Ujjwala Didi to be appointed in all panchayats of state: Raghubar

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that so far 29 lakh woman in the state have been given the benefit of Ujjwala Yojana as a result of which in the last 4.5 years the percentage of LPG connection in the state…

Forest cover in state increases above national

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that in the last four years the forest cover in the state has increased by 3 percent which is a big achievement for the state. The forest density in the state and area under forest cover has increased in Jharkhand…

BJP delegation visits Bengal's violence-hit Bhatpara, demands probe into killings

Kolkata (IANS) A three-member BJP delegation on Saturday visited violence-hit Bhatpara in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district where two persons were shot dead during a clash on Thursday, and demanded a probe into the killings even as it accused…

Tej Pratap meets Lalu Prasad, gives Bhagavad Gita

Ranchi (IANS) After the humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav met his jailed and ailing father Lalu Prasad at a hospital, here on Saturday.

Tej Pratap met the RJD at the Rajendra Institute…

Only 39% of land needed for bullet train project acquired

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is missing on its deadline of land acquisition as till date only 39 per cent of the 1,380 hectares of land required has been acquired.

A senior…

Demonstrations against TMC leaders over cut money

Kolkata (IANS) Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee instructed party leaders to return to the public the cut money they took from them, angry local residents held demonstrations outside residences of several Trinamool Congress public…

One killed in fire aboard under-construction warship in Mumbai

Mumbai (IANS) A contract worker was killed in a fire that broke out on an under-construction warship 'Vishakhapatnam' in the Mazagaon Docks Ltd here, officials said on Friday evening.

The fire was reportedly confined on the second and…

Triple Talaq Bill tabled in Lok Sabha amid opposition

New Delhi (IANS) The government on Friday introduced The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 banning Triple Talaq in the Lok Sabha amid criticism that it will harm Muslim families and was discriminatory.

The opposition…

Indian Railways wants subsidy to go on train tickets

New Delhi (IANS) Determined to increase its earnings, the Indian Railways is mulling implementing a "give it up" scheme asking passengers to sacrifice the subsidy on train tickets.

A senior Railway Ministry official aware of the development…

Yoga hasn't reached poor, tribals: Modi

Ranchi, June 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that yoga hasn't reached the poor people and tribal belts of the country, and urged them to make yoga an integral part of their lives. He also gave the moto "yoga for peace,…