Ranchi: Members of the Jharkhand Sachivalaya Sewa Sangh (JSSS) on Tuesday formed a human chain at Project Bhawan to protest delays in the creation of deputy secretary and joint secretary posts for the secretariat services cadre.The association said the govt had approved the creation of 41 deputy secretary and 23 joint secretary posts, but the…
Koderma: A local court on Tuesday sentenced five people to prison after finding them guilty in a brown sugar possession and sale case under Sec 20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge-III, Rakesh Chandra, sentenced Shivam Singh (25) and Satyanand Singh (24) to two years of…
Chatra: Sadar police have busted an inter-state opium smuggling racket by arresting four peddlers including two from Punjab, it said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off received by Chatra SP Animesh Nathani, a special team led by SDPO Sandeep Suman conducted a raid during which police recovered 1.3 kg opium, along with a car, four…
Garhwa: A minor argument at a wedding ceremony turned fatal after a 27-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death at Raro village in Garhwa district on Monday night, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mukesh Yadav, a resident of Sonehara village, and part of the groom’s side.Sources said the marriage party from…
Ranchi: Police on Tuesday exhumed the body of a 50-year-old woman from a burial ground in the city’s Doranda area, in the presence of an executive magistrate, after receiving information about the woman being murdered, which initially looked like an accidental death.The woman, identified as Nahida Parveen, a resident of Manitola locality in Doranda, was…
Ranchi: A special CBI court in Ranchi on Tuesday sentenced CCL former clerk Mohammad Mahfooz Alam to three years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The convict, while posted at CCL Barka Sayal area, demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 from…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court rejected a bail petition of former Hazaribag deputy commissioner (DC) and suspended IAS officer Vinay Choubey on Tuesday.The court of Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary, after hearing the petition at length, reserved the order, which was pronounced on Tuesday.Choubey preferred an application for bail before the high court in a case…
Ranchi: Ranchi MP and Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Tuesday introduced “Namo Stall” in Ranchi under the PM SVANidhi Scheme in presence of other BJP ministers. He distributed pushcarts with storage capacity and weighing scales to 5 per cent of street vendors in the initial phase.Seth said the initiative is aimed…
Ranchi: City police are planning to intensify vigil at the picturesque Dhurwa dam in the wake of recovery of four bodies from the water body in the past four months, with the latest on Tuesday.In view of the incidents at the dam under Nagri police station limits, police have geared up to take preventive measures…
Jamshedpur: With the mercury hovering at 42 degrees Celsius, electricity consumption has increased tremendously in the Kolhan division. Increasing loads on transmission cables, frequent tripping and transformer breakdowns have caused long power outages in different parts of the city over the past two days.The Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (JBVNL) Jamshedpur division officials have said…
