Bokaro: A 30-year-old man died after being run over by the Madhupur-Giridih passenger train near Garhatand under Mufassil police station limits of Giridih district on Friday. Police have launched an investigation to ascertain whether the incident was a case of suicide or an accident.The deceased was identified as Debashish Kumar, a resident of Shiv Mohalla…
Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Friday directed the state govt to not differentiate acid attack victims and survivors based on their gender. While directing the govt to compensate a male acid attack survivor, the HC also observed that the govt’s should not be biased and should include all irrespective of their gender.A division bench of…
JMM’s Baidyanath Ram and NDA-backed Independent candidate Parimal Nathwani won the two Rajya Sabha seats Ranchi: The trust deficit within the ruling INDIA bloc widened on Friday as the war of words over Congress candidate Pranav Jha’s defeat in the Rajya Sabha election held on Thursday intensified, with alliance partners RJD and CPI-ML targeting Congress…
Policemen teach students at a school Jamshedpur: In East Singhbhum district, thana prabharis are turning into tutors in their spare time mentoring kids at rural schools on various aspects of civility. The move, mooted by the rural SP is aimed at sensitising kids at a tender age, to be social guardians. Besides giving pep talks,…
Ranchi: In a major push to ease public commute and promote eco-friendly transit, the state urban development and housing department is driving a two-pronged transportation overhaul, featuring a revised metro rail blueprint for the state capital and the rollout of 400 electric buses across four cities.To promote clean transportation, the department plans to introduce 100…
Union minister for power and housing & urban affairs, Manohar Lal, in Ranchi on Friday Ranchi: Union minister for power and housing & urban affairs, Manohar Lal, on Friday asked the Jharkhand govt to restructure the debt liabilities of its power distribution company (DISCOM) and curb high transmission losses.Reviewing the state’s power and urban development…
Ranchi: Health minister Irfan Ansari announced that all sadar hospitals across the state will soon get dedicated ambulances, ensuring that critically ill patients receive timely and prompt medical assistance.Following a departmental review meeting with all civil surgeons in the state on Friday, Ansari said that each sadar and referral hospitals across Jharkhand will soon get…
Dumka: Three men were arrested by a special team of Jamtara district police for their alleged involvement in organised cybercrime operations, police said on Friday. Nine mobile phones and 22 SIM cards, which were used to carry out the crimes, were seized from them.Led by Deputy SP Cyber Crime Amit Kumar, raids were conducted on…
Hazaribag: Around 600 residents of Pachanda village in Ango panchayat of Barkagaon block are finally seeing hope of breaking decades of monsoon isolation, with construction of a bridge over the rain-fed Haharo river now underway.For years, during the rainy season the swelling river cut off the village from the outside world for nearly four months,…
Times News NetworkDaltonganj: A fire early Friday morning gutted goods belonging to two vendors in the vegetable market here, destroying their goods. Crates of gourd, lemons and other produce were reduced to ashes in the blaze. No casualties were reported, district fire officer Albert Tigga said.One of the affected vendors, Nasim Raiyin, alleged that the…
