Chatra: A man was arrested with 3.26 kg of wet opium in the district on Wednesday. The accused Nandkishore Ganjhu was held by a special team from his home in Tihiti Bhargaon village in Kunda police station limits. The raid, carried out based on a tip-off, was led by Simari sub divisional police officer Shubham…
Hazaribag: Two accused in the Rs 27-crore treasury scam were denied bail by a court in separate hearings in the past 48 hours. On Wednesday, Kajal Kumari, the wife of alleged mastermind Shambhu Kumar, was denied bail by the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Kumari Nikita. The same court had on Tuesday rejected the…
Chatra: A 33-year-old woman stepped in to assist in post-mortem examination at the Sadar hospital here on Tuesday, after the lone worker employed could not be traced following allegations that he took money to perform autopsy. Officials said she is the first woman to take up such work in the state.Mamta Devi, a resident of…
Ranchi: The governor’s office on Wednesday wrote to director general of police Tadasha Mishra seeking details about missing children, expressing concern over regular reports of missing girls surfacing in the media. The move also comes in the wake of Jharkhand high court’s recent directives while hearing cases related to two missing children from Bokaro and…
Bokaro: The workers’ union of JMM will carry out a mass awareness campaign and stage protests on May 12 against the alleged plans of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) to cut down its contractual workforce in the next two years. Even as the officials of BSL and the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) refrained from…
Ranchi: Ahead of the proposed rollout of special intensive revision (SIR) of eletoral roll in the state, chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday asked party cadres to remain sensitive and committed to ensure that no eligible voter is left out in their respective areas. Addressing workers on the concluding day of JMM’s two-day orientation programme,…
arhwa: Panic gripped Kanchanpur village on Wednesday after the police fished out the skeleton of a man from a well. The remains, believed to be of Ritesh, was sent to Garhwa sadar hospital for post-mortem examination. Ritesh Kumar Ravi, 23, was allegedly killed four months ago for having an affair with a married woman in…
Ranchi: Traffic snarls across key city arteries such as Main Road, Circular Road, Station Road and Ratu Road continue to worsen, with officials flagging encroachment, illegal parking and weak enforcement as major causes behind the chaos.Concerned over the situation, Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC), along with traffic police and district administration, is working on a long-term…
Jamshedpur: Officers of the Indian Army’s ‘explosive ordnance disposal’ (EOD) squad detonated the US-made AN-M64 500-pound bomb belonging to the ‘World War II-era’ on the banks of the Subarnarekha river at Panipada in Baharagora on Wednesday in a controlled way, police said.The bomb was discovered by villagers on April 15 when they were fishing in…
Chatra: A 40-year-old man was run over by a speeding coal-laden truck while he was dancing in a wedding procession at Banasadi village in the district late on Tuesday, police said. Locals intercepted the truck but the driver fled from the spot.The deceased, Ajay Kumar Saw, a resident of Khapariyawa village in Katkamdag block of…
