State Congress president Keshav Mahato, along with party MLAs and workers, protest outside the DC office Ranchi Ranchi/Dhanbad: Congress party on Thursday upped its opposition against the Centre’s newly enacted Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 2026 and sought a transparent probe into the alleged irregularities in donations collected for the Ram Janmabhoomi temple…
The accused in police custody Hazaribag: Chatra district police foiled an alleged interstate opium trafficking operation and arrested a smuggler with 2.5 kg of a contraband item worth around Rs 11 lakh on Thursday.Acting on a tip-off received by Chatra SP Animesh Naithany, a special team, led by Sadar SDPO Sunny Vardhan, intercepted the suspect…
Residents of Kamini Kalyan colony accused BCCL of forcibly evacuating them from their ancestral land Dhanbad: Residents of Jharia’s fire and subsidence-affected areas launched an agitation on Thursday under the banner of the Koylanchal Nagrik Manch, demanding rehabilitation and adequate protection for affected families. Wearing black badges, residents protested against the BCCL management and district…
A yellow alert for isolated heavy rainfall was issued for Chatra, Hazaribag, Koderma and Giridih districts. Ranchi: The Ranchi office of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a yellow alert for isolated heavy rainfall across four districts in the next 24 hours. Additionally, in an extended forecast for the next two weeks, the weather…
A division bench of Chief Justice M S Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar, while hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL), warned the chief secretary and home secretary to take the court’s orders seriously Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Thursday issued a contempt notice to Director General of Police Tadasha Mishra for non-compliance…
Ranchi: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday announced the arrest of two people in connection with the alleged question paper leak in the 2024 Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examination.In a statement, the CID identified the accused as Somansh Prakash, a resident of Rohtas district, and Rahul Kumar of Vaishali district…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Thursday directed the state govt to reply to a petition challenging the cancellation of the assistant public prosecutor (APP) appointment examinations. The HC refused to grant a stay in the matter and will hear it again on Sept 24. The petitioners, Satyam Shubham, Sanjana Singh and others moved the…
Jamshedpur: Incessant rain over the past 48 hours has caused waterlogging in several low-lying areas, inundating markets, colonies and slums. Sludge and accumulated garbage have worsened residents’ problems.Affected areas include Jawahar Nagar, Old Purulia Road, Azadnagar, Dimna Basti and Transport Nagar in Mango; Bagunnagar, Bagunbasti and Babudih in Sidhgora; Bagbera New Colony and parts of…
Ashwini Ghai shows a copy of unit record and the medal his father Munni Lall Ghai got for fighting in second World War as havildar clerk Daltonganj: A family from Daltonganj arrived at the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) camp at Palamu Club carrying a rare memento from history, a Second World War medal awarded to…
The state road construction department, taking swift action on the deteriorating infrastructure, has initiated repair work on a war footing along three crucial arteries in the city covering over 18 km Ranchi: Three major roads in the state capital are set to undergo surface restoration work on a priority basis after relentless monsoon downpour left…
