Mobile Covid testing in 12 districts of Jharkhand from next week

Ranchi: The speed of Corona testing will be increased in Jharkhand as the government has inked an MoU in this regard with a Delhi based firm.

From the first week of June in 12 districts of the state, the company through its mobile testing van…

Fine worth Rs 5.52 lakh collected, no arrests for lockdown violation

Ranchi: On Saturday the state police collected a fine worth more than Rs 5.52 lakh across the 24 districts of Jharkhand for instances of lockdown violation and not wearing masks in public.

As per the data provided by the police headquarters…

Antigen test drive continues in villages, screening of 1,30,522 people done

Ranchi: To prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the rural areas the antigen test drive was on at the panchayat level by the means of door to door survey.

The panchayat task force is reaching at the doors of the people for surveys and tests.…

PIL filed in HC demanding presence of kin in last rites of Covid patients

Ranchi: A PIL has been filed at the Jharkhand High Court seeking the presence of kin at the last rites of deceased people due to Covid-19.

A Jamshedpur-based organisation through their lawyer Aprajita Bhardwaj has filed the PIL. In the petition,…

Oxygen tank being installed in Itki Covid Centre leaks during installation

Ranchi: A nineteen thousand litre oxygen tank which was provided to the state with the help of FICCI leaked while it was being installed at the Covid Care Centre being set up in Itki.

Sadar SDO Utkarsh Gupta said that tank was provided to the…

63% say Modi handled Covid crisis well; 22?el RaGa would have done better

New Delhi (IANS) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been one of the most vocal critics of the Narendra Modi-led government's strategy to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recently, Rahul Gandhi had said that India will be hit by multiple…

Navneet Kalra case: Court says sentiments against accused can't be ground for denying bail

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to businessman Navneet Kalra arrested in a case for allegedly hoarding of oxygen concentrators. The court noted that bail cannot be denied to accused, merely because public sentiments are against…

Mamata wants Centre to withdraw letter recalling Chief Secy

Kolkata (IANS) A Day after the Central government recalled West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay for central deputation, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that the decision was a result of political vendetta of the Centre.

Wrestler murder case: Court sends Sushil to another 4 days of police custody

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday sent Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar to four more days of police custody in the murder case of a 23-year-old wrestler.

The Delhi police had sought seven more days of police custody, after Kumar was…

Jaishankar meets Blinken, affirms strong US ties

New York (IANS) Amid the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging India and the rising global tensions, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has capped two days of whirlwind diplomacy in Washington by meeting Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary…