Saumya Mishra

RMC cracks down on unregistered banquet halls to ease city traffic

Mushrooming of banquet halls across Ranchi is not just disrupting city traffic but also choking major roads for hours every day, residents and civic officials said

Biometric attendance for doctors, nurses at RIMS

The state’s premier state-run hospital Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in the capital city has installed a biometric attendance system to keep a track of its staff, including doctors

Jharkhand govt school walls to have names of PM, CM, national anthem

Government schools in Jharkhand will soon feature the national anthem, names of the Prime Minister and chief minister among others on classroom walls in a bid to improve the students’ general knowledge and also instil patriotism in them.

RU student union polls: ABVP gets most seats, ACS in 2nd position

The NSUI fails to open its account despite forging an alliance with several other student bodies.

Jharkhand health department gears up to tackle malaria

The Jharkhand health department has geared up to tackle malaria after an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease was reported from different parts of the state, the latest from a village in Chaibasa.

Mentally-challenged patient served food on hospital floor

Patient served food on the floor at Ranchi hospital, kitchen staff sacked

A kitchen employee of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here was sacked for serving food on the floor to a mentally challenged patient undergoing treatment for a fractured arm.

Jharkhand doctors call three-day strike for Medical Protection Act

The Act seeks to protect doctors and hospitals from any attacks by outsiders.

With no place to go, RIMS corridor is their only home

Homeless patients at Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) have been left to fend for themselves and live a degraded life at the hospital.

Dhoni’s childhood teachers are ecstatic about making cameos in his biopic

They played parents, siblings, mentors to him when he was their pupil. And he has repaid them in a way they had never imagined even in their wildest dreams -- by giving them cameos in the upcoming biopic on his life, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.

Arrest middlemen involved in trafficking, Das tells police

Activists say that around 10,000 children are trafficked from Jharkhand every year to other parts of the country.

When inside PMCH, open your umbrellas

Rainwater has seeped into the gynaecology, ENT, paediatrics, surgery and orthopaedics wards from the ceiling. Patients are in danger of catching bacterial or fungal infections.

Chartered accountant now a pioneer of farming entrepreneurship

Rajiv Kamal Bittu, a chartered accountant (CA) by profession, is now considered one of the pioneers of farming entrepreneurship in the state.

Jharkhand launches awareness campaign on breastfeeding

Early initiation of breastfeeding in Jharkhand is 32.7%, which is far below the national average of 50.2%, a union government survey shows.

Ranchi vendors to get permanent establishment

Chief minister Raghubar Das laid the foundation for a vendors’ market complex at Jaipal Singh stadium.

Blind school to train girls as call centre operators

Meet students of Braj Kishore Netraheen Vidyalaya, a Ranchi-based non-profit school for visually impaired girls, who are set to create history by becoming the first batch of visually challenged students in Eastern India and only the second in India after Pune, to be employed by a mobile operator company to run their call centre.

Jharkhand BJP chief, son may be arrested over son’s ‘marriage’ to minor

Jharkhand BJP chief Tala Marandi and his son Munna Marandi might be arrested after the State Committee for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) directed officials to lodge a police complaint over allegations that the BJP leader’s son married a 10-year-old girl.

Piprachauda residents approach janata darbar

On the night of June 20, Piprachauda was attacked by a mob, which barged into the village to avenge the murder of Nasim Ansari, a land broker from a neighbouring area.

Cooks protest Das govt’s move to privatise midday meal

With thin towels on their heads to beat the harsh sun, the MDM cooks sit under a makeshift tent on the road the entire day, demanding an increased salary of Rs 6,000 apart from soaps and aprons.

Jharkhand to distribute sanitary napkins to school girls

The Sakhi scheme aims to check absenteeism of girls in schools

CBSE Class 10: Students’ reactions ahead of results from across India

Thousands of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students swayed between anxiety, curiosity and nervousness hours before their Class 10 board examinations results were declared on Saturday.

Child marriage: Jharkhand welfare body calls for follow-up plan

Activist says conducting regular checks is a must as most of the rescued children end up being trafficked to other states

Top Ranchi hospital treats burns patients on the floor

Patients at the burns ward of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi are forced to undergo treatment on the floor because of overcrowding and absence of beds.

Jharkhand: 60 students caught using unfair means in exam

The examinations began on February 17 for Class 10 and Class 12 st udents at 932 centres for matric exams and 458 for inter mediate, JAC sources said.

Damaged within a month, India’s largest tricolour to be replaced

Less than a month after being hoisted with much pomp in Ranchi, India’s biggest tricolour flag is being replaced due to wear and tear from high-speed winds.

Farmer’s son, labourer’s daughter to represent India in Japan

A casual labourer’s daughter and a farmer’s son from Jharkhand are among a group of young talented Indians who have been chosen to represent the country at a science congress to be held in Japan in May.

Tallest and largest Tricolour to fly high in Jharkhand

At 293 feet and measuring 99 by 66 feet, the flag will set a record

Tribal bodies call for Jharkhand bandh on Dec 29 for domicile policy

A clutch of tribal organisations have called a Jharkhand bandh on December 29 to press for a domicile policy to identify local people and a policy for recruitment of locals in state jobs.

Rapper releases song to mark anniversary of December 16 gang rape

Razif Anwar alias Rapper Chriss has released a rap song on YouTube to mark the anniversary of the horrific December 16 Delhi gang rape which shook the nation.

Sakshi takes anti-rabies drive to the streets in Ranchi

Sakshi Dhoni, wife of Indian team’s limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, created awareness about rabies and the dos and don’ts in case of a dog bite in Ranchi on Friday.