'Arrested Chinese intruder a PLA-run university student'

Kolkata (IANS) Agencies investigating Chinese national Han Junwe, arrested while illegally crossing into India, say he was a student of a Peoples Liberation Army-run university, where he studied English.

Han, produced in Malda district court…

Leopard sighting in densely populated Srinagar area triggers panic

Srinagar (IANS) Panic gripped the densely populated Natipora area in Srinagar on Sunday after a leopard was sighted.

Two weeks ago, a minor girl was mauled by a leopard in the Humhama area after which the animal was declared as a man-eater…

TN notifies Renault Nissan industrial dispute arbitration

Chennai (IANS) The Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Ltd and its workers union have created a history by going in for an arbitration to settle wage revision and other aspects, said a union official.

The Tamil Nadu government recently…

India handed over 577 intruders to B'desh since 2018

New Delhi (IANS) In a gesture of mutual cooperation and emphasis on the well-being of the border populations of both the countries, India has handed as many as 577 Bangladeshi intruders to the neighbouring country since 2018, and the numbers this…

MoS Finance counters Bengal FM's charge of ignoring dissent, says GST Council reflects collective spirit

New Delhi (IANS) Following the conclusion of the 44th meeting of the GST Council on Saturday, a war of words erupted on Twitter between Union Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur, and West Bengal Finance Minister, Amit Mitra, over the way…

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…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…