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Cong takes Rl Bhatia’s statement seriously

The State Congress has disowned the statement given by JPCC working committee member Roshan lal Bhatia in which he has claimed that the party was nowhere in all the four seats which went under poll in the first phase. The party took the matter seriously and has intimated its high command about the statement.

B.Com course to start at Nirmala College

Ranchi University has decided to commence B.Com at Nirmala College from 2014-15 session onwards. A final approval to this decision will be taken at the affiliation committee’s meeting on Saturday.

Minority commission asks members to ensure maximum voters turnout State Minority Commission President Shahid Akthar has appealed the people to exercise their voting rights in the 16th lok Sabha election. For this he had asked the Commission members to leave no stone unturned in maximizing the number of voters.  He said that the Election Commission, different political parties and organizations are making all possible efforts to increase the number of voters and it is the basic responsibility of commission to extend their help too in this direction.

Ex-CM Munda to address rallies today

Ex-CM Arjun Munda will be addressing election rallies in West Singhbhum and Saraikela-Kharsawa on Saturday. He will address the gathering at High School Ground, Anandpur first, and then will attend the one at Podahaat, Chakradharpur. He will then address two more rallies at Padampur and Kukdoo of Saraikela before returning to Jamshedpur.

Sahay’s election campaign across Ranchi

Congress candidate Subodh Kant Sahay, accompanied by Congress, JMM and RJD workers, tried to woo voters by organizing motorcycle road show and padyatra in various areas of the city on Friday. He also conducted election campaign in Angara and Ormanjhi blocks. Many BJP and AJSU workers defected to Congress in support of Sahay.

Ex-Mayor Rama Khalkho and Haji Akhtar Ansari also appealed voters in various meetings to support Sahai in the upcoming elections.

FJCCI members to organise foot march today

Members of Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) in order to create awareness among the voters are going to organize foot march from Albert Ekka Chowk to entire Main road on Saturday. The members by pasting stickers, distributing pamphlets will spread awareness.

New UPS system inaugurated at RDCIS, SAIl

An on-line double conversion IGBT rectifier and IGBT inverter based 2X120 KVA UPS system was inaugurated at RDCIS, SAIl by Rajesh Kumar Rathi, Executive Director and In-charge on Friday. This UPS system has been installed for providing clean and uninterrupted power to R&D laboratories, which will enhance the capability of laboratory equipment for uninterrupted tests and reduce the downtime of equipment.

Round 2 of State Under-15 Chess meet held

The round 2 of under 15 Jharkhand State Chess Championship was conducted on Friday. As many as 22 children participated in the competition from various districts of the state.