JMM and Congress retain assembly seats in Jharkhand bypoll

Ranchi: The ruling and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress alliance retained both assembly seats in the state assembly by-poll on Tuesday. 

JMM candidate Basant Soren won the Dumka assembly seat. He defeated BJP candidate and former Minister…

Result in Dumka and Bermo is stamp over Sarna religious code says JMM, outcome on expected lines maintains Cong

Ranchi: After the JMM and Congress went on to retain Dumka and Bermo seats respectively the party leaders have claimed that they were confident of victory of Mahagathbandhan on both the seats.

Addressing a press conference JMM spokesperson…

Special One day session of Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday

Ranchi: A special one-day session of the Jharkhand Assembly will be held on Wednesday in which a proposal over Sarna religious code would be passed and sent to the Centre.

The Vidhan Sabha secretariat has made elaborate arrangements in wake…

Guidelines for Diwali and Kalipuja: No bursting of firecrackers in public places in Jharkhand

Ranchi: The state government on Tuesday came out with a fresh set of guidelines to celebrate the festival of Diwali and Kalipuja as per which no bursting of firecrackers has been permitted in public places.

As per the guidelines issued by the…

E-grocery BigBasket admits to customer data 'breach'

Bengaluru (IANS) Leading online food and grocery store BigBasket on Sunday admitted to a potential breach of its customer data and that it was assessing the extent.

"We have lodged a complaint with the Bengaluru Cyber Crime Cell and intend…

Aggressive China now getting worried over adverse fallout from world fraternity

New Delhi (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping has been talking tough and flexing military muscle on the international stage in recent months but now he appears to be worried over the adverse fallout of his belligerent foreign policy on the economic…

NCB summons Firoz Nadiadwala, wife undergoes medical examination

Mumbai (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has summoned veteran Bollywood filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala in connection with the arrest of his wife Shabana Saeed and seizure of drugs from her, officials said here on Monday.

Shabana underwent…

Sensex, Nifty hit record highs

Mumbai (IANS) The Indian equity indices hit all-time high levels on Monday morning tracking positive global cues as Joe Biden, the Democrat candidate, has defeated incumbent US President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential elections.

Sensex…

Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine found 90?fective

New York (IANS) US-based pharmaceutical major Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech on Monday said that their vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90 per cent effective in preventing Covid-19 in first interim analysis of data from late-stage…

CERT-In warns users of vulnerabilities in WhatsApp for iOS

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned users of multiple vulnerabilities in WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business for iOS which could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions or execute arbitrary…