CM hosts Dawat-E-Iftar

Ranchi: Dawat-e-Iftar was organized on behalf of Chief Minister Hemant Soren on the occasion of Ramzanul- Mubarak. People of all religions participated in the Dawat-e-Iftar organized at the Chief Minister’s residence.

The Chief Minister extended…

Governor returns bill passed to raise reservation to 77 percent in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Governor C P Radhakrishnan returned the Jharkhand Reservation in Vacancies of Posts and Services (Amendment) Bill, 2022, a bill related to increasing the limit of reservation for OBCs and other categories in Jharkhand.

The government had…

Bollywood Actress Neetu Chandra meets CM

Ranchi: Film actress and National Award-winning filmmaker Neetu Chandra paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister Hemant Soren here and expressed her desire to promote the local and regional languages of Jharkhand through films and work towards shooting…

Celsius touches 45 degrees at Godda, IMD forecasts heat wave on Thursday

Ranchi: The maximum  temperature has reached  nearly 45 degrees celsius with Godda district in Santhal Pargana recording a maximum temperature of 44.9 degrees.

As per Meteorological records, the day’s temperature crossed 43 degrees Celsius…

Visva-Bharati asks Amartya Sen to vacate 'excess' land by May 6

Kolkata (IANS) Visva-Bharati University has issued a final eviction notice to Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen asking him to vacate by May 6, the "disputed" 13 decimals of land within the varsity campus in West Bengal's Birbhum district.

'Big news' is India's population growth is below replacement level: UN expert

United Nations (IANS) While India's population at 1.4 billion has surpassed that of China's, the "latest big news" is that the population growth is below the replacement fertility rate in India and it has a "window of opportunity", according…

No religious event allowed on roads in UP

Lucknow (IANS) No religious events will be allowed to take place on roads, obstructing traffic during the upcoming festivals of Eid, Akshay Tritya and Parshuram Jayanti in Uttar Pradesh.

All district officials in the state have been directed…

Pakistan raises bogey of all-out war with India to justify delaying polls

Islamabad (IANS) Cross-border terrorism, instability in the country, threats from the TTP, IS fighters returning to Pakistan from several countries, and even an all-out war with India -- these are the points mentioned in the Pakistan Defence Ministry…

SC orders release of two top UP officials held on HC order for defying directive

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Allahabad High Court order, which directed taking into custody two Uttar Pradesh officers, finance secretary S.M.A. Rizvi and special secretary finance Sarayu Prasad Mishra.

The two…

Fugitive Amritpal Singh's Britain-origin wife detained at Amritsar airport

Chandigarh (IANS) Fugitive Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh's Britain-origin wife Kirandeep Kaur was detained on Thursday at the Amritsar airport while she was trying to board a flight to London, officials said.

A senior police official…