J&K: Terrorists fire at army vehicle, encounter starts in Akhnoor

Jammu (IANS) Terrorists tried to ambush an army vehicle on Monday in Jammu & Kashmir’s Akhnoor area in Jammu district. Subsequently, an encounter started there. 

Officials said that terrorists fired at an army vehicle in the Battal area of…

BJP's final list for Jharkhand: Hembrom to challenge Hemant Soren in Barhait

Ranchi (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its second and final list of candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections. In this list, the BJP has fielded Gamaliyel Hembrom to challenge Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha…

Jharkhand Cong Working Prez Manas Sinha resigns, joins BJP

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Working President, Manas Sinha, resigned from the Congress on Monday and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a move seen as a significant shift in state politics. 

Sinha was welcomed into the…

Babulal Marandi files nomination from Dhanwar, vows change in Jharkhand with 'Panch Pran'

Ranchi (IANS) Babulal Marandi, BJP's Jharkhand unit President and former Chief Minister, filed his nomination for the Dhanwar Assembly seat in Giridih district on Monday. The Dhanwar constituency will go to polls on November 20 in the second phase…

Three terrorists involved in attempted ambush in J&K’s Akhnoor killed

Jammu (IANS) Three terrorists involved in an attempted ambush on an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor area on Monday have been killed, official sources said here. 

“All the three terrorists involved in the attempted ambush of an Army…

Israel completes airstrike on Iranian targets, Tehran reports 'limited damage'

Tehran/Jerusalem (IANS) Israel has said that it had completed waves of pre-dawn airstrikes on military targets in Iran in what it called a retaliatory move to recent months of attacks from Iran, with Iran reporting that it had successfully countered…

India faced challenges in every era but had heroes like Sardar Patel, Birsa Munda: PM Modi in 'Mann Ki Baat'

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation in his 115th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat', saying India faced some challenges in every era but had heroes like Sardar Patel and Bhagwan Birsa Munda, who had the courage…

PM Modi gifts exquisite artworks from Jharkhand, Maha to world leaders at BRICS Summit

 New Delhi (IANS) In the recently concluded BRICS Summit in Kazan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted exquisite artworks from Jharkhand and Maharashtra to state heads of Russia, Iran and Uzbekistan.

The gifts that PM Modi gave to world leaders…

Israeli military launches strikes on military targets in Iran

Dubai (IANS) Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday targeting what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault on October 1, officials said. 

There was no immediate information on damage in Iran.

BJP appoints Ravindra Kumar Ray as Jharkhand Working President

New Delhi (IANS) Amid Jharkhand's ongoing Assembly election campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced a major organisational change in the state. On Saturday, the party high command appointed former MP, Dr Ravindra Kumar Ray as the…