The agency seized Rs 1.02 crore in alleged unaccounted cash during searches on Tuesday Dhanbad: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen mutual fund investments worth nearly Rs 160 crore belonging to coal trader L B Singh and seized Rs 1.02 crore in alleged unaccounted cash during searches at 31 premises in Dhanbad, the agency said on…
Ranchi: State govt on Wednesday informed the Jharkhand high court that 32 acres of land had been identified in Hazaribag for the expansion and construction of an open prison.The submission was made before a division bench of Chief Justice M S Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar during the hearing of a PIL concerning the condition…
L Khiangte arrives at the CID office for questioning on Wednesday Ranchi: CID on Wednesday questioned former JPSC chairperson L Khiangte for nearly seven hours in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the commission’s 14th Combined Civil Services Examination. This was the second consecutive day that Khiangte was questioned for several hours.Sources said…
Daltonganj: Three frontline staffers of the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) have received the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s Award for Excellence for helping voluntarily relocate 22 families from Jaigir village in 2025.The awardees are range officer Umesh Dubey, field attendant Kumar Dharmveer and forest guard Gaurang Swansi, posted in PTR’s south division.Kumar Ashish, deputy director of…
The baby is undergoing treatment at SNMMCH Dhanbad: Deputy commissioner Aditya Ranjan on Wednesday directed officials to trace the biological parents of a newborn girl found abandoned in bushes near Huchuktand village under Barwadda police station limits and identify those responsible for leaving her there.The infant was rescued on July 27. Barwadda police subsequently informed…
According to village mukhiya, Tikait Rajmani Singh, a herd of elephants had been camping in the forests of Jaridih since Monday morning Bokaro: A 42-year-old man was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Jaridih village under Birni block of Giridih, officials said on Tuesday.Divisional forest officer of Giridih West, Ankit said…
Daltonganj: Police on Tuesday arrested Ramesh Singh alias Mora Singh, 55, an accused in the daylight murder of Prabhunath Rajwar, 50, a Dalit man, under Pipra police station limits.Rajwar was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged iron weapon, locally known as a baluwa, while playing cards under a banyan tree at Madhubana village around 1.30 pm…
Dhanbad: To encourage quality nutrition services, early childhood education and innovative practices at anganwadi centres, the district social welfare and social security department, under the district administration, are jointly going to organise the “Outstanding Anganwadi Centre Award Ceremony-2026.” The awards will be presented during the Independence Day celebrations on Aug 15 at Golf Ground in…
Villagers said Surendra Soren had lived in isolation in the forest for nearly two decades Dhanbad: The district administration has extended assistance to 75-year-old Surendra Soren, who has been living alone in a hut inside Kamalpur forest in Tundi block for around 15 years.Taking note of reports about Soren’s living conditions, deputy commissioner Aditya Ranjan…
Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Tuesday directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to produce the original OMR sheet of a NEET-UG 2026 candidate who has alleged a discrepancy in the tabulation of his marks.Justice Ananda Sen directed the agency to submit the OMR sheet of petitioner Lakshya Singh in a sealed cover.Singh appeared for the…
