Hazaribag: A 36-year-old woman labourer, who had been staying with her elderly mother in her native Khutra village in Ichak block of the district after being abandoned by her husband, was killed by lightning on Monday, police said.The deceased was identified as Shobha Devi.Shobha Devi went to call her four minor children — Sheetal Kumari…
Hazaribag: Seven people, including two children, were injured late on Sunday when a speeding car, allegedly driven by an intoxicated man, rammed three motorcycles on Bus Stand Road before hitting a family outside a city hospital.Eyewitnesses said the car first hit three motorcycles and injured the riders. Instead of slowing down, the car accelerated as…
CM Hemant Soren hands over an appointment letter to an assistant teacher during the event on Monday Ranchi: Urging newly appointed assistant teachers to take responsibility for shaping the future of the state’s next generation, chief minister Hemant Soren on Monday said their induction was a major step towards strengthening govt schools.Speaking at the programme…
Bokaro: A raid exposing an illegal fuel trade in Bokaro has revealed that the racket was running on encroached Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) land, pointing to serious lapses in land monitoring and enforcement. One person was arrested, a tanker seized and two FIRs lodged on Monday at Sector 12 and Balidih police stations.Chas SDO Prajal…
RPF personnel test a drone camera at Lotapahar railway station in Jharkhand Jamshedpur: Officials of the Chakradharpur railway division have pressed drone cameras to carry out aerial surveillance of railway tracks and other assets as the Maoists observe Daman Virodhi Saptah (anti-oppression week) from June 25 to July 1.Drone cameras are being used to watch…
Ranchi: Tribal organisations on Monday resolved to launch a campaign from villages to the state capital to protect and conserve tribal culture. They also decided to organise an ‘Adivasiyat Bachao’ rally in Ranchi later this year against “social, political and cultural attempts to destroy the community’s unique identity”.Representatives of the tribal bodies said that describing…
Ranchi: Three children who went missing from Kadru basti here on Sunday were traced by police from Barauni in Bihar within 24 hours. Police said the children are aged between 10 and 12 years.SP (city) Paras Rana said that the children were rescued from the Muzaffarpur-Bhagalpur Jansewa Express. He added that police formed eight teams…
Price of a truckload of sand has gone up by Rs 10,000-15,000, builders & suppliers said Ranchi: Sand prices have surged across the city and other parts of the state after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) restricted sand mining from June 10 to Oct 15, triggering a shortage that has slowed govt and private construction…
Bokaro: Family members of a migrant worker from Gomia block of the district have sought the state govt’s help in bringing back his body from Saudi Arabia. Satendra Mahto, a resident of Katwari village under Chatrochatti police station limits, died in a road accident on June 25.Mahto, 41, was a trucker. He left home on…
Ranchi: Clad in traditional attire and wielding bows and arrows, over 1.2 lakh children of 2,238 govt schools in the city transformed into the legendary martyred siblings, Sidho-Kanhu and Phulo-Jhano Murmu, on Monday to observe Hul Diwas, marking the 1855 Santhal rebellion against British colonial rule.Turning their campuses into vibrant hubs of tribal history, the…
