BJP LoP Babulal Marandi addresses a news conference in Ranchi on Thursday Ranchi: Despite having 40% of the country’s mineral reserves, Jharkhand has fallen behind in mining revenue, production and employment generation due to policy failures, administrative inefficiency and lack of transparency, leader of opposition Babulal Marandi claimed on Thursday.Addressing media after his visit to…
Avi Mohan Shukla demonstrates the InnoBox to farmers Ranchi: At an age when most students were busy with Class 12 board exams, 17-year-old Avi Mohan Shukla was spending nights building a device to tackle one of Jharkhand’s most persistent rural crises — human-elephant conflict.The urgency is stark. In Hazaribag’s Barkatha block, a 32-year-old daily wager…
Ranchi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a multi-tracking railway project for the state connecting Rajkharsawan in Seraikela-Kharsawan district and Dangoaposi in West Singhbhum.The Cabinet also approved a similar project for Odisha. The total cost of both projects was capped at Rs 3,907 crore, a statement for the railway ministry said.“The two projects covering four…
Jamshedpur: For hundreds of teachers deputed as booth level officers (BLOs) in urban Jamshedpur, the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has become a punishing test of endurance, with many claiming they are getting barely three to four hours of sleep a night.Govt-aided school teachers, who make up a sizeable section of the…
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…
Jamshedpur: In West Singhbhum, once a hotbed of Maoist violence and development deficit, a quiet transformation is taking shape in remote villages. Women are using govt livelihood schemes to move beyond subsistence farming and build independent incomes.Among them is 38-year-old Sushma Devi of Anandpur village, whose dairy venture reflects the changing face. A few years…
A malaria screening camp in West Singhbhum Jamshedpur: The health department has launched a large-scale malaria screening drive in residential schools and affected villages in West Singhbhum district after more than 100 cases were detected among students.Civil surgeon Dr Jujhar Majhi confirmed that all residential school patients are asymptomatic. “The students probably contracted malaria about…
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…
Debasish.ChatterjeeJamshedpur: In a surprise late-night inspection on Wednesday, West Singhbhum deputy commissioner (DC) Manish Kumar visited the Sadar Hospital in Chaibasa to review healthcare services, infrastructure and patient care, while directing officials to address deficiencies on priority.The DC inspected the newly constructed hospital ward, emergency unit and blood bank, assessing the quality of facilities available…
