Civilian injured in militant attack in J&K's Sopore

Srinagar (IANS) A civilian was injured on Saturday in a militant attack on the security forces at Arampora in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town.

Police said militants hurled a grenade at a joint party of police and CRPF in main market of…

Massive fire breaks out in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar Market

New Delhi (IANS) A massive fire broke out in a showroom in Lajpat Nagar market in Delhi on Saturday, a fire official said.

More than 15 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to douse the blaze.

Officials said they received an alert…

No exemption to mainstream media from New IT Rules: Govt

New Delhi (IANS) All mainstream media, including print and electronic, will have to comply the provisions of IT Rules, 2021 with immediate effect without exemption as the government has refused to exempt them from the ambit of the new digital media…

Indian-origin journo wins Pulitzer for exposing China's Muslim detention camps

New York (IANS) Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan has won the US' top journalism award, the Pulitzer Prize, for innovative investigative reports harnessing satellite technology that exposed China's mass detention camps for Muslim…

2 civilians, 2 cops killed in Sopore militant attack

Srinagar (IANS) Two civilians and two policemen were killed and 7 others were injured on Saturday in a militant attack on the security forces in J&K's Sopore town.

Earlier reports had said only one civilian was injured in this incident.

GST rates on Covid items slashed; vaccine still taxed at 5%

New Delhi (IANS) Amid calls for lower levies on items and medicines required in Covid-19 treatment, the GST Council on Saturday decided to slash rates of several Covid-relief items to 5 per cent from existing 12-18 per cent levels, although it kept…

Government focused on better healthcare management to check spread of Covid: Hemant Soren

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday said that the government is focused on better healthcare management to control the spread of Coronavirus in the state.

He said that the state government is making all possible efforts to prevent…

Security forces exchange bullets with youths inside forest in Latehar, one dead

Latehar: Security forces had exchanged bullets with a group of youths who had gone hunting inside Piri forest under Garu Police Station area of this district in which one of them was killed and another sustained injuries.

Earlier in the day,…

Senior officials holding awareness campaigns at block level regarding Covid vaccination

Ranchi: Awareness regarding vaccination is being spread by holding meetings with local public representatives in various blocks of the Ranchi district. 

Senior officers are constantly visiting different blocks and making people aware of vaccination.…

Many villages in Jharkhand moving towards 100 per cent Vaccination

Ranchi: Banmara village of Kullu Kera panchayat is located at the Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh border of Simdega district and here 100 per cent population of this village has been vaccinated for Covid19.

People of Jins Jara Kani village of Simdega…