Hazaribag: Three alleged drug peddlers have been arrested and 25 gm of brown sugar seized during an anti-narcotics operation in Katkamsandi police station limits on Tuesday, police said.SP Aman Kumar said, “Acting on a tip off, a special team apprehended two peddlers, identified as Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Rafiq. During interrogation, the duo allegedly revealed…
Bokaro: Three youths were killed after their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle on National Highway-32 under Pindrajora police station limits early on Tuesday.The accident occurred near Bedani More around 1.30 am when they were returning home after attending a wedding in Boradih village. Police said the speeding vehicle rammed into the motorcycle with…
Bokaro: Two radial gates of the Tenughat Dam were opened on Monday as the ongoing spell of rain led to an increase in the water levels of the reservoir. An alert was issued for the areas downstream of the Damodar River, officials said.A statement from the office of Executive Engineer, Tenughat Dam Division, said the…
Members of auto drivers union protest in Ranchi on Monday Ranchi: Auto-rickshaw unions in the city have warned of an indefinite strike if the state government fails to resolve the long-pending issue of route permits. They alleged that the authorities have not issued fresh permits for several years while continuing to penalise drivers for operating…
Photo for representation only Jamshedpur: Forty-three police personnel from the traffic branch were transferred to various police stations and the crime control room (CCR) in East Singhbhum district on Monday.The transfers were ordered by SSP Ehtesham Waquarib at a time when the district administration and police are facing criticism over their alleged failure to curb…
Ranchi: Ranchi-based regional passport office (RPO) on Monday announced that a service counter has been added at the post office passport seva kendra (POPSK) in Jamshedpur in order to offer better passport services to citizens.With this, the number of service counters has increased from two to three. Also, the POPSK has been relocated within the…
Ranchi: Enumeration forms have reached over 1 crore voters in Jharkhand in the first seven days of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, state chief electoral officer K Ravi Kumar said on Monday.Booth-level officers (BLOs) covered 39.73% of the state’s electorate — 1,05,13,490 voters — and made enumeration forms available to eligible Indian…
Dumka: Two brothers were arrested from near Mohanpur railway station on Sunday on charges of their involvement in several cases of murder, robbery, snatching, kidnapping, and vehicle theft lodged in police stations across Deoghar district, police said.The habitual offenders, identified as Rajiv Kumar Das (25) and Sanjeev Kumar Das (20), are residents of Aamgachhi village…
Bokaro: Deputy commissioner (DC) Ajay Nath Jha on Monday visited Bagda village under Kasmar block, around 41 km from the district headquarters, to meet a farmer who has drawn attention for digging a 29-foot-deep irrigation well entirely through his own labour after years of struggling for watering his fields.Deputy commissioner (DC) Ajay Nath Jha on…
Hazaribag: The father of an eight-year-old girl was killed, and four members of her family sustained injuries as they attempted to save her from getting electrocuted on Monday. The incident took place in Brahmoriya village under Chauparan police station limit of the district.Isha Kumari, 8, came in contact with a overhead live wire, a part…
