Maoist guerrilla killed in Chatra

Ranchi (IANS): A Maoist guerrilla was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Friday, police said.

"There was information of Maoist movement in the Kurkheta jungle. A joint team of the police and…

Jharkhand HC reserve order on Lalu's bail

Ranchi (IANS): The Jharkhand High Court on Friday reserved its order on the bail plea of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad after completion of aruguments. The court will now pass the order on January 11.

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Kapil…

No decision on phasing out Rs 2,000 note: Top official

New Delhi (IANS) Amid reports of gradual phasing out of Rs 2,000 notes, the government on Friday clarified that there had been no decision on the printing of the high denomination note "recently", while hinting that their printing…

SC to decide on course of Ayodhya hearing on Jan 10

New Delhi (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday said the bench that will hear a batch of cross petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ayodhya title suit will decide the future course of the hearing.

Taking up the…

Raghubar urges para teachers to return back to work

Ranchi: The state government has formed a high-level committee led by HRD Minister Neera Yadav to look into the demands of the para teachers. Chief Minister Raghubar Das has constituted the committee which also has Development Commissioner…

Cabinet approves Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana, scheme to cover 36.57 lakh families

Ranchi: In its first cabinet meeting for the New Year the state government has approved the Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana under which 36,57,323 families would be benefitted. The main purpose of the scheme is…

Congress cheating farmers in name of loan waivers: Modi

Gurdaspur (Punjab)(IANS): In a frontal attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress was cheating farmers in the country in the name of loan waivers.

"The Congress earlier cheated the country in the…

Lenders recover Rs 80,000 cr via NCLT, Rs 70,000 cr more likely: Jaitley

New Delhi (IANS): Banks struggling with the Rs 10-lakh crore non-performing assets (NPAs or bad loans) crisis are likely to recover around Rs 70,000 crore by the current fiscal-end over the Rs 80,000 crore they have already recovered through the insolvency…

India's second Moon mission gets delayed again

Bengaluru (IANS): India's second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 that was to be launched on Thursday with a lander and rover got delayed again, officials said on Thursday.

"The next launch date of Chandrayaan-2 has not been confirmed yet,"…

Modi adds 'Jai Anusandhan' to Shastri's slogan

Jalandhar (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday added 'Jai Anusandhan' to the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' given by the late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, hailing the power of research to propel the nation…