Newly appointed Ranchi SSP Rakesh Ranjan takes charge Ranchi: The state govt effected a major reshuffle of its IPS cadre, transferring and giving new appointments to 30 officers, a notification said.It has relieved the Director General of Police, Anurag Gupta, from the responsibility of Director General (DG) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) while appointing new SSP,…
Daltonganj: A minor, who was placed in the observation home for boys here after being accused of rape, was found hanging in the bathroom of the facility on Friday afternoon. The deceased, a resident of Ranka block in Garhwa district, had used a gamcha (coarse towel) to hang himself, the police said. Other inmates of…
Hazaribag: A truck driver was charred to death after two trucks collided head-on near Konarhara Khurd village on the NH-2 late on Thursday night. Ajit Kumar Vimla, Barhi subdivisional police officer, said the collision caused a massive fire which has noticed by a local. The local then alerted the fire brigade.However, by the time the…
Dumka: Hundreds of tribal students descended to the streets of Dumka on Friday to demand a CBI probe into the alleged encounter of Surya Hansda in Godda in August. Hansda’s mother Nilmuni Murmu and his widow also took part in the rally organized by the Santhal Pargana Coordination Committee, a coalition of several tribal organizations,…
Members of the Kurmi community protest on Thursday Ranchi: Ahead of the indefinite agitation ‘Rail teka, Dagar chheka’ (stop trains, block roads) planned by the Kurmi community in three states from Saturday to press for scheduled tribe (ST) status, Ranchi district administration on Friday announced enforcement of prohibitory orders across various railway stations.A statement issued…
Police personnel outside Maoist Sahdev Mahto’s home Hazaribag: After three wanted Maoists, including central committee member (CCM) Sahdev Soren was killed by the security forces earlier this week, the police are tightening its noose around Sahdev Mahto. A resident of Keredari who is also known by his aliases Subhash and Anuj, Mahto carries a reward…
Bokaro: Expressing his dissatisfaction on the unsatisfactory credit ratio of several banks in the district, deputy commissioner (DC) Ajay Nath Jha on Friday asked the banks that their respective credit ratios should dip below 40%.Chairing the district level credit committee (DLCC) and district level review committee (DLRC) meetings on Friday, Jha said certain banks were…
Ranchi: The semi-charred body of a 32-year-old man was recovered near Tonko Talab in the city on Friday. The deceased, identified as Prashant Kumar, was a resident of Patel Nagar in Hatia, nearly 6 km away. Officials at Ranchi Airport police suspected Kumar was fatally struck with a heavy object before being set on fire….
SP Harvinder Singh at a pandal in the city on Friday Bokaro: SP Harvinder Singh visited several Durga Puja pandals in the city on Friday and reviewed their security arrangements. Singh also asked the organizers to install CCTV cameras on their premises, ensure proper lighting and arrange for adequate parking facilities near their pandals.Singh visited…
Ranchi: A massive fire broke out at a plastic manufacturing plant in Ormanjhi, on the outskirts of Ranchi, on Friday, damaging properties worth several lakhs. However, no casualty was reported in the incident, police said. Ormanjhi police station in-charge Anil Tiwari said that the fire broke out due to an electric short circuit. “Around 10…