Amidst public protest, SL President decides to resign on July 13

Colombo (IANS) After a months-long massive public agitation, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaska on Saturday informed the Speaker that he would resign from the Presidency on July 13.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene announced that President…

Angry protesters set fire to Sri Lanka PM's private house

Colombo (IANS) Anti-government protesters on Saturday set fire to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in the heart of Colombo after his security attacked them.

The protesters, who marched to Colombo on Saturday morning…

China employed 'Debt Trap Diplomacy' to gain strategic edge over SL: Think tank

New Delhi (IANS) China employed its devious 'Debt Trap Diplomacy' to gain a strategic edge over Sri Lanka, an independent foreign policy think tank said on Saturday after Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned making way for an…

District administration inks MoU with Better World Foundation for malnutrition survey

Ranchi: Door to door survey will soon be started regarding malnutrition among children in rural areas of the Ranchi district.

An MoU has been signed between Ranchi District Administration and the organization Better World Foundation regarding…

Compensation paid to 1042 dependents of Covid victims in Ranchi district

Ranchi: Deputy Commissioner Ranchi Chhavi Ranjan held a review meeting regarding the payment of compensation to the dependents of the deceased from Covid-19 in the district.

In the meeting organized through a virtual medium, Sub-Divisional…

CM takes cognizance, now Supreeti will be able to run on the tracks

Gumla: Athletics player Supreeti Kachhap was honoured for her achievements on the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and she was immediately awarded an honorarium of Rs 1,55,000/- (Rupees one lakh fifty-five thousand).

Now Supreeti…

CM asks newly appointed JPSC officers to make Jharkhand a leading & developed state

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday asked the newly appointed JPSC officers to take a pledge and work so that Jharkhand can shed the image of a backward state and emerge as a leading and developed state of the country.

Addressing…

Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended after 15 killed in cloudburst

Srinagar (IANS) Rescue operation was resumed at the Amarnath cave shrine on Saturday where 15 people were killed and over 40 injured in a cloudburst Friday evening.

Authorities have temporarily suspended the Yatra from both Baltal and Pahalgam…

90-member task force to probe Shinzo Abe's murder case

Tokyo (IANS) Police in Japan have said that a 90-member task force will be set up to investigate the murder case of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who died after being shot at while addressing an election campaign rally in Nara city.

The…

CBI, I-T raid ex-NBCC official's house, Rs 2 cr recovered

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), as well as the Income Tax (I-T) Department are conducting raids at the house of former NBCC officer D.K. Mittal in connection with the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The CBI team reached…