Four smugglers including two women who were carrying ganja to Banaras by bus arrested, 43.6 kg ganja recovered

Ranchi: Ranchi Police has arrested four people, including two women, who were carrying ganja from Odisha to Banaras from Khadgarha bus stand. The arrested accused include Sumit Kumar, resident of Keshav Kunj in Ghaziabad district of UP, Anjana Singhal,…

IDF deploys elite brigade in Rafah as Israel prepares for ground invasion

Chennai (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have deployed its elite Nahal Brigade in the Rafah region of the Gaza Strip.

This a clear message that the Rafah ground invasion is imminent even as the US and other Western allies of Israel are…

Hundreds of students arrested across US in surging pro-Palestine protests

New York (IANS) Hundreds of students have been arrested on US campuses as protests against Washington’s support for Israel are surging sea to sea.

By Wednesday, the protests that started last week at the Ivy League Columbia University campus…

RBI crackdown triggers crash in Kotak Bank shares

Mumbai (IANS) Shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank crashed by as much as 12 per cent in morning trade on Thursday to Rs 1,620 on BSE as investors dumped the stock following the RBI crackdown on the lender.

The RBI had, on Wednesday evening, barred…

PM Modi urges people to not get upset with 'insulting language' used against him by Congress

New Delhi (IANS) Emphasising that "insulting remarks" are being made against him by top Congress leaders during the ongoing campaigning for Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, urged people to not get disturbed by the language…

Punjab has the highest supply of opium and doda from six districts of Jharkhand

Ranchi:  Most of the drugs (opium and doda) are supplied to Punjab from six districts of Jharkhand. The sources of drugs recovered in the operations being conducted against drugs in Punjab have been found in Ranchi, Chaibasa, Chatra, Palamu, Khunti…

JMM announced Kalpana Murmu Soren and Sameer Mohanti to be party candidate from Gandey By-Poll and Jamshedpur Lok Sabha Elections

Ranchi: JMM has announced the name of the candidate for the Gandey by-election. Kalpana Murmu will be JMM's candidate from Soren Gandey. Kalpana Soren will file nomination from Gandey on April 29. Voting is going to be held in Gandey on 20th May. At…

Outbreak of bird flu, the work of culling, scientific disposal and complete disinfection of poultry within a radius of 1 kilometre of the affected area

Ranchi: After the confirmation of H5N1 Avian Influenza in the samples of poultry of Regional Poultry Farm, Hotwar, Ranchi, culling of remaining poultry within 01 kilometre radius of the affected area, disposal through scientific method and complete…

Two soldiers injured in Bandipora gunfight in J&K

Srinagar (IANS) Two soldiers were injured on Wednesday in an encounter between the security forces and the terrorists in J&K’s Bandipora district.

Officials said that hiding terrorists fired at the security forces in the Renji forest area of…

SC seeks clarification on EVM-VVPAT technical aspects; ECI officials to respond at 2 pm

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to clarify if the microcontroller is installed in the controlling unit or in the VVPAT (Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail).

A bench presided over…