Garhwa: Deputy commissioner Pashupati Nath Mishra has ordered intensified action against illegal sand mining, transportation and storage across the district, with particular focus on Shri Banshidhar Nagar subdivision, where such activities are allegedly taking place openly.Mishra directed administrative and police officers to maintain strict vigil and conduct regular raids in Dhurki, Bishunpura, Ketar and Kharondhi…
Jamshedpur: For booth level officers (BLOs) conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, collecting enumeration forms is only half the job. The other half begins when their phones ring — sometimes at midnight and occasionally before dawn.“Madam, if I am marked absent, will I stop receiving Maiya Samman Yojana assistance?” is among the…
Daltonganj: Police seized 320 kg of cannabis, estimated to be worth Rs 1.5 crore, from a Uttar Pradesh-registered truck in Palamu district late Saturday and arrested the driver.Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Hussainabad sub-divisional police officer Divyansh Shukla intercepted the truck on the Japla-Chhatarpur main road at Gamharia.The driver was identified…
Daltonganj: The SOP for conducting post-mortem examinations at night is allegedly being ignored in Palamu, prompting Rajesh Yadav, SDPO Sadar, Daltonganj, to remind police and health officials to follow rules issued by the state health, medical education and family welfare department in Feb 2021.In a July 8 letter to officers in-charge of police stations and…
Ranchi: Four members of a gang were arrested from the Ranchi railway station on Saturday for allegedly cheating passengers by posing as railway officials or travelling ticket examiners and promising confirmed train tickets, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) said in a statement.The arrested accused were identified as Mahesh Sahni, 37, Chandan Kumar, 24, Seetal Rai,…
Dumka: A govt-run Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) Training Centre, built at a cost of Rs 2.08 crore on the Sahibganj Sadar Hospital campus, has remained closed since its inauguration on Aug 6, 2011, as the health department never appointed faculty or provided equipment and basic infrastructure.The centre was intended to provide affordable nursing education, particularly…
Ranchi: Tribal organisations will hold a rally, called ‘Adivasi Ekta Mahjutan’, in Ranchi on Aug 30 on the issue of delimitation and its impact on the reserved seats for their communities in the Parliament and the state assembly.Stating that overall the number of seats is expected to enhance by 50%, tribal leader Sashi Panna on…
Koderma: A herd of 20 to 25 elephants damaged the road barricade set up near the Nawalshahi police station and hut in adjoining Pulwabar village under Devipur panchayat late Saturday evening, prompting the forest department to keep quick response teams (QRT) on alert across Koderma district.The herd had earlier been tracked moving through the Paplo…
Dhanbad: IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, director Sukumar Mishra on Sunday urged undergraduate and postgraduate freshers to become innovators and job creators rather than remain job seekers.Addressing two orientation sessions at Penman Auditorium, Mishra asked students to build on the institute’s century-old legacy and prepare for future challenges through research, innovation and interdisciplinary learning. He said IIT(ISM)’s focus…
Passengers demanded immediate addition of buses, better maintenance and enforcement of capacity limits Ranchi: Overcrowded city buses have become a daily safety hazard in the city, with passengers routinely travelling on footboards, blocking entrances and squeezing into vehicles beyond their seating capacity during peak hours.The problem stems from an acute shortage of buses. Ranchi’s public…
