In peak of monsoon, Jharkhand stares at drought due to 45% rain deficit

Jharkhand is inching towards a drought-like situation due to 45 per cent rain deficit, leading to around 85 per cent of the arable land in the state remaining fallow in the peak monsoon season,......

Congress suspends 3 Jharkhand MLAs held in Bengal with cash

The Congress on Sunday suspended three Jharkhand MLAs, who were caught allegedly with a huge amount of cash in Howrah, and accused the Bharatiya Janta Party of attempting to topple its coalition......

Cong alleges 'Operation Lotus' as 3 J'khand MLAs caught with cash in Bengal

The Congress has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to topple its coalition government in Jharkhand after three MLAS were caught allegedly with a huge amount of cash in West Bengal's......

All metros among 130 districts identified as COVID-19 red zones

Ahead of the end of the extended lockdown, the Union health ministry has listed 130 districts in the country in red zone, 284 in orange zone and 319 in green zone on the basis of incidence of cases......

Two tribal women hockey players found hanging in J'Khand

Two tribal women hockey players were found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand's Simdega district, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. The two women hockey players -- Sunandini Bage (23) and......

Hockey gives them a high

On a recent visit to Delhi I asked the taxi driver to take me to the Shivaji stadium. "Saab, aap Bharat ke hockey khiladi dekne jata kya (Are you going to see the Indian hockey team)?" he asked. I......

'Our aim is to obtain the Olympic gold'

The obscure hamlet of Tainser was painted in silence except for a few young Adivasi lads who would regularly duel with bamboo sticks for possession of an indigenous ball. Little did the elders of......

When the glitter's gone

Poverty-stricken Moscow Olympics hockey gold medallist Sylvanus Dung Dung is fighting hard against putting the medals he earned from the game under the hammer to make ends meet."Occasional bouts of......