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Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas: PM Modi on two-day Jharkhand visit for celebrations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his two-day visit to Jharkhand on Tuesday, during which he will undertake a roadshow and launch several projects. The PM will arrive at Birsa Munda Airport in the evening, where Governor C P Radhakrishnan and Chief Minister Hemant Soren will welcome him. From there, Modi will undertake a 10-km-long roadshow till Raj Bhavan, officials said. On Wednesday, he will launch a Rs 24,000 crore project aimed at the development of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) on the occasion of 'Janjatiya Gaurav Divas', they said. Modi will also launch the 'Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra', release the 15th instalment of Rs 18,000 crore under PM KISAN scheme, and inaugurate and lay the foundation of projects worth Rs 7,200 crore in the state. During the roadshow, BJP workers and leaders will greet him at 10 locations along the route, including Birsa Chowk, Harmu Chowk and Ratu Road roundabout, party office-bearers said. Security has been beefed up in v

Dhoni gives young cricketer lift on bike after training session in Ranchi

The viral video shows MS Dhoni finishing his training session and giving a lift to a youngster on his motorcycle Yamaha RD350

IndiGo flight to Ranchi diverted to Nagpur after medical emergency on board

According to officials, a passenger on board the flight fell ill prompting the crew to divert the aircraft

Ranchi-bound Indigo flight develops technical snag, returns to Delhi

A passenger, onboard the flight said that the pilot of Indigo flight number 6E-2172 announced mid-air about the technical glitch in the aircraft, and said that flight is returning to the IGI airport

PM Modi flags off Ranchi-Patna Vande Bharat Express via video conferencing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off a Vande Bharat Express, which will connect Ranchi to Patna, through video conferencing from Bhopal. This is the first Vande Bharat Express for both Bihar and Jharkhand. It was among five such trains that the prime minister flagged off from Rani Kamalapati railway station in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. The semi-high-speed train will start its regular run from June 28, and will depart Patna Junction at 7 am and reach Ranchi at 1 pm, covering a distance of 379 km in six hours. On the return journey, it will start at 4.15 pm from Ranchi and reach Patna Junction at 10.05 pm. The fastest train on the route at present is the Janshatabdi Express, which takes 7.45 hours to cover the same distance, officials said. The Vande Bharat Express will run all days of the week except Tuesdays. The first successful trial run was conducted on June 12, while the second and third trial runs were held on June 18 and June 25, respectively. Of the 379 km r

Ranchi gets 5 urban health, wellness centres for easy availability of PHCs

Five urban health and wellness centres (UHWC) were inaugurated here on Thursday to ensure easy availability of primary healthcare facilities to residents of the city. Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) administrator Shashi Ranjan launched a centre at Pahan Toli, while four others were inaugurated by the local RMC representatives. Ranjan said more such centres would come up here soon. As many as 24 UHWCs are proposed to be opened in Ranchi under recommendations of 15th finance commission, as official said. Availability of land appears to be a problem for the project. Five centres were started today, most of them in community building. Rest 19 will be opened very soon depending upon the availability of land, said RMC's additional administrator Kunwar Singh Pahan. The UHWC would be in addition to Atal Clinics. A total of 18 Atal clinics are operating in the state capital , which provides health care services for four hours a day. The centres, which will function as normal OPD, would

Prez Murmu pays obeisance at Ranchi temple, garlands Birsa Munda statue

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday paid obeisance at the Baba Baidyanath temple in Jharkhand's Deoghar district. She performed special prayers at the temple, which is one of the 12 'jyotirlingas'. A team of priests assisted the president in performing the prayers amid tight security in the temple complex. Baidyanath Temple officials said Murmu performed a special puja in the temple amid the chanting of Vedic mantras by the priests. "President Draupadi Murmu arrived at Deoghar, the city of Gods. After this, the President reached the Baba Mandir and offered prayers and prayed to Baba Baidyanath for the happiness and prosperity of the country. The worship of Baba Baidyanath was done by the President through 'Shodshopachar' method," an official said, adding that Murmu was felicitated by the Temple Shrine Board. Earlier the president was received by Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan at the Deoghar airport besides Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, MP Nishikant Dubey

FIR against Union Minister Arjun Munda, 40 others over protest in Ranchi

The district administration has lodged an FIR against against Union Minister Arjun Munda and 40 others in connection with laying siege to the Secretariat in Ranchi

Gunfight erupts between security forces, Naxals on outskirts of Ranchi

A gunfight took place between Naxals and security forces on the outskirts of Ranchi city, police said. Acting on a tip-off that five members of the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) outfit were in a forest in Budmu area, a search operation was launched around 3.30 pm on Thursday, they said. Soon, a gunfight broke out between the Naxals and the forces, they added. "However, the extremists escaped taking advantage of the dense forest," Superintendent of Police (Ranchi-Rural) Naushad Alam told PTI. A rifle and some cartridges were seized from the area, he said. Alam said they have received information that some of the extremists were injured in the gunfight. "We are verifying it," he said.

Jharkhand domicile policy: SDO's court sends notice to six protestors

Apprehending that their protests against the Jharkhand government for accepting a proposal to use 1932 land records to determine who are local inhabitants might cause breach of peace, the Ranchi SDO's court has issued notices asking six people to appear before it on Monday. The six residents of Ranchi, to whom the notices were served under CrPC section 107, include Kailash Yadav who formed an organisation, Jharkhand Nav Nirman Manch (JNNM), to protest against the decision of the state Cabinet. "Our lawyer appeared before the court of SDO today. We pleaded to submit our reply on September 22, which was accepted," Yadav told PTI. Yadav, the president of JNNM, claimed that the decision is against the interests of the state. We received the notices on Sunday soon after we formed the JNNM to fight against the 1932 Khatiayn decision. Of the six residents, three including me are from the Manch, he said. Yadav said that the government cannot scare them with such notices and that the prote

Govt treating matter like 'trash': J'khand HC on probe of Ranchi violence

Peeved at the slow pace of investigation into the June 10 violence in Ranchi, the Jharkhand High Court observed that the state government is treating the matter like trash

Woman sub-inspector mowed down by cattle smugglers in Ranchi's Tupudana

Woman inspector Sandhya Topno was mowed down by a pick-up van during vehicle checking in the Tupudana police station area of Ranchi in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Murmu to visit Ranchi today to seek support for candidature in prez poll

National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) presidential candidate and former Jharkhand governor Droupadi Murmu will visit Ranchi today

Probe ordered as pro-Pak slogans raised during Owaisi's Ranchi visit

An investigation was ordered after pro-Pakistan slogans were allegedly raised when AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi arrived at Ranchi airport on Sunday, officials said

Jharkhand HC seeks govt report on Ranchi violence over Prophet remarks row

Jharkhand High Court on Friday directed the state government to furnish a report on the recent Ranchi violence over controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad.

Prophet remark row: 29 arrested so far in Ranchi violence case, says police

As many as 29 persons have been arrested in connection with violence in Ranchi, informed police on Wednesday

Prophet row: Jharkhand CM Soren asks people not to act on impulses

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren cautioned people not to act on impulses and said that the state capital Ranchi, which witnessed violence, is not a battlefield

Prophet row: Slew of FIRs filed, security bolstered in tense Ranchi

Around 3,500 security personnel are on guard at sensitive areas in Ranchi, where two people were killed and more than two dozen people critically injured on Friday

Security bolstered in violence-hit Ranchi, internet restored after 33 hours

Tension prevailed in Jharkhand capital Ranchi on Sunday, as shops and other establishments remained shut amid heavy deployment of security forces in the wake of violent protests

Violence in Ranchi due to weak leadership, CM Soren should resign: BJP

BJP on Saturday said the violence in Ranchi in which two lives were lost was the outcome of weak leadership and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Hemant Soren "in the interest of the state"