India, Pak sign Kartarpur pact, service fee dispute remains

Dera Baba Nanak (Punjab) (IANS) India and Pakistan on Thursday signed an agreement to operationalise the Kartarpur Corridor even as the ticklish issue of a $20 service fee imposed by Islamabad remained unresolved.

The agreement paves the way…

BJP to stake claim to form government in Haryana

Chandigarh (IANS) The ruling BJP in Haryana, which failed to cross the halfway mark in the 90-member Assembly, will present its case to form the government late Thursday evening, it is learnt.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will be meeting…

Heavy rainfall predicted in Jharkhand ob October 24-25

Ranchi: Due to a low pressure currently built over the Bay of Bengal which is situated 5.8 kilometers above the sea level Jharkhand too will be feeling its impact according to the weather department which has predicted heavy rains in the state on…

Government does not want farmers to spread their hands for agriculture works: Raghubar

Giridih: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that in a country where 70 per cent population lives in the village western industrialization was forced upon them and nobody cared for the farmers due to which they were forced to commit suicide.

Cabinet approves BSNL-MTNL merger, 4G grant, bond issue

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the revival plan of loss-making firms -- BSNL and MTNL -- which includes allocation of 4G spectrum with a capital infusion of Rs 20,000 crore and their in-principle merger.

The revival…

Champions don't finish quickly, proud to have Dhoni: Ganguly

Mumbai (IANS) Questions around former India skipper M.S. Dhoni refuses to die down and while nobody is sure if he will don the gloves again for the national team, newly elected BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has made it clear that Dhoni will be respected…

Cong, JMM legislators, ex DGP join BJP

Ranchi, Oct 23 (IANS): The legislators of Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Mukti Morcha (JMM), former IPS officials on Wednesday joined BJP.

Jharkhand Congress suffered big setback on Wednesday as the former state party president and legislator Sukhdeo…

US assures India of 'partnership', as Congress members criticise Kashmir restrictions

New York (IANS) While US President Donald Trump's Administration gave a reassurance that relations with India was a partnership and that it does not take a position on the revocation of Kashmir's special constitutional status, India's…

Markets open in the red on Wednesday

Mumbai (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a negative note during the morning session of the trade.

The Sensex of the BSE opened at 39,063.84 points, which was also the high point. It touched a low of 38,880.05…

10.44 lakh poor provided homes by government: Raghubar

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the state government was working to uplift the standard of living of the common people and expressed satisfaction over the fact that the government was able to provide homes for the needy.

Addressing a…