Scindia strikes emotional note in maiden BJP show

Bhopal (IANS) Former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia who ended his 18-year association with the Congress to join the BJP was given a rousing reception by his new party on his maiden visit to Bhopal on Thursday.

BJP workers thronged the…

Everyday I pray to god no one from my family clears JPSC Exam: Hemant Soren

Ranchi: Taking swipe over the functioning of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that every morning after rising up from the bed he prayed to the god that no one from his family should pass the exams conducted…

Hemant on Twitter: Bokaro administration asked to provide ration card to childless old age couple

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren through his twitter handle issued a series of instructions throughout the day including providing old-age pension and ration card to an old age couple hailing from Bokaro who are childless.

The Chief Minister…

Babulal Marandi says Speaker under Pressure over chair of Leader of Opposition

Ranchi: Leader of the legislature wing of the BJP Babulal Marandi claimed that Speaker Ravindranath Mahto was under pressure over making him the Leader of Opposition and if that was the case he can go ahead and make any person from the ruling side…

Budget Session: Acts of DVC not good says Hemant, after MLAs raise issue of mega load shedding in command areas

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that the acts of Damodar Valley Corporation were not good and the state government was keeping an eye on its functioning in the state.

Talking to reporters outside the assembly he said that the government…

Elephant ‘Samrat’ dies at Birsa Munda Zoo

Ranchi: For the last 21 years Elephant ‘Samrat’ who was a big draw at the Birsa Munda Zoo of the state capital breathed his last on Thursday.

After performing the post-mortem his body was buried inside the zoo premises itself. Samrat had been…

Jharkhand to constitute displacement commission soon: CM

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said that a displacement commission will be constituted soon to address the grievances of people displaced over hundreds of years due to mining and industrialisation in the state.

Israeli-made COVID-19 vaccine may be announced soon

Jerusalem (IANS) Amid the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), scientists in Israel are expected to announce vaccine for coronavirus in the coming days but a long process of pre-clinical and clinical testing and approval process will…

India's industrial output expands by 2% in Jan

New Delhi (IANS) Higher electricity generation coupled with mining activity expanded India's January factory output by 2 per cent from 0.07 per cent reported for December 2019.

Similarly, on a year-on-year basis the growth rate of factory…

COVID-19: Cabinet Secy talks specifics to ministries

New Delhi (IANS) Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has written to secretaries on department specific rules to be followed, in view of the spread of coronavirus in India.

"A public health situation of this scale requires a concerted and whole of…