Hazaribag: A couple died in lightning strike while working in a paddy field in Kanchanpur village under Kanchanpur panchayat of Katkamsandi block on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Basudev Mahto (51) and his wife Duliya Devi (48). Katkamsandi police station office in-charge Shivam Gupta said bodies were handed over to relatives after postmortem. Source…
Each fire station in the state will get two such vehicles, officials said Ranchi: Fifty-eight fire tenders, equipped with mist technology, were inducted into the fire department on Thursday. Chief minister Hemant Soren flagged off the vehicles at a programme organised at Home Guard Training Institute in Dhurwa. The new fire engines, officials said, is…
Army personnel also found two corroded mortar shells in the forested area of Choki Sagra under Balnoi police outpost in Mankote sector JAMMU: Two personnel of the Army’s Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) were injured late Wednesday when an old, corroded landmine exploded while they were trying to defuse it in Mendhar sector of J&K’s Poonch…
Suvendu Adhikari inaugurates the Kolkata Couture Expo on Thursday Kolkata: Bengal govt will hand over land parcels to at least 25 industries within a month, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Thursday, adding that a land-purchase policy for industries with single-window clearance for investments will be launched soon. “Bengal will become financially strong in the…
Thane: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde earlier this week directed Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MahaMetro) to launch a citywide public awareness campaign and hold consultations with residents in Thane to address concerns and dispel misconceptions amid mounting public opposition to the Rs 12,200 crore Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail project.The directive came during…
New Delhi: MCD has completed nearly 74% of its internal road redevelopment target for the first half of the year. However, residents across several colonies have pointed out that roads awaiting repairs for years remain untouched.In a report submitted to LG, the civic body said it had finished end-to-end carpeting or repairs on 478km out…
Chennai: Ice House police arrested Chennai-based businessman and stock market consultant P R Sundar in Bengaluru on Thursday in connection with a sexual harassment case registered on a complaint filed by a woman news anchor employed with a private television channel. Police said to were on to trace his wife, as she too was also…
‘Seven Wonders Park’ in Bodh Gaya Patna: Tourists visiting Bodh Gaya will soon be able to see life-size replicas of the Seven Wonders of the World at a 40-acre theme park in Silonja, with 84% of the project already complete and the facility expected to open by the end of the year.The park is a…
SP Nathu Singh Meena at the press conference on Thursday Bokaro: In June this year, cyber criminals siphoned off Rs 7.65 lakh from the bank accounts of 82-year-old Narendra Kumar Sinha in an online scam. A resident of Gujarat Colony in Bokaro, Sinha registered a complaint with the Cyber Police station on June 23.On Thursday,…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Thursday verbally observed that the post of chairman of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) cannot be left vacant.Hearing a petition for filling up empty posts in the forest department, a division bench of Chief Justice MS Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar observed that the post of chairman of…
