Ranchi (By our correspondent): The Jharkhand Government approved the paddy procurement scheme on the minimum support price
from the farmers. A decision in this regard was taken in the meeting of the state cabinet which…
Ranchi (By our correspondent): Chief Minister Raghubar Das ordered that the Tana Bhagats will not be made to pay any money as
part of the rent for their land. A delegation of the Tana Bhagats had met the Chief Minister…
Shijiazhuang (IANS): A blast near a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou city, in north China's Hebei province, has killed 22 and injured 22 others early Wednesday morning, local authorities said.
The blast occurred near Hebei Shenghua Chemical…
Srinagar (IANS): Two militants were killed and three soldiers injured in a gunfight on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said.
Security forces had started a cordon and search operation in Kuthpora village after receiving…
Bhopal (IANS) Polling is underway for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday. Several faulty EVMs and VVPAT machines have been replaced within the first hour, officials said.
In Ujjain, two faulty electronic voting…
New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed to the people of Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram to participate in large numbers as polling got underway in both states.
"I urge all voters in the state to take…
Aizawl (IANS) Polling is underway for 40 seats to elect a new Mizoram Assembly. Nearly 15 per cent of the over 7.68 lakh electorate cast their votes in the first two hours on Wednesday, officials said.
"Till 9 a.m., 15 percent…
Srinagar (IANS): A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, Naveed Jatt, who was wanted for the murder of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, was killed on Wednesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police sources said.
Although…
Ranchi (IANS): The Jharkhand government will start paddy procurement from farmers on December 1, said an official on Wednesday.
"The paddy procurement will start on December 1 and last till March 31, 2019. The paddy will be procured at…
Mumbai (IANS) The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex advanced 200 points on Wednesday extending gains for the third straight session led by healthy buying in IT stocks.
In addition, the market was also boosted by an appreciating rupee…