Trinamool boycotts E-W Metro inauguration as didi 'ignored'

Kolkata (IANS) Alleging that its supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been "ignored" at the inauguration of the East West Metro, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday decided to boycott the programme.

The…

Landmines seized from Maoist hideout in Palamau

Ranchi (IANS) The police in a joint operation with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) seized landmines and weapons from a Maoist hideout in the Palamau district of Jharkhand on Thursday.

According to the police, the joint operation was…

Health Dept to look into providing better facilities to journalists: Minister

Ranchi: State’s Health Minister Banna Gupta said that his department will work to provide better health care facilities to the journalists in the state. 

Speaking after handing over the keys of an ambulance for the press club he said that the journalists…

70th quarterly meeting of SLBC held, officals call for more loans to farmers & MSMEs

Ranchi: The 70th quarterly meeting of the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) was held here on Thursday which was attended by senior government officials and heads of the different banks and financial institutions working in the state.

Principal Secretary…

CM directs to solve complaints related to old age and widow pension on priority basis

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed the officials to accord priority is solving complaints which are related to old age, widow and divyang pension on a priority basis.

He also asked them that there should be a lack of commitment…

SC: Dissent cannot be throttled; it's vital for democracy

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said nobody should throttle dissent and people should be encouraged to question as dissent is an important facet of democracy.

A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta made…

'Has Cong outsourced task of taking BJP down to state parties'

New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee on Wednesday lashed out at her senior party colleague P. Chidambaram for gloating over Aam Aadmi Party's victory.

Mukherjee, who is the daughter of once veteran Congress leader and former…

Govt to issue spl sovereign bonds sans investment caps: Sanjeev Sanyal

New Delhi (IANS) In line with the Budget announcement , Government would issue special series bonds in rupees which will be completely outside capital controls to let the foreign investors buy and sell these sovereign rupee bonds freely, principal…

Lalu features in 'Thugs of Bihar' poster

Patna (IANS) A day after the Aam Aadmi Party swept Delhi Assembly polls defeating BJP by 62 to 8 seats, a poster war erupted in Bihar targeting former Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patron Lalu Prasad with state Assembly polls slated…

Foreign envoys on 2-day visit to J&K

Srinagar (IANS) More than 20 foreign envoys began their two-day Jammu and Kashmir visit on Wednesday with a Shikara ride in the iconic Dal lake in Srinagar.

Some of the members in the delegation belonged to Germany, France, Canada, Afghanistan,…