Ranchi: With summer season approaching, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has begun preparations to tackle possible water scarcity in the city, rolling out a summer action plan to ensure a clean and uninterrupted drinking water supply across all 53 wards.Civic officials said the corporation will work in coordination with the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED)…
Chatra: Hundreds of consumers blocked the Chatra bypass road on Saturday morning against the alleged shortage of cooking gas.Villagers and local gathered near the gas agency around 10am carrying empty LPG cylinders. They alleged that despite booking cylinders several days ago, they are yet to get one. Angry consumers placed their empty cylinders across the…
Ranchi: The National Lok Adalat (NLA) held across the state on Saturday disposed of 1,66,384 pending cases, 22,59,352 pre-litigation cases and settled amounts totalling Rs 2,813.97 crore, stated Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (Jhalsa).It added that a record was set in terms of disposal of both pending and pre-litigation cases. Jharkhand high court judge and…
Chatra: The driver of a coal-laden truck was killed after his vehicle overturned near a bend on the Chatra-Gaya Main Road under Jori police station of the district on Friday. The accident, which took place in Sanghri Valley around 6 am, also led to a chain of collisions between several vehicles and caused a traffic…
Jharkhand teen reunites with family after 13 years (Representative image) Ranchi: It was an emotional homecoming in Hadiamara village of West Singhbhum district on Tuesday when Raja Gope was reunited with his mother and sister after 14 years.Raja got separated from his family when he was four years old. His family was travelling to Bengal…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday directed Chatra SP to investigate the whereabouts of a missing teenager who is allegedly missing since Jan 31 this year.The teenager’s mother Akhtari Khatoon has filed a petition of habeas corpus before the HC stating that her 19-year-old son was picked up by the police in Chatra and…
Ranchi: After being ignored in the seat-sharing deal during Bihar assembly elections, the JMM is now eyeing new allies for the Assam poll, due later this year. Party office-bearers, however, said that final modalities will be known only as the election near.Addressing a rally at Mijikajan Tea Estate in Assam on Tuesday, Jharkhand chief minister…
Dhanbad: The district education department and the Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen infrastructure in 10 govt schools in Sindri and its adjoining areas.The pact was signed on Tuesday by district superintendent of education Ayush Kumar and HURL’s Sindri unit head Gautam Maji.“The project will focus…
Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Wednesday ordered state police to handover the investigation of a case lodged against officers of Enforcement Directorate (ED) to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi gave the direction while hearing a petition filed by ED assistant director Pratik and assistant enforcement officer Shubham Bharti…
Ranchi, March 10 (IANS) The Jharkhand Assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar as opposition members created a ruckus over the state’s law and order situation and alleged corruption. Ranchi: The assembly on Tuesday approved a budget of Rs 1,168.73 crore for the labour, employment, training and skill development department after a discussion.Moving the cut motion, Jharkhand…
