on Wednesday.

"One of the killed…

India Ratings revise its FY23 GDP growth forecast downwards to 7-7.2%

New Delhi (IANS) Ratings agency India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) on Wednesday revised India's FY23 forecast downwards to 7-7.2 per cent.

Accordingly, the ratings agency believes that its 'FY23 Economic Outlook' released in January…