Ranchi: Patients across Ranchi and other parts of Jharkhand faced inconvenience on Wednesday as medical stores remained closed in response to a nationwide strike call by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD).The Jharkhand Chemists and Druggists Association (JCDA) had announced on Tuesday that over one lakh medicine shops across the state would…
Ranchi: Union civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Wednesday said that the number of operational airports has more than doubled and passenger footfall expanded manifold across the country due to the initiatives taken by the NDA govt over the past 12 years. The Centre would further develop over 100 airports and 200 helipads over…
A jail official in Jharkhand is effectively doing the work of three officials as 62.9% of all the sanctioned posts in the state’s prisons remained vacant, the Prison Statistics of India (PSI) 2024 report, released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) earlier this month, has claimed.The state has 32 jails, which have a total…
Bokaro: Two days after a Class-XI girl student had reportedly gone missing, her body was found dead near the Usri river under the old bridge at Barganda under the Muffasil police station limits of Giridih on Wednesday, police said.The deceased was identified as Payal Kumari (17), a resident of Ward No. 12 Sirsia under Muffasil…
Ranchi: The govt appealed to corporates operating in Jharkhand to implement their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in the state.Addressing the CSR Conclave-2026, industries minister Sanjay Prasad Yadav on Wednesday emphasised the ethical obligation of businesses to support their host communities by investing their CSR funds within the state’s active operational zones rather than diverting…
Pak: Mutilated body of missing youth found in Balochistan’s Kech Jamshedpur: The West Singhbhum police recovered the mutilated body of a 50-year-old woman from the forest area in Sonua police station limits on Tuesday.Not ruling out the possibility of witch-hunt killing, the police said that a post-mortem report will determine the cause of the death.Besides,…
Ranchi: A Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officer, Kamal Kishore Mahto (30) was found hanging from a tree on a hillock in the Talatand area under Patratu police station limits of Ramgarh district on Tuesday morning.Police said that prima facie Mahto died by suicide, adding that further investigation was going on. The body was…
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Ranchi: In a bid to curb illegal prenatal sex determination, sex-selective practices and lapses in patient care, the state health department will launch a stringent three-month inspection drive covering more than 1,000 ultrasound centres across the state.The decision comes after action against several centres for alleged violations of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT)…
As part of the bandh, the auto and van drivers will not pick or drop the kids for their schools. Jamshedpur: East Singhbhum district administration will soon remove old and decrepit school pick-up vans and auto-rickshaws from the roads as part of a drive to curb rising road accidents.Deputy commissioner Rajiv Ranjan has asked officials…
