Maoist arrested in Bokaro

Ranchi (IANS): A Maoist was arrested on Monday in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, police said.

Kartik. S, Superintendent of Police, Bokaro, said that Bihari Manjhi alias Bihari Mahto was arrested from a forested area between Lalgarh and…

Will not 'beg' for alliance: Fadnavis warns Shiv Sena

Mumbai (IANS): Hours after the Shiv Sena flexed muscles and proclaimed itself as the 'Big Brother' in Maharashtra politics, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday hit back saying the BJP will not 'beg' for an alliance with the…

Auction of gifts to PM fetches highest bid of Rs. 5 lakh

New Delhi (IANS) The second day of the auction of gifts to Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed a wooden bike and a painting being sold at the highest bid of Rs. 5 lakh each against their base price of Rs. 40,000 and 50,000, respectively,…

Speaker says house should be closed if not able to take decision for benefit of people

Ranchi: Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon raised questions over the functioning of the state government over the JPSC row and in an emotional note said that there was no point running the house when it is not…

Business washed out as MLAs united to demand cancellation of 6th JPSC mains exam

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Assembly on Monday saw a rare sign of unanimity among the members of the treasury and the opposition benches who demanded that the mains exam of the 6th JPSC be canceled by the state government.

CM directs to commence recruitment on empty posts in MGM and PMCH hospitals

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das has directed to commence the work to fulfill the lack of manpower at two government-run
hospitals the MGM in Jamshedpur and the PMCH in Dhanbad on a priority basis. Chairing a review meeting…

Modi to dedicate Rs 16,504 cr single largest investment in Kerala

Kochi (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive here later Sunday, is slated to dedicate the Rs 16,504 crore single largest investment in Kerala when he unveils an integrated Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) refinery expansion…

27 killed in Philippines church explosions

Manila (IANS) At least 27 people were killed and 77 others injured on Sunday in twin explosions during Mass at a church in Philippines' Sulu province, police said.

A senior police officer told the media that the blasts hit the Jolo…

Train 18 named Vande Bharat Express: Goyal

New Delhi (IANS): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that the indigenously built Train 18 will be called Vande Bharat Express and will run between New Delhi and Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Won't allow corruption as long as I am 'chowkidar', says Modi

Thrissur (Kerala)  (IANS) Dubbing the opposition as a "corrupt house", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said in the last four years, people in Delhi have made him a "chowkidhar".

"As long as I…