Ranchi (IANS) Rebel BJP leader Saryu Rai on Friday resigned as Jharkhand Food and Civil Supply Minister and handed over his resignation to Governor Draupadi Murmu. “Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das should have sacked me. BJP will not get more than … read more
Kolkata (IANS) A rare two-headed snake was found in a village under Belda forest range in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, a forest official said on Thursday. Inhabitants of Ekarukhi village found the snake but did not hand it over to … read more
Guwahati (IANS) Assam continued to be in flames on Thursday as anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill protesters set ablaze the house of an MLA, torched vehicles and burnt down a circle office as the state government removed two key police officers including the … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet here on Wednesday approved the ‘Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme’ for purchase of high-rated pooled assets from financially-sound non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) by public sector banks (PSBs). Under the scheme, state-run … read more
Hyderabad (IANS) Three kg onions trumping a free trip to Goa, sounds incredible but is true. With onion prices at an all-time high in most parts of India, a leading online bus ticketing marketplace included the commodity in the list of … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav posted a new profile picture of himself dressed like Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor in ‘Rockstar’, leaving Twitter users amused. The post got 164 retweets and 2.3K likes. … read more
Srinagar (IANS) Plummeting mobile phone sales due to internet blockade in Kashmir has pushed hundreds of people on the verge of losing their jobs. Most employees working at mobile outlets in Srinagar have not received salaries since August. Showkat Ahmad Dar, … read more
London (IANS) Researchers have found that watching porn erodes an important region of the brain, rewiring it into a juvenile state. Studies show people who regularly watch adult entertainment often develop damage to the prefrontal cortex, the brain region that controls … read more
Islamabad (IANS) Russian energy major Gazprom is set to initiate a feasibility study in the first quarter of 2020 for laying an undersea pipeline, beginning from the Persian Gulf and extending to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, and ultimately ending in China, … read more
New Delhi (IANS) As you scramble to buy some onions for your family despite skyrocketing prices, a rising Body Mass Index (BMI) and an increasing body height is leading to a marked increase in global calorie requirements globally, find researchers. In … read more