Jharkhand to develop 500-acre industrial corridor along highway

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand government plans to develop a new industrial corridor spread over 500 acres along the highway connecting Govindpur to Sahibganj in the city of Dhanbad.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed the authorities to…

Pakistan fails in convincing to resume $6bn extended loan facility

Islamabad (IANS) The Pakistani delegation that was in Washington since October 4 to attend annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has failed to convince the latter and secure an arrangement for resumption of a…

Nearly 20 percent judges have no place to sit, 42 percent courts lack toilets: CJI

Aurangabad (Maharashtra) (IANS) Highlighting major concerns over judicial infrastructure in the country, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday made some shocking revelations, including how almost 20 per cent of the judicial officers in the…

BJP to replace Goa CM, says Sisodia; party says just a rumour

Panaji (IANS) Minutes after Delhi deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the BJP would soon replace Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant due to his poor governance track record and inability to effectively tackle the Covid pandemic, the Goa BJP…

ISKCON-Bangalore urges Indian govt to protect Hindus in Bangladesh

Bengaluru (IANS) Condemning the attacks on the Hindu community in the past few weeks in Bangladesh, ISKCON-Bangalore held a Kirtan March in the city on Saturday.

Madhu Pandit Dasa, President, ISKCON Bangalore, said, "We express our pain and…

Amit Shah begins three-day trip to J&K

New Delhi (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on a three-day visit during which he will chair a high-level meeting on the security situation of the Union Territory.

This is his first visit to the Union…

Don't let cost of energy outstrip consumers' paying capacity: Puri

New Delhi (IANS) Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that unless the prices of crude oil are maintained at sustainable levels, it will severely impact the green shoots of global economic recovery.

In his…

Killing of judge: HC raps CBI over filing of chargesheet, says agency working like ‘Babus’ sitting in Secretariat

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday expressed its deep anguish over the charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the killing of Additional district and sessions judge Uttam Anand and went on to comment that…

Hemant Soren chairs meet of district unit chiefs of JMM

Ranchi: On Friday a meeting of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s district presidents and district secretaries was held under the chairmanship of the party’s working president and Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

In the meeting the public interest works…

Trinamool MP Sushmita Dev, others attacked in Tripura, accuse BJP

Agartala (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev and 10 other party members were attacked allegedly by the members of ruling BJP on Friday at Amtali in western Tripura.

According to West Tripura district police chief Manik…