Category: Ranchi

Chill to stay for at least two more days

Source: telegraphindia.com

There will be no respite from the biting cold for the next 48 hours at least, weathermen said on Monday.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) offices of Ranchi and Patna on Monday said cold-wave conditions over Jharkhand would prevail for another two days or so.

“The north-westerly wind, which is dominating over the state, has intensified the chill. Severe cold wave conditions are expected to prevail in isolated pockets of the state for another 48 hours,” said S.D. Kotal, director of the Ranchi Meteorological Centre.

A severe cold wave is usually declared when minimum readings plummet six notches below normal during winter.

That is exactly how much the minimum nosedived below normal in Jamshedpur on Monday. The steel city recorded a minimum temperature of 9.2°C against Sunday’s 12.2°C. Several other parts of Kolhan including Chaibasa in West Singhbhum, and adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district recorded around 8°C, seven points below normal.

State capital Ranchi on Monday recorded a minimum temperature of 6.5°C, six notches below normal. On Sunday, the city had notched 7°C. Bokaro and Ramgarh recorded 6.5°C, four notches below normal, on Monday. On Sunday, Bokaro and its neighbouring Ramgarh had recorded around 8°C.

Several districts in Santhal Pargana region including Dumka recorded less than 7°C on Monday, was six notches below normal.

Weathermen declared a severe cold wave condition was prevailing in Kolhan and Santhal Pargana region. Parts of central Jharkhand including Ranchi was also in the grip of severe cold wave.

The automatic weather station at Kanke on the outskirts of Ranchi on Monday recorded 5.8°C, five notches below normal.

The Palamau headquarters Daltonganj shivered at 7.2°C, five notches below normal.

The Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore, Calcutta, said there will not be any significant changes in night readings during the next two days.

“The entire state (Jharkhand) is in the grip of the bitter north-westerly winds, which is resulting in the Celsius slide,” said a duty officer at the Calcutta centre. “ Cold wave conditions would stay in Jharkhand for another 48 hours or so.”

He added that the weather would remain dry over Jharkhand and that a cyclonic circulation over south interior Odisha hovering at 1.5km above mean sea level had become weak.

Residents felt the chill.

“I have stopped venturing out of house after sunset because the chill has intensified,” said Anil Agarwal, a resident of Bistupur, Jamshedpur. “I have delayed my morning walk schedule too.”

Harrassed by youth, girl jumps off roof

Source: telegraphindia.com

An 18-year-old girl from the capital tried to kill herself on Sunday night by jumping off the roof of her maternal uncle’s house at Purulia town in Bengal, reportedly after being harassed by a youth who stayed in the building next to the uncle’s.

The girl has been admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Bariatu, on Monday where her treatment is on in the neurosurgery department. She has not yet regained consciousness.

A police official told The Telegraph that the girl, a Pandra resident of Ranchi, had been staying at her maternal uncle’s residence in Purulia for the last 20 days.

“Preliminary investigation suggested that the youth used to harass her and threaten her that he would enter her room after scaling the boundary wall. The girl got very disturbed and scared and took the extreme step on Sunday night. However, we are verifying all facts. No formal FIR has been filed yet,” he said.

He added that the girl jumped off the rooftop at 10pm on Sunday, hurting her leg and head. It was a one-storey house.

Pandra police station officer-in-charge Gauri Shanker said the suicide attempt had been made in Purulia, an area that wasn’t under his jurisdiction.

“But since the girl is a resident of our police station area, we have taken cognisance of the event. It is difficult to say anything conclusive on the case till the girl gives her statement. Once the girl regains sense we will record her

statement to send it to Purulia for the registration of a formal FIR in this connection and further investigation,” OC Shanker said.

IIM Ranchi has completed the Summer Placements for its MBA and MBA-HR Programmes (2019-21).

Source: campusvarta.com

IIM Ranchi has completed the Summer Placements for its MBA and MBA-HR Programmes (2019-21). The season has witnessed participation by 125 companies for 281 students (207 and 74 in MBA and MBA-HR respectively). The average stipend for the MBA Batch has an increment of 5.36 per cent from the previous year and stands at INR 95,696/. Average stipend for the MBA-HR Batch is INR 1,00,171/, increasing by 5.27 per cent. The average stipend for the top 25 percentile of the MBA Batch is INR 1,92,509/ and that for the MBA-HR Batch is INR 1,97,282/.

Internships broadly cover the functional areas of Sales & Marketing, Finance, Operations & General Management, IT & Analytics, Strategy & Consulting, and Human Resource Management. Of these, the students of MBA have been offered diverse roles in Business Development and Strategy, Campaign Management, Equity Research, Corporate Finance, Supply Chain Management, Operations Analytics, Strategic Sourcing, Product Analyst and Business Analyst, among many others. For the MBA-HR Batch, internships are in the domains of Industrial Relations, HR Consultancy, HR Analytics, Talent Acquisition, and HR Generalist.

Legacy recruiters including Google, JPMorgan Chase, Capgemini, Cummins, Deloitte, Emami, Berger Paints, HP, ICICI Bank, ICICI Lombard, Larsen & Toubro, Robert Bosch, Samsung R&D, Sutherland Global, Tata Steel, ValueLabs, Vedanta and Wipro Consumer have continued their faith in IIM Ranchi. In addition to these prominent recruiters, the trust of corporates in IIM Ranchi’s talent has been strengthened with 52 first-time recruiters associating with the Institute. Organizations like D.E. Shaw, Godrej, Fujitsu, Volvo, Shell, Asian Paints, Max Ventures, Bajaj Finserv, Aditya Birla Capital, Ather Energy, Welspun, Dassault and the likes have recruited students of IIM Ranchi for the first time for their summer internship programmes.

The persistent credence exhibited by the recruiters is a testimony of the values of honesty, hard work and humility ingrained in the Institute, and the relentless efforts of all stakeholders including recruiters, faculty members, alumni, students, staff and Placement Committee of the Institute.

With the completion of its Summer Placements for the 2019-21 Batch, IIM Ranchi has proudly etched a new milestone on its journey towards achieving excellence.

Amit Shah Jharkhand CM, Hemant Soren Has Education Portfolio’: 7th Graders Stun State Minister

Source: news18.com

Jharkhand Minister for School Education and Literacy, Jagarnath Mahto had visited the school at Koiya village in Gola block of Ramgarh district on Wednesday and the incident went viral on social media and was reported in online portals.

Ramgarh (Jharkhand): The Jharkhand Minister for School Education and Literacy, Jagarnath Mahto was in for a shock when he was told by school children that Hemant Soren is the education minister of the state.

The students of class seven of the government school at Ramgarh, to whom he was speaking, had more for him in store.

When Mahto asked them who is the chief minister, they shot back : “Amit Shah”. Soren is the chief minister of the tribal state, while Shah is the union home minister.

Mahto had visited the school at Koiya village in Gola block of Ramgarh district on Wednesday and the incident went viral on social media and was reported in online portals.

The head mistress of the school Kalawati Soni said on Thursday that the students were apparently unaware of Mahto as he had taken charge just about 10 days ago. Soni said she was on leave when the minister visited the school and the students failed to give the correct answers.

The school has 90 teachers, one permanent teacher and three para-teachers, she added. Ramgarh Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Singh told PTI

that a probe has been ordered into the poor education skills of the government school.

He said that the district superintendent of education, Sushil Kumar would enquire into the incident and submit a report to the administration.

Mahato, who took oath as a minister on January 28 and got the portfolio the next day, has said that he will continue to make surprise visits to schools.

NIA botched-up investigation labels Ranchi businessman as criminal, wife writes to Governor

source: newsheads.in

Ranchi : The lawyers of Sanjay Jain, the businessman who was booked in terror funding case by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), told the media told the media that Sanjay Jain has spent a year in jail and he was a salaried man. Hence, he didn’t have the sanction authority to issuing funds in such a situation to any Naxal organization or terrorist. 

Advocates Shubham Gupta and Praveen Gupta said that they are putting this matter in the court and are making legal efforts to bringing justice to the victim as they have full faith in the court. Moreover, the lawyers also sent a formal letter requesting the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to look into the grave matter of botched-up investigation by the NIA and raised the issue of injustice done to Sanjay Jain as the man is victim and not criminal.

The letter wrote that the biggest unfortunate thing for a country governed by any law is when its most premier investigating agency fails to nab the terrorists and frames common businessmen and their employees who are already suffering from the heat of terrorism and Naxalism since decades. The case of illegal recovery and extortion has been portrayed as ‘Terror Funding’ and the businessmen working in the national interest are declared as terrorists. 

In this connection, Mrs. Pinky Jain, wife of Sanjay Jain, wrote a letter dated 12-06-2019 to Director General, NIA. A similar letter was also sent to the Honorable Governor of Jharkhand in October last year. 

Jharkhand’s Babulal Marandi likely to ‘return’ to BJP on Feb 14

Source: hindustantimes.com

After the 2019 assembly elections, political circles in the state have been abuzz with speculations of JVM (P)’s merger into the BJP. Several developments within the JVM (P) in the last month also gave ample indication to that effect.

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief Babulal Marandi is likely to rejoin Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 13-years after he left it over a leadership tussle. The homecoming of Jharkhand’s one of the most well-known tribal leader is likely to take place in the presence of central BJP leadership in Ranchi on February 14.

Leaders of both BJP and JVM (P) confirmed that Marandi is likely to return to the saffron fold at a grand function to be held in Ranchi, likely to be attended by BJP’s national president JP Nadda. However, none of the party leaders wanted to speak on the record about the development.

“Babulal Ji is a tall leader. Any decision regarding his party’s merger would be taken by the central leadership. As of now, the state BJP has not been informed about this. Media will be informed as and when a decision in this regard is taken,” said Jharkhand BJP spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo.

Marandi, a former RSS leader and Jharkhand’s first chief minister, had quit the BJP in 2006 to form his own party JVM (P). However, his party’s performance has been in a continuous decline. It won 11, eight and three assembly seats in 2009, 2014 and 2019 state elections, respectively.

After the 2019 assembly elections, political circles in the state have been abuzz with speculations of JVM (P)’s merger into the BJP. Several developments within the JVM (P) in the last month also gave ample indication to that effect.

Marandi, the party’s president, first dissolved his party’s executive committee on the ground that it needed a restructuring. He then constituted a new executive committee, in which the party’s two legislators Pradeep Yadav and Bandhu Tirkey were not included. He even expelled Tirkey for carrying out “anti-party activities”.

On Tuesday, the party also issued a show-cause notice to Yadav for alleged anti-party activities and gave him 48 hours to reply.

Sources said Yadav was likely to meet the same fate as Tirkey.

Marandi is reportedly removing all impediments to a legal merger. He is said to have met BJP’s national president JP Nadda last week to finalize the plans.

Sources in JVM (P) confirmed that following Marandi’s instructions, party’s district presidents had been appointed and leaders, workers and others were preparing to make Marandi’s return to the BJP, a big event.

PM Modi, Amit Shah face cheating, dishonesty charges in Ranchi court over Rs 15 lakh poll promise: Report

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According to the report, the complainant, HK Singh, filed a case against Prime Minister Modi and Shah in which he accused them of cheating people by allegedly promising in 2013-14 to credit Rs 15 lakh in every bank account if they come to power.

A court in Ranchi has started proceedings against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah who have been accused of cheating and dishonesty, according to a report by India Today. 

The report noted that the third accused in the case, which is scheduled to come up for hearing on March 2, is Union Minister Ramdas Athawale.

According to the report, the complainant, HK Singh, filed a case against Prime Minister Modi and Shah in which he accused them of cheating people by allegedly promising in 2013-14 to credit Rs 15 lakh in every bank account if they come to power.

The report noted Singh, an advocate with the state’s High Court, lodged the complaint under Sections 415 (cheating) and 420 (dishonesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) along with Section 123 (b) of the Representation of the People Act.

The report noted that Singh had earlier said that while the BJP had promised to bring in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which they did, the Rs 15 lakh promise was not fulfilled.

“Why was the promise on CAA delivered but the promise on crediting Rs 15 lakh in each person’s account, a promise made in BJP manifesto not honoured?” Singh asked. BJP’s manifesto, however, does not mention the promise.

Singh said that false promises made to seek votes amount to “fraud with people,” according to the Representation of People Act.”Even I feel duped and so do many others by the cunning deceit of BJP leaders. They cannot have double standards. If they can deliver their promise on CAA, then they should also deliver on the Rs 15 lakh promise,” Singh told the news channel.

Rs 15 lakh promise: PM Modi, Amit Shah face charges of cheating, dishonesty in Ranchi court

Source: indiatoday.in

The complainant HK Singh, an advocate, has filed a case against PM Modi and Amit Shah, accusing them of cheating people by promising to credit Rs 15 lakh in every person’s bank account if they come to power.

district court in Ranchi has started proceedings in a case where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have been accused of cheating and dishonesty. The third accused in this case is Union minister Ramdas Atawle.

The complainant HK Singh, an advocate at the state high court, has filed a case against PM Modi and Amit Shah, accusing them of cheating people by promising to credit Rs 15 lakh in every person’s bank account if they come to power.

The complaint was lodged under sections 415 (cheating) and 420 (dishonesty) of the Indian penal Code, alongwith section 123(b) of the Representation of the People Act.

The court proceedings in the case started today.

HK Singh said in 2019 Home Minister Amit Shah said the government introduced the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) because it was one of the main promises made by the BJP in its election manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

“Why was the promise on CAA delivered but the promise on crediting Rs 15 lakh in each person’s account, a promise made in BJP manifesto, not honoured?” HK Singh asked.

He argued that the Representation of the People Act says false promise cannot be made to seek votes. “It amounts to fraud with the people,” HK Singh said.

The case will come up for hearing next on March 2.

However, HK Singh’s claim that the Rs 15 lakh promise was part of BJP’s manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha election is contrary to facts. The manifesto does not promise this.

Meanwhile, last Saturday, the court had asked HK Singh how this matter falls under Ranchi jurisdiction and why did he not file a case earlier considering that the alleged promise was made in 2013-14.

Speaking to India Today TV, HK Singh said, “Even I feel duped and so do many others by the cunning deceit of BJP leaders. They cannot have double standards. If they can deliver their promise on CAA, then they should also deliver on the Rs 15 lakh promise.”

Reacting to the developments, the Congress said people are fed-up with the lies told by the BJP. Congress spokesperson Alok Dubey said, “People are fed-up with the lies told by BJP leaders, including PM Modi. Now, people have started reacting and are expressing their anger against the fraud and baseless assurances given by the BJP.”

On the other hand, the BJP rubbished the allegations as a “publicity stunt”. BJP spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo said filing a case after six years is nothing but a “cheap publicity stunt”.

“What BJP leaders, including PM Modi and Amit Shah said, is in the public domain. They never promised that all account holders will get Rs 15 lakh. They (Opposition and the petitioner) will understand the meaning of BJP leaders’ words if they try to read between the lines,” Shahdeo said.

Jharkhand: Constable kills wife, 2 children with hammer in Ranchi

Source: indiatoday.in

The accused, constable Brajesh Tiwari, killed his wife, teenage daughter and son with a hammer and a knife and later tried to commit suicide by consuming poison.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The deceased have been identified as wife, daughter and son of a police constable named Brijesh Tiwari
  • Brajesh Tiwari killed his wife, teenage daughter and son with a hammer and a knife
  • The accused was reportedly in an inebriated condition at the time of committing the crime

In what is being suspected as a case of honour killing, a police constable murdered three members of his family, including two children, in Ranchi, Jharkhand, police said on Saturday.

The deceased have been identified as wife, daughter and son of a police constable named Brijesh Tiwari.

The accused, constable Brijesh Tiwari, was reportedly in an inebriated condition at the time of committing the crime.

Brajesh Tiwari killed his wife, teenage daughter and son with a hammer and a knife and later tried to commit suicide by consuming poison. The accused constable is undergoing treatment at a hospital and said to be in a critical condition.

According to locals, the accused constable’s daughter was having an affair with a guy from another community, and this might have been the reason behind the crime.

According to preliminary investigation, the accused, after killing his wife and two children, called his sister who lives in Pandara in Ranchi and said “I have killed the three”.

Following this, Brijesh’s sister reached the scene with her family immediately. The murderer’s sister then woke up his landlord, Baldev Sahu, and told him about the killing.

The landlord said that he had never seen the couple fighting. He added that there was a bottle of liquor, rat medicine and other medicines at the crime scene.

Landlord Baldev Sahu also said that Brajesh’s family had been living in that house for the last two years but never witnessed a quarrel within the family.

Sahu suspected that the accused may have fed his wife and children some medicines which made them unconscious and then carried out murder.

Budget 2020: Tourism industry to get INR 2500 crore budget boost

Source: indiatimes.com

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Budget speech on Saturday, announced a number of steps to renovate and set up museums to boost tourism in the country.

The Finance Minister announced the development of on-site museums at five archaeological sites in the states of Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Assam, Gujarat, Assam and Uttar Pradesh. In her second Union Budget, she further stated that the on-site museums would be developed at Adichanallur in Tamil Nadu, Rakhigarhi in Haryana, Sivasagar in Assam, Dholavira in Gujarat, and Hastinapur in Uttar Pradesh. She also mentioned setting up of a tribal museum in Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand.

The Minister also announced the proposal of setting up an Indian Institute of Heritage and Conservation under the Ministry of Culture. While presenting the Budget for 2020-21, she announced that INR 2500 crore will be allocated to the Ministry of Tourism and that INR 3150 crore will be allocated to the Ministry of Culture.

Last month, the Prime Minister announced renovation of the Indian Museum in Kolkata, which is the oldest in the country. Referring to this, the Finance Minister stated that in the historic Old Mint building in Kolkata, a museum on Numismatics and Trade will also be located. While announcing government’s support for setting up a tribal museum in Ranchi, she added four more museums from across the country will be taken up for re-curation and renovation so that a world-class experience can be offered to visitors.