CM directs new JPSC Chairperson to complete exams on time

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed newly appointed JPSC Chairperson Mary Nilima Karketta to complete the different exams to be conducted by the commission on time and with transparency. 

Earlier the former IAS officer Mary Nilima…

Governor asks to rethink on change in court fees law

Ranchi: Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais on Wednesday asked the state government to reconsider the provisions of the Court Fees (Jharkhand Amendment) Bill, 2021 keeping in view the wider public interest of the tribal community of the state. It may be…

Members of various Durga Puja committees meet CM

Ranchi: Members of different Durga Puja organising committees met Chief Minister Hemant Soren at his residence here and requested him to inaugurate their pandals.

 First, a delegation of the Panch Mandir Durga Puja Committee met the Chief Minister…

Religious spot vandalised in Ranchi, culprit arrested

Ranchi: The situation on the main road of the state capital became tense on Wednesday morning after it emerged that a statue of Lord Hanuman placed inside a temple at Malahha Toli had been damaged. As the news spread soon a large number of people…

Nirsa MLA Aparna Sengupta inaugurates the program organized by Central Bureau of Communications on Nutrition Month in Benagodia Panchayat

Dhanbad: Nirsa MLA Aparna Sengupta inaugurated the main program of Mini ICOP organized in Benagodia Panchayat under Nirsa block as part of Amrit Mahotsav, Hindi Pakhwada and National Nutrition Month by the Central Bureau of Communications, Regional…

PFI leaders, cadres go into hiding after ban

Chennai (IANS) After the Union Home Ministry imposed a ban for five years on the Popular Front of India (PFI) on Wednesday, several leaders and cadres of the organisation have gone into hiding.

Sources in the state police told IANS that many…

Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd) appointed Chief of Defence Staff

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Army's former Eastern Command chief, Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd) was on Wednesday appointed the second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), with effect from the date of his assumption of charge and until further orders, an official…

Rupee slides to all-time low of 81.93 against US dollar

Mumbai (IANS) The Indian rupee has depreciated to trade at an all-time low of 81.93 against the US dollar after the surge in dollar index, dealers said.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 81.90 against the dollar, then fell…

Gehlot likely to meet Sonia to end Cong prez poll crisis

New Delhi (IANS) After the crisis broke out in the Congress in Rajasthan, sources on Wednesday said that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is likely to meet Sonia Gandhi here and give an explanation of the happenings, including the boycott of the CLP meet…

PFI ban: Security tightened at Shaheen Bagh, drones deployed

New Delhi (IANS) There was a heavy police presence outside the office of Popular Front of India (PFI) in the Shaheen Bagh area of the national capital on Wednesday.

Notably, early morning, the PFI and its associates or affiliates were banned…