Ranchi: Schools across the city are busy preparing lists of candidates who wish to appear for the second CBSE Class X examination. This year, CBSE introduced two board exams for Class X providing students an opportunity to improve their scores in the second exam if they are dissatisfied with their marks in the first.Following the…
Gumla: A vegetable and fruits merchant from Simdega district is helping tuberculosis patients recover by funding their nutritional kits. Bharat Prasad, 48, has adopted 2,200 TB patients since 2024 and funded their nutritional kits under the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (PM-TBMBA) as a Nikshay Mitra, officials here said.Nutritional kits are provided to…
Garhwa: The police on Friday said it has registered an FIR against 84 named and 400 unidentified persons in connection with the violent protests on NH-343 a day earlier. Notably, agitators had blocked the Garhwa-Ambikapur stretch of the NH-343 for over five hours to demand compensation for the families of two men from Mahuliya village,…
Hazaribag: The Hazaribag administration has initiated proceedings to reclaim a prime parcel of govt land in Dipugarha locality here and attach the palatial bungalow constructed on it by treasury scam accused Shambhu Kumar, officials said on Friday.Kumar, a constable and alleged mastermind of the Rs 28 crore scam constructed the house on ‘khas mahal’ land….
Dumka: Police have seized a truck carrying 8,640 pouches (180 ml) of illegal liquor near Dumka’s Mayurnath on Thursday evening. The truck driver and cleaner have managed to flee, police said on Friday. Officer-in-charge of Ramgarh police station, Manish Kumar, said that they received a tip-off that a consignment of illicit liquor was being smuggled…
Ranchi: Four minor boys were detained on Friday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Ranchi on March 31, police said on Friday.The FIR was registered based on a complaint lodged by the girl on Thursday alleging that she had gone to attend the birthday party of one of those detained. She added that during…
Ranchi: A day after a 22-year-old school van driver was arrested for allegedly molesting a 3-year-old girl, SSP Rakesh Ranjan has directed all officers in-charge of police stations across Ranchi district to compile a comprehensive database of school van drivers and vehicle owners to enhance the safety of children.SSP Ranjan told TOI that a directive…
Dhanbad: The management of Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital (SNMMCH) on Friday constituted an inquiry committee to probe a reported clash between two groups of intern doctors on the night of April 15.Five students sustained injuries in the clash which took place in a hostel on campus. The injured medicos, identified as Prakhyat…
Dhanbad: Senior officials from the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation inspected the water supply lines running through the underground fire-affected areas in Kenduadih police station limits amid the ongoing toxic gas emissions and subsidence.Dhanbad municipal commissioner Ashish Gangwar visited the affected region to assess the situation on Thursday and Friday. During his inspection, water supply lines were…
Ranchi: The ruling coalition in Jharkhand on Friday welcomed the defeat in the Lok Sabha of the constitutional amendment bill to implement reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies, claiming that it has fully exposed the Narendra Modi-led Union govt.JMM, which heads the alliance govt, reiterated that they are still in favour of the…
