Day after PM's Rs 2K dole, farmers stunned by hike in fertiliser price

Mumbai/New Delhi (IANS) Day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Rs 2,000 each to 9.50 crore farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sanman Nidhi Scheme on May 14, the peasantry was hit by an unexpected bolt from the blue.

Barely…

Jharkhand ranks first in recent ranking issued by Smart City Mission

Ranchi: Jharkhand has reached the top position in the index of execution of projects as part of the Smart City Mission which has been issued by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Among the 100 cities were projects under the Mission…

Dedicated Child Covid ward to be set up in Sadar Hospital

Ranchi: The Ranchi district administration has commenced its preparations to set up a dedicated Covid ward for the children as part of which DC Chhavi Ranjan on Tuesday visited the Sadar Hospital and Ranchi Children Hospital alongwith other senior…

There will no lack of funds to battle Coronavirus in state: Rameshwar Oraon

Ranchi: State Jharkhand Chief and Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon said that there will no lack of funds to battle Coronavirus.

He said that despite the lack of cooperation extended by the centre the state government with its own resources…

Jharkhand heading towards becoming an oxygen surplus state

Ranchi:  The second wave of Covid19 which is more fatal and steeper with new variants saw tremendous increase in number of cases in Jharkhand and in that situation Chief Minister Hemant Soren came forward and took the charge of providing immediate…

India's WPI inflation rises to 10.49% in April

New Delhi (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices sequentially rose to 10.49 per cent in April from a rise of 7.39 per cent in March.

Significantly, this is the highest rate of WPI inflation in the last 6-months.…

Mamata starts dharna at CBI's Kolkata office

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has started a sit-in in CBI's Kolkata office to protest the arrest of four of her Trinamool Congress leaders, provoking an unusual Centre-state confrontation of sorts.

Banerjee rushed…

Narada case: CBI arrests TMC's Firhad, Subrata, Madan, Sovon

Kolkata (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two Trinamool Congress ministers -- Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, apart from former Trinamool Minister and present MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata Corporation Mayor Sovon Chattopadhyay…

Cyclone Tauktae: Ahmedabad airport shut for 9 hours

Gandhinagar (IANS) With Cyclone Tauktae likely to hit Gujarat in about an hour, the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad shut all its operations for nine hours from 7.30 p.m. on Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday.

Cyclone Tauktae,…

O2 concentrator case: Navneet Kalra sent to 3 days police custody

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday sent businessman Navneet Kalra, who was arrested late on Sunday night, to three days' police custody in connection with oxygen concentrator hoarding case.

Metropolitan Magistrate Archana Beniwal…