ASI arrested for accepting bribe
A team of Anti-Corruption Bureau, Dhanbad, taking action on Friday, arrested ASI Jai Prakash of Chas police station taking Rs 3,000 bribe from one Dinesh Mahto, a resident of Pupanki village in Chas. Jai Prakash (48) was taken to the ACB’s headquarters in Dhanbad after he was brought to the bureau’s office in Ranchi.
Revealing about the breakthrough, deputy superintendent of police (ACB) said that the ASI was demanding Rs 3,000 for sending chargesheet to local court. As the victim was not willing to give money to the police official, he contacted us two days ago, leading us to start the process.
Green flag for Kosi Bridge other projects
Chief Railway Safety Commissioner Shailesh Kumar Pathak inspected the 13 km long Saraigad-Asanpur Kupaha new line along the Kosi Bridge of Samastipur division of East Central Railway on August 13. This section is a part of the Saraigarh-Nirmali new railway line project. After inspection, the speed trial was also done at a speed of 110 km per hour from Raghopur to Asanpur Kupha on August 14 by the CRSC. After inspection, the CRSC has approved the running of trains at a speed of 80 Kmph on the Kosi Bridge and 100 Kmph on the Saraigarh-Asanpur Kupaha railway line, meeting the safety and security standards.
IRCTC’s AskDISHA Chatbot
IRCTC is the first PSU to introduce the services of Artificial Intelligence based ASKDISHA chatbot in October, 2018 with an effort to further enhance the user experience of its 5.2 crore customers visiting its ticketing website www.irctc.co.in and tourism website www.irctctourism.com for booking of rail and airline tickets and tourism products. The chatbot is a special computer programme designed to simulate conversation with users, especially over the internet. AskDISHA has been answering in Hindi as well as English to the queries of users on reservation of tickets, cancellation, enquiry of refund status, fare, PNR search, train running status, enquiry about retiring rooms and tourism products without the need for human agent intervention. IRCTC has recently upgraded its AskDISHA chatbot with the capability to reply live queries from users related to rail ticket refunds arising out of cancellation, TDR filing and failed transactions as these constitute around 50% of the total queries of the customers. The users can now either key in or verbally communicate their PNR or Transaction details to AskDISHA and get their ticket refund status immediately.
Safety and Accident Prevention
A two-day online training program on the subject of “Safety and Accident Prevention” was organized at BSL Human Resource Development Center for officers ranging from Junior Officer to Assistant General Manager level. The program was inaugurated by Chief General Manager (Security and Fire Services) Amarendra Jha. On this occasion, 35 officers of various departments of the plant were present on-line along with Chief General Manager (Human Resource Development) BS Popli, General Manager (Human Resource Development) DR Toppo.
181 new cases reported in Garhwa
To prevent Covid-19 disease, a mass Coronavirus testing campaign was launched from Wednesday in various parts of Garhwa district. In two days of its campaign 181 new COVID-19 positive cases reported after testing of 15, 678 suspected persons. The total number of positive cases in the district is 1073 and active cases are 287, while 780 persons were cured and discharged from the various hospitals. The deadly disease has taken the lives of six persons till date in the district.
Dhanbad Congress demand inquiry
District Congress committee president BP Singh on Friday met State Finance Minister Rameahwar Oroan and demanded for holding inquiry into alleged diesel purchase scam of BCCL that has resulted into loss of revenue to Jharkhand. The minister has assured of holding the inquiry, said Singh while talking to the media after the meeting. The committee also opposed holding of NEET and JEE main exams by holding a demonstration at Randheer Verma square.
168 fresh cases in Hazaribag
As many as 168 new Corona positive cases were found in Hazaribag district out of 10,668 samples collected by the health team during the special drive conducted by the district administration. Now the number of active cases is 477 and 19 people have lost their lives. The number of total active cases have reached 1583, while 1048 persons have been discharged from HMCH after their recovery.
SLBC-J’khand awarded by PFRDA
The State Level Banking Committee (SLBC)-Jharkhand was awarded the Award of Par Excellence for outstanding work done by various banks in Jharkhand under the Atal Pension scheme in the year 2019-20 on August 27 by PFRDA, New Delhi.
According to the information received by PFRDA, the target has been achieved in the year 2019-20 by only 06 SLBCs from all over the Country. General Manager SLBC-Jharkhand, Rabindra Kumar Das informed that PFRDA has also honored outstanding banks of the State in various categories and leading district managers with best performance under which State Bank of India was awarded for 63,258APYEnrollment in Jharkhand. As well as 04 LDM - East Singhbhum, Ranchi, Gumla Khunti has also been awarded for outstanding work in the area of APY in the State.
Herd of Jumbos on rampage in Hazaribag
A herd of about 21 jumbos are on rampage in different villages of Barkagaon and Bishnugarh blocks for the last 2 days. On Thursday night the jumbos reached in the jungle of Bishnugarh and entered Narki Khurd village. They damaged the houses of Bimal Oraon, Jaggu Oraon and Budhu Orano. Firstly, they broke the boundaries of three houses and entered the house and ate the foodgrains, Mahua and wheat. On Wednesday night the same group had reached the Barkagaon block jungle and entered in the different villages, which is located in the outskirts of the Barkagaon block. They have damaged the crops there. One of the villagers saved his life when the jumbos chased him. One person was injured by the jumbos.
Palamu police bust fake job racket, 1 held
A fake job racket has been busted in Palamu. Giving details SDPO Sadar Sandip Kumar Gupta said a resident of Garhwa district’s Ramna police station identified as Niranjan Kumar duped many people of Palamu’s Karso village in the name of providing job in the Indian railways and collected 1,32,500 rupees as well from his victims. Gupta said one of the duped victims Ramlal Ram lodged an FIR with the Chainpur police station in this connection of August 26. The SDPO said a police team was set up led by officer in charge of Chainpur police station Sunit Kumar to track down this fraudster.
Modern Archery Academy soon at Bokaro
Vedanta-Electrosteel (ESL) is set to establish an ultra-modern archery academy training center at Bokaro. The ESL recently announced to upgrade the existing Archery training center into an Archery Academy — ‘Vedanta Archery Academy’, enhancing its commitment to grassroots sports growth and community uplif in the state. Pankaj Malhan, CEO ESL said, “We wanted to establish the best sports facilities for nurturing the next generation of sports achievers for the state and the country. And with that view, experts from the sports fraternity have been roped in. We are planning to build a well-equipped academy with trained professionals as well as residential and dining facilities for students. We will also provide nutrition, medical assistance, and entire archery kits to all students who will be trained at the academy.”
Online Karma celebration at OPS
Today Online Karma Festival Celebration was organized at Oxford Public School,Pragati Path,Ranchi.Sakshi Bage of Std IX F performed the fabulous Karma dance. Students of Std VI delivered speeches on the significance of this harvest festival.
On this occasion, Mr. Suraj Sharma,the Principal highlighted the importance of this festival and appealed to save mother nature. Further, the Principal congratulated all the students and staff and advised them to stay safe and healthy at home following the government guidelines during this Corona Pandemic.