Ranchi: The Young Lawyers Association of the Jharkhand High Court has filed a writ petition challenging the Jharkhand Law Officers (Engagement) Rules 2026 framed by the state govt. The petition, apart from challenging the Rules, has also questioned its veracity with regard to removal of associate counsels working for the govt without any specific reason….
Jharkhand also received Rs 23.18 crore under Nagar Van Yojana, which seeks to create urban forests and expand green spaces in cities Ranchi: Jharkhand has emerged as one of the biggest recipients of central afforestation funds as India inches closer to meeting its 2030 climate target of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion…
Health minister Irfan Ansari inaugurated the facility on July 22 Ranchi: Nearly two weeks after its inauguration, the command and control room at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), the state’s largest govt hospital, is yet to become operational, leaving most of its newly installed CCTV network without active monitoring.Health minister Irfan Ansari inaugurated the…
Dhanbad: Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) on Tuesday staged a one-day sit-in protest at Memco More in Dhanbad, backing the ongoing students’ agitation in Ranchi over alleged paper leaks and irregularities in JPSC and JSSC recruitment examinations.The protest, held near the statue of Shaheed Manindra Nath Mandal, was led by Dumri MLA Jairam Mahto and…
Aftab Alam’s friends said he had organised an anti-drug awareness rally on Aug 1 Jamshedpur: Protests erupted in Burmamines on Tuesday after Aftab Alam, 37, who campaigned against drug peddling, died from gunshot injuries at a Kolkata hospital.Residents burnt tyres, blocked the Burmamines-Tatanagar railway station road for several hours and gheraoed Burmamines police station, demanding…
The accused in police custody Dumka: Godda police busted an interstate drug racket, arresting Pankaj Mandal of Kathaun, Suraj Chalak of Sarouni bazaar, both under Godda Muffasil police station, and Kunal Kumar of Padwa Rampur under Bounsi police station in Bihar’s Banka district.SP Mukesh Kumar said on Tuesday that Town Police, led by SDPO Akash…
Ranchi: CID on Tuesday arrested three more persons in connection with alleged irregularities in the 14th JPSC civil services examination, taking the total number of arrests to 14. In a statement, the CID identified the accused as Umesh Kumar, Budheswar Bhagat and Ramesh Kumar.The agency had earlier arrested 11 people, including JPSC deputy examination controller…
CISF and CCL personnel at the site in Tarabera Bokaro: CISF and Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) on Tuesday jointly demolished five rat holes allegedly used for illegal coal extraction at the abandoned Tarabera mine in the Dhori area of Bermo subdivision.The action was initiated after CISF officials received confidential information that coal was being extracted…
Birsa-Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana awareness chariot was flagged off from Koderma Collectorate premises on Monday Ranchi: The Jharkhand govt has opened registrations for the Birsa-Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, a crop insurance scheme, which provides comprehensive cover to farmers from financial distress caused by erratic weather and natural calamities at a nominal cost across…
Women participating in a gram sabha Ranchi: With the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls entering the claims and objections phase from Wednesday, the state rural development department has mobilised over 2,000 gram sabhas constituted under the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA) to ensure that no eligible voter, especially from tribal communities,…
