Entire Ranchi will be ‘Yogmay’ on June 21

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that International yoga day function would be celebrated on a grand scale in the state. Reviewing the preparations for the international yoga Day function to be held in Ranchi he said that in this…

53 children die of AES in north Bihar in 10 days

Muzaffarpur/Patna (IANS) Shahbano's tears refuse to stop. Three days ago, the Baruraj village resident admitted her eight-year-old daughter Farida at Muzaffarpur's Shri Krishna Memorial College Hospital (SKMCH) with high fever. Her world…

Wreckage of AN-32 spotted in Arunachal Pradesh: IAF

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday said it had spotted the wreckage of an AN-32 aircraft which went missing with 13 people on board on June 3 in Arunachal Pradesh.

The IAF tweeted: "The wreckage of the missing…

Amitabh Bachchan's Twitter account hacked

Mumbai (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's Twitter account was hacked, and his profile picture replaced with that of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday night.

His Twitter biography, which usually reads,…

Pompeo to visit Delhi before Modi-Trump meeting

New York (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he will be visiting India later this month to build on "an incredibly important relationship" that is "closely tied economically".

Pompeo's…

Heat in plains sets Himachal's cash register ringing

Shimla/Manali (IANS) To escape the scorching heat in the plains, tens of thousands of people are heading to the cool environs of Himachal Pradesh.

Hospitality industry representatives say the snowy landscape overlooking Narkanda,…

Two AGH militants killed in gunfight in J&K Shopian

Srinagar (IANS) Two local militants belonging to Ansar Ghazwatul Hind (AGH) outfit were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

Police sources said bodies of two slain militants…

Child trapped in Punjab borewell for over 110 hours retrieved

Sangrur (IANS) Rescuers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Tuesday morning retrieved a two-year-old boy who had been trapped in a 150-foot-deep abandoned borewell in a village in Punjab's Sangrur district since June 6.

There…

Budget may consider sops to MSME export units

New Delhi (IANS) The Finance Ministry is keen on key employment and export boosting steps to be accomodated in the Budget. It may consider fiscal incentives like interest rate subvention, lower tax rates for upto certain turnover threshold for key…

Jharkhand, Arunachal, Andhra and Telangana Governors meet Shah

New Delhi (IANS) B.D. Mishra, E.S.L. Narasimhan and Droupadi Murmu, the Governors of Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and Jharkhand respectively on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his office in the North block here.