No Agnipath rollback, govt says concessions not a reaction to protest

New Delhi (IANS) As the protests and agitations against the Agnipath recruitment scheme continue in several parts of the country, Lt Gen Anil Puri, Additional Secretary, Dept of Military Affairs, on Sunday clarified the scheme will be implemented…

CM orders ACB inquiry against Engineer Chief

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren has approved an ACB probe against Ras Bihari Singh Chief Engineer-in-Charge Road Construction Department currently suspended in light of the complaint received by the Anti-Corruption Bureau. In the light of finding…

A Tale of Triumph in testing times - The District Compassionate Committee proving to be support for dependents of the deceased government employees

Ranchi/Chaibasa: The District Compassionate Committee is acting as a ray of hope. The Chaibasa District Compassionate Committee is the harbinger of hope for the families of all those government employees who passed away from the world while discharging…

Vision document of 2030 will be ready to stop desertification in Jharkhand AK Rastogi

Ranchi: In the state of Jharkhand about 20 lakh hectares of forest area is such in which no construction work can be done only plantation work can be done there and the same time due to technical shortage in these areas the work of rainwater harvesting…

MEA monitoring situation in Kabul after reported attacks on gurdwara

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said that it was monitoring the situation in Kabul after reported attacks on a gurdwara in the Afghan capital.

"We are deeply concerned at the reports emanating from Kabul about…

Policeman shot dead by militants in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) A 50-year-old police sub-inspector was shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, authorities said on Saturday.

In a tweet, the J&K Police said that Farooq Ahmed Mir's body was found in paddy fields near his…

Secunderabad violence: Private defence academies under scanner

Hyderabad (IANS) Railway police have arrested 30 people in connection with the violence at Secunderabad railway station and were probing the alleged role of private defence academies training army job aspirants.

Police suspect 12 of those arrested…

Pakistan one step away from exiting FATF grey list

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan is one step away from exiting the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as it has successfully complied with all points of the 2018 action plan items, securing approval from the global watchdog and initiating…

Kabul gurdwara attack ends, 2 killed

Kabul (IANS) The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan on Saturday confirmed that an attack at a gurdwara in Kabul has ended, adding that two people were killed and seven others injured in the incident.

At about 6.30 a.m., three explosions…

Army aspirants stage dharna in capital over Agneepath Scheme

Ranchi: Thousands of army aspirants on Thursday staged demonstrations again the Agneepath Scheme of the army.

Aspirants in large numbers gathered at the overbridge of the state capital and protested outside the army office. They even had posters…