Ranchi: Jharkhand has topped the country in the month-long special drive held from June 15 to register pregnant women and lactating mothers for financial support under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY). The state registered 46,955 beneficiaries against the Union women and child development ministry’s target of 24,203, achieving 194% of its target.Chhattisgarh ranked…
Hazaribag: A 45-year-old excavator operator from Hazaribag district was among those killed in the tunnel collapse at the under-construction Teesta Stage-VI Hydroelectric Project of NHPC in Sikkim’s Namchi district.Jageshwar Thakur, a resident of Tilaiya Basti under Kolhuakala panchayat in Barhi block, was identified on Thursday by his elder son, Rahul Sharma, who had travelled to…
Daltonganj: At least four Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel, including havildar Munni Lal, had a miraculous escape after a huge portion of the mess roof ceiling collapsed at Daltonganj railway station under the Dhanbad division of East Central Railway around 10.30 pm on Tuesday night, sources said.The mess, used by GRP personnel for meals, had…
Jamshedpur: A man was trampled to death by a herd of four elephants in West Singhbhum district in the early hours of Wednesday. The herd, which went on a rampage across four villages in Jagannathpur block, also damaged houses and standing crops, forest officials said.The deceased was identified as Chandramohan Sinku, 35, a resident of…
Hazaribag: Chatra police have arrested three key accused persons who had been absconding for nearly three years in the 2023 murder of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan Shivkumar Yadav, 35, allegedly beaten to death over a dispute involving two decimals of land.Addressing a news conference on Wednesday evening, Chatra SDPO Sunny Vardhan said Somar Bhuiyan…
Ramgarh: Security was tightened at the Ramgarh civil court after authorities received a letter warning of a bomb attack on the court premises.The letter, written in Bengali and sent by a person from West Bengal, claimed that some people were hatching a “serious secret plan” to attack the court with a bomb. The sender also…
A police officer speaks to members of a family in Bokaro on Wednesday Bokaro: Police personnel on Wednesday rolled out a campaign to verify the identities of tenants in Sector police station limits of the city. The initiative, officials said, is aimed at collecting details of tenants and improving surveillance to prevent criminal activities. In…
Ranchi: Jharkhand on Wednesday moved to set up its first dedicated film and television training institute, with the Jharkhand Film Development Corporation (JFDC) signing an MoU with the Kolkata-based Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) for the Jharkhand Film and Television Institute (JFTI) in Ranchi.The agreement was signed in the presence of chief minister…
Health minister Irfan Ansari with the newly appointed associate professors at Rims in Ranchi Ranchi: Patients at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) can now book doctors’ appointments online, access lab reports and receive e-prescriptions through the e-Sushrut Jharkhand hospital management system, inaugurated by health minister Irfan Ansari on Wednesday.The mobile application will allow patients…
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…
