Ex-Jharkhand Congress chief Ajoy Kumar joins AAP

New Delhi (IANS) Weeks after quitting Congress, former Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ajoy Kumar on Thursday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) here.

Kumar, who is also a former Lok Sabha MP, said the AAP is the only alternative in…

New Jersey Governor 'sells' his state to India Inc.

Mumbai (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US later this week, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy on Thursday made a passionate appeal here to Indian businesses for making investments in his state.

R.K.S. Bhadauria to be the next IAF chief

New Delhi (IANS) Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, who was extensively involved in the flights of the LCA Tejas' initial prototypes and has over 4,250 hours of 26 different fighter and transport aircraft, was on Thursday named as the next…

Gujarat HC clears land acquisition for bullet train

Ahmedabad (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Thursday gave full clearance to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious bullet train project as it rejected over 100 petitions filed by farmers against the land acquisition process and "inadequate"…

Help make Kashmir a 'paradise again': PM

Nashik (Maharashtra) (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday that the BJP government had kept its promise and integrated Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into India, and appealed to the people to help make it "a paradise again".

Liquor bottles destroyed in Giridih

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand Excise Department on Thursday destroyed bottles of Indian made foreign liquor and beer in Giridih district.

The excise department had declared the liquor unfit for sale.

"The liquor sale dates have expired…

ED attaches properties of Jharkhand maoists in PMLA case

New Delhi (IANS) In a major crackdown against the Left Wing Extremist (LWE) group in Jharkhand, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has attached properties to the tune of Rs 2.89 crore of maoists Binod Kumar Ganjhu, Pradeep Ram and…

Zonal commander of CPI (Maoists) carrying reward of Rs 10 lakh surrenders before Jharkhand Police

Gumla: Zonal commander of the Koyal-Sankh zone of Bihar Regional Committee of the CPI (Maoists) who was carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head surrendered before the senior police and administrative officers…

Infighting plagues the grand old party

New Delhi (IANS) Turf war and infighting continue to plague the Congress, posing a major challenge for Sonia Gandhi who took over as interim party president over a month back amidst despondency in the party following the Lok Sabha poll debacle.

Key GoM meet on Air India to take up 10 major disinvestment issues

New Delhi (IANS) A Home Minister Amit Shah-led ministerial panel will discuss as many as 10 major issues, including further dilution of FDI rules, transfer of debt to the SPV and fixing reserve price as it holds its first meeting to decide almost…