Ranchi: Director of Jharkhand State Child Protection Institution Rajeshwari B said that many policies have been framed for children at the national and state level. Addressing a workshop in SIRD she said that to bring the same policies on the ground it is the duty to make every child of the … read more
Ranchi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a forecast of rain at a few places over Jharkhand. The monsoon at mean sea level was passing through Jaisalmer, Kota, Guna Ajmer, Ambikapur and Jharsuguda. The weather station said a cyclonic circulation has formed over East Central Bay of Bengal. Under its … read more
Ranchi: A gratitude ceremony was organized by the Jharkhand Administrative Services Association in the auditorium of the project building towards Chief Minister Hemant Soren for his decision to implement the old pension scheme. During the function, the Jharkhand Administrative Service Association expressed its gratitude to the Chief Minister while … read more
Ranchi: A hearing was held in the Speaker’s court on the petition filed to abolish the assembly membership of Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Vixal Kongadi. All three MLAs appeared physically during the hearing. The counsel for the MLAs sought eight weeks’ time from the Speaker to reply. The … read more
Ranchi: Inaugurating the workshop organized for the Lokpals appointed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Mnrega Commissioner Rajeshwari B said that the post of Lokpal is not a post but an the institution where people have to register complaints as per rules and laws. She said that the impartiality … read more
Ranchi: The monsoon trough which had shifted towards the foothills of the Himalayas got restored thus increasing the possibility of rain at many places across the state going forward. Met readings suggested that the monsoon trough at mean sea level was passing through Ganganagar, Hissar, Hardoi, Gorakhpur, Patna, Jamshedpur, Digha … read more
Chaibasa/Latehar/(Agencies): Security forces demolished a large bunker of the proscribed CPI(Maoist) at Saranda forest in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district as part of the ‘Operation Octopus’ on Wednesday, a day after the recovery of a huge cache of explosive and ammunition in Latehar, a senior police officer said. The massive anti-Naxal operation … read more
Ranchi: Hemant Soren-led Mahagathbandhan government won a vote of confidence in the Jharkhand Assembly in which 48 votes were cast in favor of the trust vote while the entire opposition boycotted the vote. Responding on behalf of the government on the motion of confidence Chief Minister Hemant Soren said … read more
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister said that the State Government was going to proceed very quickly to formulate a local policy on the basis of the Khatiyan of 1932. He said that the government is also concerned about drought, the situation is not good in many districts due to scanty rainfall, better … read more
Dumka: The chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Priyank Kanoongo criticized the Hemant Soren government for not supporting the team he led to visit Dumka to take stock of the dual murder of minor girls that had taken place in the recent past. Expressing surprise … read more