A police officer speaks to members of a family in Bokaro on Wednesday Bokaro: Police personnel on Wednesday rolled out a campaign to verify the identities of tenants in Sector police station limits of the city. The initiative, officials said, is aimed at collecting details of tenants and improving surveillance to prevent criminal activities. In…
Ranchi: Jharkhand on Wednesday moved to set up its first dedicated film and television training institute, with the Jharkhand Film Development Corporation (JFDC) signing an MoU with the Kolkata-based Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) for the Jharkhand Film and Television Institute (JFTI) in Ranchi.The agreement was signed in the presence of chief minister…
Health minister Irfan Ansari with the newly appointed associate professors at Rims in Ranchi Ranchi: Patients at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) can now book doctors’ appointments online, access lab reports and receive e-prescriptions through the e-Sushrut Jharkhand hospital management system, inaugurated by health minister Irfan Ansari on Wednesday.The mobile application will allow patients…
Hazaribag: DC Hemant Sati on Wednesday ordered a tougher crackdown on illegal coal transportation, overloaded vehicles and other transport violations, warning officials that “negligence in enforcement would not be tolerated”.Chairing a transport department review meeting at the Hazaribag district Collectorate, Sati reviewed vehicle registration, road safety, tax collection, pollution control and enforcement work. He directed…
Of the district’s 36 ambulances, 24 are out of service and only one of the 12 operational vehicles is fully equipped with oxygen Jamshedpur: A series of deaths allegedly linked to delays and inadequate facilities in 108 ambulances has put the emergency service in East Singhbhum under scrutiny. Of the district’s 36 ambulances, 24 are…
Potka: Mahavir Sardar, a resident of Kandar village in Potka block, cremated his eight-year-old daughter Subola on June 26, a day after she developed symptoms of cerebral malaria. Then, he took his 14-month-old daughter Khushboo to a local hospital, which referred her to the East Singhbhum sadar hospital, which in turn referred her to the…
Ranchi: The body of traditional healer Ramesh Thakur, 53, was discovered at his Khorha Toli accommodation under the Sadar police station limits on Wednesday, police said.A resident of Tapovan Colony, Kokar, Thakur was allegedly struck multiple times on the head with a heavy object on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, police added.Quoting tenants,…
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha functionaries protest outside JPSC office in Ranchi on Wednesday Ranchi: The Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) on Wednesday postponed its scheduled state civil services mains exams, scheduled to take place from July 25 to July 27, after the CID arrested five persons, including deputy examination controller Shweta Gupta, following raids linked…
The petitioner claimed that illegal butcher shops had mushroomed across Ranchi and were selling meat in the open without keeping it behind black glass, as allegedly mandated by municipal rules Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Wednesday directed the state govt to place on record its proposed rules and regulations for operating slaughterhouses across the state…
The truck allegedly lost control and rammed into the stationary trailer. The impact was so severe that the front portion of the truck got lodged inside the trailer Dhanbad: Two persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident involving a trailer, a truck and a car on the National Highway under Topchanchi…
