Sumaria Devi outside her house in Bayen village, where more than 500 voters have been shown to have the same address Garhwa: One house, five family members — and more than 500 voters on its address.The draft electoral roll published after the special intensive revision (SIR) has triggered anger and anxiety in Garhwa assembly constituency,…
District election officer and DC Sandip Kumar oversees electoral works on Saturday Daltonganj: As many as 750 eligible electors in three villages of Latehar district refused to sign enumeration forms during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, despite repeated persuasion by officials.The refusals were reported from one polling booth each in Kaima, Ronhe…
Mangled remains of a vehicle, which was involved in an accident in Chutupalu Valley on July 1 this year, being removed using a crane Ramgarh: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has installed speed monitoring cameras to curb speeding and minimise fatal crashes in the accident-prone Chutupalu Valley on the Ranchi-Hazaribag stretch of NH-33.The…
An agricultural field damaged by elephants in Tatijharia Hazaribag: Paddy sowing has been severely disrupted in Tatijharia block as a 24-member elephant herd and a lone tusker have damaged houses and crops, forcing farmers to stay away from fields during the peak agricultural season.The herd, moving through the Sijhua-Khaira and Godhia-Mahuatand belts, created havoc in…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (Jhalsa) has launched an initiative to promote litigation-free villages through a community mediation programme in rural areas, beginning with a pilot project across five districts. Under the plan, five villages each in Ranchi, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Dumka, and Jamtara have been selected, with the programme to be expanded after…
Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto is facing a critical decline in health as he continues his hunger strike to advocate for essential reforms in Jharkhand’s recruitment examination system RANCHI: Amid the ongoing protests over alleged irregularities in the JPSC and JSSC examinations, student leader Devendra Nath Mahto’s health has deteriorated after 15 days of an…
Ranchi: Traffic movement will be restricted and diverted on several city roads on Sunday for Adivasi Mahotsav, during which large tribal jatras are scheduled to pass through major key intersections on their way to Bapu Vatika in Morabadi.The processions will move via Jail Chowk, Karamtoli Chowk, senior superintendent of police (SSP) residence crossing and Gutka…
Twenty people donated blood at the camp Hazaribag: The Hazaribag Old Xaverians Association (HOXA) organised a voluntary blood donation camp at Inigo Hall on the St Xavier’s School campus on Saturday to mark the institution’s platinum jubilee year and the birth anniversary of its first principal, Father John Moore.School principal Father Rosner Xalxo inaugurated the…
Dhanbad: Six persons have been arrested and a juvenile detained on charges of obtaining SIM cards in the name of poor, unsuspecting villagers to facilitate cyber fraud across the country, SP (Rural) Mohammad Yakub said on SaturdayThe office of additional director general, Telecommunications, Bihar LSA, flagged 166 suspicious SIM cards issued through mobile corner POS…
The talks will be held around 12 pm on Sunday. RANCHI: The Jharkhand government will hold a sixth round of talks with students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations before taking a final decision, a member of the panel constituted to engage with the demonstrators said on Saturday.The next round of discussions is scheduled for…
