Hemant allocates portfolios to ministers: Congress gets Finance, Rural Development, Agriculture & Health

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has distributed the portfolios among his cabinet colleagues with the cabinet ministers from Congress quota walking away with key departments of finance, rural development, agriculture and health.

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CM congratulates Sashdhar Acharya and Madhu Mansuri for being selected for Padamshri

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that selection of Sashdhar Acharya and Madhu Mansuri Hansmukh was a matter of great pride and honour for the state.

Earlier in the day Guru Sashdhar Acharya along with cabinet minister Champai…

Saryu demands SIT probe into role of Raghubar and Rajbala in scams of road construction department

Ranchi: Former cabinet minister and MLA from Jamshedpur East Saryu Rai has demanded for a SIT probe into the role of former Chief Minister Raghubar Das and former Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma for their role in the scams which have taken place in…

Bharat Bandh called against CAA, NRC gets mixed response in state

Ranchi: The Bharat Bandh called against CAA, NRC and NPR have evoked a mixed response in the state.

While the shops and business establishments remained open as usual long-distance vehicles did not operate from the various areas. In the capital…

Two die in clash over CAA in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Two persons were killed and at least one person sustained injury in a clash over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Wednesday, police said.

One person injured in the incident has…

6,000 acres of land identified in J&K for investors

Srinagar (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has identified 6,000 acres of land across the Union territory for potential investors who will take part in the J&K Global Investors Summit in April, officials said on Wednesday.

Forty thousand…

47% land for bullet train project acquired: Chairman

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Railways will acquire rest of the 53 per cent of land required for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Train project, which is also called Bullet train project, in next six months,…

India urges Israel, Palestine to engage on Trump peace plan

New Delhi (IANS) India on Wednesday urged Israel and Palestine to engage with each other over US President Donald Trump's two-state proposal to resolve the decades-old conflict.

The Trump Middle East peace plan which was unveiled on Tuesday…

Railways to electrify entire network by 2024: Chairman

New Delhi (IANS) In a bid to provide more services to the passengers and its emphasis on zero emission, the Indian Railways will complete the work of doubling and tripling of the 17,000 km of tracks and also complete the electrification of its entire…

Is Saina Nehwal BJP's trump card for Telangana, Andhra?

New Delhi (IANS) Badminton star Saina Nehwal took the political plunge here on Wednesday as she joined the ruling BJP, sparking off speculation over the role she may play in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for the BJP in the coming months.

While…