SC serves Notice to Chief Secretary over not providing reservation to OBCs in municipal elections

Ranchi: The Supreme Court has issued a notice of contempt to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Jharkhand. The Supreme Court gave this notice during the hearing of a contempt petition filed by Giridih MP Chandra Prakash Chowdhary in the Supreme Court.…

No kind of negligence or laxity will be tolerated in various schemes being run under Mnrega- Secretary

Ranchi: Secretary of the Rural Development Department Prashant Kumar said that several developments and welfare schemes of the Rural Development Department are going on across the state and Deputy Commissioners and Development Commissioners have an…

Frontier areas being developed to help people remain in border villages: Arunachal CM

Itanagar (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that the bordering areas of the state would be developed to facilitate the people to remain in their villages and not migrate while the Centre would invest Rs 50,000 crore to construct…

China plans crackdown after Covid protests

Beijing (IANS) China's top security agency has called for a crackdown on "hostile forces" after rare protests against the government strict zero-Covid policy broke out across major cities during the weekend, the media reported.

Police officers…

Two local trains collide near Kolkata's Sealdah rly station, no casualties reported

Kolkata (IANS) Two local trains collided near Kolkata's Sealdah railway station on Wednesday morning, sources said.

However, no casualties were reported.

According to railway sources, one local train started from platform number…

Bilkis Bano moves SC challenging the release of 11 convicts

Bilkis Bano moves SC challenging the release of 11 convicts

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Bilkis Bano has moved the Supreme Court against the release of 11 men convicted of gang-raping her in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Advocate Shobha Gupta,…

BS-IV vehicle scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 22cr; Ashok Leyland says probe not against it

Chennai/New Delhi (IANS) The probe by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is against a scrap customer and not against Ashok Leyland, said a top company official.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that it has attached properties…

Reliance Capital COC rejects all bids, decides liquidation

Mumbai (IANS) The Committee of Creditors (COC) of Reliance Capital (RCAP), in its meeting held on Wednesday, has decided to reject all the binding bids that it received from the bidders on Monday.

The COC is now considering sending Reliance…

K'taka High Court quashes petition questioning ban on PFI

Bengaluru (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed a petition questioning the ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and upheld the decision of the central government in this regard.

The petition was submitted by the president…

RBI's MPC to meet soon; decision of Nov 3 meeting under wraps contrary to law

Chennai (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is expected to meet soon to decide on the repo rate to contain inflation.

The MPC had met on November 3, to discuss what it would tell the central government…