Govt committed to make healthy & prosperous Jharkhand, has allocated Rs 300 crore budget for the strengthening of AYUSH sector: Chief Minister

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that a sum of Rs 300 crore has been allocated for the strengthening of the Ayush Sector in Jharkhand. Addressing a function organised on the occasion of the World Homeopathy Day at the Aryabhatt Auditorium…

MET issues heatwave alert, predicts rainfall on Thursday

Ranchi: In absence of rain, the discomfort index across the state is on the rise. Statistics suggested that the discomfort index in most parts of the state reached a punishing 65 degrees, 10 notches above normal, on the back of a westerly wind pattern…

JPSC Officers Association met CM, seek child care leave

Ranchi: President of Jharkhand Administrative Service Association Ranjita Hembram and General Secretary Rahul Kumar met Chief Minister Hemant Soren at the Project Building and handed over a memorandum related to various demands of the union.

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Kapilo bags Best Panchayat Award for Sustainable Development

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s initiative to strengthen the Panchayati Raj system is now getting stronger and its positive results are also coming to the fore. The result of the government’s efforts is that the Nanaji Deshmukh Best Panchayat…

Jharkhand youths march seeking 100 pc job quota for locals; stopped from gheraoing CM house

Ranchi / (Agencies) : Demanding 100 per cent reservation for local people in government jobs in Jharkhand, hundreds of youths on Monday sought to gherao Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemanta Soren’s residence but the police stopped them before they reach…

Woman with national flag tattoo on face denied entry into Golden Temple

Amritsar (IANS) A video has gone viral showing a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) employee stopping a woman tourist with the national flag tattoo painted on her face from entering the Golden Temple, also known as the Harmandir Sahib.

Personal animosity could be behind killing of four jawans at Bathinda station: Army

Chandigarh (IANS) The Indian Army on Monday confirmed the arrest of a gunner who confessed to stealing an INSAS rifle for allegedly killing his four colleagues owing to personal animosity at the Bathinda military station in Punjab last week.

The…

'Think, you can take court for a ride', SC penalises Mumbai Metro on tree felling in Aarey forest

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the Mumbai Metro has made an attempt to overreach its jurisdiction and directed it to pay Rs 10 lakh fine within two weeks for attempting tree felling in Aarey forest, beyond permission granted.…

Wholesale inflation falls to 29-month low of 1.34% in March as commodity prices ease

New Delhi (IANS) India's wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation fell to a 29-month low of 1.34 per cent in March owing to a steep fall in indexes of primary articles, manufactured products, fuel and power as well as food.

Wholesale…

K'taka: BJP's Jagadish Shettar joins Cong; Kharge dubs it sign of winning 150 seats

Bengaluru (IANS) In what is being seen as a big blow to BJP's Karnataka unit ahead of Assembly elections, senior party leader and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar joined Congress on Monday, a day after he snapped ties with the saffron party.