Secretary Rural Development asks officials to complete construction of pending houses soon

Ranchi: Secretary of the Rural Development Department Manish Ranjan directed the officials to complete the pending construction of homes under PMAY (Rural) on a priority basis. Addressing all the Deputy Development Commissioners of the state via videoconferencing…

Russia detains IS bomber plotting terror attack in India

Moscow (IANS) Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it has detained an Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber who was plotting a terror attack in India, the media reported.

In a statement, the FSB said that the IS terrorist was plotting…

Sisodia claims of getting 'message' from BJP

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday claimed that he received a message from the BJP, which offered to "close all cases against him" if he quits AAP and joins the saffron party instead.

In a tweet in Hindi,…

'CoA must cease to exist from today', Centre to SC on FIFA suspension of AIFF

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the committee of administrators (CoA), managing the affairs of All India Football Federation (AIFF), must cease to exist from this day and also proposed 25 per cent of the elected executive…

No service charge on UPI, clarifies Centre

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Finance Ministry has clarified that no service charge would be levied on UPI transactions.

"UPI is a digital public good with immense convenience for the public & productivity gains for the economy. There is no consideration…

Chief Minister has zero tolerance against corruption

Ranchi: Chief Minister Shri Hemant Soren has approved the proposal to provide an investigation report by registering a preliminary inquiry (PE) against the suspended engineer chief, Road Construction Department, Jharkhand Rash Behari Singh. Earlier…

Tribal outfits to stage Mahadharna in Delhi on November 11 over Sarna Code

Ranchi: On November 11 a Mahadharna will be organized at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar regarding the tribal- Sarna religion code. In this Sarna religious followers from all the states and from every corner of the country will be participating.

On the second…

Advocate Rajiv Kumar brought to Ranchi by ED for questioning

Ranchi: The team of enforcement directorate on Sunday brought Jharkhand High Court advocate Rajiv Kumar who was arrested in Kolkata with Rs 50 lakh to Ranchi. On reaching Ranchi the ED team took advocate Rajiv Kumar to Sadar Hospital for a medical…

Light to medium rainfall to predicted across Jharkhand from Aug 23-25

Ranchi: The effect of low pressure in the Bay of Bengal is being seen in the whole of Jharkhand. The Meteorological Center has predicted light to moderate rain in the entire state from August 23 to 25. During this, there may be thunderstorms at some…

Delhi excise policy probe: CBI confirms LOC against 8 persons, no clarity on Sisodia

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday confirmed that Look Out Circulars (LOC) were issued against eight private persons in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor scam case.

However, there was no clarity from…