'Can travel abroad, protection from arrest extended': Relief for Abhishek Banerjee from SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted relief to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee's nephew and Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee - who moved the top court challenging the ED's summons issued in connection…

Liz Truss set to be next UK PM

London (IANS) Liz Truss has been named as the new Conservative leader on Monday afternoon -- and she will become UK PM on Tuesday, media reports said.

Truss takes the helm of a country in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis after seeing off…

4 killed, 7 injured as fire breaks out in Lucknow hotel

Lucknow (IANS) Four persons were killed and seven others suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out at a hotel in Hazratganj area of the city on Monday.

According to Joint police commissioner Piyush Mordia, the fire at the Levana hotel has…

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren wins trust vote, BJP stages walkout

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday won the trust vote amid a threat of disqualification in an office of profit case.

Soren got 48 votes, while the BJP walked out during the House proceedings.

Earlier in the…

SC issues notice to Centre for timely, transparent appointments in CVC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a plea seeking timely and transparent filling of long-pending vacancies in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to ensure that the commission can effectively discharge…

Working to provide a better future to the youth of state: Hemant

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the state government is working to provide a better future to the youth of the state. Addressing the assistant policemen he said that to improve the law and order situation they had been brought into the system and…

Chief Minister to seek trust vote on Sept 5 in Special Session of Assembly

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren will seek a vote of trust on Monday to prove the strength of his government in a special one-day session which is an extension of the Monsoon Session of the Jharkhand Assembly.

According to a notification…

Spreading political extremism behind the arrival of BJP MPs in Dumka, case should be registered- Supriyo

Ranchi: Recently three BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Kapil Mishra and Manoj Tiwari had reached Deoghar airport and had gone to Dumka to meet Ankita’s family members. The ruling JMM has termed the ruckus at the airport allegedly by BJP leaders as a political…

NCPCR Chief to visit Dumka on Sept 5 to look into death of 14-year-old tribal girl

Ranchi: The chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Priyank Kanoongon will be travelling to Dumka on September 5. He will be coming to look into the case of a yet another incident of alleged rape and murder of…

More rains predicted in the state for the next few days

Ranchi: Despite the weather is constantly changing in Jharkhand as sometimes it rains heavily and sometimes scorching the sun is coming out but the people of Ranchi will not get relief from rain for the next five to six days.

According to the…