Bokaro: A 19-year-old youth was electrocuted while putting up a religious flag on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi on the rooftop of his house at Neeche Pahadidih village in Giridih district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sabbir Ansari.He was rushed to Giridih Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. His maternal uncle, Mohammad Islam…
Ranchi: Police recovered the body of a youth, identified as Upendra Kumar Mishra, from an abandoned plot in front of Oghar Baba Ashram under Kotwali police station limits on Wednesday.Police said the body had several injury marks, raising suspicion that the youth may have been murdered. The circumstances surrounding his death are being investigated, officials…
BLOs check documents of voters with discrepancies in their SIR enumeration forms in Ranchi Ranchi: Election Commission has launched an 11-day door-to-door verification drive across Jharkhand after the draft electoral roll flagged missing names, pending transfer requests and members of the same family being assigned different polling stations.“The ‘Home to Roll Verification’ campaign began on…
Birendra Pradhan (right) with LJP (R) national president and Union minister Chirag Paswan Ranchi: The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has appointed outgoing state president Birendra Pradhan as its national vice-president. Janardan Paswan has replaced Pradhan as the new Jharkhand state president.Pradhan has been credited with strengthening the party’s organisational base in Jharkhand and expanding…
The court observed that stringent punishment for such heinous crimes should serve as a deterrent Dumka: A Pakur court on Tuesday sentenced nine men to rigorous imprisonment for the remainder of their natural lives in a gang rape case of a 19-year-old woman in 2024.Additional sessions judge-I Kumar Kranti Prasad convicted the nine under Section…
Mahto said the original conversation lasted nearly 11 minutes and accused the officer of selectively editing it to tarnish his image Ranchi: The confrontation between Dumri MLA Jairam Mahto and police escalated on Wednesday, with Jharkhand Police Association (JPA) demanding his arrest within five days and threatening a statewide agitation if no action is taken…
National president and union minister Chirag Paswan and Virendra Pradhan RANCHI: The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has appointed outgoing state president Birendra Pradhan as its national vice-president. Janardan Paswan has replaced Pradhan as the new Jharkhand state president.Pradhan has been credited with strengthening the party’s organisational base in Jharkhand and expanding its presence at…
Jharkhand government formed a committee to review recruitment processes. RANCHI: Amid the mounting scrutiny of state recruitment examinations, the Jharkhand govt has constituted a three-member high-level committee under the chairmanship of development commissioner to review the service conditions and appointment process of officials posted in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection…
Mahto denied the allegations and claimed the audio had been edited Dhanbad: A purported audio clip of a conversation between Dumri MLA Jairam Mahto and Barwadda police station officer in-charge Ravi Kumar has gone viral on social media, triggering a controversy between the legislator and police.In the clip, Mahto is allegedly heard using abusive and…
The hills are known for their rich deposits of Cretaceous-era plant fossils, dating back nearly 118 million years Ranchi: In a first-of-its-kind initiative linking conservation with sustainable development, state govt has approved a three-year multidisciplinary project to scientifically document the fossil wealth, biodiversity, geology and tribal heritage of Rajmahal Hills-Ganga landscape in Santhal Pargana region.Titled…
