Housing sales may jump 35% in Oct-Dec on festive demand

New Delhi (IANS) The coming festive season is likely to witness a surge in demand for residential properties and the housing sales may rise 35 per cent across the top seven cities during the October-December period on a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis,…

Pak re-elected to UN Human Rights Council; China sees sharp drop in standing

United Nations (IANS) Pakistan and Nepal have been re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council, while China won a seat by the smallest margin showing a drastic drop in standing.

In Tues'ay's voting at the General Assembly China received…

Minor girl gang raped by 5 youths in Gumla, all culprits arrested

Gumla: A minor girl who is a student of class fifth was raped by five youths under Chainpur Police Station area of this district following which all the culprits were nabbed by the police.

Police said among the five, three were nabbed on Monday…

Minor gangraped and murdered in Sahebganj, four culprits including three minors arrested

Sahebganj: A girl was gang-raped and murdered under Ranga Police Station area of this district.

Police said that the incident had taken place on October 9 itself and on Tuesday the body of the girl was taken out from the grave and sent for…

Louis Marandi files nomination as BJP candidate for Dumka bypolls

Dumka: Dr Louis Marandi on Tuesday files her nominations as BJP nominee for the bypolls on Dumka seat of Jharkhand Assembly.

Prior to filing her nominations Dr Marandi went around the various temples of the city and paid her obeisance after…

India, China talks to de-escalate border tensions ends in deadlock

New Delhi (IANS) The seventh round of India and China military talks to resolve border disputes in Eastern Ladakh have ended in a deadlock.

The de-escalation of forces at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during winter is highly unlikely and…

AG to SC: Media freely commenting on pending cases amounts to contempt

New Delhi (IANS) Attorney General K.K. Venugopal on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that media comments on pending cases are an attempt to influence judges and their outcome, which is equivalent to contempt of court.

The Centre's…

Trump tests negative for Covid-19: WH doctor

Washington (IANS) Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus "on consecutive days", White House doctor Sean Conley said in the first public disclosure about the US President's health status after his October 2 announcement that…

55,342 new cases recorded as India shows declining trend of daily spike

New Delhi (IANS) India's tally on Tuesday mounted to 71,75,880 with a spike of 55,342 coronavirus cases, the lowest since August.

India recorded around 55,000 cases on July 31 (55,078), August 4 (52,050) and August 18 (55,079).

India…

CM approves Rs 10 lakh as special grant for kin of martyr Israr Khan

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday approved a special grant for kin of martyr Israr Khan who laid down his life while battling Maoists in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh.

Apart from the funds which would be given to his widow Khairun…