LOHARDAGA: Two police personnel were critically injured in an ambush by activists of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit in Jharkhand‘s Lohardaga district on Friday, police said. During a search operation in Shahi Ghat area, Maoists exploded an IED and fired upon a police team, in which two personnel were critically […]
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Ranchi: Smoke from firecrackers burnt during Diwali could turn out to be fatal for Covid-19 patients, said the Jharkhand chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday. In view of the pandemic, the medical body has urged the state government and citizens to make Diwali a smoke-free affair. The […]
Ranchi: Run by a non-government organisation with help from local youths in 23 villages in Ranchi, Gumla and Lohardaga districts, the initiative taken by Ratri Patshalas (night schools) to provide free and quality education to thousands of poor students has helped bridge the gap in learning ever since schools were […]
GIRIDIH: Ten CRPF personnel were injured, some of them critically, when the truck carrying them overturned after losing control while trying to save some bovine in Jharkhand‘s Giridih district on Friday, police said. The incident took place in Madhuban police station area when around 25 jawans of the Central Reserve […]
JAMSHEDPUR: After rising prices of onion, customers in the Steel City find another kitchen essential — mustard oil — burning a hole in their pocket during the festive and marriage season. Dhalbhum SDO and Krishi Utpadan Bazaar Samity Parsudih president Nitish Kumar Singh said he has ordered a probe and […]
BOKARO: A police constable posted at Pachamba police station in Giridih district committed suicide at his quarters in the new police complex on Thursday morning. SDO Ravindra Kumar Sinha and DSP (heaquarters-2) Binod Ravani said Raju Ekka (34) locked himself inside a room and hanged himself when all members of […]
Ranchi: Jharkhand on Thursday reported three Covid-19 deaths, taking the state’s toll to 883, and a spike in the number of fresh infections after the Durga Puja celebrations. The number of new cases on Thursday (395) is almost double since Monday when only 200 cases were reported at the start […]
Bokaro: The Bokaro district administration has directed all institutions and shops in the Bermo assembly constituency to remain closed on the bypoll day on November 3, so that all workers and employees can get the opportunity to cast their votes. In an order, DC-cum-district election officer Rajesh Singh said employers […]
PATNA: The Election Commission on Thursday ordered the immediate removal of Munger DM Rajesh Meena and SP Lipi Singh after rampaging mobs torched three police stations and two outposts in the town over Monday’s police firing on a Durga Puja immersion procession. The offices of at least three top officials, […]