There should not be any laxity in the governance issue says new Deputy Commissioner Ranchi

Ranchi: The new Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi Rahul Kumar Sinha took charge on Monday at the collectorate here. After assuming charge, Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate, Ranchi, Rahul Kumar Sinha said that he has taken a very important responsibility…

Another Rs 1,200 cr vanishes from BYJU'S funding round: Report

New Delhi (IANS) A whopping Rs 1,200 crore from a US-based company, recently announced by BYJU'S as a funding round, has gone off track, according to a media report.

In September 2021, New York-based Oxshott invested Rs 1,200 crore as part…

India is supportive of SL, watching developments closely: Jaishankar

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) External Affairs Minister of India S. Jaishankar said that India is watching the developments unfolding in Sri Lanka.

He was speaking to reporters here after his arrival.

Jaishankar said that the Government…

India denies reports about sending military to Sri Lanka

Colombo (IANS) India has categorically denied reports about it sending troops to Sri Lanka.

Earlier, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said in a tweet that India should send the military to Sri Lanka if Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…

India logs 16,678 new Covid cases, 26 deaths

New Delhi (IANS) India on Monday reported 16,678 Covid cases, a decline against previous day's 18,257 count, as per Union Health Ministry's data.

In the same period, 26 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,454.

Meanwhile,…

China crushes mass protest by bank depositors

Hong Kong (IANS) Chinese authorities have violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their life savings back from banks that have run into a deepening cash crisis.

Since April, four rural…

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…

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…

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…

Speaker to take over as SL Prez until all-party govt is formed

Colombo (IANS) To end the current political crisis in Sri Lanka based on the decision taken by the leaders of the majority parties, the Speaker of the Parliament is set to ask President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to…