Bokaro: At least 20 people were injured after the railing of a building’s balcony collapsed during a pre-wedding ritual in Giridih village on Wednesday. Six of them were critically injured in the incident. The incident took place in Maharaydih village under Herodih police station limits.The wedding procession had arrived from Dhotha village in Jamua block…
Statehood activists outside CM Hemant Soren’s residence in Ranchi on Wednesday Ranchi: Statehood movement activists on Wednesday staged protests outside the residence of chief minister Hemant Soren in Kanke Road demanding pension, employment for their descendants and better facilities. The protest lasted for over 10 hours.Hundreds of agitators gathered from across Jharkhand gathered under the…
Congress members protest outside the assembly on Wednesday Ranchi: Ending a day of suspense, returning officer (RO) Ranjit Kumar on Wednesday declared the nomination of NDA-backed Independent candidate and outgoing Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh, Parimal Nathwani, as “valid”, rejecting a series of objections raised by the Congress that had led the process to…
B.Sridhar | TNNJamshedpur: The city police on Tuesday arrested a couple and rescued a three-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped by them from Sakchi market on May 26, it said on Wednesday. Police said the couple who hailed from Purulia district in West Bengal have confessed to have kidnapped the child because they had been…
Manoj Kumar | TNNKoderma: A lower court here on Wednesday sentenced a 53-year-old woman to life imprisonment for killing his step-grandson in 2025. The convict Rekha Devi is a resident of Gajhandi under the Tilaiya police station limits.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge – III, Rakesh Chandra, sentenced Rekha Devi to life term…
Daltonganj: An elderly Mahadalit man was found murdered in an agricultural field located near his house at Karar village in Palamu district on Wednesday, police said.The officer in-charge of the Panki police station, Deepak Kumar Singh, said, “The body of the deceased, identified as Dhanraj Bhuiyan of Nadgarh hamlet, was spotted by the village chowkidar,…
Ranchi: Banks in Jharkhand are eyeing to open 149 more branches during the 2026-27 fiscal year, besides setting up outlets and re-activating dormant banking correspondents (BCs) with the aim to expand their network in the state.During the recently held state-level bankers committee (SLBC) meeting, bank officers stressed on increasing the number of branches while pointing…
Jharkhand governor Santosh Gangwar Ranchi: Jharkhand governor Santosh Gangwar on Wednesday approved the panel of four names for the post of information commissioners, ending a stand-off that had lasted months, but with a rider that the JMM govt would be responsible for any procedural errors arising in their appointments.In an official statement, Lok Bhavan said,…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (JIIDCO), in collaboration with Start-up India under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), on Wednesday organized TEJAS (Transforming Entrepreneurial Journeys Across States and Districts) workshop at a city hotel. The initiative aimed to promote entrepreneurship beyond tier-1 and tier-2 cities by creating awareness about…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation to establish the Jharkhand Policy Lab for Education System Transformation, an institutional platform aimed at supporting evidence-based policymaking in school education.The agreement was signed in Ranchi in the presence of officials from the school education…
