Raghubar Das to be Jharkhand Chief Minister, Announcement by BJP Shortly
RANCHI: BJP leader Raghubar Das will be the the next chief minister of Jharkhand, the first non-tribal leader in the state to hold the post. A formal announcement will be made shortly at a meeting of the party’s newly-elected lawmakers in state capital Ranchi. The BJP and its ally, the All... read more »
Modi to visit Varanasi tomorrow for ‘Good Governance Day’
To mark the ‘Good Governance Day’ tomorrow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi where he will attend a number of programmes on the occasion of the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He will visit Assi Ghat to inspect the... read more »
Maha Govt to Allow Online RTI Queries from New Year
From Murtuza Merchant Mumbai, Dec 24 (PTI) From the new year, people in Maharashtra will be able to seek information under RTI Act online. Aiming to simplify the process of filing Right to Information (RTI) queries and usher in transparency in the system, the Devendra Fadnavis government has... read more »
Assam violence: Death toll in Bodo militant attack rises to 64
As many as 64 people have died in Tuesday’s attacks by Bodo tribal militants on mostly Christian adivasis along Assam’s border with Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, officials said. Police said the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) faction carried out the attacks in... read more »
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