Bokaro: Two men were arrested with illegal liquor worth around Rs 1.5 lakh in a late-night raid near a railway crossing under Balidih police station limits of the district. DSP Pawan Kumar said the liquor was recovered from a hotel and a general store. Two persons, identified as hotel manager Avinash Singh and store operator…
Bokaro: More than three months after a couple was allegedly hacked to death at Tiriltand hamlet in Dalan Chalkari village of Giridih district, police on Thursday claimed to have cracked the case by arresting seven persons, all from the victims’ extended family.The accused were identified as Ramesh Hansda, Vijay Hansda, Dodhma Hansda, Pandu Hansda, Bablu…
Hazaribag: A 33-year-old driver was killed died after a a truck carrying iron rods from Kolkata to Azamgarh crashed into his container truck at Danua valley on NH-19 in Hazaribag district early on Friday, police said.The deceased was identified as Pramod Kumar, from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, from an Aadhaar card recovered from the mangled…
Hazaribag: IG of Bokaro range, Shailendra Kumar Sinha, on Friday reviewed police’s preparedness ahead of Muharram and assessed progress on pending cases at a meeting in the office of Hazaribag SP, Aman Kumar.The review covered disposal of pending cases, public-friendly policing, NDPS cases, organised crime, SC/ST-related cases and missing persons’ complaints. The IG directed officers…
Daltonganj: Fifty-five chowkidars in Latehar district were confirmed in service after waiting for more than 20 years, officials said.Deputy commissioner Sandip Kumar said the decision was taken at a recent meeting of the district establishment committee chaired by him. “There are in all 76 chowkidars in this district. Services of 55 of them have been…
Jamshedpur: Widely known as an ardent fan of Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, 52-year-old Pappu Sardar has built a distinct identity for himself through three decades of service to people from the underprivileged people of the society.What began in 1996 as a modest charitable food initiative has grown into a wide-ranging social effort supporting financially weaker…
Ranchi: Two persons, including a member of the Sujit Sinha gang, have been arrested in connection with the shooting at a high court advocate Babban Prasad under Ratu police station limits in Oct 2024.SP (rural) Gaurav Goswami on Friday said the accused were identified as Prasad’s cousin, Anuj Kumar Mehta, and shooter Gulshan Kumar.The SP…
Jamshedpur: Veteran Chhau mask maker Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra from Seraikela, who was named for the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards, said his journey of over six decades has been driven by a desire to protect Jharkhand’s cultural heritage.“Every morning when I wake up, the first thought that comes to my mind is how to preserve and…
TNNRanchi: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Jamshedpur branch office on Thursday conducted a raid at a jewellery shopand found it allegedly violating quality control order on mandatory hallmarking on gold jewellery.“The firm engaged in selling gold jewellery sans hallmark without obtaining registration from BIS. The team seized 208.88 grams of gold jewellery without hallmark…
Small LPG cylinders kept at a shop in Ranchi’s Upper Bazar Ranchi: Hundreds of illegal LPG refilling units operating in the guise of utensil and kitchenware shops in the city are charging customers over Rs 200 per kg of gas putting financial strain, even after the Ranchi administration carried out enforcement drives against blackmarketing and…
