Ranchi, Feb 17 (IANS) An all-party meeting was held here, ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly’s Budget session, which begins on Wednesday.Speaker Rabindranath Mahato, at the all-party meeting, urged leaders across party lines to ensure the smooth functioning of the House.Addressing the meeting, he appealed for cooperation from all members, stressing that meaningful solutions to public issues can only be found through logical, factual, and constructive debate within the Assembly.He expressed hope tha…
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Ranchi, Feb 17 (IANS) In a shocking incident in Ranchi’s Doranda police station area on Tuesday, a young man was dragged for several kms by a luxury Mercedes car after he protested against the vehicle hitting a woman, officials said. The accused driver, identified as High Court advocate Manoj Tandon, has been taken into custody.The incident occurred near Rajendra Chowk in the Doranda area of the city. According to reports, the Mercedes first struck a woman. When a young man who was present at …
Ranchi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s Ranchi Zonal Office filed a chargesheet on Monday before the special court in Ranchi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), against Maxizone Touch Private Limited and its directors, Chander Bhushan Singh and Priyanka. The case involves a large-scale multi-level marketing fraud that duped 16,927 investors across the country through a classic Ponzi scheme promising unrealistic lifelong monthly returns of 15 per cent, the ED said in …
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Six operatives of the banned terror outfit People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) have been sentenced to ten years of rigorous imprisonment each by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Ranchi, Jharkhand.The verdict, delivered on Friday, deals a setback to the outfit’s activities in the region, particularly in terror financing, arms procurement and extortion rackets that have affected parts of central India.The convicted individuals — Gulab Kumar…
Patna, Feb 11 (IANS) The partially-burnt body of a woman lawyer practicing at the Patna High Court was found at her residence in Rajendra Nagar locality under Kadam Kuan police station area of Patna, Bihar on Wednesday, triggering panic in the area and raising concerns among members of the legal fraternity.According to police, the 65-year-old prominent woman lawyer in Patna was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her residence. Her partially-burnt body was recovered from the two-storey …
Ranchi, Feb 8 (IANS) In the busy lanes around Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences hospital (RIMS) in Ranchi, a small shop is quietly changing lives. The ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra’ near RIMS has become a real hope for many patients who struggle with high medicine costs. This government-run centre sells quality generic medicines at prices that are 50 to 90 per cent lower than branded ones found in regular pharmacies. For poor and middle-class families coming to the big ho…
Ranchi, Feb 5 (IANS) A special CBI court in Ranchi on Thursday sentenced three convicts to life imprisonment for the 2022 murder of teenager Rupesh Pandey, a case that had triggered widespread outrage and communal tension across Jharkhand.The convicts — Mohammad Aslam Ansari alias Pappu Mian, Mohammad Gufran and Mohammad Kaif — were each sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000 each.The court ordered that failure to pay the fine would invite additional punishment. Following …
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) National Senior Athletics Federation Competition, scheduled to be held between May 22 and 25 in Ranchi, Jharkhand, will act as final selection trials for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games starting July 23 in Scotland. While announcing the 2026 Commonwealth Games qualification standards for track and field on Monday, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said a limited number of athletes will compete in Glasgow.”As per the protocol of the Commonwealth Games Organising Commi…
Ranchi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Union Budget has delivered a major boost to mental healthcare infrastructure in Jharkhand, with the Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi, set to be upgraded as a regional apex institution.This is expected to significantly strengthen mental health services, research, and training in the eastern part of India.Announcing key initiatives for the mental health sector in her Budget 2026=27 speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said national mental health i…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Government on Sunday proposed to waive customs duty on 17 drugs for cancer, seven for rare diseases, as well as to build a second National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in North India to boost mental healthcare in the country.Presenting the ninth Union Budget 2026 in the Parliament, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced relief for cancer and rare disease patients.“Basic customs duty on 17 drugs and medicines will be exempt to help redu…