Ghatwars hopeful of getting SC status soon
Koderma: Emboldened by the assurance given by Minister of Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Kishore Chandra Deo to the seven-member delegation of the community at Delhi, State president Kashinath Singh Ghatwar told here in a public meeting at Samaroh Hall that the Central Government has been seriously considering their demand to include Ghatwars in the list of Scheduled Castes. The pressure apparently mounted after the call of traffic jam and rail roko organised by the Ghatwars on February 11. The Minister also assured of constituting a five-member task force to submit a report within a month on the basis of which a decision will be taken on the matter.
Tata Power organises ‘Anaemia’ health camp
Jamshedpur: Tata Power is committed to improve the quality of healthcare among communities living in and around its jurisdiction. In line with this philosophy, Maithon Power limited, a 2x525 MW power generation plant and a 74:26 joint venture company of Tata Power and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) organised a special ‘Anaemia’ health camp at the Anganwadi of Purni Modh village. More than 100 patients received consultation from qualified doctors and were distributed free medicines pertaining to the disease.
Joyrush Fest concludes at NMl
Jamshedpur: The students and trainee scientists of the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR) celebrated Joyrush Fest involving academy students, teachers at CSIR-National Metallurgical laboratory (NMl), Jamshedpur. The event started on February 14 and concluded on Friday. The fest comprised of several events like Truth Hunt, Know your CSIR-NMl, Techkriti (popular science writing), Aakriti (Quiz) and Interfacia (Cultural event).
Army recruitment to start from March 5
Ranchi: The Deputy Director of General Recruitment, Bihar and Jharkhand, will organise an Army recruitment rally at Wales Ground, Hazaribagh, from March 5. In this rally, eligible youths of Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Dumka, Deoghar, Chatra, Sahibganj, Koderma, Jamtara, Pakur, Godda, Ramgrah, Bokaro and Giridih can take part.
Teen killed in road mishap trigger protest
Jamshedpur: A teenager, taking his cousin to appear in Matric exam, was killed on the spot after a bus hit his bike from behind on the Sakchi-Station Road under Golmuri police station on Friday morning. Soon irate locals put up blockade on the road for over two hours along with body of the deceased youth. The protesters demanded that the district administration impose speed limits for heavy vehicles.
SP inaugurates Hero Motocorp fair
Hazaribagh: SP Manoj Kaushik inaugurated the three-daylong sales, service and traffic awareness fair organised by laxmi Auto, the best rural agency of Hero Motocorp in Jharkhand. Addressing the gathering, Kaushik said that in Hazaribagh district on an average 8-10 youths die in road accidents mostly on bikes.
MIT students design formula race car
Bokaro: Adding feather in its cap, three Bokaro boys, comprising a team of 27 students (Formula Manipal) of Manipal Institute of Technology in Bangalore, have designed and developed an innovative formula racing car (FMX4) which was registered for Formula Student Germany (FSG) and Formula Student Czech Republic (FSCZ) for the 2014 season. Chandan Kumar Singh, Sumeet Kumar and Sourav Gulati, ex-students of Delhi Public School, Bokaro are presently studying at MIT Bangalore. The team developed the car — which cost them Rs60 lakh — would be participating in various car events at Frankfurt in Germany; scheduled to be held from July 29 to August 3, said Chandan. “About 48 teams of different universities across the world are selected to participate and from India only MIT Bangalore is selected,” he added. “Our team has successfully registered for FSG and FSCZ for 2014 retaining the car number 96 from the previous season. We have made several changes to the previous design — weight reduction, lightweight composite materials and rear wheel hub integrated stub axle; an electro-pneumatic clutch, an ergonomic cockpit, fuel level sensor and 2-1 exhaust.