New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s warning on World Water Day that the country faces worsening water scarcity reflects a problem that has moved beyond seasonal stress into a long-term threat to economic stability and national security, according to an article in the Karachi-based Business Recorder. Chatra: The district administration on…
Incidents of extortion took a notable twist when 31-year-old J.P. Shukla was detained for allegedly demanding a hefty Rs 1.2 crore in connection with a contentious 64-decimal land plot in Housing Colony. Daltonganj: A 31-year-old man was arrested for making extortion calls and demanding Rs 1.2 crore over a dispute plot of land in the…
Authorities in Palamu district have cracked down on illegal logging activity by seizing two autorickshaws filled with firewood, with the drivers mysteriously disappearing. The rising demand for firewood, exacerbated by LPG shortages, is prompting the reckless cutting of both live and dead trees. Daltonganj: Officials on Tuesday seized two autorickshaws loaded with illegal firewood in…
Dhanbad, Aug 27 (ANI): BJP MLA Ragini Singh celebrates as the court acquits her husband Sanjeev Singh in a murder case, in Dhanbad on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) Dhanbad: Jharia legislator Ragini Singh on Wednesday met Dhanbad deputy commissioner (DC) Aditya Ranjan and held discussions on readmission fee in private schools, traffic mismanagement in key areas…
Chatra: A man was arrested with 3.26 kg of wet opium in the district on Wednesday. The accused Nandkishore Ganjhu was held by a special team from his home in Tihiti Bhargaon village in Kunda police station limits. The raid, carried out based on a tip-off, was led by Simari sub divisional police officer Shubham…
Hazaribag: Two accused in the Rs 27-crore treasury scam were denied bail by a court in separate hearings in the past 48 hours. On Wednesday, Kajal Kumari, the wife of alleged mastermind Shambhu Kumar, was denied bail by the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Kumari Nikita. The same court had on Tuesday rejected the…
Chatra: A 33-year-old woman stepped in to assist in post-mortem examination at the Sadar hospital here on Tuesday, after the lone worker employed could not be traced following allegations that he took money to perform autopsy. Officials said she is the first woman to take up such work in the state.Mamta Devi, a resident of…
Ranchi: The governor’s office on Wednesday wrote to director general of police Tadasha Mishra seeking details about missing children, expressing concern over regular reports of missing girls surfacing in the media. The move also comes in the wake of Jharkhand high court’s recent directives while hearing cases related to two missing children from Bokaro and…
Bokaro: The workers’ union of JMM will carry out a mass awareness campaign and stage protests on May 12 against the alleged plans of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) to cut down its contractual workforce in the next two years. Even as the officials of BSL and the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) refrained from…
Ranchi: Ahead of the proposed rollout of special intensive revision (SIR) of eletoral roll in the state, chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday asked party cadres to remain sensitive and committed to ensure that no eligible voter is left out in their respective areas. Addressing workers on the concluding day of JMM’s two-day orientation programme,…
