Voters at Guru Nanak Higher Secondary School to submit their SIR forms Ranchi: A large number of urban voters are yet to be traced under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls despite repeated door-to-door verification, with booth-level officers (BLOs) saying many such electors may have to be placed in the absent, shifted, dead…
Bokaro: Seven members of a family from Jharghatta village under the Gandey police station limits in Giridih district fell ill and had to be hospitalised on Monday after eating wild mushrooms, officials said.Quoting the family members, a doctor attending to the sick at the Giridih sadar hospital, said, “The mushrooms had been given to them…
Bokaro: A fast-food outlet in Giridih district was sealed on Monday after three members of a family fell ill after consuming biryani.Acting on the directions of deputy commissioner (DC) Ramniwas Yadav, the food safety department conducted inspection of the outlet near Bhandaridih under the Muffasil police station limits and found various violations, especially a missing…
Ranchi: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Monday directed the state forest department to prepare a complete digital record of all forest areas in Jharkhand within a month, stressing that scientific documentation and real-time monitoring of green spaces are essential for conservation and sustainable development.Soren, during a review meeting, asked the department officials to develop a…
Dhanbad: A fresh land subsidence in BCCL’s fire-affected Keshalpur colliery area on Sunday afternoon forced many families to vacate their homes as a precautionary measure after cracks began to appear in several houses. No casualties were reported.Residents said the ground in Keshalpur locality suddenly caved in, frightening people living nearby. They said it was not…
Ranchi: Buying properties in urban local bodies across Jharkhand is set to get pricier. In a bid to boost revenue, the state govt has proposed a new levy on property transactions.The draft Jharkhand Municipal Land/Building Transfer Surcharge Rules 2026, which has been put in the public domain by the state urban development and housing department,…
Chatra: Winds of change are blowing through Kunda block of the district. For years, people here lived under the long shadow of Maoists. Free of left-wing extremism for a year, its youth are aspiring for govt jobs. Now 79 youths from the block have been selected as Home Guards. Of them, 39 are women. This…
BLOs and other election officials were directed to complete the digitisation of enumeration forms within the stipulated timeline Dhanbad: District election officer and deputy commissioner Aditya Ranjan conducted a surprise inspection of polling stations at two places on Sunday afternoon to review the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.During the inspection,…
NDRF personnel train in the Dhurwa dam Ranchi: National Disaster Response Force is fully geared up to handle emergencies in the state during monsoon, NDRF deputy commandant Vinay Kumar said on Sunday.Addressing mediapersons, Kumar said three teams under the Regional Response Centre, Ranchi, each comprising 25 personnel, are ready for deployment. One team has been…
Hazaribag: Police on Sunday raided a restaurant on Canary Road under Korra police station limits in Hazaribag city after local residents complained that alleged illegal activities were being carried out under the guise of room service.Acting on specific information, a police team searched the entire establishment and detained one woman and two men for questioning….
