By June 30 seat sharing to be finalised between allies of Mahagathbandhan: Hemant

Ranchi: JMM’s acting president Hemant Soren has made it clear that his party will contest the upcoming assembly elections in the state as part of Mahagathbandhan.

Addressing a press conference here after…

Rain and thunderstorms provide relief from heat to people

Ranchi: Apart from state capital of Ranchi many other districts of the state on late Monday afternoon witnessed rain and thunderstorms. Due to the rainfall which was coupled with lightning and thundering power went…

IAF An-32 goes missing in northeast, no trace of wreckage

New Delhi/Itanagar/Guwahati (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) An-32 transporter with 13 people on board went missing while flying from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh on Monday but there was no trace of the plane or its wreckage despite many hours of search.

MGNREGA may see 30% hike in budgetary funds to spur rural jobs, consumption

New Delhi (IANS) The allocation towards Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the flagship rural job programme, is set for a minimum 30 per cent hike in the Union Budget for 2019-20.

Proposed in the wake of rising…

NSA Doval gets extension, promoted to Cabinet rank

New Delhi (IANS) National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, who oversaw at least two cross-border military actions during the last five years, has been accorded an upgrade in his level to the Cabinet rank along with an extension of five years, co-terminus…

Economists fear of 2020 recession in US: Report

Washington (IANS) America's business leaders are growing more worried that the US will enter a recession by the end of 2020, mainly due to an increasingly protectionist trade policy, a report revealed on Monday.

The report by the National…

Militant, overground worker killed in Shopian shootout

Srinagar (IANS) One militant and an overground worker (OGW) of militants were killed in a shootout on Monday between the security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

Police sources said a patrol party of the Rashtriya…

Government is working with sole target of development of villages: Raghubar

Dumka: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the state government it was working with the sole focus of development of the villages as unless the villages develop Jharkhand will not become a developed state.

Addressing the people…

Don't react hastily to draft educational policy: Venkaiah Naidu

Visakhapatnam (IANS) Amid uproar over the draft National Education Policy that recommends making the teaching of Hindi compulsory up to class 8, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday urged all stakeholders to go through the entire report,…

Open for all, Khan Market is much more than hub of power brokers

New Delhi (IANS) Located amid the bungalows and the apartments for bureaucrats, lawmakers and diplomats, Khan Market attracts a hip crowd and is frequented by the city's creme. With a plethora of retail outlets, restaurants and bars of the international…