Bengal election: Mamata's "I am Shandilya" countered by BJP's Rohingya jibe

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ending her Nandigram assembly election campaign by proclaiming that she belongs to the Shandilya gotra of Brahmins adds an incendiary element to the very charged up Bengal elections of 2021.

Health secretary chairs high level review meeting over rising cases of coronavirus in Ranchi

Ranchi: Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department K K Soan on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting in wake of rising cases of coronavirus especially in the capital city of Ranchi.

During the meeting discussion was held over covid…

DC orders covid testing at railway station and bus stand

Ranchi: DC Chhavi Ranjan has ordered testing of coronavirus at all the railway stations and Bus stands of the state capital.

Chairing an important meeting over covid-19 at the collectorate here he directed that teams should be deployed for…

JMM calls central committee and legislature wing meet on April 4

Ranchi: The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has called a meeting of its Central working committee and legislature wing on April 3.

The meeting will be held at the residence of Chief Minister and Acting President of Jharkhand Mukti morcha Hemant…

11th national junior womens hockey championship cancelled, as 11 players and a coach test positive for Covid-19

Simdega: Due to the rising cases of coronavirus the 11th National Junior Women's Hockey championship which was scheduled to be held in Simdega from April 3 to 12 has been cancelled.

Simdega DC Sushant Gaurav on Wednesday said that due to…

Parrikar biography stokes fresh row over Gen Rawat's elevation as Army chief

New Delhi (IANS) A new biography on former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has stoked a fresh controversy with his claim that he had recommended that Gen. Bipin Rawat supersede two senior officers to become the Army Chief, "convinced that he was…

TDS be deducted on cash withdrawals from post office schemes

New Delhi (IANS) The Department of Posts has issued new rules for deduction of TDS if the aggregate withdrawal from all post office schemes is more than Rs 20 lakh. The provision includes withdrawals from PPF also.

As per the new provisions…

Global cues, value buy lift equities; Sensex rises over 1,000 pts

Mumbai (IANS) Favourable global cues, as well as value buying, lifted India's key equity indices during the mid-afternoon trade session on Tuesday.

Accordingly, the two indices had a gap up opening on account of favourable global cues and…

US ignores Pak in climate change summit

Islamabad (IANS) Following Pakistan's exclusion from a virtual summit hosted by the US on climate change slated to take place next month, the country's civil society activists, working in the field of environmental protection, have expressed…

India's healthcare industry to reach $372 bn by 2022: NITI Aayog

New Delhi (IANS) India's healthcare industry has been growing at a compound annual growth rate of around 22 per cent since 2016 and is expected to reach $372 billion in 2022 at this rate, a NITI Aayog report said on Tuesday.

Healthcare…