Ranchi

After maintaining a 16-year boycott of municipal elections, villagers in Lalpur Futaha finally cast their votes after assurances from the district administration. Officials pledged to formally examine their demand for recognition as a separate panchayat and to deliver a decision before the upcoming panchayat elections, prompting residents to end their prolonged electoral protest in anticipation…

Ranchi: Trade bodies in Jharkhand, while welcoming the budgetary allocations provided to various sectors for overall development of the state, rued that the budget lacks clarity on allocations for the industrial development.Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) president Aditya Malhotra said industrial development is the backbone of the state’s economy and enables…

Ranchi: The state budget tabled by finance minister Radha Krishana Kishore on Tuesday has proposed major layouts for rural development with schemes for road and bridge construction, employment generation and empowerment of women farmers.The budget has a proposed sum of Rs 12,346.90 crore for rural development, which is the third highest after the women, child…

Ranchi: An 18-year-old Raja, who has been living in a childcare home in Kerala after being separated from his parents when the family was migrating from Chaibasa in West Singhbhum to Howrah in a train in search of work in 2012, would be reunited with his family.Raja had reportedly got off the train at some…

Kolkata/ Chatra: A plane, which took off from Ranchi for New Delhi on Monday around 7.11 pm, lost contact with air traffic control (ATC) around 7.34 pm and crashed in a forested stretch near Karmatand village in Kesoria panchayat under Simaria block of Chatra district, sources at the Kolkata ATC said.Preliminary reports suggest that all…

Bokaro: Tension gripped Giridih late Monday evening after violence erupted soon after the conclusion of voting for the municipal elections in Ward No 18 under the nagar police station. Two people sustained bullet injuries in the firing and are currently undergoing treatment at the sadar hospital. The injured have been identified as Md Aslam Ansari…

The air ambulance crash in the Karmatand forest, under the jurisdiction of Simaria police station in Chatra district, has wiped out an entire family’s hope for survival. CHATRA: The air ambulance crash in the Karmatand forest, under the jurisdiction of Simaria police station in Chatra district, has wiped out an entire family’s hope for survival….

CHATRA: An air ambulance bound for New Delhi from Ranchi, which took off on Monday at around 7:11 pm, lost contact with air traffic control at around 7:34 pm and crashed in a forested area near Karmatand village, Chatra district, killing all seven people on board, including two crew members.Speaking to ANI, SP Sumit Kumar…