20 trains cancelled for 2 months in UP

Lucknow (IANS) The North-Eastern Railways (NER) has cancelled 20 trains, including eight trains plying in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Basti divisions, due to fog and inclement weather, an official said on Thursday.

These…

Pension for divyang, old age & widows to be increased to Rs 1000 in 2019-20 says CM

Jamtara: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced that the state government would increase the pension paid to the  divyang, old age and widows in the state from the present Rs 600 to Rs 1,000 per month…

Former cabinet minister Bandhu Tirkey arrested in DA case

Ranchi: Former cabinet minister and central general secretary of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Bandhu Tirkey was today
arrested by a special CBI team of the CBI in a DA case. Later Tirkey was presented in…

Ranchi civil court issues summon against Rahul Gandhi

Ranchi: The Ranchi civil court ordered to issue summon against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case. The court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate Ajay Kumar Gudiya ordered to issue the summon in the case…

Arrest warrant issued against four govt staff in Palamu for scam worth Rs 11 crore

Ranchi: Himalaya Baby Care, nation’s leading homegrown baby care brand, organized an educational healthcare program, “My Baby & Me”, in Ranchi to educate mothers on the importance of vaccination,…

Rs 262 crore cyber-tax fraud unearthed in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS): The Delhi government's Trade and Taxes Department has unearthed a cyber-tax fraud totalling Rs 262 crore, happening since 2013 with over 8,700 traders involved, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.

Speaking…

Manufacturing lifts India's November industrial output higher

New Delhi (IANS): Higher production in the manufacturing sector, especially of capital goods and consumer durables, accelerated India's industrial output to 8.1 percent in October from a rise of 4.46 percent in September and 1.8 percent during…

Congress largest party in MP, Rajasthan; but off majority mark

Bhopal/Jaipur (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday emerged as the largest party in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, but missed securing the absolute majority in both the states.

According to the Election Commission, the final tally for the 230-seat…

Death toll rises to 4 in France's Strasbourg shooting

Paris (IANS): The death toll of the shooting near a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday evening has risen to four, several were wounded, media reported.

Security officers have cordoned off the area, while the injured…

Kerala-based security engineer spots bug in Microsoft Office 365, Outlook

New Delhi (IANS): A Kerala-based application security engineer has won bug bounty from Microsoft for discovering a series of vulnerabilities that left over 400 million Microsoft users' accounts -- from Office 365 to Outlook emails -- open to hacking.