Annual sports meet at Surendranath School
Over 1200 students of Surendranath Centenary School participated in Annual Sports ‘Fit India’ on Sunday at Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium, Khelgaon, Ranchi. The chief guest was Inspector General Jharkhand Police, Vipul Shukla and Head of Department, Administration JSSPS Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal, was the Guest of Honour. The event commenced with the hoisting of the school flag by the Chief Guest and releasing of balloons followed by lighting of the flambeau, which was carried by the sports captains. The March Past was inspected by the Chief Guest accompanied by Principal, Samita Sinha. The School Magazine “Expressions” was also released on this auspicious occasion.
Police arrest seven ultras
The District Police arrested seven members of ultra group Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) on Sunday. The arrested militants include Akash Yadav, Arvind Kumar, Deepak Kumar Das, Surendra Ram, Umesh Ram, Sagar alias Rohit Paswan and Rocky. Their leader Gurudev managed to flee the spot. Hazaribagh SP Mayur Patel had received tip off that 10 members of TPC are planning to carry out any major criminal incident in Bahera forest of Charhi police station area. Acting on the tip off the Police raided the area and arrested seven persons.
Villagers vow to protect forest
Villagers took a pledge to save 36.98 acres of protected forest land with the help of Forest Department in Badhu Panchayat of Kanke, capital of Jharkhand on Sunday. A board was put here and the land mafia was warned by the villagers and the forest department that they should not try to capture it. If anyone tries to do so, action will be taken against them. Villagers nearby said that the Gram Sabha has passed a resolution in this regard. Now if anyone tries to capture here, then they will be chased out. During the siege of the land, in-charge of Ranchi Forest Division, Vanpal Umesh Prasad and Forest Guard Shekhar Tigga, besides employees of Kanke Ranchi Forest Department were also present.