The minister has instructed the South Eastern Railway to conduct a feasibility study to determine the viability of constructing a footbridge in the area.
Earlier, a dispute between two groups regarding the construction of a toran gate at one location for the upcoming Shivratri festival had led to a tense situation in the Panki region of Palamu.
Police personnel from police stations from Tarhasi, Pipratand and Lesliganj are present.
The decision to go on the strike was taken at a state-level meeting where the traders assembled under the banner of the Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI).
Both the policemen were deployed as bodyguards of a businessman.
DSP Girdih Sanjay Rana told the media that the accused person named Manish Baranwal has been arrested.
Tejashwi Yadav made the announcement after his meeting with the Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren at his residence.
The court directed Singhal, represented by senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, to not influence the witnesses, as alleged by the agency, and not visit Jharkhand except for attending court hearings.
Notably, Governor Ramesh Bais had on February 4 given his ascent to the Jharkhand State Agriculture Produce and Livestock Marketing Bill, 2022 with some suggestions.
The three MLAs were arrested by the West Bengal Police after Rs 49 lakh in cash was seized from their vehicle in Howrah district in July last year.
Two persons were killed and six others were injured after two cars collided head-on near Pandeydih area on the Giridih-Dumri road.
The AJSU Party on Friday had announced Sunita Choudhary as its candidate for the by-election to the Ramgarh assembly seat. Choudhary filed her nomination papers on Saturday.
Earlier, in the day, a massive fire broke out at an apartment in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad leaving several people trapped inside it, the officials said.
The encounter started in Sumo forest in Budmu block of the district when security forces were on a search operation at around 8 pm on Sunday.
The woman had been doused with petrol and set on fire in her home in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag allegedly by four persons for resisting rape attempt on the night of January 7, with three of her attackers being her relatives.
Under the programme, 2,133 ponds will be renovated and 2,795 percolation tanks will be constructed in all the blocks of 24 districts of the state, an official release said.
A total of 405 polling stations will be set up in 233 buildings, he said. Superintendent of Police Piyush Pandey said adequate number of security personnel will be deployed at sensitive polling stations.
The incumbent Jharkhand DGP Neeraj Sinha, a 1987 batch IPS officer, is scheduled to retire on February 11, 2023.
Lack of employment opportunities for the young, healthcare and educational facilities, has seen most migrating to countries like Britain, Australia and Canada besides different parts of the country.
Alam said they have received information that some of the extremists were injured in the gunfight.
Hyderabad based celebrated hunter Nawab Safath Ali Khan, has been called in to tackle the leopard which has killed four children, all between six and 12 years, in Jharkhand’s Palamu division including three in Garhwa and one in Latehar districts since December.
Hundreds of tribals from Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha demonstrated in the hill area, carrying traditional weapons and beating drums.
The Bharatiya Janata Party lost the Chaibasa seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the seat was won by Geeta Koda of the Congress.
Prakash had told the police that she was killed by a group of robbers who attacked them when he stopped the car to relieve himself near Mahishrekha in Bagnan police station area.
It is suspected that all four people were killed by the same leopard, he said, noting that the Garhwa forest division was finalising a draft proposal to declare it a man-eater.