Jamshedpur: Three members of a family were swept away while crossing a rain-swollen stream in West Singhbhum’s Saranda forest on Sunday evening. The bodies of two victims have been recovered, while a search was under way for the third on Monday.The incident occurred when six residents of Bahda village, under Chotanagra police station limits, were…
Around 10 metric tonnes of the fruit are being aggregated for dispatch to Assam Ranchi: Women pear growers in Latehar’s Netarhat are finding new markets through organised buyers, reducing their dependence on local traders and wholesale mandis.Nearly five metric tonnes of pears have already been sold, while another 10 metric tonnes are being aggregated for…
In a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday, Marandi claimed a massive change had taken place in the demography of assembly constituencies in the region. The former CM claimed the transformation was a threat to national security and tribal identity. Ranchi: Leader of the opposition Babulal Marandi on Monday urged Union home…
Students were encouraged to use the ECINET app to complete and submit Form 6 for inclusion in electoral rolls Ranchi: Election Commission’s voter awareness campaign reached 13,350 students across 20 educational institutions in Ranchi in Aug, as officials intensified efforts to enrol first-time voters.The camps, held from Aug 8 to 27, targeted students who will…
Hospitals have been directed to keep isolation wards, life-saving drugs, equipment and referral facilities ready Ramgarh: The health department has stepped up preparations amid concerns over seasonal influenza and H1N1 cases. Following directions from Ramgarh deputy commissioner, civil surgeon Dr Anil Kumar and the epidemiology team issued guidelines to all health facilities.Medical officers have been…
Home guard Manoj Kumar Sinha Hazaribag: Ango police station in-charge Janu Kumar has been accused of assaulting home guard Manoj Kumar Sinha on Sunday night.Sinha, who is posted at Daru circle, filed a complaint with Vishnugarh SDPO Faizan Ahmed.According to Sinha, a resident of Digwar, he had gone to meet his friend Munna Das, who…
Jamshedpur: A 63-year-old woman was allegedly held hostage and robbed by three persons, including a woman posing as a census worker, at Shri Krishna Udyan on Road No. 15 in Jawaharnagar under Mango police station limits on Monday.According to the complaint, Leelawati Amma was alone in her flat when a woman knocked and introduced herself…
Ranchi: A retired bureaucrat in Jharkhand govt was allegedly found hanging in a flat in the city’s Morabadi area under Lalpur police station limits on Sunday.Sunil Kumar Singh (61), who retired as the Ranchi deputy development commissioner last year, was a resident of Patna in Bihar. He had been living alone at his apartment near…
Dumka: Eight persons were sentenced to life imprisonment after a lower court in Deoghar found them guilty of killing a man and his driver under Jasidih police station limits in 2013. The court of Additional Sessions Judge-III Rajendra Kumar Sinha also imposed a fine of Rs 22,000 on each convict, with an additional three months…
The division bench directed that the petition be heard by the same court Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Monday transferred to a single judge a petition challenging state govt’s August 18 notification cancelling examinations and recruitment processes conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission.The petition, filed by Aditya Bhaskar and…
