CM meets Union Steel Minister Virendra Singh in New Delhi, SRTMI headquarters to come up in Jhakhand

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das met Union Minister for Steel Virendra Singh in New Delhi during which he urged him to open
the headquarters of SRTMI in Ranchi. He said that Jharkhand has an abundance of…

Three Maoists arrested in Ranchi

Ranchi (IANS): Three Maoist guerrillas were arrested with weapons here on Friday, police said.

The Maoists, belonging to the outlawed People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), were arrested on the border of Ranchi and Khunti districts,…

Manufacturing decelerates India's November industrial output growth rate

New Delhi (IANS): Lower production in the manufacturing sector sharply decelerated India's industrial output growth rate to 0.5 per cent in November from a rise of 8.4 per cent in October and 8.5 per cent during the corresponding period of the…

Ram Rahim convicted in journalist's murder case

Chandigarh (IANS) A special CBI court in Haryana's Panchkula town on Friday convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.

Three others, who were…

Ousted CBI chief Alok Verma quits

New Delhi (IANS) Ousted CBI chief Alok Verma resigned on Friday, a day after he was shifted from the post by a high-level committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Verma, who was transferred as Director General, Fire Services,…

Nageswara Rao again takes over CBI Director's duties

New Delhi (IANS): A day after the removal of Alok Verma, Additional Director M. Nageswara Rao on Friday again took charge of the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, the agency said.

Rao, a 1986-batch Odisha cadre Indian…

Mayawati-Akhilesh to hold joint press conference on Saturday

Lucknow (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint press conference here on Saturday, an official said on Friday.

According to the press invite, jointly signed by…

Earlier governments have used youth power for just carrying the flags: Raghubar

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das accused the previous governments of the country and in the state of just using the youth power to carry the flags and said that it was the present BJP government led by Prime…

GST exemption threshold doubled, Kerala allowed to impose calamity cess

New Delhi (IANS): In a major relief for MSMEs and small businesses, the GST Council on Thursday doubled the exemption threshold from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh and raised the limit for availing the composition scheme to Rs 1.5 crore from the present…

Alok Verma removed from current CBI post after Supreme Court reinstate order

New Delhi (IANS) CBI Director Alok Verma was on Thursday removed from the post after a 2-1 decision by the high-level selection committee, two days after the Supreme Court reinstated him with riders.

The decision of the committee…