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Dhoni gallery at nostalgia stadium

Mecon Stadium, which is proposed to be renamed after Indian cricket team's most successful skipper M.S. Dhoni who had spent his formative days on the same pitch, will soon boast a dedicated gallery highlighting the life of Ranchi's celebrated icon. [...More]

Armed men raid NH site

A group of 16 armed men swooped down on a construction site along the NH-33 and damaged five vehicles and intimidated labourers engaged in a Rs 1,500-crore four-laning project in rebel-affected Tamar of Ranchi district past midnight, but police ruled out involvement of any extremist outfit in the attack. [...More]

Rule whip on bikers

The city police on Friday carried out a massive drive simultaneously across the capital to slam the brakes on bikers riding two-wheelers without helmets, licences or valid papers. [...More]

Health budget thinks big

The health department budget for the coming fiscal was today passed in the Assembly by voice vote with focus on opening new medical colleges-cum-hospitals at Koderma, Chaibasa and Bokaro, modernising existing state-run medical colleges in Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad under Medical Council of India norms, setting up hi-tech infrastructure to dispose biowaste, and healthcare for particularly vulnerable tribal groups. [...More]

Steel city showcases tech that makes life easier

The steel city is gearing up to become future ready. [...More]

Cage farming to boost fisheries

Picturesque Bada Jheel, the biggest among the four water bodies collectively known as Hazaribagh Lakes, has been turned into a fish cultivation hub, in a move that will serve multiple purposes - boost the fisheries industry, create employment and help people meet their protein requirement at affordable prices. [...More]

Scrap JPSC exam: Opp.

The Opposition on Monday demanded the cancellation of results of the fifth civil services examination declared earlier this month, disrupting House proceedings for the second time this session. [...More]

Cosmic impact of meteors

When meteors land on earth, the impact is hard to miss. [...More]

Hi-tech tomes to clear NAAC test

Students of Jamshedpur Co-operative College will read smart from next month. [...More]

ST tag for two more groups

Two more communities of Jharkhand, Puran and Bhokta, will soon be classified as Scheduled Tribes (ST) with the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) having recommended their inclusion in the list. [...More]

Fragrant red alert for traffic rogues

Roses were offered to traffic violators by volunteers while policemen exchanged pleasantries with helmet-less bikers. [...More]

Curtains up for show of stripes

Yes, it was a long wait, but the Tel Aviv quartet made it worthwhile. [...More]

National post for Dhanbad thinker

Professor Naresh Kumar Ambastha, head of philosophy at PK Roy Memorial College in Dhanbad, has been nominated as a new member of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), the apex autonomous body that encourages people to take up research on the subject. [...More]

Meet glare on domestic law

Reetu Singh of Koderma had to exchange wedding vows at a very young age. Eventually, what she anticipated to be a fairytale marriage turned into a nightmare. She lost her husband and was tormented by her in-laws. She had to return to her parents who decided to marry her off again. Today, Reetu is blessed with a supportive husband and two kids. [...More]

Stranded students on way home

Around 85 students of Ranchi's Manrakhan Mahto BEd College, who went on a trip to Shimla-Manali on February 16 and were stranded at Panipat district of Haryana on their return journey because of the Jat quota protest, finally left for Delhi to board a train to the state capital on Tuesday. [...More]

Found in translation, a debut feat

She has nursed an ability to conjure up worlds through words. And, it is this skill that won Jamshedpur-based Tala Tudu (43) the Sahitya Akademi Award 2015 recently. [...More]

State meet for equality at work

It is paradoxical that women have to constantly fight against sexual harassment in a country, which has a tradition of respecting them as the source of power and inspiration. [...More]

Minister promises probe into equipment 'scam'

The Opposition, led by the Congress, today demanded a thorough probe into an alleged scam of medical equipment, prompting state health minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi to promise steps to determine the condition of all machineries and apparatuses, lying defunct or unused at various heal hubs across Jharkhand, in the next six months. [...More]

Car crash at grub hub

The shattered window of an eatery and the red car that suffered parking jitters in Ranchi on Thursday afternoon. [...More]

Nod to gas bottling plant

Biada has given 22 acres to Bharat Petroleum in Balidih industrial area, around 15km from Bokaro city, where the PSU proposes to set up a gas bottling plant with an investment of over Rs 115 crore. [...More]

Start-up boards swachh bandwagon

A group of 27 ISM students launched a start-up to effectively deal with the waste generated in Dhanbad on Tuesday, a day after a swachh survey commissioned by the centre rated Dhanbad as the dirtiest city among 73 that were ranked according to their cleanliness. [...More]

Eviction to aid NH revamp

Bokaro district administration on Tuesday launched a massive eviction drive to remove squatters from both sides of NH-23 to pave the way for proposed four-laning of a 78km stretch between Chas and Ramgarh. [...More]

Three held for temple heist

Two men were arrested on Monday from Sukhdeonagar for stealing idols and ornaments worth Rs 5,000 from Narsimha temple near Bada Talab in Ranchi. [...More]

Special IDs on right track

To extend the benefit of online reservation to bona fide special passengers and stem the misuse of concessions by unscrupulous ones, Chakradharpur has become the first division under South Eastern Railway (SER) to initiate the process of issuing exclusive identity cards. [...More]

Food park debut on Feb. 15

The six-year-long wait for Jharkhand Mega Food Park in Getalsud will finally end on February 15, when the much-hyped and long-delayed facility built on the capital's outskirts will be inaugurated. [...More]