Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Monday directed the state govt to form a committee for establishing open correctional institutions (OCIs) in the state. Following a Supreme Court directive, the HC ordered the home secretary to constitute a three-member committee to look into the matter and furnish a report thereof.A division bench of Chief Justice…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Monday was informed by the state govt that the name of the candidate to be appointed as Lokayukta will be sent for final affirmation to the office of the governor within a week from Monday.A division bench of Chief Justice M S Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar were hearing…
Jamshedpur: Two men were arrested on NH-33 for allegedly smuggling 50 kg of marijuana in a car on Sunday late evening, East Singhbhum district police said on Monday. The contraband, packed in 25 packets of 2 kg each, were being smuggled into Bihar from Odisha.SP (Rural) Rishabha Garg, speaking to the media on Monday, said…
Ranchi: A total of 166 persons, including 159 aspirants of the Jharkhand Excise Constable Competitive Examination 2023 and members of a solver gang, were sent to judicial custody on Monday. They were arrested from an under-construction nursing home in Rargaon, under Tamar police station limits on the outskirts of Ranchi, just hours before the scheduled…
Ranchi/Dhanbad: The 135th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar was celebrated with great enthusiasm and reverence across Jharkhand. In Ranchi, governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar and chief minister Hemant Soren offered floral tributes by garlanding Ambedkar’s statue in Doranda.Speaking on the occasion, Hemant said that the day marks a moment of pride for India. “Ambedkar’s…
Ramgarh: A special investigating team (SIT) headed by additional superintendent of police (ASP), Patratu, Gaurav Goswami arrested two criminals belonging to notorious Rahul Dubey gang and recovered sophisticated firearms and ammunition which include carbine with cartridges and pistol from their possession.Addressing media on Tuesday, Ramgarh SP Ajay Kumar informed that the criminals were planning to…
Dumka: Three employees of a Haryana-based power company were allegedly detained for several hours by residents of Badalpada village in the district on Monday when they went to undertake land survey for an allocated coal block in Shikaripara. The administration intervened and ensured their release early on Tuesday.The protesters, including several women, alleged that works…
Ranchi: The higher and technical education department is set to implement real-time processing for interest payments under Guruji Credit Card scheme from July. The initiative is designed to resolve persistent issues where students were being charged standard commercial bank interest rates ranging from 10% to 11% instead of the promised 4% subsidised rate.Rahul Kumar Purwar,…
Jamshedpur: Those associated with restaurant business in Steel City are now staring at bigger losses during Baisakhi and Polia Boishak (Bengali New Year’s) due to LPG crunch arising out of the West Asia crisis.Sardar Baldev, who runs a chain of restaurants in the city and on NH-18 said, “The customer footfall during Poila Boishak and…
Jamshedpur: Two persons died and eight sustained injuries in separate accidents, including one involving a train in East Singhbhum district of Kolhan region on Tuesday, police said.In the first incident, a resident of Birsanagar in Jamshedpur was killed while his wife sustained injuries when their motorcycle rammed into a stationary truck from the rear on…
