BOKARO: Massive street protest over permanent jobs and death of a man in a CISF lathicharge, shut down Bokaro steel city on Friday, bringing steel production to grinding halt at its plant resulting in production loss of 13,400 tonnes of hot metal in 24 hours.Police arrested chief general manager (CGM) of Bokaro Steel Limited, Hari…
RANCHI: A scuffle and mild stone pelting occurred between two groups during the Mangla Julus procession, part of the Ram Navami celebrations on Tuesday in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. According to the information, the dispute escalated after an objectionable slogan was raised near Jhanda Chowk on Tuesday late night.After this, stone pelting took place from both sides….
Ranchi: A 49-year-old lieutenant colonel posted at the Dipatoli cantonment of the Army in Ranchi since 2019 was found dead in the parking area of the Khelgaon housing complex in Ranchi on Tuesday. He hailed from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district.Police said the officer identified as Diwarkar Singh and his family have been residing at the Khelgaon…
CHATRA: The deputy general manager of NTPC Keredari coal mines, Kumar Gaurav, was fatally shot by unidentified assailants near Phataha chowk on Hazaribag-Barkagaon road in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district on Saturday morning.The incident occurred around 9:30 am when Gaurav was traveling to his office from his Hazaribag residence. According to reports, motorcycle-borne attackers intercepted his SUV…
After 80 Class X girls in a Dhanbad school were allegedly made to remove their shirts by the principal for writing messages on them during Pen Day, the deputy commissioner initiated a five-member committee to investigate. DHANBAD: After the principal of a prominent private school here allegedly made 80 Class X girl students remove their…
RANCHI: Hoping to wrest Jharkhand from the Hemant Soren-led JMM govt, the BJP went to the polls with a strong strategy of showcasing cases of poor tribals losing their land to Bangladeshi land grabbers, in a move that eventually backfired with the entire campaign getting lost in translation on ground.And the result was JMM in…
Raid by I-T dept underway at the residence of Sunil Srivastava NEW DELHI: Income Tax officials on Saturday conducted searches at the residences of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren‘s personal secretary, Sunil Srivastava and others. According to reports, around 9 premises in Ranchi and Jamshedpur are being covered as part of these raids.More details are…
RANCHI: Following the death of 12 candidates during excise constable recruitment drive, Jharkhand govt is all set to relax the parameters for the physical ability test, reports Sanjay Sahay. As against the current qualifying benchmark of 10km run in 60 minutes, the police department is going to introduce a system of completing 1.6km run in…
RANCHI: The drive is scheduled to run till Sept 4, with a board headed by an IPS officer conducting physical tests at each centre.IGP (operations) Amol Homkar said four candidates died in Palamu, two deaths each were reported in Giridih and Hazaribag, and one each at Jharkhand Jaguar, CTC Musabani and Sahibganj centres. Homkar said…
RANCHI: Seventeen MLAs of the BJP, including former ministers and a speaker, were suspended from the ongoing monsoon session of the Jharkhand assembly on Thursday for ‘disrespecting the dignity’ of the House. Speaker Rabindranath Mahto suspended the BJP lawmakers after they sat on an overnight Dharna in the well of the House demanding chief minister…
