Ranchi court awards death punishment to accused Rahul in B Tech student rape and murder case

Ranchi: A local court in the capital awarded death punishment to the main accused Rahul Rai who was earlier held guilty in connection with a three-year-old case related to rape and murder of a B Tech student which had taken place at Booty Basti under…

49.01% voting in final phase of Jharkhand polls

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand recorded 49.01 per cent voting till 1 p.m. in the fifth and final phase of polling on Friday for 16 Assembly constituencies, an official said.

The polling began at 7 a.m. for 16 seats located in Santhal Pargana region…

Sensex tops 41,800, hits new high

Mumbai (IANS) The benchmark Sensex touched record high of 41,809.96. It was the fourth consecutive session on Friday when the Dalal Street recorded a fresh high.

The BSE Sensex opened over 100 points higher.

At 11.15 a.m., it traded…

RSS to start door-to-door campaign to explain CAA

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests across the country, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) came forward to spread awareness about the new citizenship law among the people on Friday during a pro CAA march in the…

Jharkhand headed for hung Assembly, JMM-Cong has an edge

New Delhi (IANS) Jharkhand is headed for a hung assembly, according to IANS-CVoter-ABP Exit Poll for the 2019 Assembly Election.

According to the exit poll, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress-RJD alliance is slated to get 35 seats in the…

Anti-CAA protests on in several cities

New Delhi (IANS) Country-wide protests on the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) gained momentum on Thursday as various groups protested in Delhi, Bengaluru, Patna, Kolkata, Hyderabad and many other cities and towns across the country.
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Did you know Manmohan demanded CAA in 2003? BJP releases video

New Delhi (IANS) Did Congress demand a Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in 2003 which it is so vehemently protesting against? The BJP on Thursday released archive footage of Rajya Sabha proceedings in 2003, where former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…

Winter to make people further shiver as mercury all set to drop down

Ranchi: The winter in the state will further make the people shiver as the temperature is all set to further dip in the course of the next two-three days.

According to the local MET department, the temperature can go down by another 2-3 degree…

Police headquarter orders to take strict action against vandalism in rallies against CAA

Ranchi: Taking into account the law and order problem across the country over the Citizenship Amendment Act the Jharkhand police is also on an alert mode and has asked the districts to remain alert.

Through a video conferencing the SPs have…

SC says no stay on CAA, next hearing on Jan 22

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there would be no stay on the Citizenship Amendment Act and fixed January 22 as the date to conduct hearing on nearly 60 petitions challenging the Act.

The Centre will file affidavits on…