Bengal government to pull out of Ayushman Bharat

Kolkata (IANS) Accusing the Centre of neglecting Bengal's contribution to the Ayushman Bharat scheme, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that her state will not pay its share of funds for Prime Minister…

Over 1 lakh youths offered job letters during skill summit in Ranchi

Ranchi (IANS) A one-day Global Skill Summit 2019 was organized on Thursday in the Jharkhand capital for the purpose of giving jobs to 1,00,000 youths in the private sector.

Government sources said 106,619 youths have been given symbolic…

Alert sounded in UP after 17 swine flu cases reported

Lucknow (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has alerted all districts about the H1N1 swine flu virus after 17 cases were reported in the past week, health officials said on Thursday.

According to the government, so far 17 cases…

BJP leader shot dead in Bihar

Patna (IANS) A Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said on Thursday.

Baiju Prasad Gupta was killed at his medical shop at Pakri village on Wednesday…

Second fast radio burst detected in space

Washington (IANS): Scientists have discovered the second repeating fast radio burst released into space far outside the Milky Way galaxy, according to a study.

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are intense pulses of radio waves lasting just milliseconds…

70 new Eklavya Schools to be opened in Jharkahnd says Union Min Yashwant Singh

Ranchi: The centre has decided to set up 70 new Eklavya Model Residential Schools in tribal dominated districts of Jharkhand said
Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Yashwant Singh. 

Addressing a programme organised…

Will defeat Mahagathbandhan on the support of people and labour of party workers: Giluwa

Ranchi: State BJP president and Chaibasa MP Laxman Giluwa said that the party will defeat the Mahagathbandhan in the state on the basis of support of the people and hard work of the party workers. In an interaction with…

50% cap breached, OBCs should get 54% quota: Ram Gopal Yadav

New Delhi (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday demanded 54 per cent quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), saying the government had opened the doors for that by breaching the 50 per cent barrier on reservations set…

Lucknow Metro completes final trial run

Lucknow (IANS) The Lucknow Metro on Wednesday completed the successful trial run on the remaining section of the North-South corridor, signalling an early start of the service, an official said.

The 23-km-long corridor from the Chowdhary…

Historic quota bill fitting reply to those spreading lies: Modi

Solapur (Maharashtra) (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said here that the upper castes quota bill passed by the Lok Sabha a day before was a "historic decision" and a slap on the face of those spreading lies and indulging…