Modi awarded 2018 Seoul Peace Prize

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named as the recipient of 2018 Seoul Peace Prize, a biennial award instituted to crystallize the wishes of the Korean people for peace on the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the world.

CM asks officials to improve facilities in industrial hubs

Ranchi (By our Correspondent): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das directed the officials to improve the facilities in the industrial areas of the state. Chairing a meeting of the Board of Directors of JIADA at the…

CS directs to identify raw materials area wise and link them with small & cottage industries

Ranchi (By our Correspondent): Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi chaired the seventh working committee meet of the Small and cottage
industries board in which he asked to identify the presence of raw materials area wise…

Barnwal asks DCs of three districts to reply within a week over pending complaints

Ranchi (By our Correspondent): Sunil Kumar Barnwal Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Raghubar Das chaired the weekly review of the complaints registered at the Jan Samwad Kendra at the Suchana Bhawan here…

BJP to collect mud from pan-Jharkhand to construct 100 feet long statue of Bhagwan Birsa Munda in Ranchi

Ranchi (By our Correspondent): The Jharkhand ruled BJP will construct a 100 feet long statue of Bhagwan Birsa Munda in the state capital Ranchi mud for which will be brought from all the panchayats of the state and…

India, Iran, Afghanistan discuss Chabahar port

New Delhi (IANS): In the face of fresh sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran over its nuclear programme, India, Iran and Afghanistan discussed the full operationalisation of the Chabahar port that the three countries are jointly developing at…

3 Maoists arrested in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS): Three Maoists were arrested from two districts of Jharkhand on Tuesday, police said.

Two Maoists were arrested in Khuti district and one in Palamau district, said Ashwani Kumar, Superintendent of Police.

The two from Khuti,…

Amid trade war with US, China drops ban on Indian rapeseed oil meal

Beijing (IANS): Amid the bleeding trade war with the US, China has removed an over five-year-long ban on the import of Indian rapeseed oil meal.

China is the biggest consumer of oil meal of which rapeseed is a variant. Beijing has slapped additional…

SC permits bursting of only green firecrackers

New Delhi (IANS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that only green firecrackers with reduced emission and decibel levels will be permitted during all religious festivals.

On Diwali firecrackers could be burst between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., the…

Invest India wins top UN award for promoting renewable energy investment

United Nations (IANS) Invest India has received the top UN Investment Promotion Award in recognition of its efforts to boost investments in the renewable energy sector in India.

The award was presented by Armenian President…