Trinamool will contest in Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam in 2019 LS election

Purulia (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her party Trinamool Congress will contest a number of Lok Sabha seats in the neighbouring states of Jharkhand, Odisha and Assam in the 2019 General Elections.

BJP to issue show cause notices to MLA Dhullu Mahto & MP Ravindra Pandey

Ranchi (By our correspondent): A red-faced Jharkhand BJP has finally decided to issue show cause notices to its warring Baghmara MLA Dhullu Mahto and Giridih MP Ravindra Pandey who are currently at loggerheads with each…

Raghubar renames Nagar Untari as Bansidhar Nagar

Garhwa (By our correspondent): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das issued an official notification after which Nagar Untari has been renamed as Bansidhar Nagar. Participating on the second day of the Bansidhar Mahotsav…

Fire in Howrah bound Kalka Mail, 6 hospitalised

Kurukshetra (IANS): A fire broke out early on Tuesday in a coach of the Howrah-bound Kalka Mail near Kurukshetra in Haryana, an official said. Six passengers were hospitalised.

"Fire broke out in front of the SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake),…

Soldier, 2 militants killed in J&K

Srinagar (IANS): An Indian Army soldier and two militants possibly of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group were killed on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district during a gunfight, police said.

A sub-inspector and a constable of the Central…

Jharkhand to seek Rs 816 cr from Centre for drought

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand government will seek a Rs 816 crore financial package from the Centre for the state's drought-affected districts, an official said on Tuesday.

"The financial package has been drafted by seeking…

Radha Mohan Singh to inaugurate Global Agriculture and Food Summit

Ranchi (IANS): Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh will inaugurate the two-day Global Agriculture and Food summit here starting November 29, an official said on Tuesday.

"Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu will be the Chief…

Two arrested for gang raping NRI in Mathura

Mathura (IANS): Two persons, including a tourist guide, were arrested here on Tuesday for gang raping a young Non-Resident Indian (NRI) in this temple town, police said.

The victim, settled in South Africa, had come with a woman friend to Mathura…

Pakistan to invite Modi for Saarc Summit

Islamabad (IANS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to Pakistan for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Summit, a senior Pakistani official said on Tuesday.

Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal…

Kovind, Modi remember 26/11 Mumbai attack victims

New Delhi (IANS): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on its 10th anniversary.

"Ten years after the Mumbai terror attacks, thoughts with families…