BOB’s first Adarsh Gramin Bank by july 20
Bank of Baroda (BOB) will come up with the first Adarsh Gramin Bank in Jharkhand by July 20. Probably, it will be set up in Jamshedpur. All the districts of the state are expected to have a branch of this bank by the end of this financial year. In the next four years, the bank has decided to have a branch is all the blocks of Jharkhand in the next four years. Highlighting this information, Bank of Baroda’s Bihar-Odisha- Jharkhand Zone General Manger SK Shaw said that presently Jharkhand has the least number of branches among the mentioned three states and they are mulling to expand their services here. Shaw informed that the bank has most of its braches in Maharashtra, Gujarat and UP. “By the end of March we will open branches at Chatra, Garhwa and Simdega,” Shaw said. Shaw was at Ranchi today to inaugurate the 67 and 68th BOB branch of Jharkhand at Doranda and Kadru.
Symposium held on jharkhand’s Culture
A symposium on ‘Art and Culture of Jharkhand’ was held at State Museum on Friday wherein large number of students from schools and colleges participated. The programme was inaugurated by former RU History dept Head Dr SH Pandey. Dr Diwakar Minz focused on the verbal history of the state. Vote of thanks was given by Museum Curator M Sarfuddin. According to the curator, the programme was organised to spread awareness about state’s culture among local scholars.
Ranchi DC holds review meeting
A review meeting of DWSD and Social Welfare department was conducted under the chairmanship of Ranchi DC Vinay Kumar Choubey to assess progress made on the projects conducted under the two departments. In the meeting it was discovered that the achievement made under ANC was around 86 per cent besides coverage under pulse polio was 70 per cent in district. DC instructed expediting Mukhyamantri Kanyandan Yojna. Release of funds to panchayats for maintaining hand pumps was also discussed at the meeting.
Saurabh Tiwari to attend ‘Yuva Dastak’
The youth Icon and famous cricketer Saurabh Tiwari will be the centre of special attraction in ‘Yuva Dastak’ the youth convention organised by Vikas Bharti Bishunpur on February 9 at Morhabadi ground. Tiwari will be honored in this occasion and he will address the Youth Convention. Hockey Jharkhand’s renowned female players Savitri Purty and Helen Soy will also attend the programme.
RU PhD entrance exam on March 23
The PhD entrance examination of Ranchi University will be conducted on March 23. The form and fee submission of the respective exam has been extended to February 20, mentioned a press release on Friday.