A two-hour meeting of the UPA — comprising the JMM, the Congress and the RJD — was held at the CM’s residence on Wednesday evening, shortly after the summons was served by the agency.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren, along with his wife Kalpana and two sons, offered prayers at Ranchi’s Hatnia pond on Sunday evening, while his predecessor Raghubar Das prayed at Suryadham in Jamshedpur.
To ensure safety and peaceful Chhath puja celebration, administration in different districts have deputed additional security forces and NDRF teams in vulnerable water bodies.
The decisions were taken in a meeting of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), chaired by the chief minister.
The pachyderm was passing through a paddy field in Chogadih Barwadih village, some 60 km from state capital Ranchi, late on Thursday when the incident occurred, he said.
The accident happened on State Highway 17 in Dhavatand area when the tanker was on the way to Hansdiha, Superintendent of Police Amber Lakra told PTI.
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) will register an FIR against the accused state government employees and contractors, he said.
Police said they are investigating the cause of the fire, but prima facie they suspect it to be caused by burning candles inside the bus.
It met all the required parameters in various quality tests, and the first international consignment of 32 kg of the sweet was exported on Thursday to the country via Kolkata, he said.
Bankar, the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Jamtara, has not only identified up to 146 species of birds in the district but has also compiled the names of these species, some of which are rare, in Santhali and Hindi so that regular people can easily recognise them and take action for conservation.
The woman, who is here as she is working from home, was out with her boyfriend on a two-wheeler on Thursday evening when the incident took place near the old aerodrome in Chaibasa, they said.
Senior Superintendent of Police, East Singhbhum, Prabhat Kumar on Wednesday said the arrests were made while they were trying to flee to Nepal on Tuesday.
The authorities would also ensure that her family gets the benefits of various government schemes, officials said.
The four were taken out of the soil and admitted to the Pratappur health sub-centre, where three of them were died, he said.
The incident occurred at Kapjora village under Taljhari police station area, 285-km from Ranchi. The deceased was identified as Suresh Yadav, a resident of Aamghatta village.
A 22-year-old woman, who had taken her cattle for grazing near a hill on July 13, alleged that she was gangraped in Hansdiha area, around 305 km from state capital Ranchi, the officer said.
The tribals locked the chamber of the principal judge for about five hours on Monday demanding the closure of the court alleging that the district administration was ignoring the constitutional provisions in vogue in the area.
Earlier in September, a class 12 girl Ankita, also succumbed to her injuries after being burnt alive while sleeping for turning down a proposal in Dumka.
The woman, Maruti Kumari, a resident of Bhalki village in Dumka district, was rushed to a local facility by family members and then referred to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in the state capital, a senior police officer said.
The accused persons kidnapped and beat up workers of a company engaged in building a bridge in the district and demanded a ransom of Rs 20 lakh from the entity posing as Maoists, a senior officer said.
The indigenous people are nature-worshippers and are neither Hindus, nor Muslims or Christians, ASA president Salkhan Murmu said.
The injured have been shifted to Hazaribag Medical College and Hospital, the SP said, adding that the condition of five has been stated to be “serious”.
After the police, on finding out about the incident, rescued the accused and took him to an outpost, the villagers staged a dharna demanding that he be sent to jail immediately.
The weather in the eastern state may change under the influence of cyclonic circulation, the Ranchi Met Centre said.
According to the police, the family was also tortured with a hot iron rod in Aswari village, which comes under the area of Sariyahat Police Station in Dumka.