- Thu, 9 Sep, 2010, 11:02 am -

Ranchi: The Adki police foiled the attempt of Maoists to blow up the Kesaribera and Masunga roads through which the police contingent was scheduled to pass. The Adki police under station in-charge Anup Karmakar raided the spot on getting a tip-off that Maoists were laying land mines on the above mentioned roads. ..details..

Ranchi: The State Youth Congress concluded in Ranchi and the dashing Manas Sinha emerged victorious as the new State Youth Congress President. He secured 216 votes as compared to 163 procured by Rajendra Singh’s son Akshay Singh. The third position went to former Speaker Alamgir Alam’s son Tanvir and fourth to Sardar Jyoti Singh. ..details..

Ranchi: The Governor M O H Farook , inaugurating the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Ranchi University said that the University was proving to be the hub of education in the State. ..details..

Ranchi: The State Youth Congress elections for electing office bearers from the State as well as Lok Sabha Regional segment Committee will be held in Ranchi tomorrow. There are sixteen people in the fray for the 10 seats. ..details..

Ranchi: Addressing a packed Chamber auditorium in Ranchi under the aegis of Police and Chamber Together (PACT), SSR Praveen Singh urged the members of the Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) to consider police as their friend. He said the police was at their service round the clock 24 x 365 days. ..details..

Ranchi: The DVC Jharkhand Mazdoor Union held a meeting in Ranchi and unanimously passed the resolution to work positively to strengthen the management’s hand in all the developmental work.
Mazdoor Union General Secretary Binod Prasad said that there were some unscrupulous officers within the Corporation who trying to create misunderstanding between the workers and the management for their selfish gains. He cautioned the workers to beware of such persons.
The Union lauded the efforts of the Secretary, DVC for his positive approach. Under his guidance the Mezia Thermal Power Station is generating power with increased capacity and even the coal stocks are improving every passing day.
Prasad said that under the current management things were looking up and the union has resolved to do away with confrontation and work for the development of the corporation.

Ranchi: Former Chairman of the JPSC Dalip Prasad’s services was terminated by the Cabinet of Advisors to the Governor at a Cabinet meeting held at the Secretariat today. Governor M O H Farook headed the chair. ..details..

|| Parimal Nathwani ||
Dhirubhai Ambani became the real time hero with his incessant efforts, hard work, tremendous struggle and focused accomplishments. Though he created inexhaustible national wealth and assets, he also created values in abundance. He taught the world what it has to be the 'trustworthy' in the eyes of shareholders and common public as an industrialist. Mahatma Gandhi once said about himself that his life was his message. ..details..

Ranchi: The dawn to dusk Bharat Bandh called by all the opposition parties country wide to protest the steep rise of petroleum products and other commodities was partially successful in Jharkhand. ..details..

Ranchi: Jharkhand Governor M O H Farook inaugurated the facilities ceter of the first ever International level cricklet stadium at the HEC premises in Dhurva, Ranchi on Sunday.
BCCI President Sashank Manohar and Secretary Srinivasdan had specially flown in to attend the historic function. ..details..

Ranchi: The Governor M O H Farook initiated the Green Jharkhand campaign of FJCCI’s Women wing by planting a tree at the Raj Bhavan on Sunday. ..details..

Ranchi: There is absolutely no respite for the people of the State. Most of the last week witnessed bandh by the Naxals and the ABVP, paralyzing normal life. ..details..

|| Police forms six teams– four suspects detained for questioning ||
Ranchi/Rajarappa: Even after lapse of more than 40 hours since the robbery at the Goddess Chinnamastika temple at Rajarappa, the police have not been able to make any headway. ..details..

|| Nava Thakuria ||
Burning Rhino Horns: Creating Controversy Nava Thakuria It was a historic decision of Assam State Forest Department to burn down the stored rhino horns in its custody as the department wanted to spread the message that horns of endangered rhinoceros do not have any aphrodisiac value. The proper awareness is expected to help the mission to save the one horn rhinos from the clutches of notorious poachers. But it simply did not went smooth, rather opened a Pandora's Box as the environment activists demanded more transparency in the process. ..details..

Ranchi: The two day naxal bandh on Wednesday and Thursday though successful had no effect on the daily life of the Ranchiites. The markets however were affected. ..details..

Ranchi/Bundu: Ranchi SSP Praveen Singh and the CRPF Commandant gave a befitting reply to the Naxalites by holding a public gathering in Bundu, considered to be strong hold of the naxals and distributed pamphlets to the thousands of villagers present at the meeting, detailing the ills of naxalism. ..details..

Ranchi: The people of the State were yet to recover from the two day naxal bandh on Wednesday and Thursday, the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have called for a Statewide bandh on Friday. ..details..

Ranchi: Business suffered heavily during the two day naxal bandh. The Pandra market remained closed for the second day in succession. All the inter-state buses remained grounded even today and the bus depots wore a melancholy look. Even the passengers at the railway stations wore anxious look on their faces as they were not sure when their train would arrive to take them to their destination. ..details..

Ranchi: The Prince of Ratu and Congress MLA from Hatia, Gopal Nath Shahdeo was given a befitting farewell by hundreds of thousands of his followers, well wishers and political leaders.
His bdy was taken in procession to the Vidhan Sabha campus, where all the political leaders paid their last respect and homage to the departed leader. ..details..

Ranchi: A large number of ABVP students tried to Gherao the Raj Bhavan to oppose the nearly two month old strike of the staff of the three universities in Jharkhand. While attempting to break the barricade outside the Raj Bhavan, the police had to resort to lathi charge to disperse the unruly crowd. ..details..