Ranchi, March 17 (IANS) The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has proved to be life-changing experience for many residents of Jharkhand’s Palamu district because of the free and cashless medical treatment as provisioned under the Central welfare scheme. Under the scheme, eligible beneficiaries are entitled to get a mandatory health coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family per year. Thousands of Palamu residents have got free and cashless medical treatments.Patients and their re…
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Palamu (Jharkhand), March 12 (IANS) More than 100 villagers fell ill following a suspected case of food poisoning after consuming food at a wedding feast in Bohita village under Satbarwa block of Palamu district in Jharkhand, officials said on Thursday.The incident triggered panic in the village. In response, the district administration has set up a temporary medical camp at the village school to treat the affected people.Officials said around 10 persons are in critical condition and have been r…
Palamu (Jharkhand), Feb 1 (IANS) Three members of a family were brutally murdered with sharp weapons in a village in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, police said on Sunday.A 16-year-old girl of the family sustained serious injuries in the attack in the Kusri village of the Asehar panchayat under the Panki police station area, and is battling for life.The incident occurred after midnight. Preliminary investigations suggest the murders were triggered by superstition and suspicion of witchcraft.The d…
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday alleged that the recent violence in Beldanga, a minority-dominated area in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, was provoked in a pre-planned manner by falsely portraying the suicide of a local migrant worker in neighbouring Jharkhand as a case of murder.BJP IT Cell chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, cited the post-mortem report of Alauddin Sheikh, furnished by Jharkhand Police, to assert that the death was conclusi…
Ranchi, Dec 22 (IANS) At least three people were killed in two separate road accidents in Jharkhand on Monday, officials said.Both incidents caused major traffic disruptions, with one leading to prolonged traffic jams in the Palamu district.The first mishap occurred in the Hussainabad police station area of Palamu district on Monday morning. A school bus collided head-on with a motorcycle near Gamharia village on the Japla-Chhatarpur main road, killing the rider instantly.The deceased was identi…