National

New Delhi: Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi was Wednesday appointed as the chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court, the law ministry said. Justice Sarangi is at present a judge of the Orissa High Court. His name was recommended by the Supreme Court collegium in December...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren Wednesday resigned from his post, following which JMM leader Hemant Soren called on Governor CP Radhakrishnan and staked claim to form the government. Earlier in the day, leaders and MLAs of the ruling coalition at a meeting at Champai...

Ranchi: JMM executive president Hemant Soren is set to return as chief minister of Jharkhand for the third time following consensus among legislators of the party-led alliance in the state, party sources said Wednesday. Sources said Champai Soren, who had taken oath as the 12th...

New Delhi: The Modi government Wednesday constituted various Cabinet Committees, including the country's highest decision-making bodies on security, economic and political affairs. According to an official notification, the Cabinet Committee on Security comprises Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday that violence in Manipur is continuously declining and educational institutes along with businesses have opened in most parts of the state. He asserted that all efforts are being made to ensure a return of complete peace in...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, replying to the Motion of Thanks on President's Address in the Rajya Sabha, hit out at the Opposition over its ‘selective politics’ on atrocities against women and termed it a matter of concern. PM Modi termed the selective outrage...

Mumbai: Gangster Abu Salem has moved the Bombay High Court challenging a special court's order that last month rejected his application against the planned transfer from Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai to Nashik Central Prison, claiming a threat to his life. Salem claimed the decision...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has termed as ‘incorrect’ an order of the Orissa High Court which limited the period of bail granted to an accused in a case lodged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act to two months. The bench, while...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the Congress party in the Rajya Sabha, accusing it of being ‘the biggest opponent of the Constitution’ and running a ‘fake narrative’ to mislead the public. During his reply to the debate on...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar lambasted the Opposition MPs for staging a walkout while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking on the Motion of Thanks to President’s address, while terming the incident as a ‘dangerous precedent’. Prior to leaving the House, the Opposition...