Snapdeal bats for new FDI policy in e-commerce from Feb 1

Bengaluru (IANS) Leading e-tailer Snapdeal on Tuesday supported the implementation of revised Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy on e-commerce from February 1.

"Snapdeal supports the immediate implementation of the…

Congress, Left spreading misinformation on Citizenship Amendment Bill: Sonowal

Guwahati (IANS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday slammed the Congress and the Left Front for spreading misinformation about the Citizenship Amendment Bill and said that they are creating confusion among people.

Sonowal made…

Abhishek Uni: 7th pay commission benefits for teachers and officials of Govt universities and colleges

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Government has decided to provide the benefits of the seventh pay commission to the teachers and officials working in the government universities and colleges of the state with effect from…

Budget Session: 3.44 lakh trees to be cut for Mandal Dam project in Jharkhand

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Government said that 3.44 lakh trees would be cut for construction of Mandal Dam project in the Palamu district. Replying to a question raised by JVM(P) Pradeep Yadav during the question hour…

Budget Session: Jharkhand Govt admits matric results have declined in J’khand between 2014-2018

Ranchi: The State Government admitted to the fact that the matric results have declined in the state between 2014-2018 by percent while the number of students appearing in the exams has also witnessed a dip…

Raghubar directs to provide retirement benefits immediately to employees

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das has directed the officials to ensure that all the retired government employees should be given their benefits on the day of the retirement day itself. Chairing the Siddhi Baat programme…

Voting begins for Jind assembly bypoll in Haryana

Chandigarh (IANS) Voting began for the by-election in Jind assembly constituency on Monday morning.

Despite the early morning chill, voters could be seen queued up at some of the polling stations. The voting started at 7 am and will…

New Delhi 'superbug' gene found 12K km away in 'pristine' Arctic

New Delhi (IANS): In a significant find in the global spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, scientists have found a "superbug" gene -- first detected in New Delhi over a decade back -- in one of the last "pristine" places…

IAF jet crashes in UP, pilot safe

Lucknow (IANS): A fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday but the pilot is safe, police said.

The plane had taken off from the Gorakhpur Air Force station on a routine sortie.…

Karnataka CM offers to quit if Congress can't control MLAs

Bengaluru (IANS): An exasperated Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday offered to quit if the coalition partner Congress could not control its MLAs from criticizing his style of functioning.

"I am ready to quit if my style…