17 dead in Peshawar mosque blast

Peshawar (IANS) At least 17 people were killed and 83 others injured after a blast ripped through a mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday, officials said.

Mohammad Asim, a spokesperson for the Lady Reading Hospital (LRC), confirmed…

TTP claims responsibility for Peshawar mosque attack, toll rises to 32

Peshawar (IANS) A powerful suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar's Police Lines area on Monday killed 32 people while 147 others were injured, local media reported.

According to security officials, the suicide attacker was present in…

Gunfight breaks out between police and Maoists in Ranchi

Ranchi (IANS) A gunfight broke out between the police and Maoists belonging to the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) on Sunday night in the Budhmu police station area of Ranchi.

During the encounter, more than 100 rounds were…

JPCC president Rajesh Thakur and others to attend concluding ceremony of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar

Ranchi: Several top leaders of the Jharkhand Congress will leave from the state to participate in the concluding function of the Bharat Jodo Yatra which will be held in Srinagar on January 30. 

JPCC spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad said that Jharkhand…

Foundation stone of Gaumuktidham laid in the state, Agri Min says initiative very close to culture

Ranchi: Agriculture Minister Badal said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Hemant Soren efforts are on to shape several schemes to make the farmers and animal herders of the state economically prosperous. Along with this, the government is…

Six Including doctor couple dead as fire breaks out in Hazra Hospital of Dhanbad

Dhanbad: Altogether six people lost their lives as fire broke out in the Hazra Hospital located on the exchange road of Purana Bazar under Bank Mode Police Station area of the city. Police said that fire broke out in the hospital in the wee hours…

State government will soon start Air ambulance facility for patients : Hemant Soren

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that his government is making continuous efforts to strengthen the health facilities in Jharkhand as part of which air ambulance facility will soon be provided to the patients in the
state.

Speaking…

Ramcharitmanas row has casteist overtones now

Lucknow (IANS) The controversial statement made by Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Ramcharitmanas is now being shrewdly turned to advantage into a casteist issue by the Samajwadi Party.

After almost a week after the controversy…

Two suspected Khalistani supporters detained in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) Sources in the Delhi Police have claimed that two persons have been detained who allegedly made pro-Khalistani graffiti on the walls in Vikaspuri, Janakpuri, Paschim Vihar, Peeragarhi and other parts of West Delhi.

The anti-national…

SEBI may probe short selling to hammer down Indian markets

New Delhi (IANS) Markets regulator, SEBI is likely to probe short selling in the Indian stock markets in the last few days.

Sources said Indian markets have been under onslaught in the last few trading sessions and a probe will ascertain the…