India sends NDRF team, humanitarian aid to quake-hit Turkey

New Delhi (IANS) India on Tuesday dispatched the first batch of humanitarian aid along with a rescue team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to Turkey where a massive 7.8-magnitude quake has killed over 4,300 people and injured thousands…

Turkey-Syria quake toll reaches over 4,300

Ankara/Damascus (IANS) The death toll due to the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria has increased to more than 4,300 as rescuers are racing against time to find more survivors amid heavy rain and snow in the two neighbouring nations,…

Calcutta HC rejects plea for fast-track hearing on Adani Group's power project

Kolkata (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea for a fast-track basis hearing of the PIL against the installation of high-tension electricity lines by an Adani Group-owned power plant at Farakka in Murshidabad…

Not above law just because one is a constitutional authority, says SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday orally observed that just because one is a constitutional authority, they cannot say they are above the law, while directing the Uttar Pradesh government to dispose of all cases related to premature release…

Jharkhand likely to get Three Vande Bharat Trains

 Ranchi: Jharkhand is likely to soon get three Vande Bharat Trains which will be connecting the state to Patna and Bihar. The railways is planning to run these trains equipped with sleeper facilities on the routes where the distance is more than 400…

CM meets Union Minister Giriraj Singh, demands houses for 8.37 lakh families of Jharkhand under PM Awas Yojana

New Delhi/Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren met Union Minister for Rural Development Giriraj Singh in New Delhi and urged the Central Government to provide houses to 8, 37, 222 families registered under Aawas Plus under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin.

Congress stages protests against Adani

Ranchi: The Jharkhand unit of the Congress party protested outside the Kutchery Branch of the State Bank of India in Jharkhand’s capital demanding an investigation into the ‘irregularities’ committed by the Adani group of companies by either a joint parliamentary…

HC stays construction work adjacent to Ratan Heights in Capital

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court has stayed the construction of a new apartment which was started four months ago adjacent to Ratan Heights in Morabadi under the Bariatu police station area in the heart of the Jharkhand capital.

The court besides…

DC reviews works related to revenue department

Ranchi: Under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Ranchi Rahul Kumar Sinha the works/matters related to land revenue were reviewed. Additional Collector, Ranchi Rajesh Kumar Barwar, Deputy Collector, Land Reforms Rajeev Kumar, Sub-Divisional Officer,…

326 killed in Syria after quake

Damascus (IANS) At least 326 people were killed and 1,042 others injured following the devastating earthquake in northwestern Syria on Monday, local media reported.

Giving the casualty figures, Deputy Health Minister Ahmad Dumeira told SANA…