Jharkhand Assembly Bypolls: JMM names Basant Soren as its candidate for Dumka bypolls

Dumka: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Tuesday declared the name of Basant Soren as its candidate for Dumka bypolls where polling would be held on November 3.

JMM's Central General Secretary Vijay Kumar Singh said that from Dumka Basant Soren…

Delegation of teachers meet Chief Minister

Ranchi: A delegation of teachers hailing from residential schools of Dumka district called on Chief Minister Hemant Soren at his residence here.

The delegation handed over a memorandum to the Chief Minister.

Through the memorandum, the…

Shia leader asks Modi to repeal Places of Worship Act

Lucknow (IANS) Former chairman of Shia Waqf Board, Wasim Rizvi, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap the Places of Worship Act, 1991 and said that it had been brought in by the then Congress government to appease the Muslims.

Rizvi…

SC to Centre on Mehbooba: Can detention be forever?

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said detention cannot be forever and asked the Centre whether former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's detention be extended beyond a year.

The remarks were made by a bench headed by Justice…

Education Minister Jaggarnath Mahto tests positive for Coronavirus, brought to RIMS from Bokaro

Ranchi: Education Minister Jaggarnath Mahto on Monday tested positive for Coronavirus after which he was brought from Bokaro and admitted at RIMS Ranchi and has been kept at Covid Center at the hospital.

The Minister was having breathing difficulties…

New Agriculture Bills are in the interest of corporate and big industries: JMM

Ranchi: The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Monday alleged that new Agriculture bills which have been passed forcefully by the BJP in the Parliament would directly benefit the big Industries and corporate houses.

JMM General Secretary cum…

Congress stages dharna, Raj Bhawan March against Agriculture bills

Ranchi: Senior leaders and the workers of the Congress party on Monday staged a dharna at the Morhabadi Grounds and later took out a Raj Bhawan march protesting against the new Agriculture Laws.

Incharge for party affairs in Jharkhand RPN Singh,…

MoU signed between CCL and CIPET for residential training

Ranchi: An MoU worth Rs 2.24 Crore was signed between Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET) for the training of 320 Project Affected Persons from the operational areas of CCL under…

Health dept warns of action against private labs for charging more for rapid antigen test

Ranchi: Principal Secretary of the Health Department Nitin Madan Kulkarni has issued an order on Monday as per which it has been clearly stated that private laboratories would not charge more than Rs 550 for performing a Coronavirus test through the…

PM Modi invites Denmark to collaborate on alternative supply chains

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended an invitation to Denmark for joining India, Japan and Australia's joint effort at creating alternative supply chains to China's.

In a virtual bilateral summit hosted by…