Jamshedpur: Those associated with restaurant business in Steel City are now staring at bigger losses during Baisakhi and Polia Boishak (Bengali New Year’s) due to LPG crunch arising out of the West Asia crisis.Sardar Baldev, who runs a chain of restaurants in the city and on NH-18 said, “The customer footfall during Poila Boishak and…
Jamshedpur: Two persons died and eight sustained injuries in separate accidents, including one involving a train in East Singhbhum district of Kolhan region on Tuesday, police said.In the first incident, a resident of Birsanagar in Jamshedpur was killed while his wife sustained injuries when their motorcycle rammed into a stationary truck from the rear on…
Ranchi: The state fire department has launched a week-long awareness programme to ensure preparedness to tackle fire incidents, commemorating Fire Service Week from Tuesday through April 20.This year’s campaign is themed “Safe School, Safe Hospital and Fire Safety Aware Society – Together for Fire Prevention”, underscoring the need to prioritise fire safety measures in vulnerable…
Ranchi: The state fire department has launched a week-long awareness programme to ensure preparedness to tackle fire incidents, commemorating Fire Service Week from Tuesday through April 20.This year’s campaign is themed “Safe School, Safe Hospital and Fire Safety Aware Society – Together for Fire Prevention”, underscoring the need to prioritise fire safety measures in vulnerable…
Ranchi: Two men were arrested from West Bengal on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 25-year-old dentist at a birthday party in Ranchi on April 9.The survivor had filed an FIR earlier in the day. Police said the woman had gone to attend the birthday celebration of a friend at an apartment where she was allegedly…
Jamshedpur: In order to curb black-marketing in the wake of the West Asia conflict, several petrol pumps in Jamshedpur have started to enforce a cap on single transaction of diesel or petrol, operators said on Tuesday. For diesel, pump operators have put a cap on maximum of 300 litres at a time, while for petrol,…
Ranchi: A BJP delegation led by state president Aditya Sahu met governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Tuesday and demanded a CBI probe into the alleged paper leak of Jharkhand Excise Constable Competitive Examination, 2023.Ahead of the exam on Sunday, 166 people, including 159 aspirants and members of a solver’s gang, were arrested on charges of…
Koderma: The court of additional district and sessions judge Ghulam Haider gave life imprisonment to three members of a family for killing a man in 2021.The convicts, identified as Madan Sao (50), his wife Sarita Devi, and their son Mukesh (24) were found guilty of killing Mahendra Saw at Bekowar village.The court also imposed a…
Bokaro: The office-in-charge of Chas police station was transferred on Monday after an alleged audio clip of her, in which she was heard abusing a man over phone, surfaced on social media. Sushma Kumari was removed from the post of Chas OC and was attached to the district police line with immediate effect, SP Harvinder…
Ramgarh: State tourism secretary Mukesh Kumar on Thursday visited the Chhinnamastika Temple in Ramgarh district and inspected temple premises where redevelopment project plan was to be executed.Kumar reviewed the redevelopment plan, which includes a beautification project and setting up amenities for devotees.This is the first visit of state tourism secretary after Jharkhand High Court bench…
