People refill petrol in jars in Ranchi on Friday Ranchi: Chaotic scenes unfolded across Ranchi as residents resorted to panic buying even as there was a steep hike in fuel prices. Petrol pumps in the city witnessed massive, winding queues since late Thursday and motorists waited anywhere between 90 minutes to two hours to get…
According to the notice, the commission had issued four public notices in Nov and Dec last year asking medical colleges to submit details of stipends paid to MBBS interns and resident doctors for the financial year 2023-24. This notice, more than three-and-a-half months after the last one, comes a week before the next hearing of…
Bokaro: Senior officials from the forest department, district administration, wildlife experts and members of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) took part in a high-level meeting in Petarwar on Friday to chalk out a long-term strategy to curb growing man-elephant conflict in Bokaro district.The participants took part in discussions focused on ensuring safer coexistence between…
Garhwa: A 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl were killed during rain and thunderstorm in the district on Friday. In the first incident, Aditya Biyar, 12, was sleeping in the afternoon when the mud wall of his house collapsed on him. The incident took place in Saro village under Bishunpura police station limits.In another incident,…
Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has issued a notice to the Odisha Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Department, as well as to the Collector and Superintendent of Police of Mayurbhanj, seeking an Action Taken Report on the death of a tribal…
Ranchi: The Advocates Association, Jharkhand High Court, on Friday requested the Chief Justice to start virtual court practice in the light of the recent crisis in availability of fuel in the capital.Due to the scarcity of fuel and long jams in petrol pumps, the association has written a letter to High Court Chief Justice M.S….
Bokaro: A special POCSO court in Bokaro sentenced a 21-year-old man, Dhananjay Singh, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for attempting to rape a 16-year-old girl in 2025. The court of Additional District Judge (ADJ-III) Devesh Kumar Tripathi found the accused guilty under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the POCSO…
Hazaribag: The ministry of micro, small & medium enterprises, Govt of India, organised an entrepreneur awareness & special vendor development programme with the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry at Nagar Bhawan, Hazaribag, on Thursday. The event focused on ministry initiatives, including the National SC-ST Hub Scheme, and on helping central ministries, departments and CPSEs…
Bokaro: Three men were arrested on Friday for allegedly robbing an elderly couple at their residence-cum-shop in Giridih. The accused were identified as Guddu Kumar Laheri of Koderma, and Binod Kumar Sao and Nandkishore Ravidas of Giridih.Police recovered Rs 11,100, a motorcycle used in the crime and two mobile phones from them. Khori Mahua SDPO…
Ranchi: State disaster management, food and civil supplies minister Irfan Ansari on Friday wrote a letter to chief minister Hemant Soren urging him to order deployment of additional security forces at petrol pumps, mainly in sensitive areas in the wake of sudden surge of customers at fuel bunks.He said that since last few days pumps…
