Distressed passengers demand `10l from Rly
Ranchi: Hatia division of South Easter Railway has been accused of negligence by two passengers—PC Sinha (aged 72 years) and Alka Sinha (aged 62 years)—as the two complained of rat bites due to poor maintenance of Hatia-Howrah express. The duo lodged a complaint with General Manager of SER and demanded `10-lakh as compensation for the alleged negligence. The duo was travelling to Howrah from Hatia on December 30, 2015. “We have asked for Rs 10-lakh as compensation for the mental torture that we faced due to rat bite. So far we have not heard of anything from Railway authorities. We will move consumer forum if we don’t get any positive response,” said Alka Sinha.
IFCAI awards PhD degree to Ramnish Singh
Ranchi: Ramnish Singh was awarded PhD degree in Management by ICFAI University Jharkhand for his research work. Congratulating Singh, ORS Rao, Vice-Chancellor of the University said, “Information and Communication Technologies have been changing the way, organisations work. Dr Ramnish Singh’s work will make immense contribution to improve Quality of Teaching and learning, leveraging Communication and Collaboration Technologies.
Yogda society celebrates founder’s birth anniv
Ranchi: Yogda Satsang Society celebrated the 124th birth anniversary of founder Paramhans Yogdanand. Meditation camp at 200 centres, including Ranchi, was organised to pay obeisance to the founder. As many as 500 devotees attended the function organised by the society.
Jharkhand stands second at ‘India Food Court’
Ranchi: Jharkhand stands second at National Food Festival ‘India Food Court’ organised by Kudumbshri at Thiruvnathpuram in Kerala. The Jharkhand team, during the festival, was lead by MEC of Jharkhand State livelihood Promotion Society. During the food festival, women of self help group served dishes from Jharkhand which was liked by everyone.
Dist Admin gears up for R-Day
Ranchi: In a meeting chaired by Ranchi DC Manoj Kumar with district officials, the preparations for the Republic Day parade at Morabadi Ground were finalised. The traffic plans for the event are to be finalised by January 23 so that they can be published by January 24. Security, sanitation and medical arrangements and the departments to handle them were also discussed.