HC hears PIL on illegal mining, rehab of displaced people

Ranchi: The High Court heard a public interest litigation (PIL) regarding the illegal mining activities by a coal company and the demand for the rehabilitation of displaced people. During the hearing, the court expressed its dissatisfaction over the…

CPI(ML) accuses BJP, RSS of trying to impose Manusmriti

Ranchi: The CPI(ML) strongly condemned the statement made by Home Minister Amit Shah against Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar, accusing the RSS and BJP of trying to impose Manusmriti on the country. The party expressed concerns over the growing awareness among…

Bizman attacked by unidentified criminals

Ranchi: A businessman, Prince Raj Srivastava, was attacked with an intent to kill in the Kilburn Colony area of Doranda. Prince is the cousin of gangster Aman Srivastava, who is currently incarcerated. The incident occurred late Friday night in Kadru…

Campaign to make educational institutions tobacco-free

Ranchi: The Jharkhand School Education and Literacy Department launched a campaign on Saturday to make all educational institutions in the district tobacco-free, in line with the ToFEI guidelines and the Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign 2.0. As part of…

Police arrest man for aiding accused in student molestation case

Ranchi: Kotwali police have arrested a man named Mo Jaseem, who is accused of helping Mo Firoz Ali, a man involved in molesting schoolgirls near Kanya School in Upper Bazaar, Hindpiri.

Jaseem allegedly assisted Firoz Ali in evading arrest.…

Six youths get life term for friend’s murder

Ranchi: The Ranchi Civil Court has sentenced six young men to life imprisonment for the murder of their friend. The court also imposed a fine of ?10,000 on each of the convicted individuals. The murder, which occurred in 2022, stemmed from a dispute…

Mega women’s health and vision safety camp held in Tonto

Ranchi: A mega women's health camp and vision safety campaign was organised on Saturday at the Community Health Centre, Tonto, starting from 9 AM. The event was organised under the joint collaboration of the Women Doctors Wing of IMA Jharkhand…

Hemant Soren, Babulal Marandi spar over Jharkhand's claim of Rs 1.36 lakh crore

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand's claim of Rs 1.36 lakh crore on the Central government in the form of coal royalty and compensation for mines has now turned into a 'political war'. For the last four days, there has been a war of words between…

Cab driver arrested for sexually assaulting 4-year-old nursery child in Ranchi

Ranchi (IANS) A case of sexual assault of a four-year-old nursery male child in a private school in Ranchi has come to light and police have arrested the accused cab driver under the Pocso Act. 

However, the child's mother alleges that…

Former Jharkhand Mines Dept Director, accused of corruption, surrenders in CBI court

Ranchi (IANS) Indra Dev Paswan, a former director of Jharkhand's Mines Department and facing charges of corruption in the illegal allocation of iron ore mines to Usha Martin Litd, surrendered before a CBI court in Ranchi on Thursday. 

Soon…