India

Hazaribag: DC Hemant Sati on Wednesday ordered a tougher crackdown on illegal coal transportation, overloaded vehicles and other transport violations, warning officials that “negligence in enforcement would not be tolerated”.Chairing a transport department review meeting at the Hazaribag district Collectorate, Sati reviewed vehicle registration, road safety, tax collection, pollution control and enforcement work. He directed…

Of the district’s 36 ambulances, 24 are out of service and only one of the 12 operational vehicles is fully equipped with oxygen Jamshedpur: A series of deaths allegedly linked to delays and inadequate facilities in 108 ambulances has put the emergency service in East Singhbhum under scrutiny. Of the district’s 36 ambulances, 24 are…

Potka: Mahavir Sardar, a resident of Kandar village in Potka block, cremated his eight-year-old daughter Subola on June 26, a day after she developed symptoms of cerebral malaria. Then, he took his 14-month-old daughter Khushboo to a local hospital, which referred her to the East Singhbhum sadar hospital, which in turn referred her to the…