Israel expands ground offensive in central Gaza, UN warns of 'catastrophic' humanitarian crisis

Jerusalem (IANS) Israel has declared the expansion of its ground offensive in the central Gaza Strip, as the United Nations warned that the escalation of attacks is exacerbating a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.

Rahul's Manipur to Mumbai 'Bharat Nyay Yatra' from Jan 14

New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will embark on the 6,200 km 'Bharat Nyay Yatra' from Manipur on January 14. It will cover 85 districts in 14 states and conclude in Mumbai on March 20.

Addressing a press conference here…

74 criminals walk into UP police station & surrender

Hardoi (IANS) In an unprecedented incident, about 74 criminals, listed as ‘history-sheeters’, walked into the Ataria police station in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district holding placards of their pledge to abstain from criminal activities and surrendered.

RBI comes out with draft to simplify licensing norms for money changers

Mumbai (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with a set of new draft norms aimed to simplify and rationalise the authorisation of money changers for facilitating foreign exchange-related services.

The review of the extant licensing…

Ram temple consecration: Pressure mounts on Congress from IUML against attending

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) With the Congress party last week thanking the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust for the invitation to the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, pressure has started to mount on the grand…

Kannada activists remove English signboards in B'luru; seek prominence of local language

Bengaluru (IANS) The 'Maha Abhiyan' campaign organised by a group Kannada Rakshana Vedike (KRV) demanding prominence for Kannada language on signboards turned violent on Wednesday with the activists smashing the English signboards and vandalising…

RU released the result of PhD entrance exam

Ranchi: Ranchi University has released the result of PhD entrance exam.

Candidates can check their result on the official website of RU http://exam.ranchiuniversity.co.in/home.

Now Chana dal to be available in PDS shops

Ranchi:  People will get chana dal from the ration shop under the Public Distribution System (PDS). Chana dal is being delivered to the shops from the warehouse. Jharkhand government will provide one kg gram dal per month to the families covered…

Justice S Chandrashekhar to be the new acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court

Ranchi: After the retirement of Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Senior High Court Justice S Chandrashekhar has been given the responsibility of the office of Chief Justice.

Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra is retiring…

Government is taking the villagers along with – Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

Latehar: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said on Wednesday, the entire country is watching the "Aapki Yojana-Aapki Sarkar-Aapke Dwar" campaign run by the Jharkhand government. Other states of the country are following this campaign and reaching…