Jharkhand Assembly polls: 28.56% voter turnout - 11 am

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand recorded 28.56 per cent voting till 11 a.m. in the fourth phase of the Assembly polls on Monday.

According to the Election Commission data the highest polling has been recorded in Bagodar with 34.63 per cent and the…

Unnao rape: Sengar convicted, Shashi acquitted

New Delhi (IANS) On a day, when the most brutal rape happened on the streets of the national capital, another daughter from Uttar Pradesh got justice as former state legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted on Monday by a Delhi Court.

While…

Don't let vested groups divide India: Modi on CAA

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a series of tweets on Monday has said while dissent is an essential part of democracy, violence is not. He was articulating government's stand on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

"Violent…

Migrants won't automatically become citizens: MHA source

New Delhi (IANS) No migrant, specified in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, will automatically become a citizen of India and each one will have to apply online, Home Ministry sources said on Monday.

The new Act applies to people of six non-Muslim…

Battle for Jharkhand: Polls conclude peacefully for 15 seats in 4th phase with 62.54 turnout

Ranchi: Once again in Jharkhand, the voters have won over the diktats of the Maoists as they turned up in large numbers to cast their ballots in the fourth phase of the elections in the state which concluded peacefully on 15 seats in which average…

More healthcare services may come under GST net

New Delhi (IANS) The government may bring certain healthcare services under the GST net, touching upon a sensitive area, as it looks to give a leg up to revenue mobilisation hit hard in the ongoing economic slowdown.

Official sources said the…

Anti-CAA protesters obstruct key highways in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Anti-CAA protesters took to the streets for the third day at a stretch in West Bengal, as they felled trees and burnt tyres to obstruct key national and state highways on Sunday.

At one place in 24 Parganas North district,…

Centre moots Article 371 in lieu of 370 for J&K

Srinagar (IANS) A new dispensation may be afoot in Jammu & Kashmir with the Centre proposing granting of Article 371 as compensation for the abrogation of Article 370.

Under Article 371, the Constitution provides special provisions for all…

7th Economic Census expected to be complete by March 2020

New Delhi (IANS) The 7th Economic Census, which is being conducted nationwide through common services centres (CSCs), is expected to be completed by March 2020, Central Statistics Office Director General (Social Statistics) A.K. Sadhu said on Friday.…

Anti-CAA protesters torch railway stations, block roads in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Violence broke out in West Bengal on Friday against the Citizenship Amendment Act as also a possible NRC exercise as protesters vandalised and set fire to railway stations, and squatted on the tracks and highways, disrupting train services…