Kerala Police probe PFI, SDPI link in train fire case

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Even as the accused in the Kozhikode train fire case, Shahrukh Saifi has deposed before the investigators that he had planned the attack on his own, police have not taken that version at all.

Sources in the Kerala…

District administration issues joint order in wake of Ranchi bandh and protests, magistrates and police officers deputed

Ranchi: A Joint order of Deputy Commissioner-cum- District Magistrate, Ranchi and Senior Superintendent of Police, Ranchi for the maintenance of law and order and security system in view of protest against the new recruitment policy proposed by the…

Covid Review: Health minister seeks 50,000 vaccines amid spike in cases, says vaccine stock at zero in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Jharkhand’s health minister Banna Gupta has urged the Centre to provide at least 50,000 vaccines to continue the vaccination drive against the coronavirus. He raised the issue in a review meeting conducted by the union health minister Dr Mansukh…

Mortal remains of late Jaggarnath Mahto brought to assembly, CM leads legislators in paying tributes

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren led the state in paying tributes to late Education Minister Jaggarnath Mahto at the Jharkhand Vidhansabha. Earlier the mortal remains of the minister reached early morning at the Ranchi Airport from Chennai…

Education Minister Jaggarnath Mahto cremated with full state honours at his ancestral village

Ranchi: Last rites of Jharkhand’s Education Minister Jaggarnath Mahto who had died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chennai was performed with full state honour at the banks of the Damodar river in Bhandaridah of Bermo block in Bokaro district…

No sweeping power or a draconian move: MoS IT on govt's fact-checking unit

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the debate over the government forming a fact-checking unit to curb the flow of misinformation on various social media platforms, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Saturday said there are…

Job scam: ED gets proof of Ayan Sil's involvement in 6,000 hirings

Kolkata (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED) has found evidence confirming the involvement of arrested private real estate promoter Ayan Sil in the 6,000 recruitments made in municipalities and state-run schools of West Bengal.

According to…

After row, Sharad Pawar 'clarifies' on JPC probe remarks, bats for SC panel

Mumbai (IANS) A day after his sensational remarks expressing doubts over a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Hindenburg Research report against the Adani Group, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Saturday claimed…

N.Korea remains unresponsive to regular contact via military hotline for 2nd day

Seoul (IANS) North Korea remained unresponsive to regular contact via a military hotline for the second day on Saturday, military officials said.

The North did not respond to the regular 9 a.m. opening call between the two sides after daily…

China launches military drills around Taiwan

Taipie (IANS) China announced on Saturday the starting of three days of military exercises around Taiwan, a move that comes just days after the island's president met the US House Speaker in defiance of repeated threats by Beijing.

The…