Centre puts limit on sugar exports

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre has placed a cap on the export of sugar under the "restricted" category which will be effective from June 1.

The latest move comes days after banning the export of wheat in order to control rising inflation and to…

NIA court likely to deliver quantum of sentence for Yasin Malik today

New Delhi (IANS) A Special NIA court on Wednesday is likely to pronounce the quantum of punishment awarded for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was convicted in a terror funding case a few days ago.

On May 19, Special Judge Praveen…

Texas shooting: 21 dead, including 19 kids in primary school attack

Washington (IANS) Nineteen young children and two adults have died in an alleged shooting at a primary school in south Texas.

The 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement,…

ED raids across seven locations, huge amount of cash recovered

Ranchi: The game of spending crores of rupees as black money through fake companies is not over in the state as the ED has once again raided the houses of builders having good contacts in the Bureaucratic circle of the state.

The teams of the…

Jharkhand High Court to hear shell companies, mining scam PILs on June 1

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday deferred hearing in the PILs involving the Chief Minister and others till June 1. Advocate Rajiv Kumar informed this after a hearing in the matter in the Supreme Court and the Jharkhand High Court took place.…

MET issues alert for rain and thunderstorms in many districts of Jharkhand

Ranchi: The Meteorological Center has warned of rain with thunderstorms in many districts of Jharkhand going forward for the course of the next few days. Along with this, the possibility of thunderstorms has also been expressed. During this, the wind…

Monkeypox primarily spread via sexual contact, but containable: WHO

New Delhi (IANS) The current outbreak of the monkeypox virus is primarily spreading through sex among men, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, adding that the virus is "containable".

First reported on May 7 in the UK, monkeypox has…

Punjab CM sacks health minister over kickback charges

Chandigarh (IANS) The two-month old AAP government led by Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday sacked Health Minister Vijay Singla over corruption charges.

The Chief Minister said the health minister was involved in corruption cases and they had proof…

CBI/ED probe against Jharkhand CM: SC directs HC to decide maintainability of pleas

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Jharkhand High Court to decide on the maintainability of PILs seeking CBI/ED probe against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in connection with grant of mining lease and transfer of funds into shell…

WBSSC recruitment scam: CBI approaches I-T for details on assets of 2 Bengal ministers

Kolkata (IANS) Determined to make a watertight case in the probe in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has approached the Income Tax department to seek details of the assets…