Dumka: The Deoghar district administration has asked telecom operators to ensure mobile connectivity and high-speed internet services in the temple town during the month-long Shravani Mela, which begins on July 30.Deputy commissioner (DC) Saurabh Kumar Bhuwania on Monday held a meeting with representatives of government and private telecom service providers to ensure robust telecom infrastructure…
Ranchi: All PM SHRI schools in the state will soon be equipped with smart classrooms, with the Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) inviting proposals to select agencies for the installation and three-year maintenance of digital facilities across 288 institutions.The digital intervention, approved by the education ministry, positions JEPC as the nodal implementing authority to scale…
Chatra: Three members of the Rahul Dubey-led criminal gang were arrested during a raid in the Tandwa coal belt area on Tuesday. Firearms and ammunition were also seized from them, police said.The accused were identified as Sanjay Murti, Alok Kumar and Ajay Karmal, all in their thirties. Murti and Kumar are residents of Bokaro district,…
GUMLA: Panchayat members in Jharkhand’s Gumla district allegedly tried to hush up the rape of a 3-year-old girl after accepting Rs 20,000 from the teenage suspect’s family as “spot penalty” and using the cash to organise a feast.The suspect allegedly raped the toddler on July 11 after offering to look after her while her mother…
Dumka: Two teenage cousins were killed and three others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between two bikes on NH-114A near Sabejor in Deoghar district on Sunday evening, police said on Monday.The deceased were identified as 17-year-old Vikas Soren and 18-year-old Pradeep Soren, both residents of Medinisarai village under Budhai police station limits. The injured…
Tourists at Jonha Falls near Ranchi Ranchi: Swollen waterfalls, overflowing dams and lush green landscapes have ushered in the monsoon tourism season across Jharkhand, drawing hundreds of visitors every weekend. But a spate of drowning incidents in the past few days has once again exposed glaring safety gaps at some of the state’s most popular…
Dhanbad: Dhanbad MP Dulu Mahato has served a legal notice seeking Rs 2 crore in damages from Nirsa MLA Arup Chatterjee, alleging that the legislator made false and defamatory allegations against him and his family during a recent press meet and on various public platforms.According to the notice, the allegations were subsequently circulated widely through…
Bokaro: A team of doctors at Bokaro Sadar Hospital has removed a 5.5-kg uterine fibroid from a 52-year-old woman, officials said on Monday. The patient, a resident of Bhara Basti in Chas, underwent an abdominal hysterectomy late on Sunday.The team was led by gynaecologist Dr Rashmi Medha and included Dr Pankaj Sinha and anaesthesia specialist…
Jamshedpur: Security and surveillance systems at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) have come under scanner after a 55-year-old patient slipped out of the hospital and was later found dead.Santaram Halua, who was admitted to the hospital on July 6, left his ward early on July 10, telling attendants that he was going…
Bokaro: Two motorcycle-borne miscreants allegedly snatched a gold chain from a woman near Lakshmi market on Monday morning, police said.On Sunday, bike-borne criminals had snatched a chain from a man in Sector 2.A resident of Swang, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, 58, lodged a complaint with the Sector-4 police, alleging that he, along with his wife, Kanaklata…
