Locals claimed the river’s currents, along with unabated illegal sand mining around the pillars of the bridge, may have weakened foundation of the affected pillar and degraded the riverbed Dumka: Vehicular movement on the Baijra Ghat bridge over the Barakar river on NH-419 was stopped on Wednesday after a pillar on the Jamtara side reportedly…
Students dismantle the stage at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi on Wednesday Ranchi: Students protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) suspended their agitation after 26 days on Wednesday and handed a 60-day ultimatum to the state govt to fulfil their…
Ranchi: A minor explosion was reported on Tuesday night at a Bharat Petroleum retail outlet in Ranchi’s Kokar area, under Sadar police station limits. No casualties were reported.BPCL, in a statement, said, “According to preliminary information, an incident occurred on the premises of the retail outlet in Jharkhand’s Kokar. No casualties have been reported. The…
Hazaribag: For friends Anil Kumar Mahto and Arun Kumar Mahto, both in their 30s, farming was more than a livelihood. It was a last shot at financial independence after years of unsuccessful job hunting despite being educated. That dream was shattered four days ago when a herd of 24 elephants destroyed their 10-acre leased farm…
Ranchi: Jharkhand’s month-long “Mere Shabd, Meri Kahani” Reading Campaign 2026 is being conducted across around 34,000 govt primary schools and will continue until Sept 18. The campaign covers students from Classes I to V and higher classes.Avinav Kumar, state coordinator (quality) at the Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC), said between 25,000 and 29,000 schools had…
The CID will investigate examinations conducted between 2013 and 2021, including the 5th Combined Civil Services Examination, multiple Civil Judge recruitments, Agriculture Officer recruitments, Food Safety Officer recruitment, Combined Assistant Engineer examination and the Combined Civil Services Examination-2021 Ranchi: Jharkhand govt’s decision to scrap 22 recruitment examinations over alleged malpractice brought a 26-day student agitation…
Hundreds of youths, who lost their jobs overnight, laid siege to the high-security complex which houses the offices of chief minister Hemant Soren, his cabinet ministers, senior bureaucrats and key govt departments Ranchi: Hours after the Jharkhand govt notified the cancellation of 22 recruitment examinations, including the controversial Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level-2024 Examination,…
Ranchi: Around 4,000 people from tribal communities in Jharkhand have refused to participate in Special Intensive Revision (SIR). However, EC is listing their names and details to keep a record though they have neither filled the enumeration forms nor come forward to participate in the claims and objections phase that is under way, sources said.The…
Jamshedpur: Heads of four civic bodies in Jamshedpur and Adityapur have sought a probe into alleged irregularities in sanitation services being provided by a solid waste management company.The mayors of Adityapur Municipal Corporation and Mango Municipal Corporation, and the chairpersons of Jugsalai and Kapali municipal councils on Tuesday jointly wrote to State Urban Development Agency…
Ranchi: Jharkhand recorded 3,674 drowning deaths from 2020 to 2024, according to the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) data published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The toll has risen over the five years.Jharkhand chapter of the National Health Mission (NHM), in collaboration with Child In Need Institute (CINI), organised the state’s…
