Ranchi

In a bid to elevate its performance for Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, Ranchi Municipal Corporation is ramping up its initiatives centered on effective waste collection, segregation, and public engagement. After grappling with a disappointing ranking last year, the RMC is tightening regulations, encouraging compliance through penalties for littering and unpaid service charges. Ranchi: As preparations gather…

Jamshedpur: Steel City police on Wednesday arrested seven alleged members of a contract killers’ gang and recovered firearms and other incriminating materials from their possession.Revealing details at a press briefing on Thursday, SP (City) Kumar Shivashish said a police team led by deputy SP (city) Sunil Chaudhary conducted a raid at a house under Golmuri…

Ranchi: Jharkhand Legal Services Authority (Jhalsa) executive chairman and Jharkhand high court Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad took cognisance of a news report about the Feb 17 murder of a woman on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Chaibasa. Her minor son also died.Justice Prasad directed the Jhalsa secretary and the Chaibasa district legal services authority (DLSA)…

Ranchi: Jharkhand Legal Services Authority executive chairman and Jharkhand High Court Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad took cognisance of a news report on Thursday, about the burning of a woman and her minor son on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Chaibasa district.The victim was assaulted along with her two-month-old baby boy and then set ablaze, resulting…

Jamshedpur: The Tatanagar railway administration on Thursday carried out an anti-encroachment drive along the Kitadih–Golpahari stretch, demolishing over 22 shops as part of the ongoing redevelopment of Tatanagar Junction railway station.The eviction drive was conducted jointly by officials from the railway’s engineering and land departments, along with personnel from the Government Railway Police (GRP), the…

Ranchi: A 50-year-old woman was allegedly attacked by a mob in Edalhatu under Bariatu police station limits on Thursday morning on suspicion of being a child-lifter, police said.The officer in-charge (OC) of the Bariatu police station, Manoj Kumar, said, “Sheila Kujur, a domestic help employed in Karamtoli area of the city, was travelling to her…

Jamshedpur: Motorists have expressed concern over reckless bikers on state and national highways.Akshay Mahakund (22), a resident of Seraikela-Kharsawan and student of Rairangpur Medical College in Odisha, was travelling to Mayurbhanj in Odisha on bike along with his father as pillion rider when they met with an accident on state highway near Rairangpur on Wednesday…

Ranchi: With less than a week to go for elections to the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Wednesday accused its ally Congress and the BJP of flouting the model code of conduct (MCC) and urged the state election commission (SEC) to act on the violations.Talking to the media at the party office,…

Ranchi: Forest department and villagers are on the vigil in Rania and Kara blocks of Khunti district following incidents of elephant intrusions in human habitations in recent days.Khunti divisional forest officer Dilip Kumar said that two to three elephants remain permanently in Rania and Karra areas and there have been instances of crops and property…

Daltonganj: Two mayoral aspirants of Medininagar municipal corporation backed by Congress and the BJP respectively have submitted a memorandum to deputy election officer (municipality) cum deputy commissioner Sameera S seeking special security cover at polling booths during Feb 23 civic body polls.BJP- backed Aruna Shankar sought for special security arrangements in at least at 41…