Health minister Irfan Ansari chairs the Rims governing body meeting on Tuesday Ranchi: Authorities of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) are set to introduce robotic surgery after its governing council on Tuesday approved the proposal and directed officials to expedite the process. The council also cleared the procurement of 200 ventilators and approved a…
Bokaro: A Bokaro court on Tuesday sentenced 49-year-old Binod Tiwari to life imprisonment for killing one Sonu Shukla after a clash during a wedding procession in 2013. The court of additional district judge-I (ADJ-I), Bokaro, also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Tiwari, a resident of Shivpuri under Balidih police station area.The incident occurred…
Bokaro: A woman Maoist surrendered before Giridih police on Tuesday, carrying her two-and-a-half-year-old son and requesting that he be allowed to stay with her as she returns to the mainstream under the govt’s rehabilitation policy.Anita Kisku alias Babita Mahto, 30, a CPI (Maoist) area committee member from Dhodhi Jalga Toli in Bokaro, surrendered in the…
Under the virtual classroom project, studios will be set up at the JEPC headquarters and district institutes of education and training in all five divisions Ranchi: In a major push for digital education and emergency healthcare, the state cabinet on Tuesday cleared a Rs 176.07 crore plan to introduce AI-based virtual classrooms in 1,000 secondary…
Ranchi: The revenue and land reforms department secretary on Tuesday informed the Jharkhand high court that the department has set up a committee to ensure speedy land survey in the state.The committee has studied new and scientific technology adopted by other states in the country for land survey. It would conduct research and present a…
Ranchi: The court of additional judicial commissioner (AJC) on Tuesday sentenced 10 persons, including key accused, to nine years’ rigorous imprisonment each in the May 2024 Xtreme Sports Bar and Grills X disc jockey (DJ) murder case, and imposed Rs 75,000 fine on each convict.DJ Sandip Pramankik, who worked at the bar, was shot dead…
Police personnel on the JPSC campus Ranchi: On the eve of the state civil services main examination on Wednesday, city police and CID conducted searches at the Jharkhand Public Services Commission (JPSC) office and at the residences of its officials on Tuesday.Sources said that JPSC chairperson Lalbiaktluanga Khiangte resigned. However, TOI could not confirm the…
Jamshedpur: A 19-year-old student Neelmani Gorai was found dead in her room at a govt-run women’s hostel under Sakchi police station on Tuesday. Gorai, a resident of Nimdih in Seraikela-Kharsawan, had arrived in March for computer coaching.Police said she allegedly hanged herself on Monday night.Before the incident, she messaged her brother: “I couldn’t become the…
Jamshedpur: The wait for tap water supply in households in the Adityapur Municipal Corporation (AMC) area has been prolonged yet again, with the ambitious Adityapur Drinking Water Supply Project missing another deadline.While around two lakh residents living within the AMC limits are now expected to receive a partial water supply by the end of July,…
Bokaro: Tenughat Dam authorities on Tuesday increased water discharge from the reservoir, opening three radial gates and putting people living along the Damodar River on alert. The executive engineer’s office said the gates were opened at 1 pm, releasing nearly 8,000 cusecs (226.53 cumecs) of water into the river. One under-sluice gate is also operational.A…
