Bokaro: Bokaro district administration is strengthening its campaign against malnutrition by expanding the e-telemedicine and Mobile Nutrition Van programme in remote rural areas.The initiative connects children and mothers with specialist doctors through digital healthcare support, reducing the need for families to travel long distances for consultation and follow-up care.The programme is being implemented in Gomia…
Hazaribag: Police on Friday arrested Akhileshwar Pandey, 28, of Badam village in an assault, humiliation and witch-hunting case filed by Babita Devi, 25, in Hazaribag district.Police said Devi lodged her complaint on July 21, alleging she was assaulted, abused and humiliated. A case was registered under BNS sections 76, 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 303(2), 352, 351(2)…
Hazaribag: Traffic remained severely disrupted for the second consecutive day on the Grand Trunk Road, NH-19, in Barhi subdivision, as vehicles crawled for hours between Rasoiya Dhamna Mor and Panchmadhav.Long queues of trucks, buses, school vehicles, ambulances, two-wheelers and cars stretched for kilometres, affecting commuters, schoolchildren, patients, traders and transporters. The congestion spilled to Barhi…
Ranchi: The State Directorate of Fisheries will establish ‘Magur Villages’ and Live Germplasm Resource Centres in Magur-rearing districts.The project, in collaboration with the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, will initially cover Ranchi, Gumla, Lohardaga and Simdega. The directorate is identifying more villages and districts for implementation. Farmers in Magur Villages will rear the…
Bokaro: The Jharkhand State Drug Control Directorate has cancelled the licence of the blood centre operated by City Care Hospital and Research Centre, Check Post, Chas, with immediate effect over repeated violations of regulatory norms, civil surgeon Abhay Bhusan Prasad said on Thursday.The action was taken through an order issued by the Directorate after inspections…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Flying Institute (JFI) has launched certificate and diploma programmes for air hostesses, flight stewards, and ground handlers to enhance skills of state youths, enabling them to secure employability in the aviation sector, authorities said.“The application process for the courses started from July 6 and it will end on July 31. Candidates will…
Jamshedpur: Gudri block in West Singhbhum has topped NITI Aayog’s delta rankings for January–March 2026 across eastern India, beating blocks in Bihar, Odisha, and Bengal under the ‘Aspirational Blocks Programme’.“Gudri block securing the top position across eastern India reflects the relentless efforts of our team, effective monitoring, active public participation, and the successful implementation of…
Chaos outside BJP state headquarters in Ranchi on Thursday Ranchi: Congress and BJP workers on Thursday accused each other of stone-pelting during protests in the city over the NEET paper leak row.A day after the BJP’s youth wing gheraoed the Congress headquarters, Congress workers marched towards the BJP state headquarters in Harmu to protest the…
Dhanbad: Sub-divisional officer (SDO) and electoral registration officer (ERO) for the Dhanbad Assembly constituency, Lokesh Barange, on Thursday reviewed the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and directed officials to ensure 100% digitisation of enumeration forms.He held a series of meetings with booth-level officers (BLOs) and booth-level agents-2 (BLA-2) at Government…
Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Thursday granted the govt an adjournment to file a fresh report on the investigation into the alleged fake police encounter of gangster Aman Sao in Palamu.Sao’s mother, Kiran Devi, had petitioned the high Ccourt seeking a CBI probe into her son’s death in a police encounter on March 11 last…
