India's debt up 50% to Rs 82 lakh crore in Modi era

New Delhi (IANS): Total liabilities of the government has increased 49 percent to Rs 82 lakh crore in the last four-and-half years during the Narendra Modi government, as per the 8th Edition of the Status Paper on Government Debt released Friday.

Rules being framed to safeguard the interest of para teachers: Raghubar

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said the state government was acting positively to protect the interest of the para teachers and inorder to safeguard their interests rules were being framed.

In a meeting with the delegation of…

Mnrega workers call off their strike in state

Ranchi: The strike of the Mnrega personnel who were on strike for the last 64 days called off their agitation after a meeting with Chief Minister Raghubar Das.

President of the state Mnrega workers association…

Elephants killed, tusk missing in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) An elephant was shot dead by the suspected poacher and took away the tusk in Jharkhand's Palamau district.

According to forest department officials, the railway staffs informed about the death of the elephants.…

Robbery in Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express

New Delhi (IANS): At least five unidentified assailants barged into the Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express on Thursday when it stopped due to a signal problem, a passenger said, with the Railways saying they have some lead in the case.

In the complaint,…

Sensex turns red, banking stocks fall out of favour

Mumbai (IANS): Reversing early gains, major indices traded lower during Thursday afternoon's trade session. The benchmark Sensex declined over 60 points while the Nifty slipped below the 10,900-mark.

According to market participants, investors…

Falsehoods being manufactured to attack Modi government: Jaitley

New Delhi (IANS): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday hit out at the opposition parties specially the Congress and the Left saying a new class of "compulsive contrarians" has emerged in the political system who "manufacture"…

NIA searches 7 places in UP, Punjab; detains 4

New Delhi (IANS): The NIA on Thursday raided five places in Uttar Pradesh and two in Punjab in its probe into a new Islamic State (IS)-inspired module Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam and detained four men, officials said.

The National Investigation…

HAL's light combat copter completes weapon trials

Bengaluru (IANS): The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) developed by state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has completed weapon trials and is ready for operational induction, the defence behemoth said on Thursday.

"The LCH achieved a milestone…

BJP leaders visit Amit Shah at AIIMS after reports of him being infected by Swine Flu

New Delhi (IANS) Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including party media coordinator Anil Balooni and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwani Choubey, on Thursday visited AIIMS here where party President Amit…