CM distributes appointment letter among 27 Sportspersons, says players will be made part of government

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday distributed appointment letters among 27 players of the state and said that the government was taking all possible steps for encouraging sports and sports persons in Jharkhand.

Addressing a function…

Fight against Covid: India achieves over 3 crore vaccinations

New Delhi (IANS) India has crossed an important milestone in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. In the world's largest vaccination programme, the cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 3 crore…

Commerce ministry writes to finmin seeking restoration of duty free import of export inputs

New Delhi (IANS) The Commerce Ministry has written to the Finance Ministry for immediate restoration of duty free import of export inputs used by the garment, leather and handicrafts sectors. Removal of the duty free status in the Budget 2021-22 has…

India to get dedicated infra lender, Cabinet clears proposal

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a budgetary proposal to set up a dedicated infrastructure lender.

To give a push to infrastructure creation a Development Financial Institution (DFI) will be set up accordingly. The DFI…

Hackers can get access to your SMSes for just Rs 1,160

New Delhi (IANS) In what could put smartphone users at a new privacy and security risk, text-messaging management services are now being misused for as little as Rs 1,160 (nearly $16) to covertly redirect text messages from users to hackers, giving…

Seven IEDs defused in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) The police on Tuesday seized seven landmines planted in Chatra district in Jharkhand.

A joint team of the state police and the CRPF seized the seven improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which were planted in a series under the…

Principal advisor in PMO PK Sinha resigns on personal grounds

New Delhi (IANS) Former Cabinet Secretary and Principal Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), P.K. Sinha, has resigned from his post on personal grounds.

Sources said the retired 1977-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre…

UPA privatised taxpayers' money, nationalised corruption: Sitharaman

New Delhi (IANS) In a strong counter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the government's privatisation policy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that the previous UPA regime was the epitome of corruption,…

BRP-CRP gherao Vidhan Sabha in support of their demands

Ranchi: Block Resource Person (BRP) and Cluster Resource Person (CRP) from across the state on Tuesday gheraoed the vidhansabha in support of their various demand.

The demonstrators said that for the last 17 years under the Samagra Shiksha…

Attack on CM convoy: Local court rejects bail of main accused Bhairav Singh

Ranchi: A local court in the state capital rejected the bail plea of Bhairav Singh who is the main accused in attack on Chief Minister's convoy.

The court of judicial magistrate rejected the bail petition of Bhairav Singh. The man had surrendered…