Ex-minister of Jharkhand surrenders in Ranchi court

Ranchi (IANS) Former Jharkhand Minister and Congress leader Yogendra Sao on Monday surrendered before the Additional District Judge S.S. Prasad's court after the Supreme Court directives in a case of mob instigation.

The Congress leader…

Jharkhand: BJP, Congress name women after 15 year

Ranchi (IANS) The two national parties -- the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- have fielded one woman candidate each in the Lok Sabha elections from Jharkhand after a long gap.

The last BJP woman candidate was Rita Verma. She…

Ex-CM Marandi files nomination paper

Ranchi (IANS) Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on Monday filed his nomination paper from the Koderma Lok sabha seat.

The grand alliance's important leaders were present when he filed his papers. They included JMM President…

Pawar lying about my father, says Parrikar's son

Panaji (IANS) A day after NCP supremo Sharad Pawar claimed that Manohar Parrikar quit as Defence Minister because of disagreements over the Rafale fighter jet deal, the late Goa Chief Minister's son accused him of lying for political gain.

IMD predicts near-normal moonsoon this year

New Delhi (IANS) Monsoon will near-normal this year with an expected rainfall of 96 per cent, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday

"India is going to have a near-normal monsoon in 2019 as the south-west monsoon is likely…

India's WC squad: Karthik pips Pant, Shankar in at No.4

New Delhi (IANS) Dinesh Karthik has beaten Rishabh Pant in the race to become the second wicket-keeper in the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup in England and Wales. The five wise men of Indian cricket, led by M.S.K. Prasad, met in Mumbai…

India successfully test fires Nirbhay missile

Bhubaneswar (IANS) India successfully test fired a sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay off the Odisha coast on Monday.

The 1,000-km range missile was fired for a shorter range from a launch pad from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur…

India's March wholesale price index rises to 3.2%

New Delhi (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 3.18 per cent in March, from a rise of 2.93 per cent in February, official data showed on Monday.

Even on a year-on-year basis, the Wholesale Price Index…

Trooper, 3 Maoists killed in Jharkhand encounter

Giridih (Jharkhand) (IANS) A CRPF trooper was killed on Monday when the Central Reserve Police Force took on Maoists in a forested area here and brought down three of the banned Left-wing extremists, officials said.

The operation…

Decision to stop flying after Monday meet: Jet pilots

Mumbai (IANS) The pilots' union of Jet Airways has deferred its decision of "no pay no work" from Monday, citing the meeting of the SBI-led lenders' consortium with the airline's management on the same day.

According to…