DC reviews progress of schemes related to welfare department

Ranchi: A review meeting of schemes related to the welfare department was organized under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Ranchi Rahul Kumar Sinha in which senior officials of the district administration and those from the concerned departments were…

Jharkhand High Court orders CBI probe into mob lynching of Rupesh Pandey in Hazaribagh

Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court on Friday ordered CBI to take up an investigation into the Rupesh Pandey murder case. The order was passed by Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi on a writ petition filed by Rupesh’s mother Urmilla Devi seeking an independent…

IMD forecasts cloudy sky with few spells of rain in Jharkhand

Ranchi: IMD’s Ranchi weather office has issued a forecast of cloudy sky in most places across the state with few spells of rain or thundershowers activity.

Though the monsoon trough which has shifted close to the foothills of the Himalayas…

Two Maoists killed in encounter with security forces at Kuchai

Saraikela: Two ultras were killed in an encounter between paramilitary forces and the proscribed CPI-Maoist squad which took place in a jungle located under the Kuchai police station area of this district. Apart from the bodies of the Maoists, the…

CM chairs high level meeting to review drought situation, directs officials to make plans to provide relief to workers and labourers

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren held a high-level review meeting regarding the prevailing drought situation in the state and took detailed information from the officials about the low rainfall and sowing of crops in various districts and blocks…

Chawal Diwas will be organized to provide backlog food grains to ration card holders

Ranchi: Rice Day will be organized in the coming days to provide backlog food grains to the ration card holders in the capital Ranchi. In the review meeting of food supply, Deputy Commissioner Ranchi Rahul Kumar Sinha gave necessary directions to…

Heavy rain in August fails to beat deficit in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Despite pouring heavily in August the rainfall was not enough to make up the deficit that stood at 26 per cent at the end of the third monsoon month. However, the good news is that more showers are holding up in the sky. 

According…

Jharkhand Speaker defers hearing against 3 Congress MLAs

Ranchi: Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto on Thursday deferred hearing till September 5 in the matter involving three Congress legislators-Irfan Ansari, Naman Vixel Kongari and Rajesh Kachap. They are in Kolkata after the Calcutta High…

Cabinet nod to call special Assembly session on September 5

Ranchi: Amid the ongoing political crisis in the Hemant Soren Cabinet on Thursday decided to call a special session of the state assembly on September 5. Though no reason was given for this special session, it is widely believed that Chief Minister…

UPA leaders meet Governor Ramesh Bais, say leaks from his office creating chaos in state

Ranchi: Leaders of Jharkhand’s ruling coalition comprising those from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha met Governor Ramesh Bais Thursday and submitted a memorandum urging him to “clear the air” regarding Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s disqualification by…