Jharkhand has registered 19% growth in agriculture: Amitabh Kant

Ranchi (IANS): NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Thursday lauded Jharkhand for registering 19 per cent growth in the agriculture sector and advised farmers to adopt dairy and organic farming.

"Jharkhand is the only state in the country that…

Jharkhand farmers to get interest-free loans for one year: CM

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday announced interest-free agricultural loans for one year if farmers pay back their loan to the banks within a year.

"The state government will bear the interest of up to one…

Lalu 's son Tej Pratap adamant on divorce

Patna (IANS) Contrary to reports that he has withdrawn the divorce petition, RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Thursday said he will not do so and would fight it in the court.

"I have not changed…

BJP MP writes to Rajya Sabha ethics panel, seeks disqualification of two TDP MPs

New Delhi (IANS) BJP MP G.V.L. Narasimha Rao has written to the Ethics Committee of the Rajya Sabha, alleging involvement of TDP MPs C.M. Ramesh and Y.S. Chowdary in "massive financial bungling and fraud" and has sought their disqualification…

Jaitley refutes Congress' charges on GDP back data series

New Delhi (IANS): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday rejected the Congress criticism of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) back series data released on Wednesday as "malicious and fraudulent jugglery", saying it was realistic and not fictional.

Indian rocket lifts off with country's HysIS, 30 foreign satellites

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off successfully from here on Thursday with the country's Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) -- an earth observation satellite -- and…

Global Agriculture and Food Summit to open doors of foreign market for farmers of Jharkhand: Raghubar

Ranchi: The Global Agriculture and Food Summit will open the doors of foreign shores for vegetables and other agriculture products which are produced by the farmers of Jharkhand said Chief Minister Raghubar Das here.…

Govt to launch Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana from January 1, 2019: Raghubar

Ranchi (By our correspondent): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced that the state government would launch the
Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana from January 1, 2019 in the state under which girls hailing from 26 lakh families…

Global Agriculture & Food Summit to kick start from Thursday

Ranchi (By our correspondent): Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh will on Thursday inaugurate the two day Global Agriculture and Food Summit which will be held at the Khelgaon here in which around 10,000…

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.