The rules require households and commercial establishments to segregate waste at source into four categories, replacing the earlier wet-dry two-bin system. The framework aims to improve processing, boost recycling and reduce pollution Jamshedpur: More than three months after the revised Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026 came into force on April 1, Jamshedpur Notified Area…
The announcement followed deputy commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri’s inspection, covering OPD, CT scan, MRI, pathology, orthopaedic and paediatric wards, and interactions with patients and attendants on care quality and medicine availability Ranchi: Sadar Hospital will get advanced facilities, including a Cath Lab and PET scan, within three months, and a bone marrow transplant unit within six…
Sanjay Sahay Police stand guard during a CID raid at the residence of former JPSC chairman L Khiyangte in Ranchi on Thursday Ranchi: A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team on Thursday searched the residence of former Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) chairman L Khiyangte in connection with alleged irregularities in a competitive examination conducted by…
After examining the pleadings, the bench observed that the authorities had not taken all the remedial measures mandated under the Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines, 2016; the Enforcement and Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining, 2020; and directions issued by the Supreme Court and the NGT. Taking strong exception to the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board’s…
Dhanbad: Two workers died while cleaning a septic tank at Sadaryadih village in Dhanbad on Thursday. Police identified the deceased as Dilip Mahto, 42, of Sadaryadih, and Rajesh Mahto, 36, of Andhari village in Mahuda. They entered the newly built tank shut for nearly a month, and lost consciousness. Residents took them to Baghmara Community…
Dumka: A 60-year-old woman was hacked to death by her nephew at Barmasia village under Tinpahar police station limits in Sahibganj district on Thursday. The deceased Raso Muni Murmu was eating in the courtyard of her home when Dhunu Marandi, 45, nephew of her late husband Hopa Marandi, struck her with an axe on the…
Dhanbad: Madhulika Gupta, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, was selected for the globally renowned Schmidt AI Science Faculty Fellowship Programme at the University of Oxford, becoming one of only three scientists from India and the sole woman scientist from the country in this year’s cohort.Gupta secured…
Babloo Sahu on way home to Khunti with the mortal remains of his brother Krishna Sahu from Sikkim on Thursday Ranchi: Twenty-one days after leaving his native Dahu village in Khunti district’s Rania block for work in Sikkim, 19-year-old Babloo Sahu began his journey home on Thursday with the mortal remains of his elder brother,…
Bokaro: Deputy commissioner Ajay Nath Jha inspected the Observation Home-cum-Place of Safety on Thursday after 18 juvenile inmates reported flu-like symptoms in the past 48 hours.Jha said out of 43 juveniles living in the facility, 16 were admitted to hospital for treatment. “Of these, 15 juveniles recovered and were discharged after being declared medically fit,…
Daltonganj: A 26-year-old man from Palamu district was arrested from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly strangling a realtor to death with four others in April this year. The accused, identified as Prashant Tiwary, is a resident of Barkagaon village under Sadar police station limits.He was brought to Daltonganj on a transit permit and remanded…
