The incident occurred in the Hindpiri police station area around 10:30 pm. SP (City) Paras Rana reported that Sarawgi was heard in a loud phone conversation just before the fatal fall, and the room was found locked from the inside.
In Ranchi, five people were apprehended with 4 gram of brown sugar following a tip-off. Police also seized a country-made pistol, three cartridges, Rs 40,000 in cash and four mobile phones from their possession on Saturday, they said.
The state recognises that energy transitions must be just and inclusive, particularly in regions where livelihoods, communities, and local economies have historically depended on conventional energy sectors, it said.
This rule is drawn from the Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011, and is meant to promote family planning and sustainable urban governance in the state.
The cold wave has prompted a ‘yellow’ alert for 13 districts, including Ranchi and Palamu, advising residents to stay prepared for the cold conditions until Friday morning.
The accident occurred on the Ranchi-Simdega Main Road late on Wednesday, Torpa police station officer-in-charge Mukesh Kumar said.
The Centre has directed the state government to prepare and present a revised Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) that includes all three cities.
The notification mentions that the responsibility for the recognition and publication of traditional villages, gram sabhas, and their boundaries lies with the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the respective districts. The DCs will constitute a team at the block level.
A yellow (be aware) alert for dense fog has been issued for Garhwa, Palamu, Chatra, Hazaribag, Koderma, West Singhbhum, East Singhbhum, and Saraikela-Kharsawan districts, according to an IMD bulletin.
JCERT has laid down the rule that if any such activity is unavoidable, it should be done after school hours, preferably after 3 PM, so that teaching is not disturbed.
A yellow alert (be aware) for cold wave conditions has been issued for Latehar, Lohardaga, Gumla, Khunti, and Ranchi, according to an IMD bulletin.
The deceased has been identified as Sonu Singh, a native of Diwan Bigaha. He was posted in Ranchi.
The ‘yellow’ alert (be aware) for cold wave has been issued for Ranchi, Khunti, Hazaribag, Bokaro, Ramgarh, Koderma, Gumla, Lohardaga, Chatra, Latehar, Palamu and Garhwa till 8.30 am on Saturday, he said.
No casualty was reported in the incident, except damage to household goods, he said.
Gumla recorded the lowest temperature in the state at 3.9 degrees Celsius (6.1) and Hazaribag and Lohardaga, both logging 7.2 degrees Celsius each.
This is part of their mission to make one lakh villages nationwide free from child marriage within a year, as per the ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat’ campaign.
The institute, named Dishom Guru Shibu Soren Engineering (JEE) and Medical (NEET) Coaching Institute, has been established in a welfare department building in Hindpiri, offering specialized coaching to 300 selected students.
Among the districts likely to be affected are Palamu, Deoghar, Ranchi, Ramgarh, Hazaribag, Bokaro, and Dhanbad, it said.
In Ramgarh district, three people died at Sirka forest area, while a 36-year-old person was killed at Jidu village in Ranchi’s Angara, on Tuesday night, they said.
The official maintained that all migratory birds are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, and any damage to them or their habitat is a cognizable and non-bailable offence under the Act, punishable with imprisonment up to 7 years.
Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director of Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) S R Natesh has been appointed as the Nodal Officer for the exercise.
The Raj Bhavan in Jharkhand was officially renamed Lok Bhavan on December 3, as part of a nationwide initiative to shed colonial-era titles.
The state government has cleared the forest department’s proposal to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) for technical support to run the centre.
According to the traffic department of Jharkhand and urban development department figures, the vehicle registration in Ranchi has been increasing annually which has been the root of frequent traffic jams
