Raghubar chairs Siddhi Baat: Orders Affiliation of Inter & Degree colleges involved in forgery be cancelled

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das ordered that a probe be conducted into the acts of such inter and degree colleges who have taken grants on the basis of fake documents and cancel their affiliation. Chairing…

Srinagar receives lowest temperature in 28 years

Srinagar (IANS) Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season as the city shivered at minus 7.6 degree Celsius, the Met Office said on Thursday.

After December 7, 1990, when the minimum temperature had dropped to minus…

CM directs to organize camps at panchayat level to provide online land receipt

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister reviewed the problems being faced in issue of online land receipt in the state during a meeting which was held at the project building here. In the meeting it was decided that Revenue…

Once exploiters, truck drivers change the lives of Jharkhand's tomato growers

Latehar (Jharkhand) (IANS) Time was when truck drivers from the north, given the abundant production of tomatoes in Jharkhand, would purchase these at rock-bottom prices and sell them for a huge profit back home. It led to a situation where farmers…

Coal India to start rescue ops in Meghalaya coal mine

Guwahati (IANS): Coal India Limited (CIL) on Thursday said it is preparing to launch a rescue operation at the coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills to rescue the 15 trapped miners.

The miners have been trapped in the mine since December…

Jharkhand's Pakur district ranked worst among the nation's 111 backward districts by NITI Aayog

New Delhi (IANS): The NITI Aayog on Thursday ranked Jharkhand's Pakur district the worst and Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar the best among the nation's 111 backward districts.

The second "delta ranking" of backward districts…

Lok Sabha passes triple talaq bill

New Delhi (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 that makes instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat a criminal offence, with a jail term of up to three years with a fine.

The bill,…

Christmas festivities observed all across state

Ranchi: The festival of Christmas which is celebrated to mark the birth of Jesus Christ was celebrated across the state with  enthusiasm and gaiety.

At all the prominent churches of the state including those…

Raghubar pays tributes to Ex-PM Vajpayee on his birth anniversary , says govt to build Jharkhand of Atal’s dream

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said he was committed to make a Jharkhand of the dreams of former Prime Minister
Bharat Ratna late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Speaking at a function organised by the…

Vedanta to set up 4.5-MT steel plant in Jharkhand

Kolkata/(IANS): Vedanta Group, which is looking to invest US$8 billion across businesses in next three years, is considering expansion of the capacity of its newly acquired Electrosteel Steels unit in Jharkhand to about seven million tonnes in phases…