Will reservation bring welfare, asks Speaker

Ranchi (IANS): Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Sunday demanded to know if continuing with reservation in education and jobs endlessly will bring prosperity to the country.

"The idea of Ambedkarji was to bring social harmony by introducing…

Moonshine kills five in Ranchi

Ranchi (IANS): Five people died here on Sunday allegedly after drinking spurious liquor, officials said.

"Five bodies have been sent for post-mortem. We will confirm the reason for death after autopsy," Ranchi Deputy Commissioner…

India rips Pakistan's 'preposterous' allegation dishonouring victims' memory

United Nations (IANS): India has denounced Pakistan's "preposterous" attempt to exploit and dishonour the memory of the innocent victims of the 2014 Peshawar school massacre by making false allegations against New Delhi.

"The…

Pakistani Army helicopter violates Indian air space

Jammu (IANS): A Pakistan Army helicopter violated the Indian airspace on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

Defence sources said the violation took place at 12.10 p.m.

"After straying into Indian air space, the helicopter…

Oil sales to India will continue despite US sanctions: Iran

Tehran (IANS) The Iranian Foreign Minister said Iran's oil sales to India will continue despite the US threats of sanction pressures against Iran and its economic partner, Financial Tribune daily reported on Saturday.

India is…

Parakram Parv: CM salutes surgical strike bravehearts

Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that we should work to increase the morale of our army. He said that our government has worked to increase the compensation amount of Rs 2 lakh to 10 lakh rupees for the martyred jawans of the country. Their kin is…

CM Das calls for collective effort to make Jharkhand a role model in implementation of Ayushman Scheme

The world's largest health insurance scheme ‘Ayushmann Bharat’ was launched from Jharkhand. We all will have to make effort to implement this scheme so Jharkhand is a role model in implementation of this scheme. Jharkhand will have…

384 dead in Indonesia earthquakes, tsunami

Jakarta (IANS): Over 380 people were confirmed dead on Saturday after earthquakes, including a powerful 7.5 magnitude tremor, and tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Rescue workers were struggling to reach certain affected areas amid…

We are constructing India's biggest war memorial: Jharkhand CM

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday said their government is constructing India's biggest war memorial.

"We should forget our differences and stand together when any problem comes to our country. We should…

26 Agra schools to get sanitary pad vending machines

Agra (IANS) Twenty-six schools in the Taj city will soon get sanitary pad vending machines installed, a Uttar Pradesh official said on Saturday.

They have been gifted by social entrepreneur and founder of Niine, Amar Tulsiyan in…