Ranchi, May 10 (IANS) A woman has been arrested in Ranchi for allegedly murdering her father-in-law, a well-known homeopathic doctor, by suffocating him with a pillow following a domestic dispute, police said on Sunday.The incident took place in Vidyanagar locality under the Pandra OP police station area of the Jharkhand capital and has sparked shock and panic among residents.The deceased has been identified as Dr K.P. Gupta, a reputed homeopathic practitioner who had been living with his family…
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Ranchi, May 10 (IANS) A major scam has come to light in the Staff Selection Commission’s (SSC) General Duty online examination in Jharkhand’s capital, Ranchi, where answers were allegedly being solved automatically through remote access, officials said on Sunday.Ranchi police have arrested six people following a raid at an online examination centre in the Pandara police outpost area.The raid was conducted at the Futuristic Online Examination Centre near Piska More after Senior Superintendent…
Sangrur, May 9 (IANS) Punjab’s 31 years old seasoned thrower dominated the men’s shot put at the fifth-leg of the Indian Athletics Series in Sangrur, Punjab on Saturday. His best throw was 19.97m.Asian Games champion in men’s shot put, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, is gearing up for upcoming major domestic competition later this month in Ranchi.“Main goal this season is to peak in major international meets,” says the national record holder.Toor’s season best of 21.03m was recorded earlier in…
Bhubaneswar, May 2 (IANS) Kuldeep Kumar, representing Madhya Pradesh, won a battle of wits to set the national men’s pole vault record on the opening day of the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition at the Indoor Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.The 21-year-old cleared the height of 5.41m in his first attempt to better the national record of 5.40m set last year by Dev Kumar Meena. Kuldeep Kumar also improved the national indoor record of 5.30m set earlier in…
Hazaribagh, April 27 (IANS) In a tragic road accident in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district on Monday, a mother and her son lost their lives on the spot after the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary Hyva truck parked along the roadside. Two other members of the family sustained critical injuries in the crash.According to police and local sources, the incident occurred under the Muffasil police station limits when the family of Mahavir Prasad was returning from a wedding ceremony …
New Delhi/Hazaribagh, April 25 (IANS) The CBI conducted searches at the home of a Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) manager arrested in a corruption case in Hazaribagh, recovering Rs 21 lakh cash, jewellery, property papers and other digital evidence, an official said on Saturday. Ravi Ranjan Kumar, arrested on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, was produced in a Special CBI Court in Ranchi that remanded him to judicial custody, the CBI said in a statement.The CBI said th…
Ranchi, April 24 (IANS) Unidentified criminals ransacked a prominent temple in Ranchi with an attempt to commit robbery, but the watchful security guard foiled their plans at the cost of his life, a senior police official said on Friday.The 55-year-old security guard was bludgeoned to death after being attacked by the unknown miscreants.The incident happened at Jagannathpur Temple on Thursday night, when the criminals sneaked into the temple with an intent to plunder the temple’s wealth.The poli…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) In a setback to the Jharkhand government, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Jharkhand High Court’s order transferring the probe into an FIR against Enforcement Directorate officials in Ranchi to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh dismissed the state government’s plea, which had challenged the High Court’s decision and sought a halt to the CBI investigation.Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, …
Ranchi, April 20 (IANS) The alleged gang-rape of a dental surgery (MDS) student in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi has sparked massive political reactions in the state, with the BJP staging a huge protest outside the SSP office on Monday, demanding speedy justice and strict punishment for the accused.Hundreds of BJP leaders and workers gathered outside the SSP office, raising slogans against the police administration. Party leaders warned that the agitation would be intensified if a fast-track trial …
Ranchi, April 20 (IANS) In view of the severe heatwave conditions in Jharkhand, the state government has revised school timings to provide relief to students, while the Health Department has issued a yellow alert and asked all districts to remain on high alert.According to an order issued by the School Education and Literacy Department on Monday, classes in all government, government‑aided and private schools across the state will be held in the morning from April 21.Classes from KG to Class 8…