India's GDP expected to contract 9% in FY21: ADB

New Delhi (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday projected a 9 per cent contraction of the Indian economy in the financial year 2020-21, revising its outlook within three months as the Covid situation continues.

In June, ADB had…

Parliamentary panel for abolishing tax on LTCG from investments in startups

New Delhi (IANS) The Standing Committee on Finance (2019-20) has recommended to the Centre to abolish tax on Long Term Capital Gains for all investments in startups which are made through collective investment vehicles (CIVs) such as angel funds,…

Three lynched after wife kills husband with lover in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Three people including one woman were lynched after the woman with lover killed her husband in Jharkhand’s Gumla district on Tuesday, police said.

According to Police, Marianus Kujur a resident of Dengardih village of Gumla district…

Solicitor General to SC: It would be disastrous for any democracy to control the Press

New Delhi (IANS) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the freedom of the journalist is supreme and it would be disastrous for any democracy to control the press.

Mehta made this argument during the hearing of…

Bill on MPs' salaries among 3 listed for LS passage

New Delhi (IANS) The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 is among the three the Centre will move on Tuesday afternoon in the Lok Sabha for consideration and passage on the second day of the Monsoon Session.

NSA Doval storms out of SCO meeting over Pak's fictitious map

New Delhi (IANS) National Security Advisor of the government, Ajit Doval on Tuesday walked out in protest from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) virtual meeting where Islamabad projected a fictitious map showing Indian territories as part of…

BJP MLA Randhir Singh accuses Dumka MP of fueling groupism

Jamtara: BJP's Sarath MLA and former cabinet minister Randhir Singh has accused his own party colleague Dumka MP Suni Soren of fuelling groupism in the ranks of the party.

Addressing a press conference here he said that MP has no interest…

History remembers those who make history says Deepak Prakash

Ranchi: State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash said that party workers have written a golden history by serving the needy amid the Coronavirus crisis.

Speaking after launching the e-book on services done in Jharkhand which has…

Mukhiya and panchayat samiti member caught taking bribe by ACB in Garhwa

Garhwa: A team of the Anti Corruption Bureau arrested the Mukhiya and Panchayat Samiti Member of Baligadh panchayat of this district while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000.

The arrested have been identified as Mukhiya Surendra Yadav…

Special Corona test drive across 13 locations on Wednesday in Ranchi district

Ranchi: The Ranchi district administration will conduct a special Corona testing drive across 13 locations on Wednesday in which a target has been set to perform 8,000 tests.

In wake of the drive officials of the district administration including…