3-yr jail for four in bitumen scam
A Special CBI Court in Ranchi pronounced three year imprisonment to four accused persons including two engineers in bitumen scam of 2009. Junior Engineer Shyamsunder Prasad and Assistant Engineer Sudheer Khalkho have been given three year jail term along with a fine of Rs 55 thousand reach while contractor Sajnay Rampal and Purushottam lal Saroj have been given three year jail term along with a fine of Rs 50,000 each. Those who have been punished in the case were booked for misappropriation of Rs 60 lakh for constructing Jhinu-Itkhori Road. CBI had registered FIR in the year 2009, following which the Special CBI Court convicted the four accused persons.
DCs asked to expedite pending cases
Principal Secretary Personnel and Administrative Reforms department Nidhi Khare on Tuesday asked Deputy Commissioners of all districts to expedite resolving the cases related to caste and income certificates. She said that if the cases remain pending then action would be taken on the concerned DC, if action is not initiated against the concerned officer. During the review meeting on the issue she was made aware that Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, Godda, Gumla, Khunti, Ramgarh, Serikela-Kharsawan, Simdega, Giridih and West Singhbhum districts have more percentage of pending cases than the State average.
Dept seeks suggestions from investors
The department of Tourism and JTDC organised a pre-bid meeting with investors on Tuesday on developing tourism as an industry in the State. As many as 56 investors tookpart in the meeting where presentations were given by JTDC on development of Hatia Dam, Kanke Dam, Tilaiya Dam and Maithon Dam. Investors suggested that new kinds of tourism such as water sports, resort, park, eco tourism, and mining tourism needs to be promoted in the State. Also, suggestions for improvement in infrastructure, law and order, air traffic, etc were given.
Ujjwala scheme launched at Mahilong
Free lPG connection for the poor under the Ujjwala scheme was launched on Tuesday at Mahilong, the village adopted by Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Poddar. 29 women on the occasion were given the connection. Kijri MlA Ram Kumar Pahan was also present there.
Post Dept unveils tournament logo
The Postal Department unveiled the logo for the upcoming badminton tournament on Tuesday. The four-day long tournament will commence from December 26. Around 16 teams, 130 players from across the nation will compete with each other. The tournament will be organized at Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo Indoor Stadium at Khelgaon.
Delegates meet Union Minister
Delegates of National Alliance for Mental Health and Human Rights on Tuesday met the Union Minister, Shripad Yasso Naik at New Delhi to include Ethnomedicine in AYUSH. Ethnomedicine is a study or comparison of the traditional medicine practiced by various ethnic groups, and especially by indigenous peoples.