Jharkhand BJP legislator suspended for a day from House

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon suspended ruling BJP legislator Dhullu Mahto for a day on Tuesday.

The BJP legislator had raised the displacement and compensation issue with regard to Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL),…

Jharkhand CM tables Rs 85,429-crore deficit budget

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who also holds the finance department, on Tuesday tabled a Rs 85,429-crore deficit budget for the state for 2019-20 in the state assembly.

He is the first Minister who tabled the budget for…

UP Shia Waqf chief wants all primary madrasas shut

Lucknow (IANS): Uttar Pradesh's Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shut down all primary madrasas across the country to save a majority of the Muslim population from getting affiliated…

India to issue chip-based e-passport: Modi

Varanasi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said work is on to issue chip-based e-passports to Indian citizens under a centralized passport system.

"Our embassies and consulates are being connected to the Passport…

BJP accuses TMC of vandalising posters ahead of Shah's rally

Malda (West Bengal) (IANS): The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers of vandalising posters and decorative gates ahead of party chief Amit Shah's rally here.

"Gates,…

Ships carrying Indian crew catch fire off Russia, 10 killed

Moscow (IANS): At least 10 people were killed in a fire that broke out onboard two ships, both carrying Indian crew, near the Kerch Strait that separates Crimea and Russia, according to emergency officials.

Preliminary information said…

Jharkhand Economy to grow at 6.8 per cent in 2018- 19, Inflation to remain at 3 pc: Economic Survey

Ranchi: The economy of the state is expected to grow at 6.8 percent in the ongoing financial year according to the Economic Survey which was tabled on Monday in the assembly during the ongoing Budget Session. “After…

No plans to increase OBC reservation to 27 per cent, Govt to re-approach Centre for NRC: Raghubar Das

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das categorically said that it has no plans to increase the reservation for the OBCs
from the present 14 percent to 27 percent in the state. The response from the Chief…

52.16 pc of previous budget allocation spent till Dec 2018 says Government in assembly

Ranchi: The State Government has admitted in the house that it has managed to spend only 52.16 percent of the previous budgetary
allocations during the first nine months (April-December 2018) of the ongoing fiscal 2018-19.…

Budget Session: Govt assures to probe alleged irregularities in 6th JPSC mains exams

Ranchi: The government has assured the house that it will probe all the cases of alleged irregularities committed in the mains exam of the 6th JPSC and said that any decision will be taken keeping into the mind the…