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Minor girl raped at Namkom

Ranchi: A minor girl was raped in the wee hours of Tuesday at Namkom. The girl is a resident of Sidraul in Namkom. The girl was raped by five boys when she had gone to answer nature’s call. All culprits are also minors and have been arrested by police. The girl has been sent for medical examination.

JSIA opposes proposal for power tariff hike

Ranchi: Jharkhand Small Industries Association has opposed the proposal of the Electricity Board given to Electricity Regulatory Commission for raising tariff. The Commission while hearing the petition has postponed hearing and given time to the Board to respond till September 1, 2014.

Mega lok Adalat to be organised at Garhwa

Ranchi: As per the direction of Executive Chairman of Jharkhand State legal Services Authority, Ranchi Justice DN Patel, Mega lok Adalat is scheduled to be organized from 26th to 30th August at Garhwa civil court premises, in which several types of cases including Domstic Violence, Electricity, Forest Act, Bank loans etc will be disposed.

Final selection of NCC to be held today

Ranchi: The final selection of National Cadet Corps (NCC) for the session 2014-17 will be held on Wednesday. Interested Undergraduate students are requested to bring their admission challan. Two JCOs and one NCO will be examining the students. The information was given by College Faculty cum NCC coordinator Ganesh Baskey on Tuesday.

Akhtar writes letter to Najma Heptulla

Ranchi: Jharkhand State Minority Commission Chairperson Dr Shahid Akhtar has written a letter to Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla on Tuesday for extending the date of Pre-Matric Minority Scholarship Scheme 2014-15. Notably, all the states were supposed to submit the forms by August 15 and then submit it to the ministry by September 1.

Saheli Centre inaugurated at Ranchi Club

Ranchi: Rotary Governor Sanjay Khemka visited Ranchi on Tuesday and inaugurated the Saheli Centre at Ranchi Club. The centre will impart vocational training to Below Poverty level women.

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