Ranchi: The body of a 22-year-old girl was found from the Dhurwa dam in the city under the Nagri police station limits, on Thursday. The girl has been identified as Nimisha Jha, a student of Birla Institute of Technology’s Lalpur campus.Praveen Kumar, in charge of Nagri police station, said that the preliminary investigation has suggested…
DALTONGANJ: A botched tooth extraction procedure by a quack, who was allegedly running a dental clinic, killed a 29-year-old woman at Harihurganj in Palamu district on Tuesday, police said.Sources said Bijayanti Devi from Bihar’s Kutumba police station limits visited the clinic run by Ashraf Ali along with her husband, Mukesh, on Tuesday. Harihurganj borders Bihar.“The…
Ranchi: Even as CBSE Class 10 board examinations concluded on March 11, schools across Ranchi have begun entrance tests and admission processes for Class 11, reflecting heightened competition and early academic planning among students.Several leading institutions have already rolled out stream selection tests for science, commerce and humanities, with a large number of students appearing…
JAMSHEPUR: A 41-year-old man died after choking on a rasgulla at a wedding in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur.Doctors said the syrupy sweet blocked Lalit Singh’s airways, which disrupted oxygen supply and led to his death.Lalit had difficulties in breathing after the rasgulla got stuck in his throat during the wedding in Malianta village near Jamshedpur on Saturday….
Dumka: A pregnant woman from Belari village in Godda district delivered a baby boy inside an e-rickshaw on Sunday after repeated calls to ambulance services allegedly went unanswered.The incident occurred near Nonmoti village under Bhatdiha panchayat, highlighting gaps in rural healthcare access. Rukmini Devi, in her mid-twenties and wife of Kaushal Harijan, went into labour…
Ranchi: With summer season approaching, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has begun preparations to tackle possible water scarcity in the city, rolling out a summer action plan to ensure a clean and uninterrupted drinking water supply across all 53 wards.Civic officials said the corporation will work in coordination with the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED)…
Chatra: Hundreds of consumers blocked the Chatra bypass road on Saturday morning against the alleged shortage of cooking gas.Villagers and local gathered near the gas agency around 10am carrying empty LPG cylinders. They alleged that despite booking cylinders several days ago, they are yet to get one. Angry consumers placed their empty cylinders across the…
Ranchi: The National Lok Adalat (NLA) held across the state on Saturday disposed of 1,66,384 pending cases, 22,59,352 pre-litigation cases and settled amounts totalling Rs 2,813.97 crore, stated Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (Jhalsa).It added that a record was set in terms of disposal of both pending and pre-litigation cases. Jharkhand high court judge and…
Chatra: The driver of a coal-laden truck was killed after his vehicle overturned near a bend on the Chatra-Gaya Main Road under Jori police station of the district on Friday. The accident, which took place in Sanghri Valley around 6 am, also led to a chain of collisions between several vehicles and caused a traffic…
Jharkhand teen reunites with family after 13 years (Representative image) Ranchi: It was an emotional homecoming in Hadiamara village of West Singhbhum district on Tuesday when Raja Gope was reunited with his mother and sister after 14 years.Raja got separated from his family when he was four years old. His family was travelling to Bengal…
