Bengal govt starts acting tough on Partha Chatterjee's confidant bureaucrats

Kolkata, (IANS) After Partha Chatterjee was stripped of all his ministerial and party portfolios, the bureaucrats, considered as close confidants of the former West Bengal Minister, has started feeling the administrative heat.

Two of these…

Bihar: After Saran, hooch claims three lives in Vaishali

Patna (IANS) After Saran, suspected spurious liquor claimed three lives in neighbouring Vaishali district of Bihar.

As per local villagers, two others are critically ill.

The tragedy occurred in two separate villages. While two men died…

Rains expected in Jharkhand from August 6-11

Ranchi: It will rain in Jharkhand for the next few days starting from Saturday. In the forecast issued by the Ranchi Meteorological Center, it has been said that from August 6 to August 11, there will be rain in the state. It said that on August 6,…

Congress stages Raj Bhawan ghearo, leaders court arrest over price rise & unemployment

Ranchi: As part of its nationwide campaign the Jharkhand unit of the Congress party on Friday staged gherao of the Raj Bhawan on the issues of price rise and inflation during which the party leaders also got themselves arrested.

The agitation…

BJP stages Tiranga Yatra in capital, Babulal and others participate

Ranchi: The state unit of the BJP on Friday took out a Tiranga Yatra in the capital as part of celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in which senior leaders of the party participated.

The Yatra led by legislature wing leader Babulal Marandi started…

Three Jharkhand MLAs approach Calcutta HC division bench with CBI probe plea

Kolkata/(IANS): The three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand, nabbed with a huge amount of cash from West Bengal last week, on Friday approached a division bench of the Calcutta High Court against an earlier order by a single-judge bench rejecting their…

RBI ups policy rate to 5.40% to contain inflation

Chennai (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced the rise of policy rate or repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.4 per cent.

The policy or the repo rate is the interest rate at which the RBI lends short-term…

ED files chargesheet in Yes Bank-DHFL case

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a chargesheet running over 90 pages in connection with a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) pertaining to the Yes Bank-DHFL scam before a special PMLA court.

Labourer from Bihar killed in J&K grenade attack

Srinagar (IANS) A labourer from Bihar was killed and two others from the same state in a grenade attack by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday night, police said.

The attack took place in Gadoora area of Pulwama.

Government making continuous efforts for upliftment of tribal society: Hemant Soren

Ranchi: The state government is making continuous efforts for the upliftment of Tribal Society Chief Minister Hemant Soren said on Friday adding that after the formation of the state for the first time on August 9 and 10 Jharkhand Tribal Festival…