HC extends order of ‘no coercive action’ against three Congress MLAs

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court extended its order of no coercive action against the three MLAs of the Jharkhand Congress assembly facing charges of toppling of the government.

The three MLAs included Irfan Ansari, Naman Vixel Kongari and…

Jharkhand Government Suo Moto online registration process, CM says trying to make system easy and hassle free

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren inaugurated the state-wide Suo-Moto Online Mutation process at the Project Building here in which Rural Development Minister Aalamgir Aalam and Labour Planning and Training Minister Satyanand Bhokta were…

ED attaches immovable property of jailed IAS Pooja Singhal worth Rs 82.77 Cr

Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached the immovable properties worth Rs 82.77 Crore belonging to the jailed IAS officer Pooja Singhal.

The properties include one Super Speciality Hospital namely Pulse Super Speciality…

Ex-Jharkhand minister and five-time MLA Samresh Singh passes away at 81, CM and others express grief

Bokaro: Five times MLA and the first science and technology minister of Jharkhand Samresh Singh passed away on Thursday in his house in Sector-4 in Bokaro Steel City at 4 am.

He was 81 years old. Singh’s family said that he was admitted to…

Shraddha murder case: Aaftab's narco test concludes

New Delhi (IANS) Narco test of Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, an accused in the ghastly murder of his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar in Delhi's Mehrauli area, concluded on Thursday, according to sources.

The test was successful and provided several…

BJP MP mounts blistering attack on Ramdev

Lucknow (IANS) BJP MP from Kaiserganj, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has mounted a blistering attack on Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, accusing him of selling 'fake ghee' under the brand name Patanjali.

He also alleged that Ramdev was teaching…

Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III commissioned in Coast Guard

New Delhi (IANS) In a bid to further strengthen the Coast Guard, an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk-III squadron has been inducted in the service in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

It will provide a major boost to the security of coastal…

Pregnant women's care RTI: Ex-PM Singh's JSY 'outraces' PM Modi's PMSMA

Mumbai (IANS) Two landmark central schemes fostering pregnant women - the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY - April 2005) launched by former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritya Abhiyan (PMSMA-July 2016) kickstarted…

RBI's Monetary Policy Committee may hike policy rate by 25-35 bps: Experts

Chennai (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may hike the repo rate between 25-35 basis points (bps) in its upcoming meeting, said experts.

"We expect a 35 bps rate hike in the upcoming meeting. The Consumer…

1971 Dhaka debacle was 'military failure', says Bilawal Bhutto

Islamabad (IANS) Exactly a week after former Pakistan Army Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa referred to the East Pakistan loss as a "political failure", Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in a thinly-veiled rejection of the claim insisted that the Dhaka…