BJP legislator Dhullu Mahato accused of sexual exploitation gets bail

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to a BJP legislator accused of sexual exploitation.

According to the lawyer of BJP legislator Dhullu Mahto, the high court granted him bail after he spent 81 days in jail. Mahto,…

SC to Jharkhand govt: e-darshan is no darshan

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said e-darshan is no darshan and asked the Jharkhand government, why not allow darshan on a limited basis at Baidyanath temple during Shravani Mela.

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra told the…

Trump says he'll ban TikTok from operating in US

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that he will ban the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok from operating in the country through an executive order as early as Saturday, according to media reports.

Speaking to reporters…

R'sthan Cong MLAs shifted to Jaisalmer amid horse trading allegations

Jaipur (IANS) Amid allegations of horse-trading, the Rajasthan Congress MLAs staying at a hotel in Jaipur have been shifted to Jaisalmer for the next 14 days on Friday. The Rajasthan Assembly is scheduled to convene on August 14 and till then the…

Mehbooba Mufti's detention extended by three months

Srinagar (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday extended the detention of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for another three months.

An order issued by Principal Secretary, Home, Shaleen Kabra,…

Now TV set imports on checklist to stop entry of Chinese products

New Delhi (IANS) Government has put further squeeze on imports of items coming from countries such as China by putting imports of colour television sets of different sizes in the restricted list.

Accordingly, a notification issued by Directorate…

Cong preferred votes over lives of Muslim women: Smriti

New Delhi (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday accused the Congress of preferring vote bank over the rights of the Muslim women in the country.

"The Congress got an opportunity to rule in favour of the Muslim…

Corona tally crosses 10,000 mark in Jharkhand, death toll too goes beyond 100; On Thursday 371 fresh cases reported across 23 districts

Ranchi: The Coronavirus tally on Thursday breached the 10,000 mark as the number of cases detected so far in the state was concerned and along with that the overall death toll figures also went beyond 100.

On Thursday 371 cases of Coronavirus…

Demise of Any Coal India Employee Due to Covid Will Be treated as Accidental Death: Pralhad Joshi

Ranchi: Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said death of any employee of Coal India due to Corona Pandemic will be treated as accidental death and the kins of employee will get the same financial benefits as they get in the…

Registration of hospitals not treating coronavirus patients will be cancelled: Health Minister

Jamshedpur: Health Minister Banna Gupta said that such private hospitals who are denying treatment to coronavirus patients their registrations would be cancelled.

The Minister chaired a high-level review meeting over the situation prevailing…