Barnwal says kin of those killed in natural disaster to get compensation without post-mortem

Ranchi (By our correspondent): Principal Secretary to Jharkhand Chief Minister Sunil Kumar Barnwal today asked all the DCs and nodal officers of the state to ensure that kin of the people who have lost their lives in…

Buoyed opposition led by JMM coins ‘BJP Mukt Jharkhand’ for assembly polls

Ranchi (By our correspondent): Leader of the opposition in Jharkhand Assembly and JMM’s acting president Hemant Soren said that results of the assembly elections in the five states was an indication of the things to…

Winter Session of Jharkhand Assembly from Dec 24-27

Ranchi: The Winter Session of the Jharkhand Assembly would be held from December 24 to 27. A decision in this regard was
taken in the meeting of the state cabinet which was chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das at the…

6 Maoists arrested in Ranchi

Ranchi (IANS): Six Maoists, who had "come to kill a person" were arrested in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi on Tuesday, police said.

The Maoists belong to the banned outfit People's Liberation Front of India.

Acting on…

Maoists torch vehicles in Latehar

Ranchi (IANS): Maoist guerrillas on Tuesday set on fire five vehicles involved in road construction work in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said.

The guerrillas raided a camp office of a private construction company in Dabri village…

Shaktikanta Das to be new RBI Governor

New Delhi (IANS) The government on Tuesday appointed former Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das as the new RBI Governor, a day after Urjit Patel suddenly resigned.

"The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved…

Wikipedia calls Sachin Pilot Rajasthan's 14th CM

Jaipur (IANS) Even as votes polled in Assembly elections were still being counted in Rajasthan, the Wikipedia page on Tuesday projected state Congress leader Sachin Pilot as the new Chief Minister.

The Congress has not yet declared…

Sensex ends 190 points up as BJP showed sign of forming government in MP

Mumbai  (IANS) Short-covering, along with supportive global cues and chances of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retaining power in Madhya Pradesh buoyed the Indian stock exchanges on Tuesday after a volatile trade session, with the S&P…

MNF wins Mizoram, crushing Congress

Aizawl (IANS) Securing an absolute majority in the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, the MNF on Tuesday returned to power after a decade, crushing the Congress and ousting it from power in the last Northeastern state it ruled.

The…

Congress bags Chhattisgarh, TRS sweeps Telangana, suspense in MP

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday was set to return to power in Chhattisgarh, was ahead of the BJP in Rajasthan and locked in a neck-and-neck fight in Madhya Pradesh but it was mauled in Telangana and Mizoram in critical Assembly…