Dhanbad: Patients and their families at the Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital (SNMMCH) are facing hardships due to a severe shortage of blood, especially negative blood groups. The situation becomes critical, especially for thalassemia patients, road accident victims, and those requiring emergency surgeries.Sources in the hospital said the district’s eight blood banks together…
Hazaribag: A 30-year-old man was killed in a lightning strike in Lawalong block of Chatra district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sanjay Bhuiyan, a resident of Chani village. Sanjay, his family members said, went to cover his tomato crop during a spell of rain when lightning struck him. Sanjay was taken to Chatra…
DC Ravi Anand inspects documents in Chatra on Wednesday Chatra: Deputy commissioner Ravi Anand on Wednesday conducted a surprise inspection of the district animal husbandry office to review office functioning, implementation of welfare schemes and maintenance of official records.During the visit, Anand assessed cleanliness of the premises, punctuality of employees and overall administrative functioning. He…
Hazaribag: Family members of a woman who died after she delivered a stillborn at the Barkagaon community health centre (CHC) on Tuesday protested on Wednesday, alleging medical negligence and demanding action.Khushboo Devi (23), wife of Vikas Rana and resident of Mohudi village under the Barkagaon police station limits, had been admitted to the CHC on…
Some of the rescued victims Jamshedpur: Seraikela-Kharsawan police have rescued around 40 unemployed men from Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal who were allegedly being lured by a cybercrime racket into routing illegal funds through their bank accounts in return for commission.Acting on a tip-off, police on Tuesday evening brought nine men, aged between 20 and…
Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto is leading an indefinite hunger strike in Ranchi. RANCHI: As protests over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand’s recruitment examinations gather momentum, student leader Devendra Nath Mahto has emerged as the face of the agitation, drawing comparisons with activist Sonam Wangchuk after launching an indefinite hunger strike and receiving his public support.Mahto,…
RANCHI: The agitation by students over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) entered its 12th day on Wednesday, with protesters announcing plans to step up their movement through a proposed ‘Tiranga March’ and a statewide gherao of the Jharkhand Assembly on…
Ranchi: Exposed and dangling wires on utility poles across the city have sparked fears of electrocution as rain and waterlogging increase the risk to pedestrians and commuters.A survey of Circular Road, Lalpur, Morhabadi and Bariatu on Tuesday found loose wires, broken cables and tangled electricity, telecom and internet lines along arterial and interior roads.The hazards…
The statue unveiling ceremony in Lukaiyatand on Tuesday Ramgarh: CM Hemant Soren on Tuesday paid tribute to his father and former CM Shibu Soren on his first death anniversary at Lukaiyatand, near the family’s ancestral village of Nemra in Ramgarh district’s Gola block.Hemant, accompanied by his mother Rupi Soren, wife and Gandey MLA Kalpana Soren,…
The statue unveiled in Chaibasa Jamshedpur/Bokaro/Dhanbad: A life-size statue of former CM Shibu Soren, popularly known as Guruji, was unveiled amid tight security at Tata-Chaibasa Bypass Chowk in Chaibasa following days of opposition.The controversy erupted after members of the Ho community demanded that a statue of freedom fighter Poto Ho, who led the Serengsia Valley…
