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…

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…

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…

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…

6 Kashmiri Zakir Musa men killed in J&K

Srinagar (IANS): Six Kashmiri militants of the Al Qaeda-affiliate Zakir Musa group, Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, were gunned down by security forces in an encounter on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Soliha, the deputy of Zakir…

Eight get lifer in Latehar for mob lynching

Latehar: A local court in this district has awarded eight accused involved in a mob lynching incident life imprisonment and has also
imposed a fine of 25,000 on each of them, failing to pay the fine all the guilty will…

Jharkhand announces farm scheme for small-medium farmers

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday announced 'Mukhyamantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojna' (MKAY) by which the state government would offer Rs 5,000 per acre of land to farmers for the kharif crops.

"The farmers…

India, China identify 10 areas of people-to-people cooperation

New Delhi (IANS) In keeping with the Wuhan spirit in the wake of the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in April this year, India and China on Friday identified 10 areas for boosting people-to-people…

Sensex falls nearly 700 points amid weakness global markets

Mumbai (IANS): Weakness in the global markets and the domestic currency due to the US Fed rate hike along with profit booking pulled the Sensex down close to 700 points on Friday.

BSE Sensex settled 689.60 points or 1.89 per cent lower at 35,742.07…

All 22 accused in Sohrabuddin encounter case acquitted

Mumbai (IANS): A special CBI court on Friday here acquitted all 22 accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case and rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi saying witnesses and proofs were not satisfactory.

"Witnesses and…