Ranchi: Police on Tuesday exhumed the body of a 50-year-old woman from a burial ground in the city’s Doranda area, in the presence of an executive magistrate, after receiving information about the woman being murdered, which initially looked like an accidental death.The woman, identified as Nahida Parveen, a resident of Manitola locality in Doranda, was…
Ranchi: A special CBI court in Ranchi on Tuesday sentenced CCL former clerk Mohammad Mahfooz Alam to three years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The convict, while posted at CCL Barka Sayal area, demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 from…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court rejected a bail petition of former Hazaribag deputy commissioner (DC) and suspended IAS officer Vinay Choubey on Tuesday.The court of Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary, after hearing the petition at length, reserved the order, which was pronounced on Tuesday.Choubey preferred an application for bail before the high court in a case…
Ranchi: Ranchi MP and Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Tuesday introduced “Namo Stall” in Ranchi under the PM SVANidhi Scheme in presence of other BJP ministers. He distributed pushcarts with storage capacity and weighing scales to 5 per cent of street vendors in the initial phase.Seth said the initiative is aimed…
Ranchi: City police are planning to intensify vigil at the picturesque Dhurwa dam in the wake of recovery of four bodies from the water body in the past four months, with the latest on Tuesday.In view of the incidents at the dam under Nagri police station limits, police have geared up to take preventive measures…
Jamshedpur: With the mercury hovering at 42 degrees Celsius, electricity consumption has increased tremendously in the Kolhan division. Increasing loads on transmission cables, frequent tripping and transformer breakdowns have caused long power outages in different parts of the city over the past two days.The Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (JBVNL) Jamshedpur division officials have said…
Ranchi: To ease traffic and boost mobility in the state capital, the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday approved around Rs 820 crore for construction of two new flyovers. Officials said that the proposed flyovers in Argora and Chiroundi areas will unclog the perennial congestion.A 3.8km elevated road is proposed to…
Jamshedpur/Ranchi: The East Singhbhum administration has announced that 4,231 candidates will appear for the NEET (UG)-2026, scheduled on May 3, at eight centres in the district. Multiple steps are being taken to ensure impartial and smooth conduct of the entrance test, officials said.The earmarked centres are Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College (Karandih), Govt Adivasi High…
Bokaro: Around 45 months after Khalid Ansari (32) of Baramsiya in Chandankyari went missing on June 14, 2022, his skeletal remains were recovered from a graveyard located under the Chira Chas police station limits on Monday. Two friends of the deceased have been arrested, SP Nathu Singh Meena said.Father of deceased Khalid, Noor Mohammad Ansari,…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand govt on Tuesday said the state’s PESA rules “will no longer remain confined to paper documents” and that their impact would now be made visible on the ground through coordinated implementation up to the village-panchayat level.Addressing a state-level round-table conference organised by the Panchayati Raj Department, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj minister…
