Daltonganj: Two cows were electrocuted after allegedly coming in contact with an illegally electrified barbed wire fence installed around a green gram field at Tara village in Palamu district on Friday, prompting police to lodge a case against the farmer.Police said the field belongs to Asfak, a resident of Tara village, who had fenced his…
Daltonganj: A heartfelt appeal for support by a six-year-old girl from Osaney village in Palamu district’s Chainpur block, which went viral after being shared by a local social media influencer, prompted deputy commissioner Dilip Pratap Singh Shekhawat to visit her family and extend immediate support on Saturday.Lalita Kumari had urged the DC through the video…
Daltonganj: A 13-year-old boy was killed in lightning strike at a mango orchard in Akouni village in Palamu on Saturday. A doctor of the Hussainabad sub-divisional hospital, Dr S K Ravi, said the post-mortem of the child was done and the body handed over to the family. A total of 10 others were discharged after…
Patna: The railways will run at least six special trains from different stations under Danapur division of East Central Railway (ECR) to facilitate movement of candidates appearing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday.Danapur senior divisional commercial manager (DCM) Abhinav Siddarth said the services have been introduced to ensure smooth and convenient travel for…
Daltonganj: A 35-year-old man from West Bengal was electrocuted while erecting a tent for a wedding ceremony in Daltonganj on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Tapan Kumar Das, a resident of Kolkata, and worked as a tent house worker. Das was erecting a pole for the tent in an open plot of land overlooking…
Daltonganj: Police on Monday claimed to have solved the murder case of a 38-year-old man, whose body was found at Belhara in Palamu district on May 9. The victim was later identified as Vishal Yadav.Bishrampur SDPO Chiranjeev Mandal said that Yadav allegedly stoned to death after a row over gargling with cold drink.Police said Yadav…
Daltonganj: In a rare instance of community cooperation, villagers of Sohdaag Khurd under Nawa Bazar block in Palamu district have voluntarily withdrawn from cultivating around seven acres of forest land they had been using for years to make way for a nursery of the forest department.Despite repeated warnings from the department, the locals had been…
Daltonganj: Latehar deputy commissioner (DC) Sandip Kumar has urged residents to join hands to uproot Parthenium, an invasive weed spreading rapidly across Latehar town, warning that unchecked growth could “eat into the vitals” of the town.Expressing concern over its spread, Kumar said, “There is hardly any space left where this invasive grass is not coming…
M F Ahmad| TNNDaltonganj: Teams of the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) on Saturday seized 45 standard bags of kendu leaves from different locations, though no arrests have been made so far.According to PTR management, 25 standard bags were seized at Lukum Kharn, while another 20 bags were recovered from Mundu. Sources added that just a…
Students return home during rain in Jamshedpur on Friday Ranchi: The southwest monsoon made its much-awaited entry into the state on Friday, though weather experts said there will be below normal during the first month of the season compared to last year.The Ranchi office of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the monsoon has…
