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…

AI urination case: Delhi court reserves order in Shankar Mishra's bail plea

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the bail plea of Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger in a drunken state on a New York-Delhi Air India flight last November, until Tuesday.

Derogatory comments against Prez Murmu: Bengal CM cannot be made a party in PIL, says Calcutta HC

Kolkata (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee cannot be made a party to a PIL filed over derogatory comments made by a member of the cabinet led by her, referring to the looks of President Droupadi…

SC agrees to examine plea against ban on BBC documentary on Gujarat riots

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine on February 6, a plea challenging the Centre's ban on the BBC documentary in connection with the 2002 Gujarat Riots.

Advocate M.L. Sharma mentioned the plea for urgent listing…

Governor returns 1932 based Local Policy Bill

Ranchi: Governor Ramesh Bais has returned the 1932 based Local Policy Bill back to the state government. He has returned the bill saying that this local policy will give rise to unnecessary debate.

The Raj Bhavan has said that the ‘Jharkhand…

CM approves proposal to prosecute Krishna Bihari Ram the then Executive Engineer, NREP, Latehar for corruption

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren is continuously giving orders to take action in cases registered against corrupt officials under zero tolerance policy against corruption.

In this connection, approval has been granted to the proposal to…

District administration conducts special vehicle checking drive

Ranchi: A special vehicle checking campaign was conducted by District Transport Officer Praveen Prakash in Rampur of Ring Road area. During this tax defaulters, overloaded vehicles permit pollution papers driving without license and helmet and other vehicle-related…

Prime Minister has increased the value of coarse grains in the world: Deepak Prakash

Ranchi: BJP workers and leaders across the state listened to the Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat programme in which thousands of workers also participated. 

State President and MP Deepak Prakash listened to Mann Ki Baat at booth number 252 under Chitarpur…

Naked short selling not permitted in Indian markets

New Delhi (IANS) Naked short selling is not permitted in the Indian securities market and all investors would be required to mandatorily honour their obligation of delivering the securities at the time of settlement.

As per SEBI norms, short…

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…