Rs 12.5 lakh robbed from chicken traders in Ranchi

Ranchi: Unidentified bike-borne and armed miscreants looted a sum of Rs 12.5 lakh from chick traders under Khelgaon police station area of the state capital.

Police said that three masked miscreants got inside Sugna food products and took branch…

Finance Ministry seeks central sponsored schemes evaluation prior to Budget

New Delhi (IANS) The Finance Ministry has asked all ministries to report evaluation of Central Sector schemes under them in an effort to decide on funds allocations and requirement of improvements in them prior to the Budget.

The Department…

Jharkhand Congress chief resigns after poll debacle

Ranchi (IANS) Taking responsibility for the humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand, Congress' state party President Ajay Kumar resigned on Monday.

"Ajay Kumar has sent his resignation to Jharkhand Congress in-charge…

'Ram ka kaam ho kar hi rahega': Mohan Bhagwat in Udaipur

Jaipur (IANS) Days after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) scripted a resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said that "Ram ka kaam karna hai, Ram ka kaam ho kar hi rahega (Ram's…

RJD MLA asks Tejashwi to quit as Bihar opposition leader

Patna (IANS) An opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator Maheshwar Yadav on Monday demanded that Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav should resign on moral grounds after the RJD-led Grand Alliance was routed by the ruling NDA…

IAF chief flies 'missing man' formation for Kargil heroes

Chandigarh (IANS) Twenty years after Pakistan had downed an Indian Air Force plane and later killed Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa on Monday flew the 'missing man' formation near Punjab's Bathinda…

OBCs, STs and upper caste Hindus swayed it for NDA

New Delhi (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) got maximum support from the Other Backward Castes (OBCs), followed by Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs), according to the IANS-CVOTER analysis of the voting pattern in the…

Khan phones, Modi says terror has to end for peace

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on Sunday that creating trust and an environment free of terrorism were a must to foster peace and prosperity in the region.

Modi made the…

Rahul Gandhi takes back offer to resign

New Delhi (IANS) Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took back his offer to quit as the Congress President, a proposal he made during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday following the party's dismal show in the Lok Sabha elections,…

Women, first-time voters swung it for NDA: IANS-CVOTER Analysis

New Delhi (IANS) Female and first-time voters seem to have swung the results in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a detailed analysis of the 2019 Lok Sabha results by IANS-CVOTER show.