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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Kerala HC flags pesticide residual in Sabarimala 'aravana', orders stop of distribution

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) At the peak of the pilgrimage season to the famed Sabarimala temple, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB), which manages the shrine, to stop distribution of its 'aravana' (sweet)…

Air India 'pee-gate': Delhi court reserves order on accused's bail plea

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved its ruling on a bail plea filed by Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger, while in a drunken state, on a New York-New Delhi flight in November last year.

Cabinet approves setting up of 3 new multi-state cooperative societies

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of a national level multi-state cooperative seed society under Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002.

It will act as an apex organisation for production, procurement,…

32 Swiss tourists to set sail on 'MV Ganga Vilas'

Varanasi (IANS) Thirty-two Swiss tourists will be part of the inaugural sail of 'MV Ganga Vilas' that will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing on January 13.

The Swiss tourists will be a part of…