HC quashes warrant against Nalin Soren
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday cancelled the FIR issued by a lower court in Ranchi against the former Agriculture Minister Nalin Soren in connection with the infamous seed scam. The defense counsel argued before the court that since Soren has not been declared absconding in the case, issuing warrant against him will be a defiance of Section 72 of the CrPC.
CUCET 2013 Exam on mAY 18-19 Postponed
Because of technical reasons, not mentioned by the university the Central University Combined Entrance Test (CUCET) – 2013 (UG and Integrated programs) scheduled to be held on May 18-19, 2013 has been is postponed. Fresh dates of examinations would be displayed on the CUCET website. Candidates would be intimated through SMS, emails and other media.
19 DSPs transferred
In a major shift of the police officers in the state, the home department has transferred 19 DSPs of state police. On Thursday also, 24 IPS officers in the state were reallocated including 16 Superintendent of Police.
Tata Steel provides drinking water to villagers
To address water crisis in rural areas facing acute water shortage during summer, Tata Steel has installed water extraction facilities along with overhead tanks in four villages of Boram block. More than 250 households of four villages, namely, Mirjadih, Haludbani, lailum and Nutandih, will benefit from installation of deep bore well facility. Biren Bhuta, Chief, Corporate Sustainability Services, Tata Steel dedicated the deep bore well facilities to the residents of these villages on Friday. Respective Zilla Paarshads, Mukhiyas, Ward Members, Mahila Samities and villagers attended the programme.
CMPDIl TO train technical professionals
Central Mine Planning & Design Institute ltd. CMPDIl under the aegis of commitment made for “Training & Capacity Building” in the Bid Document for acquiring Prospecting licenses for two Blocks in Mozambique CIl shall be providing training to batches of Mozambican Technical Professional for a period of three months in its institutes/work location in India. CMPDIl, being the think tank of CIl, has been assigned the task for hosting the training.
FJCCI MUllS WAYS TO MAKE CITY polythene free
Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce & Industries attended a meeting held in the DC office to discuss the ways and means to make the city plastic free. It was decided to ban the plastic carry bags beyond five micron from fifth day of June. Post June fifth punitive actions will be taken against shopkeepers and also consumers using plastic beyond five micron. It was also decided to make declare the government offices, semi-government offices and military cantonment areas to be plastic free.