Jamshedpur: The recent hike in fuel prices has triggered a Rs 5 hike in fares by autorickshaw operators in the city from Friday. The move comes days after inter-district and long-distance bus operators announced a fare hike.The Sikhshit Berojgar Tempo Chalak Sanchalak Sangh (SBTCSS), a representative body of auto drivers and vehicle owners, has decided…
Hazaribag: A 32-year-old labourer was killed and three others, including a contractor, were injured after a wall of a dilapidated building collapsed during repair work near Madina Masjid in Konra Shadi Mohalla under Barhi block of the district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Dablu Ansari, a local. The injured were identified Mohammad…
Mayor Roshni Khalkho flags off the vehicles on Thursday Ranchi: Two vehicles were flagged off by mayor Roshni Khalkho from the Ranchi Municipal Corporation office on Thursday, which will be used to capture stray dogs and transport them for treatment, vaccination and sterilisation. The initiative aims to ensure humane management of stray animals while addressing…
Security personnel man the entrance to the new Jharkhand High Court complex in Dhurwa on the outskirts of Ranchi ahead of its inauguration ceremony on Wednesday which will be attended by President Droupadi Murmu. Photo By-Mahadeo Sen Ranchi: Jharkhand high court today on Thursday directed the railways to furnish a no objection certificate (NOC) for…
Residents of Nagri protest in Ranchi on Thursday Ranchi: Hundreds of residents of Nagri village marched over 20 km to Morabadi ground on Thursday to protest against the construction of the second campus of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims).The district administration had put up barricades on roads around the CM’s residence and Morabadi ground…
Ranchi: The district administration will organise special camps at all polling stations on Saturday and Sunday to expedite voter mapping ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The camps will held from 8 am to 4 pm, deputy commissioner–cum-district election officer Manjunath Bhajantri said on Thursday.“Booth level officers will be present from 8 am to…
Ranchi: Three artists from Jharkhand have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards and Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2024 and 2025, respectively, which were announced on Wednesday.Butan Devi and Sombari Devi have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for 2024, for their contributions to folk dance. Babita Hembram has been…
The window pane of the police vehicle was damaged in stone pelting Bokaro: A police team came under attack by a mob after it raided a village in Giridih district to arrest an alleged cybercriminal late on Wednesday. A few cops sustained minor injuries in the incident, which took place Chiksoria village under Ahilyapur police…
File photo of Rath Yatra in Ranchi Ranchi: The district administration has begun groundworks for the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Dhurwa. With the festival less than six weeks away, Ranchi deputy commissioner (DC) Manjunath Bhajantri, at a meeting earlier this week, asked all departments to complete infrastructure and safety-related works in time.The focus of…
Ranchi: Over a third of drinking water sources in Dhanbad district’s Gharbar panchayat are contaminated with fluoride, sometimes up to 10 times over the permissible limit, affecting over 14,000 villagers, a study has found.The School of Environmental Studies at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, along with Megh Pyne Abhiyan (MPA), an NGO, recently published the report in…
