North Indian ex-CM likely to be Congress working president

New Delhi (IANS) As the Congress is contemplating a change in its setup, a serious churning within it is happening about an impending reshuffle at the General Secretary and state in-charges level. The party is also mulling the appointment of a working…

Aircraft Carrier Vikrant successfully completes maiden sea trial

New Delhi (IANS) Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant successfully accomplished its maiden sea voyage on Sunday. The aircraft carrier had sailed on August 4, from Kochi.

"Trials progressed as planned and system parameters proved satisfactory,"…

Shaheed Nirmal Mahto had played a vital role in separate statehood movement: CM

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday paid tributes to Shaheed Nirmal Mahto on the occasion of his 34th martyrdom anniversary.

Speaking on the occasion he said that by following the Covid protocol across the state Shaheed Nirmal Mahto is…

Farmers to get a different identity on World Tribal Day, CM to inauguarte programme

Ranchi: On the occasion of World Tribal Day on August 9, the Jharkhand government will try to give a new identity to the farmers of state in a programme which is going to be organized at the project building.

On the eve of the programme, Agriculture Secretary…

Terrorist who escaped from encounter site in Kashmir arrested

Srinagar (IANS) A terrorist who had escaped from an encounter site in Kashmir's Budgam district on Saturday, has been arrested, police said.

Earlier in the morning, another terrorist was killed in the encounter that took place in Mochwa.

Mumbai cops chase hoax bomb calls at Bachchan home, 3 stations

Mumbai (IANS) The Mumbai Police and other agencies spent anxious hours after they chased bombs allegedly planted at Amitabh Bachchan's bungalow and three railway stations, which finally turned out to be hoaxes, an official said here on Saturday.

India offers Cairn Energy $1bn refund

New Delhi (IANS) India expects to refund $1 billion to UK-based Cairn Energy after it moved to scrap a retrospective tax law that unleashed bitter fights with prominent foreign investors, Financial Times reported.

The lower house of parliament…

Neeraj Chopra wins India's first-ever athletics gold in Olympics

Tokyo (IANS) Neeraj Chopra on Saturday made history by becoming the first Indian to win gold medal in athletics at Olympic Games when he clinched first position at Tokyo 2020 with a throw of 87.58 metres in the javelin competition.

Chopra has…

Growth Chasing: RBI retains rates, accommodative stance

Mumbai (IANS) To continue with its growth supporting stance, the Reserve Bank of India retained its key short-term lending rates during the third monetary policy review of FY22.

Besides, the growth-oriented accommodative stance was retained…

RBI raises retail inflation estimate for FY22 to 5.7%

New Delhi (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the retail inflation projection for the ongoing financial year to 5.7 per cent from the previous estimate of 5.1 per cent.

In a virtual address post the monetary policy meet, RBI Governor…