CM approves to register PE over wastage of medicines worth Rs 50 crore

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed to register a PE after the news was published regarding medicines worth Rs 50 crore going waste.

The matter is related to the purchase of the medicines and their storage and supply to the concerned…

3 LeT men arrested in J&K, weapons sent by Pak drones recovered

Jammu (IANS) Three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists have been arrested by the security forces from Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir with a large cache of arms and ammunition they had received through drones, officials said on Saturday.

Al-Qaeda men nabbed from Kochi, rented homes during lockdown

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday busted an inter-state module of Al Qaeda operatives as it conducted raids in West Bengal and Kerala on Saturday morning. Three of the nine Qaeda men were arrested from Ernakulam…

Nabbed Al Qaeda men amassed firecrackers to make IEDs: NIA

New Delhi (IANS) The NIA on Saturday busted an inter-state terror module sponsored by Al Qaeda from Pakistan. There were nine men arrested from West Bengal and Kerala who were planning attacks with IEDS, made from potassium procured from firecrackers.…

No buyers for Air India may mean divestment to be put off

New Delhi (IANS) Air India is not finding any takers and the privatisation may be put off by three years, delivering a blow to the efforts to divest the national carrier.

It seems that due to the turbulence caused in the aviation sector by…

Amit Shah to join LS proceedings on Saturday after recovery

New Delhi (IANS) Two days after he was discharged from the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) followed by a complete medical check-up to ensure his post Covid-19 recovery, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to join the ongoing…

Pakistan risks Basmati export as India applies GI tag in EU

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan is facing another potential threat of a major damage to its exports as India has applied for an exclusive Geographical Indications (GI) tag to Basmati rice in the European Union (EU).

Pakistan on the other hand, is…

Chinese woman, Nepalese man held for paying arrested journo for sensitive info

New Delhi ( IANS ) Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested a Chinese woman and her Nepalese associate for paying freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma for the sensitive information passed on to the Chinese intelligence, police said on Saturday.

"The…

Covid effect: Monsoon Session may be curtailed, parties agree

New Delhi (IANS) Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, all political parties in a Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Parliament on Saturday agreed to curtail the ongoing Monsoon Session as early as September 24.

It is learnt that…

Dual face of JMM and Congress out in open over land mutation bill: Deepak Prakash

Ranchi: State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash on Saturday claimed that the dual face of the JMM and Congress has been exposed before the people on the issue of the land mutation bill.

He said that while inside both the JMM and…