Chatra: Gidhaur police arrested three drug peddlers with 25.67 grams of suspected brown sugar worth Rs 5 lakh and sent them to judicial custody.An expensive mobile phone and a motorcycle were seized. Acting on SP Animesh Naithany’s tip-off, a team, led by Simaria SDPO Nagargoje Shubham Bhausaheb, checked vehicles near Piratand on Peksa-Gidhaur road towards…
Chatra: Two key associates of Dhanbad gangster Prince Khan were arrested by Chatra police in connection with an extortion case registered at Hunterganj police station. Chatra SP Animesh Naithany said the accused managed the gang’s financial network, including hawala transactions and routing money to shooters.On the SP’s directions, a special investigation team led by SDPO…
Vehicles ply during heavy rain in Ranchi Ranchi: The Met office on Friday issued a yellow warning of thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places over the state in the next two days and for heavy rainfall at isolated places in northeastern, northwestern and central parts of Jharkhand in the following two days.According to the Met…
Jharkhand cultivates rice on nearly 16-18 lakh hectares. Ranchi and other districts are now in a crucial Kharif planning phase, with farmers preparing nurseries and choosing crops amid a 42% rainfall deficit this year Ranchi: Recent rainfall has helped reduce Jharkhand’s rain deficit, but agricultural experts have cautioned that prolonged high-intensity showers could hurt transplanted…
Chatra: A 50-year-old farmer was allegedly beaten to death by his elder brother and other family members over a long-running land dispute at Datmi village in Chatra district on Tuesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Kailash Yadav.His elder brother, Vilas Yadav, has been named the prime accused based on the statement of Kailash’s…
Vishvendu JaipuriarChatra: One Sahdev Yadav (45) was allegedly mowed down by speeding coal-laden truck on the Chatra-Simaria road near Delho village under Simaria police station limits on Sunday, police said.Hundreds of villagers placed the body on the road, , demanding adequate compensation for the victim’s family and strict action against the truck triver. The protest…
Heavy rain is likely at isolated places in Ranchi and other districts on Monday Ranchi: The Met office on Sunday issued a yellow alert for heavy rain, thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds at isolated places in the state for four days due to a depression over the Bay of Bengal.Officials at the Ranchi Meteorological Centre…
Heavy rain is likely at isolated places in Ranchi and other districts on Monday Ranchi: The Met office on Sunday issued an orange alert for heavy rain, thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds at isolated places in the state for four days due to a depression over the Bay of Bengal.Officials at the Ranchi Meteorological Centre…
Chatra: The Chatra administration has suspended all financial and administrative powers of the mukhiya of Tandwa gram panchayat following allegations that he demanded and accepted bribes from MGNREGS workers.The action came after a purported video showing mukhiya Ramkeshwar Yadav alias Kishore Yadav collecting commissions from labourers for wage payments and for facilitating digital signature certificates…
Ranchi has received 125.7 mm of rainfall from June 1 till Friday, a deficit of 21% Ranchi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued an orange alert for 20 districts, including Ranchi, on Saturday and Sunday, forecasting moderate thunderstorm, lightning and winds gusting up to 40-50 kmph, even as the state has a cumulative…
