US blacklists 28 Chinese entities for minorities' repression

Washington (IANS) The US has added 28 Chinese entities to an export blacklist, citing their role in Beijing's repression of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, just days before high-level trade talks were slated to resume in Washington.

Rain threat on Dashami worries Ravana makers

Bhopal (IANS) More than an armour the demon king Ravana here would need a raincoat in his battle with Lord Ram this Vijaya Dashmi on Tuesday.

Most makers of the Ravana effigies in Bhopal have been working overtime to guard their…

India gets 1st tranche of citizens' Swiss bank account info

New Delhi/Berne (IANS) In a major step towards fighting black money, India got the first tranche of Swiss Bank details of its residents under the Automatic Exchange of Information agreement.

India is among 75 countries with…

Cannot cut Aarey trees till Oct 21: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday prohibited cutting of any more trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony and directed the Maharashtra government to maintain status quo till October 21, the next date of hearing.

The matter will then…

Police bust JeM group that planned terror in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) With the arrest of a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist from Baramulla, police in Jammu and Kashmir have neutralised a newly-formed grouping of the terror outfit that had planned to foment violence by targeting security forces and civilians.

Govt in process of weeding out bad elements from bureaucracy

New Delhi (IANS) Government employees facing criminal or corruption cases are under a scanner of the Modi administration which is in the process of weeding out bad elements from the bureaucracy as part of efforts to ensure high integrity and standards.

Need to make plastic free Jharkhand: Raghubar

Jamshedpur: Chief Minister Raghubar Das has called upon the people to carry out their responsibility and make the state plastic-free.

On the occasion of Maha Ashtami the Chief Minister reached the Puja Pandal located at Sitaram Dera and offered…

Elections to be declared in Jharkhand after October 25

Ranchi: Elections in the state in all probability will be declared after October 25th.

If the words of the sources in the election commission are to be believed than either in the 4th week of October or in the first week of November the dates…

PSU stake sales may be placed for Cabinet nod in Nov-end

New Delhi (IANS) In the first lot of big-ticket disinvestments, the government is aiming the stake sales of PSUs, including BPCL, SCI and Concor, among others, which have recently been cleared by the Amit Shah-led panel, at the earliest and they…

Highway blocked after mob lynching incident in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) The lynching of a suspected child lifter in Kodarma led to a massive protest by the people, who laid a seige to the Ranchi-Patna national highway on Sunday, blocking traffic for several hours.

The relatives of the lynched man…