Modi appeals to Rajasthan, Telangana voters

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to the people of Rajasthan and Telangana to participate in the Assembly polls, currently underway in both the states.

"Today is the polling day in Rajasthan.…

Voting underway in Telangana Assembly polls

Hyderabad (IANS) Polling was underway in Telangana on Friday to elect a new state Assembly amid tight security.

Polling began at 7 a.m. in all of the 119 constituencies in the first full-fledged elections in India's youngest…

IIT Bombay to do vetting of structural design of Convention Center, Urban Tower & Ravindra Bhawan

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Government has decided to appoint IIT Bombay to undertake the vetting of the structural design of the proposed convention center in Ranchi, Urban Civic Tower and Ravindra Bhawan at an initial payment…

Stone pelting on Shaurya Diwas procession in Hazaribagh followed by arsoning & lathicharge

Hazaribagh (By our correspondent): Situation turned hostile in the city after stone pelting was done on a procession which was
taken out in the city as part of celebrations of the Shaurya Diwas and before the administration…

PA of Bokaro DC arrested taking bribe by ACB

Bokaro (By our correspondent): Bokaro DC Mrityunjay Kumar Barnwal’s PA Mukesh Kumar was caught taking bribe by a team of ACB Dhanbad while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 70,000. The man was arrested in front…

Dipika Kumari to get engaged with co-archer Atanu Das on Dec 10

Ranchi (By our correspondent): Ace archer Dipika Kumari would get engaged to her fellow international archer Atanu Das on December 10. The engagement would be held at the ancestor village of Dipika located at Ratu Chatti of…

Sidhu injures his vocal cord, advised rest

Chandigarh (IANS) Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been advised complete rest for up to five days after he injured his vocal cords during an exhaustive 17-day election campaign for Congress candidates in poll-bound states. He addressed…

Elephants kill man in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) A man was trampled to death by a herd of elephants in Jharkhands Jamtara district on Thursday.

According to police, a herd of 22 elephants reached Nurgi village from Dhanbad district. The victim, Rustam Mia, had gone…

Railways create history by converting diesel locomotive to electric traction

New Delhi (IANS) Keeping with the Railways' mission of 100 percent electrification and de-carbonization, Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi, has converted a diesel locomotive to run on electric traction at almost twice the power,…

India, Pakistan trade fire on LoC

Srinagar (IANS): Indian and Pakistani armies traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, defence sources said.

The Pakistan Army used automatics and mortars to target Indian…