Navneet Kalra case: Court says sentiments against accused can't be ground for denying bail

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to businessman Navneet Kalra arrested in a case for allegedly hoarding of oxygen concentrators. The court noted that bail cannot be denied to accused, merely because public sentiments are against…

63% say Modi handled Covid crisis well; 22?el RaGa would have done better

New Delhi (IANS) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been one of the most vocal critics of the Narendra Modi-led government's strategy to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recently, Rahul Gandhi had said that India will be hit by multiple…

Oxygen tank being installed in Itki Covid Centre leaks during installation

Ranchi: A nineteen thousand litre oxygen tank which was provided to the state with the help of FICCI leaked while it was being installed at the Covid Care Centre being set up in Itki.

Sadar SDO Utkarsh Gupta said that tank was provided to the…

PIL filed in HC demanding presence of kin in last rites of Covid patients

Ranchi: A PIL has been filed at the Jharkhand High Court seeking the presence of kin at the last rites of deceased people due to Covid-19.

A Jamshedpur-based organisation through their lawyer Aprajita Bhardwaj has filed the PIL. In the petition,…

Antigen test drive continues in villages, screening of 1,30,522 people done

Ranchi: To prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the rural areas the antigen test drive was on at the panchayat level by the means of door to door survey.

The panchayat task force is reaching at the doors of the people for surveys and tests.…

Fine worth Rs 5.52 lakh collected, no arrests for lockdown violation

Ranchi: On Saturday the state police collected a fine worth more than Rs 5.52 lakh across the 24 districts of Jharkhand for instances of lockdown violation and not wearing masks in public.

As per the data provided by the police headquarters…

Mobile Covid testing in 12 districts of Jharkhand from next week

Ranchi: The speed of Corona testing will be increased in Jharkhand as the government has inked an MoU in this regard with a Delhi based firm.

From the first week of June in 12 districts of the state, the company through its mobile testing van…

Amid Covid wave, GST Council meet begins; may consider duty cuts

New Delhi  (IANS) The 43rd meeting of the GST Council, the first this year in the midst of second wave of Covid pandemic, begun on Friday morning through video conferencing.

The meeting is being chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…

'Be optimistic for a resolution': SC agrees to hear plea seeking Class XII board exam cancellation

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea on May 31, a petition seeking cancellation of Class XII CBSE and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) exams amid the ongoing second wave of the Covid pandemic in the country.

Unlock hopes, Covid decline pushes Nifty to record high

Mumbai (IANS) India's key benchmark equity index NSE Nifty50 touched a new record high level as fresh Covid cases declined, thereby, igniting hopes for a quick unlock.

Accordingly, global cues and accelerated pace of economic recovery led…