Social media posts can tell if you’re at booze addiction risk (Tom Grill/Getty Images) Bokaro: Deputy commissioner Ajay Nath Jha on Saturday said the district administration is keeping a watch over social media platforms to curb rumours which could lead to panic-buying of petrol and diesel across the district. “We have taken cognizance of some…
19-Year-Old NEET Aspirant Dies by Suicide in Kota Hazaribag: A class 10 student died allegedly by suicide on her birthday on Friday by consuming poison due to constant stalking and harassment by a fellow classmate over one-sided love affair. A complaint was lodged with Bara Bazar police station against three persons.In his plaint, the father…
RMC workers clean a drain on Saturday Ranchi: The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has launched ward-wise drain cleaning and road repair work to tackle monsoon-related problems. Inspections of damaged roads, unsafe hoardings, and drains are also under way.Waterlogging, overflowing drains, potholed roads, garbage accumulation, severe traffic disruption, and unsafe hoardings are recurring problems at Main…
Gumla: Three juveniles who fled from an observation home in Gumla on Friday were caught by police from Lohardaga district on Saturday, bringing a swift end to a brief escape that triggered an immediate police response.According to officials, the juveniles had escaped in the early hours of Friday morning by scaling the boundary wall of…
Locals gather near the pond on Saturday Hazaribag: The body of 22-year-old Commando Verma, a resident of Okni locality, who was suspected to have drowned in Khajanchi Talab, Hazaribag, on Friday, was fished out after a 20-hour long operation.Police said Verma and another friend had gone to the pond late on Friday evening. However, while…
Bokaro: A wounded peacock, struggling for life after being attacked by dogs, was rescued from a village under Mufassil police station limits in Giridih district on Saturday.The injured bird was first spotted in the backyard of Rajesh Sah, a resident of Budhwadih Tola in Tatokiyari village. As locals informed the forest department, a team reached…
Gumla: A 24-year-old woman of Navatoli in Simdega district was shot dead allegedly by a Bihar resident early Saturday after her family refused his marriage proposal, police said.The deceased was identified as Jeba Praveen.Quoting the deceased’s father, Md Hussain, officer in-charge of the Kolebira police station Harsh Kumar said, “Jeba Praveen befriended the accused, a…
Ranchi: The police on Saturday claimed to have arrested Abhishek Kumar alias Suraj Singh, a shooter who was wanted in the murder of land dealer Anil Tiger in Kanke on March 26, 2025, from Hatiara in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Singh was also wanted in an attempt to murder trader Radheshyam Sahu…
Ranchi: A 50-year-old man was allegedly killed by his brother-in-law with a sharp-edged weapon and a stone following a domestic dispute in Ranchi district, police said on Friday.The incident took place in Nichetoli village under the Tamar police station limits. The deceased has been identified as Gajendra Singh, a resident of Runia village in neighbouring…
Bokaro: A local court on Friday sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of 35-year-old Vishnu Sharma in Shivpuri Colony under Chas Police Station, nearly three years after the killing.The court of additional district and sessions judge-I Deepak Baranwal found the prime accused, Sanoj Singh, and his associate, Ajit Singh, guilty of murdering…
