Jamshedpur: The driver of a container truck died after his vehicle came in contact with an overhead high-tension wire and went up in flames at a weighing station in Adityapur. The deceased was identified as Bharat Das, 35, a resident of Madhya Pradesh. Das was rescued by police and fire brigade personnel and taken to…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand govt has begun groundwork to upgrade four sadar hospitals in the state into medical colleges under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model in an effort to strengthen healthcare infrastructure across the state.The proposed upgradation will cover sadar hospitals in Khunti, Jamtara, Giridih and Dhanbad districts, with the aim of expanding access to quality medical…
Ranchi/Jamshedpur: Bakrid was celebrated peacefully in Ranchi, Jamshedpur and other parts of Jharkhand amid heavy security deployments, officials said on Thursday.Thousands of devotees gathered at Idgahs and mosques at numerous places in Ranchi to offer prayers in the morning. After the ritual, they hugged each other and wished each other for the festival. Social gatherings,…
Jamshedpur: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour while she was strolling on the terrace of her rented house in East Singhbhum district early on Wednesday, police said.Police said the teenager was walking on the terrace around 12:30 am to cool off from the summer heat.The 42-year-old accused allegedly lured the girl into…
B.Sridhar/TNN Passenger trains will no longer be halted to allow freight trains passage: SER GMB.Sridhar | TNNJamshedpur: General manager (GM), South Eastern Railway (SER), Anil Kumar Jain, on Wednesday, announced that passenger trains will no longer be halted for extended hours to allow freight trains to pass. He said this during a meeting with a…
Jamshedpur: Tata Steel will upgrade civic amenities in the Mango Municipal Corporation (MMC) command area soon by repairing damaged infrastructure and undertaking beautification works, officials said.The decision in this regard was taken during a meeting on Monday evening between MMC mayor Sudha Gupta and Tata Steel MD T V Narendran, who was accompanied by VP…
