Encroachment removed from Sarjana to Saheed Chowk

Ranchi: The Municipal Corporation's enforcement team conducted a campaign to remove encroachments from Shahid Chowk to Sarjana Chowk on Friday. During this period, more than 20 shops were removed from the road. Whereas 29 shops were asked to keep…

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Hope to rescue trapped workers by evening, says Bhaskar Khulbe

Uttarkashi (IANS) Former adviser to the Prime Minister's Office, Bhaskar Khulbe, has said the rescue operation at the Silkyara tunnel here will conclude by Friday evening and hopefully 41 trapped workers will be evacuated. 

"The drilling…

Centre gives 7-day deadline to social media platforms to address deepfakes

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Friday gave a seven-day deadline to social media platforms to tweak their policies as per Indian regulations in order to address the spread of deepfakes on their platforms.

Deepfakes could be subject to action…

4-day humanitarian pause deal between Hamas-Israel comes into effect

Gaza (IANS) A four-day humanitarian pause deal agreed by Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, which allow the release of at least 50 hostages in the duration of the temporary ceasefire.

The pause in hostilities, which began…

CM to visit Pakur on 25th, to felicitate with gift schemes worth Rs 300 crore

Ranchi:  Chief Minister Hemant Soren will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate projects worth Rs 300 crore in Pakur on November 25. He will also distribute assets. During this period, the Chief Minister will inaugurate Power Sub Station, Advanced…

IED blast triggered by CPI (Maoist) in Chaibasa

Ranchi: IED explosion occurred during the search operation being conducted by Security Forces in Chaibasa on Thursday. CRPF jawan Hafizur Rahman got injured in this. He is part of the 174th battalion of CRPF. Due to being seriously injured, he was…

Silkyara tunnel: Rescue op likely to complete today; V K Singh, Dhami in Uttarkashi

Uttarkashi (IANS) Rescue operation at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi is likely to complete on Thursday as only six to eight metres of drilling is left to reach to the workers who are trapped in it since November 12.

Forty-one ambulances…

Quota on religious grounds unconstitutional: Shah on promise made in Raj Cong manifesto

Jaipur (IANS) Reservation on religious grounds is unconstitutional and cannot be done. If someone tries to do it, the BJP will strongly protest against it, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, in answer to a query by IANS.

Adding…

Arms & ammunition recovered near LoC in Jammu's Pallanwala

Jammu (IANS) Jammu & Kashmir Police and the Army in a joint operation recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition from a suspicious box near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Pallanwala sector of Jammu, officials said on Thursday.

"In…

135 rescued from burning high-rise in South Mumbai's Byculla

Mumbai (IANS) At least 135 residents trapped in a burning high-rise in south Mumbai were rescued from different floors in the early hours of Thursday, the BMC Disaster Control said.

A massive blaze was reported from a MHADA Building No. 3-C…