Ranchi: Union minister of state for defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday accused chief minister Hemant Soren and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of ignoring protesters seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in JPSC and JSSC examinations.Addressing reporters at state BJP headquarters, Seth demanded a CBI investigation into all examinations conducted by the two commissions over…
Fourteen people, including Manch leaders Kunal and Piyush, and 250 unidentified protesters were booked for allegedly violating administrative orders Ranchi/Hazaribag: Police have registered four cases against JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch members and other protesters following clashes during attempts to burn chief minister Hemant Soren’s effigy in Ranchi and Hazaribag on Friday. The FIRs name several protesters…
DLSA members attend special Lok Adalat virtually in Ranchi Ranchi: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Ranchi, has helped resolve a nearly 50-year-old dispute between the commercial taxes department and Tata Steel during the Supreme Court’s special Lok Adalat, also called ‘Samadhan Samaroh’.The special Lok Adalat is being held from Friday to Sunday to settle…
Bokaro: An FIR was lodged at Harla police station on Saturday against a man accused of setting a monkey on a neighbour and allegedly robbing him following a dispute over drain cleaning in Sector 9A here.Officer in-charge of Harla police station Khurshid Alam said Nagnarayan Prasad Shahi filed a case against his neighbour. “Further probe…
Garhwa: Siblings Sonu Kumar (12) and Golu Kumar (7) of Pachadumar under the Ketar police station limits, who were suffering from high fever for the past three days, died on Saturday. Four other members of the same family are afflicted with fever. Civil surgeon John F Kennedy said, “We have sent a medical team to…
Hazaribag: The death of a 31-year-old man in a coal transportation accident in Barkagaon triggered a 30-hour road blockade, which ended after the company agreed to compensate his family and construct a dedicated road for coal-laden vehicles.Jaipali Mahto was run over by an unidentified coal-laden heavy vehicle near gate no. 4 on the transportation route…
Dumka: A cleric from Kurba village under the Karmatanr police station limits of Jamtara district, Maulana Afroz, was arrested on charges of allegedly making objectionable remarks against Hindu deities while addressing people in rural markets late Friday, police said.Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) district president Anup Rai said, “Afroz has been making objectionable comments about Hindu…
Jamshedpur: Bodies of Dhatkidih, Kandra residents Rahul Hansda (23) and Tapan Pradhan (21), missing since Aug 17, were recovered Saturday from a forest near Ramchandrapur-Rapcha football ground under Kandra police station, Seraikela-Kharsawan. Families lodged missing complaints on Aug 20 and suspected abduction. Police detained two local youths and, using interrogation clues, excavated the site and…
Ranchi: A special ACB court has rejected the bail petition filed by former circle officer Sachidanad Verma in a corruption case. ACB arrested Verma on July 10, alleging he demanded a bribe for mutation of land in Budmu area of Ranchi district. Verma argued he was not caught accepting the bribe. ACB opposed the plea,…
East Singhbhum DC Rajiv Ranjan visits MGMMCH to enquire about malaria cases Jamshedpur: A 12-year-old boy from West Singhbhum district died of cerebral malaria while undergoing treatment at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) here late on Friday, prompting his family to allege medical negligence.Harish Biruli, a resident of Matamhatu village, was admitted…
