PM flags off MV Ganga Vilas cruise, terms it 'amalgam' of ancient & modern

Varanasi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, flagged off the MV Ganga Vilas, the world's longest river cruise.

He termed it an "amalgam" of the modern and the ancient and said that the cruise would open new vistas for tourists…

IITians, IIM graduates get pink slips in Goldman Sachs layoffs

New Delhi (IANS) The layoffs at global financial services firm Goldman Sachs has hit Indian workers hard as some of the impacted IITians and IIM graduates shared their plight on various social media platforms.

Global investment bank Goldman…

Union Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena visits Ranchi

Ranchi: Union Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena made a day-long visit to the state capital of Ranchi during which he had also a meeting with Chief Minister Hemant Soren. He had arrived in Ranchi along with the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal M…

Five COBRA jawans injured following IED blast in Chaibasa

Chaibasa: Five jawans of the elite Cobra battalion were injured as they contacted an IED inside the Tumbahaka forest under Tonto Police Station area of the West Singhbhum district. The jawans were immediately evacuated from the spot and sent to Ranchi…

Agriculture Minister Badal holds a meeting with the Inter-Ministerial Central Team over drought

Ranchi: Agriculture Minister Badal held a meeting with the central team that had come to assess the drought situation in the state and informed them about the situation in the state.

After the meeting held at Nepal House, State Agriculture Minister…

Two Political Heavyweights of Jharkhand: Dishom Guru Shibu Soren & Babulal Marandi celebrate their birthdays

Ranchi: Two Political Heavyweights of Jharkhand JMM supremo Dishom Guru Shibu and Leader of the legislature wing of Jharkhand BJP Babulal Marandi turned a year older on Wednesday as both of them celebrated their respective birthdays.

Leaders cutting…

Pilots' body requests labour authority to restrain Air India from changing service conditions

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) has written to the Labour authority requesting to take urgent note of the escalating situation and to restrain the Management of Air India from changing the conditions of service of its…

SL officials failed to act on Indian intel to avert Easter Sunday attacks: SC

Colombo (IANS) While ruling that former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had violated the fundamental rights of the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, the island nation's Supreme Court said on Thursday that top officials failed…

Your mobile calls may turn pricey in 2023

Chennai (IANS) Mobile phone users are likely to shell out more for their calls with the service providers likely to increase their rates for 4G services, said BNP Paribas Securities in a sectoral report.

According to the report, the telecom…

India to import 10 lakh tonnes of tur dal to offset possible production shortfall

New Delhi (IANS) In order to control domestic prices of pulses due to possible shortfall in production owing to weather and the 'wilt' disease, the government will import around 10 lakh tonnes of tur dal in the current marketing year (December-November)…