Demand to raise Income-Tax limit to Rs.5 lakh

Demand to raise Income-Tax limit to Rs.5 lakh

05-01-2016 

Trade unions today demanded increase in the Income-Tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh and the minimum wage to Rs 18,000 besides raising the minimum monthly pension to Rs 3,000 for all.

A 15-point charter of demands were submitted by 11 central…

Science Film Festival to be held in Goa

Science Film Festival to be held in Goa

03-01-2016 

Goa is all set to host the first edition of Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI) from January 14.

The three-day event is being organised by Vigyan Parishad, a body of the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology,…

Another feat by amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha

Another feat by amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha

02-01-2016 

The amputee mountaineer, Arunima Sinha, who set a record by climbing the Mount Everest, has done it again by conquering Mount Aconcagua in Argentina.

She said in a statement that she started her mission on the morning of December 12 and hoisted…

Google promotes The Hindu’s story:’First Indian in Harvard soccer team’

Google promotes The Hindu’s story:’First Indian in Harvard soccer team’

31-12-2015 

First Indian in Harvard soccer team’,a top story published by The Hindu on December 29,was circulated by
googlealerts-noreply@google.com.

When www.jharkhandstatenews.com’s Editor Manoj Prasad received this story on his mail…

Jharkhand tribal boy rescued from Haryana

Jharkhand tribal boy rescued from Haryana

29-12-2015 

A Jharkhand police team has rescued a tribal boy from the businessman’s house in Haryana’s Khanpur where he was held captive and beaten.

According to the police, the 16-year-old boy was sold off as a child slave for Rs 50,000 to…

Bull taming sport all set to get government permission

Bull taming sport all set to get government permission

28-12-2015 

Popular bull taming sport Jallikattu and a few other bullock races are all set to get permission for continuation from the Union Government in the new year.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the government will allow…

Despite cocktail of corruption & incompetence,development is spelt with ‘Jharkhand’

Despite cocktail of corruption & incompetence,development is spelt with ‘Jharkhand’

27-12-2015 

“Jharkhand is a mineral rich state.We have many mines and industries.But we don’t go beyond its natural resource as its lakhs of people remain poor.Now,we have initiated many moves to provide benefits to the people in rural and urban areas”,says…

New telecom towers installed to check call drops

New telecom towers installed to check call drops

23-12-2015 

As many as 29,000 new telecom towers have been installed by private telecom operators across the country to resolve the problem of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.

Following a directive by Prime Minister Narendra…

New special train service useful for Tatanagar residents

New special train service useful for Tatanagar residents

22-12-2015 

The special train service from Santragachi to Ahmedabad has begun on trial basis. This service is expected to be regularised only after observing the response of the passengers.

The 15-coach train will stop at 25 stations. It will have one…

RMC’s 48 innovative gifts of LED-Mobile towers to Ranchi

RMC’s 48 innovative gifts of LED-Mobile towers to Ranchi

21-12-2015 

Come the new year 2016 and Ranchi will have mobile phone connectivity and brighter roads.

No joke.The Ranchi Municipal Corporation led by City Commissioner Prashant Kumar is out to use the electric poles to provide space for mobile towers in…