Brisk voting in Jammu, poor turnout in valley

Jammu/Srinagar (IANS): Amid high security and separatist-called boycott, brisk voting was witnessed in six districts of Jammu, but very feeble turnout outside the polling booths in seven districts of the Kashmir Valley for the municipal polls that…

100% organic Sikkim shortlisted for FAO's Future Policy Award

United Nations (IANS): Sikkim's achievement in becoming the world's first totally organic agriculture state has gotten it a place on the shortlist of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) Future Policy Award.

The FAO…

Microsoft fixes bug, re-releasing Windows 10 October update

San Francisco (IANS): Microsoft on Wednesday said it has identified and fixed all known issues in the Windows 10 October 2018 update and has begun re-releasing the key update.

After some users complained that installing the Windows 10 October…

Express train derails in UP, 4 dead

Rae Bareli (IANS): Four persons died on Wednesday after five coaches and the engine of an express train heading to New Delhi from Malda town in West Bengal derailed here in Uttar Pradesh, a railway official said.

The senior Railway Ministry…

Jharkhand is most suitable destination for investment says Raghubar

Ranchi (By our Correspondent): Stating that Jharkhand was the most suitable destination for investment Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das invited the corporate houses to visit the state during the Global Agriculture and…

Lathicharge on ‘Rasoiyas’ going for CM residence gherao

Ranchi (By our Correspondent): Police resorted to lathi-charge on women ‘rasoiyas’ who were on their way to gherao the residence of the Chief Minister in the state capital here demanding the status of fourth-grade employees…

NIA searches 15 places in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched 15 locations in Jharkhand in connection with the alleged funding of Maoists.

Fifteen teams of NIA assisted by Jharkhand Police searched the residences and offices of…

Pension schemes for elderly, widows, disabled not working: SC

New Delhi (IANS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that pension schemes under the National Social Assistance Programme suffered from "huge" implementation gaps, observing that the beneficiaries who were assured of a monthly sum of Rs 200…

CM Jansamvad Programme -12 dozen cases reviewed, instructions to execute cases within a fixed time frame given

Ranchi - Additional Secretary, Chief Minister Secretariat, Ramakant Singh reviewed a total of 12 cases in weekly review program of Jansamvad Kendra at Suchna Bhawan. He instructed officers of all departments to execute cases within a fixed time frame.

Nine killed in SAIL factory blast

Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) (IANS): At least nine people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday in a blast at a gas supply pipeline in Bhilai Steel Plant, the flagship of Indias largest steel maker in public sector.

"It was a major…