Sudesh Mahto

About Sudesh Mahto

Sudesh Mahto

Sudesh Mahto is former Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand, President of AJSU Party and current MLA from Silli. Sudesh elected from Silli assembly constituency in 2000, 2005 and 2009. He lost the 2014 assembly election and also a bye-election later. But he again won from Silli in 2019 assembly election. He won the first assembly election in 2000 when he was aged 25.

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Epstein files reveal famous names worldwide, but Trump notably missing

The department released only a partial tranche of the Epstein-related documents in its possession on Friday with much of the information within them redacted

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 9:11 AM IST

Weather today: Cold wave, dense fog grip north India; UP on red alert

Dense fog and severe cold wave conditions disrupted normal life across several northern states, with Uttar Pradesh under red alert and Delhi witnessing flight cancellations amid low visibility

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 8:32 AM IST

Delhi battles cold wave, dense fog as air quality remains 'very poor'

Delhi faces extreme air pollution as dense fog and a cold wave persist; AQI hits hazardous levels, with vehicular emissions and industry driving hazardous conditions

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 8:31 AM IST

Massive San Francisco outage leaves 130,000 homes, businesses without power

The power failure left a large swath of the northern part of the city in the dark, beginning with the Richmond and Presidio neighbourhoods and areas around Golden Gate Park

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 7:53 AM IST

WW II Navy veteran Ira 'Ike' Schab, Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 105

With his passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2,400 troops and propelled the United States into the war

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 7:22 AM IST

Yudh Nashian Virudh: Punjab Police raids 494 drug hotspots in statewide ops

The Punjab government has also constituted a 5-member Cabinet Sub-Committee, led by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, to monitor the war on drugs

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 7:14 AM IST

India's calm stock market tests options traders amid record low volatility

Despite geopolitical flare ups and a recent global selloff in risk assets, the NSE Nifty 50 Index has barely budged for months as domestic money overwhelms foreign flows

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 7:04 AM IST

Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan sentenced to 17 years in graft case

Judge Shahrukh Arjumand of an anti-graft court handed Khan the maximum prison sentence for illegally undervaluing and then obtaining expensive gifts from the national treasury when he was premier

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 6:53 AM IST

Epstein files offer scant insight on crimes or how he evaded prosecution

Missing are FBI interviews with survivors and internal Justice Department memos examining charging decisions records

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 6:50 AM IST

US forces stop oil tanker off Venezuela coast as Trump ramps up pressure

The pre-dawn operation comes days after Trump announced a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers coming in and out of the South American country

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 6:47 AM IST

16 files disappear from DOJ webpage on documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein

The missing files, which were available Friday and no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 6:36 AM IST

IndiGo issues advisory as fog likely to disrupt flights in north India

The airline said reduced visibility in the early hours could affect flight operations, leading to delays or schedule changes

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 6:28 AM IST

Human capital is the only appreciating asset in business: Arun Maira

Maira said that India's competitive advantage was its large number of employable human beings, many of whom were still not being decently engaged or employed

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 6:21 AM IST

Data breach case: US court approves Infosys McCamish's $17.5 mn settlement

In February 2024, Bank of America named Infosys McCamish Systems as the source of a data breach that it said affected 57,028 customers

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 12:12 AM IST

Leadership row: Will wait for Congress high command's call, says Shivakumar

Shivakumar's statement came a day after Siddaramaiah asserted in the Assembly that he would continue in office

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 12:07 AM IST

New Aravalli Hills definition sparks protests over feared ecological damage

The protesters held banners and placards, and raised slogans such as "Save Aravalli, Save the Future" and "No Aravalli, No Life"

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 12:03 AM IST

FM Sitharaman, MoS chair Finance, Corporate Affairs 'chintan shivir'

Senior officers from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and associated departments also attended the event

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 11:55 PM IST

Himachal earned ₹26,683 cr revenue, ₹3,800 cr more than BJP era: CM Sukhu

Sukhu claimed that when the Congress government took office, the BJP left behind a debt burden of over Rs 75,000 crore, along with Rs 10,000 crore in liabilities for employee salaries

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 11:48 PM IST

UltraTech Cement receives ₹782.2 cr GST demand over alleged short payment

UltraTech Cement on Saturday said it has received a GST demand notice for a total payment of Rs 782.2 crore, which it plans to contest before the appropriate forum.

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 11:40 PM IST

Rekha Gupta attack case: Court frames attempt to murder charges against 2

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked during a 'Jan Sunwai' programme at her camp office in the Civil Lines area on August 20

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 11:24 PM IST