JDU, BJP To Contest 17 Seats Each, LJP 6 seats in Bihar

New Delhi (IANS): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest six seats while the BJP and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will contest 17 seats each, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar under a seat-sharing formula, BJP President Amit Shah announced…

Robotic surgeries to begin from January in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital

New Delhi (IANS): Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital is all set to start surgeries using robotic technology in the Urology Department from January 2019 onwards, with the aim to increase the number of treatments in OTs.

"Currently…

168 dead in Indonesia tsunami

Jakarta (IANS): At least 168 people have been killed and 745 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials said on Sunday.

There was no warning of the advancing wave that struck on Saturday around…

Congress wins Kolebira byelection

Ranchi (IANS): The Congress on Sunday won the Kolebira assembly byelection in Jharkhand, said an Election Commission official.

Congress candidate Naman Bixal Kongari defeated the BJP candidate by over 9,000 votes, the official said. Kongari…

BJP snatches prestige seat from Congress in Gujarat

Jasdan (Gujarat) (IANS): The BJP came up trumps and touched the 100-seat mark in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly by capturing the Jasdan seat in the Saurashtra region from the Congress in a by-election, the result of which was declared on Sunday.

Six items taken out of the 28% GST tax bracket: Jaitley

New Delhi (IANS): Computer monitors, TV screens, video games, lithium-ion power banks, retreaded tyres, wheelchairs and cinema tickets are among products and services set to get cheaper as they have been removed from the highest 28 per cent bracket…

Shatrughan Sinha, Congress, JMM leaders meet ailing Lalu

Ranchi (IANS) Senior BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha, Congress, and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leaders met jailed and ailing RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a hospital in Ranchi on Saturday.

Sinha met Lalu along with former Central minister…

Krishi Aashirwad Yojana political stunt in election year: Opposition

Ranchi: The opposition parties in the state including the Congress and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) has described the Mukhyamantri Krishi Aashirwad Yojana as a mere political stunt of Chief Minister Raghubar Das as 2019 was an election…

Now farmers will not have to run after banks and money lenders: CM at Jan Chaupal

Godda: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said the Mukhymantri Krishi Aashirwad Yojana which would be launched in the budget of 2019-20 will prevent the farmers from running after banks and money lenders and other the scheme every year for Kharif…

Tribal Commission to be formed in Jharkhand: Raghubar Das

Dumka: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced that a commission forthe tribals in the state would be formed. Addressing the Santhal Pargana Division meet of the gram pradhan and traditional heads he said that it was late Atal Bihari Vajpayee…