Ranchi: Police arrested two men on Thursday night in connection with the looting of gold and silver coins and ornaments from a house under Lalpur police station limits in the city on March 29. City DSP Kumar Venkateshwar Raman said that the accused were identified as Vicky Kumar and Kisun Kujur, adding that 11 stolen…
Ranchi: At least 84 liquor shops across the state, including the city, downed their shutters from Wednesday, citing losses due to a very high daily sales target fixed by the excise and prohibition department after implementation of the new excise policy in Sept last year.General secretary of Jharkhand Sharab Vyapari Sangh (liquor dealers’ association), Subodh…
Ranchi: Parts of the state will witness hot and humid summers in the coming days, followed by heatwave-like conditions, the Met office said on Wednesday.The Met office on Wednesday issued a heat warning from Thursday to Saturday for Pakur, Dumka, Deoghar, Jamtara, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Saraikela-Kharsawan, West Singhbhum and East Singhbhum districts.Deputy director of Ranchi Met…
Ramgarh: National athlete and mountaineer Asha Malviya, on her west to east cycle journey targeting to cover a distance of 7,800 km, reached Ramgarh on Sunday after she successfully covered more than 5,000 km from Jaipur in Rajasthan. She was greeted by Ramgarh SP Ajay Kumar.The national winner of 100- and 200-metre races and mountaineer…
Ranchi: The Centre’s push to fast-track the expansion of piped gas infrastructure across the country amid LPG supply disruption due to the West Asia conflict is slowly reflecting on the ground in Jharkhand, where demand for piped natural gas (PNG) has witnessed a recent uptick.The ministry of petroleum and natural gas recently urged citizens not…
Ranchi: A day after an advisory issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) restricted eateries from levying additional “arbitrary” charges on customer bills, restaurant and eatery owners across the city on Thursday said the move would cause them losses. CCPA further said that the price displayed on the menu shall be final, exclusive only…
Gumla: A 32-year-old man and his four-year-old daughter were killed, while his wife and another daughter of the same age sustained injuries after their two-wheeler collided with a car near Sahu Dabha on NH 23 in Gumla on Wednesday. The deceased man has been identified as Kuldeep Gope. Sisai police station in-charge Neeraj Kumar said,…
Jamshedpur: South Eastern Railway (SER) general manager Anil Kumar Mishra on Monday said that the model railway station project at Tatanagar will be completed in two and a half years.At present, a drive is underway to remove encroachment from the railway land and shift utilities, he added. The railway is building a state-of-the art model…
Ranchi: The traffic department on Monday said that the vehicular movement would be controlled in several parts of the city in view of the processions which would be taken out during Ram Navami on Thursday and idol immersion of Chaiti Goddess Durga on Saturday.Traffic wing said that entry of heavy vehicles would be prohibited in…
Ranchi: On the final day of filing nominations for the April 9 Assam assembly polls on Monday, JMM announced 19 more candidates, taking the total number to 21. Late on Sunday, it had given tickets to two candidates after seat-sharing talks with ally Congress failed.JMM’s central general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharjee told the media that they…
