Protesters outside the West Singhbhum deputy commissioner’s office on Wednesday Jamshedpur: More than 1,200 people, including workers, residents, social activists and trade union members, marched from Jhinkpani to the West Singhbhum deputy commissioner’s office in Chaibasa on Wednesday, demanding govt intervention to prevent the closure of a nearly 80-year-old cement plant.The protesters submitted a memorandum…
Kabli Devi at the One Stop Centre in Dhanbad Dhanbad: A 65-year-old woman, who was missing for 20 years and presumed dead, is set to be reunited with her family again.Kabli Devi, a resident of Daldali village under Chururia panchayat in Purvi Tundi block, disappeared around 20 years ago. Her family searched for her extensively…
Jamshedpur: In a major overhaul following recent law-and-order issues, state govt on Wednesday appointed new police chiefs for East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts, a day after chief minister Hemant Soren removed IPS couple Piyush Kumar Pandey and Nidhi Dwivedi from their posts.Ehtesham Waquarib was posted as senior superintendent of police (SSP) of East Singhbhum, while…
Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Wednesday directed state govt to provide pension benefits, along with other emoluments, to teachers who were earlier appointed as para teachers, within eight weeks.The bench of Justice Deepak Roshan gave the direction while hearing a petition filed by Manik Chandra Mandal, Utpal Mukherjee and Abdul Hamid Ansari, who claimed pension…
A BLO on door-to-door enumeration in Ranchi Ranchi: As booth level officers continued to visit homes with enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, state BJP on Wednesday lodged a complaint with chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar alleging use of bags bearing chief minister Hemant Soren’s photograph by…
Revenue collections for July have been set at over Rs 500 crore Ranchi: Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (JBVNL) recorded 95% billing efficiency in June, generating bills for 52,95,689 consumers out of its total pool of 55,97,117, collecting Rs 468.52 crore in revenue, the discom said on Wednesday.Riding on the momentum, Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam…
Gumla: A 15-year-old student of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) in Bharno was found dead in her hostel room on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Priyanka Kumari, died by suicide, police suspected.Priyanka, a Class 10 student, was a resident of Pudhipath Tetartoli village under Bishunpur police station limits of the district.Gumla sub-divisional police officer Suresh…
Jamshedpur: Automobile sales in the state rose in May, signalling firmer consumer sentiment, stronger economic activity and growing rural investment, with tractor registrations indicating increasing mechanisation in farming, data from dealers revealed.According to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), 61,442 vehicles were sold in May this year, a rise of 5.49% from 58,242 units…
Shikha YadavRanchi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has identified 20 critical locations in Jharkhand where unauthorised parking and encroachments along national highways pose major road safety concerns, as part of its nationwide drive to improve highway safety and traffic management.The crackdown follows the Supreme Court’s April 2026 directions in the Phalodi accident case,…
The weather office hoped for more rainfall in July and Aug Ranchi: The southwest monsoon, which reached the state on June 12, took 18 days to cover Jharkhand, officials of Ranchi Met office said on Wednesday, adding that the coverage was slower compared with earlier years.Ranchi Met office director, Baburaj P P, said that monsoon…
