No demolition without serving 15-day notice: SC lays down pan-India directives

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that when a structure is suddenly demolished while other remains, a presumption could be drawn that the motive was not to bring down the illegal structure but to penalise the accused before trial. 

Voting on 43 seats for first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections begins

Ranchi/New Delhi (IANS) Voting for the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections began at 7 A.M. on 43 seats on Wednesday. 

Out of 15,344 polling stations in the first phase, voting will be held from 7 A.M. to 4 P.M. in 950 constituencies…

Jharkhand: Residents of Chuglu village in Gumla boycott voting over poor roads, civic amenities

New Delhi (IANS) The residents of Chuglu village in Gumla Assembly constituency boycotted the polling on Wednesday to protest against poor roads, streets and other civic amenities. They are frustrated over lack of basic and essential infrastructure…

JMM, Cong will bid farewell to J'khand, BJP-led NDA will win: MoS Sanjay Seth

Ranchi (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) Sanjay Seth on Wednesday expressed confidence of a BJP-led NDA government being formed in Jharkhand post-election, asserting that the ruling JMM-Congress alliance would soon bid farewell to the state. 

Celebrities including two Guvs cast their votes in Jharkhand, urge citizens to do their duty

Ranchi (IANS) As voting for the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections covering 43 seats began at 7 A.M. on Wednesday, several prominent figures, political leaders, and candidates were among the early voters at their respective booths, stressing…

Encounter starts in J&K’s Bandipora district

Srinagar (IANS) An encounter started on Tuesday between the security forces and terrorists in Nagmarg forest area in Jammu & Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

Officials said that an encounter broke out in the valley when the joint teams of forces…

Four dead, many injured in mound collapse in UP’s Kasganj; CM Yogi expresses grief

Kasganj (IANS) In a tragic incident that occurred on Tuesday morning in Rampur village, located in the Mohanpura area of Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh, at least four women lost their lives when a mound of soil suddenly collapsed during an excavation. 

ED raids multiple locations in Bengal over hawala case with Jharkhand links

Kolkata (IANS) The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are conducting raids at multiple locations in West Bengal since Tuesday morning. 

The raids are being conducted in connection with a case registered in neighbouring Jharkhand…

Five-fold increase in India-Russia bilateral trade: Russian Deputy PM

New Delhi/Moscow (IANS) Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov on Tuesday confirmed Moscow's intentions to conclude a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Eurasian Economic Union and India -- as well as a bilateral agreement…

India's industrial production rises 3.1 pc in September

New Delhi (IANS) India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) bounced back with an expansion of 3.1 per cent in September as against a contraction of 0.1 per cent in August, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics on Tuesday.