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Sweaters team up with raincoats in Jharkhand.

Source – telegraphindia.com

Chilly, foggy and wet. Jharkhand woke up to a freaky Thursday, with the weather god showering unseasonal rain at many places, including Ranchi and Jamshedpur.

Kuru in Lohardaga district topped the rain-o-meter with 28mm while the IMD observatory in capital Ranchi recorded over 20mm of rain.

Ramgarh, Hindgir (Ranchi district), Putki (Dhanbad district), Dhanbad town and Tenughat (Bokaro district) recorded around 10mm rain in the past 24 hours (between 8.30am of Wednesday and 8.30am of Thursday).

Intermittent rain was also reported from Bokaro, Khunti, Chaibasa and places in Seraikela-Kharsawan. Steel city Jamshedpur also saw light intermittent showers.

The weather conditions resulted in an interesting temperature flip-flop. Maximum or day readings came down by 4-6°C notches below normal , while minimum or night readings rose due to formation of clouds and heavy moisture inflow into the atmosphere.

Ranchi on Thursday recorded a maximum temperature of 16°C against Wednesday’s 19.7 °C. Thursday’s day reading was four notches below normal. In Jamshedpur, the day reading dropped to 19.4°C on Thursday, five notches below normal. On Wednesday, the IMD observatory here had recorded day temperature of 24.9°C. Day temperature also saw a fall in several other districts, including Daltonganj, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribgah, Koderma and other districts in Santhal Pargana.

Minimum temperatures hovered between 12 to 15 °C (three to four notches above normal) in most parts of the state on Thursday.

S.C. Mandal, the acting director of Ranchi Meteorological Centre, predicted an improvement in weather condition from Friday. “Light rains will be experienced in several pockets till late in the night today (Thursday). But, we are expecting dry weather from Fridat as the impact of the anti-cyclone prevailing over Jharkhand and neighbouring Chhattisgarh would wane, ” he said.

The weatherman extended the forecast of shallow to moderate fog for the next 48 hours.

Residents scurried for cover as the day temperature saw a plunge. I prefered to stay indoors while my husband wore a raincoat to office,” said Purnima Singh, a homemaker in Sonari.

Train timings hit

The prevailing cold wave in northern parts of India has thrown into disarray the schedules of many long-distance trains coming to Tatanagar from New Delhi and other destinations.

Thursday’s Rajdhani Express between New Delhi and Bhubaneswar via Tatanagar ran 10 hours late. The schedule arrival time of Rajdhani Express at Tatanagar is 10.30am but the train was expected to reach around 9pm.

The Puri-bound Purushottam Superfast Express, scheduled to reach Tatanagar at 8pm, was also late by three hours. The Haridwar to Puri Utkal Kalinga Express was also running late for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Against its correct arrival time of 8.20pm the train was expected at Tatanagar on Thursday around 10.30pm.

The New Delhi-Puri

Neelanchal Express fared no better. Against its arrival time of 7.30am on Thursday, it reached Tatanagar at 2.30pm. The Amritsar-Tata Jammu-Tawi Express, scheduled to reach Tatanagar at 10.30am, reached at 1.30pm, after a delay of three hours.

Railway authorities blamed the fog and cold wave for the delays.

CIP Ranchi Recruitment 2020: Walk in Interview for Various Posts on 21 January @cipranchi.nic.in

Source – pagalguy.com

Central Institute of Psychiatry was established on May 17, 1918, and is governed by the Government of India. CIP is situated on Kanke, Ranchi which is the capital city of state Jharkhand.

CIP has released an official notification on its website inviting applications to fill vacancies for the post of Chief Administrative Officer, Library and Information Officer, Occupational therapist Gr. I and Senior Dietician. The deployment will be on a contractual basis for six months. The vacancies are open only for unreserved category candidates.

Details of the posts available

Post: Chief Administrative Officer

No of vacancies:01

Salary: RS.33,705/pm

Education and Experience: Candidates should have a degree from a recognized university along with a minimum of 2.5 years of work experience in account and administration.

Must have knowledge of financial rules and procedures of Government of India.

Post: Library and Information officer

No of vacancies:01

Salary: RS.33,705/pm

Education and Experience: Candidates should have a master’s degree in Library Science from a recognized university along with a minimum of 5 years of work experience in a library at a recognized institute.

Post: Occupational Therapist

No of vacancies:01

Salary: RS.27,563/pm

Education and Experience: Must have a master’s degree in Dietetics from a recognized university along with a minimum of 2.3 years of work experience in a hospital.

Post: Senior Dietician

No of vacancies:01

Salary: RS.27563/pm

Education and Experience: Must have a master’s degree in occupational therapy with a specialization in Neurology, psychiatry from a recognized university along with a minimum of 2.3 years of work experience in a psychiatric hospital.

Application procedure

Eligible and interested candidates can apply for the above-mentioned posts by appearing in a direct walk-in interview at CIP Ranchi on January 21, 2020, at 11:00 am.

Candidates are supposed to report at CIP Campus at around 9:30 am.

Applications should be submitted in the Director’s office by 09:30 am on January 21.2020.

Documents required

Candidates must appear for the walk-in-interview with the following documents.

Handwritten or typed application
Bio-data
2 passport-size photographs
Proof of Date of Birth
Marksheets and degrees
Proof of experience
Identity proof

Candidates are supposed to present these documents at the time of the interview in order to be eligible for the interview. Candidates failing to present the following documents will not be considered for the interview as well.

Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) –

Question: What is the salary offered for the post of CAO?

Answer: The salary offered is Rs. 33,705/- per month.

Question: When is the walk-in-interview scheduled for?

Answer: The interview will be conducted on January 21, 2020, 11:00 am onwards.

Question: What are the application fees?

Answer: There is no application fee applicable under the ongoing recruitment drive.

Question: What is the duration of the contract?

Answer: The total duration of the contract is six months.

23-year-old convict gets death penalty in Ranchi rape and murder case.

Source – hindustantimes.com

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on Saturday awarded death sentence to a man for the 2016 rape and murder of an engineering student at her home in the city’s Buty Basti.

Rahul Raj, a resident of Bihar’s Nalanda district, was convicted on Friday for raping a BTech student , and murdering her before setting her house on fire on December 15, 2016.

The case was registered the next day and was later handed over to the Jharkhand CID. The crime came to light when the victim’s sister, who was in the family home in Ramgarh district, failed to get through to her over the phone.

Alarmed, as the victim was alone in the house, her sister requested a neighbour to check on her. The neighbour visited the house and found the charred body of the victim amid thick smoke. The CBI, which took over the investigation from the state police, began suspecting Raj, when the agency found that after living in the area for three months, he had suddenly left.

Further investigation revealed that Raj, 23, was absconding and had a criminal past. He had many pseudonyms and was in a Lucknow jail in connection with another case. He had to be taken into custody from Lucknow and was produced in CBI court on June 22, 2019.

Reports said that police reached Raj’s village and took blood samples of his parents. The DNA test revealed a match with the samples lifted off the victim. The CBI filed the charge sheet on September 13, 2019 and the court framed the charges on October 25. Raj, an auto rickshaw driver, had come to Ranchi in 2016. He had reportedly been keeping an eye on the victim for a while before attacking her.

Special judge Anil Kumar Mishra on Saturday awarded the death sentence with a fine of ~5,000 under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), life imprisonment with a fine of ~5,000 each under Sections 376 and 449 of the IPC and seven years’ rigorous imprisonment with a fine of ~5,000 under Section 201 of the IPC.

Ranchi, Jharkhand Assembly Election Result Updates: Counting of votes begins.

Source – indiatoday.in

Results for elections held for Jharkhand’s Ranchi assembly seat are being announced today. Ranchi assembly seat went to the polls in December 2019 along with 80 other assembly constituencies of Jharkhand. The Jharkhand assembly elections were held over five phases in December 2019. The overall voter turnout was recorded at 65.17 per cent in the Jharkhand assembly elections 2019.

The Ranchi assembly seat voted on December 12 in the third phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections 2019. Results for the Jharkhand assembly election results 2019 are being announced on Monday, December 23.

Counting for the elections held to Jharkhand’s Ranchi assembly seat is currently on.

The Ranchi assembly is located in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand and falls under the Ranchi parliamentary constituency. In the 2014 Jharkhand assembly election, Chandreshwar Prasad Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won from the Ranchi assembly seat.

Jharkhand is currently ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party under Chief Minister Raghubhar Das.

In the 2019 Jharkhand assembly elections, the BJP is up against an alliance of the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. Jharkhand is the third state where elections have been held since the 2019 Lok Sabha election when the Narendra Modi-led BJP stormed back.

Apart from Jharkhand, elections have been held in Maharashtra and Haryana. In both the states, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party but could not secure a majority on its own. In Haryana, the BJP formed government by joining hands with the Jannayak Janata Party. In Maharashtra, the BJP failed to form a stable coalition, which led to an alliance of Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress coming to power.

Special CBI court convicts Ranchi’s Nirbhaya rape-murder accused after trial.

Source – indiatoday.in

Aspecial Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Friday convicted the main accused in the rape and murder case of an engineering student in Ranchi, Jharkhand, after a swift trial that lasted for a month, officials said.

In a big success in the most brutal crime which took place three years ago on the fourth anniversary of Delhi’s Nirbhaya rape and murder, the probe agency cracked the case using profiles of people in an area to narrow down suspects.

The CBI nailed Rahul Raj, who had absconded after committing the crime on the night of December 15-16, 2016, and used a number of aliases, using DNA lineage of his parents which matched with the sample found on the victim’s body and nails, the officials further said.

Officials said Raj is a habitual offender and is accused in a separate sexual assault case in Bihar and a number of theft cases Uttar Pradesh.

The CBI took over the investigation on March 28, 2018, and managed to crack it open in June this year, arresting Raj from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, where he was in Jail for a separate crime, they said.

The court framed charges against him in the last week of October and in a swift trial, in which 30 witnesses were scrutinised over 16 working days.

The verdict came on a day expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court for raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district.

The quantum of sentence for Rahul Raj, a resident of Nalanda in Bihar, by the Ranchi Special court will be pronounced tomorrow.

The gruesome raped and murder case had triggered public outrage with innumerable protests outrage across the country in 2016.

NRC to affect Jharkhand tribals, say activists.

Source – telegraphindia.com

The protests that erupted across the country on Thursday against the amended citizenship law and the proposed all-India National Register of Citizens (NRC) echoed in Jharkhand as well, albeit in a low-key manner because of the model code of conduct.

Common citizens, representatives of civil society organisations and members of Left parties organised two protest marches in Ranchi and one in Jamshedpur. At the first march in Ranchi, the organisers pointed out that the NRC would affect tribals of the state. Adivasis enjoy land rights by tradition and most of their land is vested with village heads hence it will be difficult for them to show individual ownership of land, the activists pointed out. If the tribals can’t prove they own land how can they register in the NRC, the activists wondered.

Representatives of organisations such as Adivasi Adhikar Manch, Christian Yuva Manch, the Ranchi branch of the National Alliance for People’s Movement, Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha (which is itself an umbrella organisation of various such outfits), All India Students’ Front, Adivasi Mahila Manch and Nagrik Adhikar Manch participated in the protest.

“The CAA is a divisive pronouncement of the BJP government,” Bharat Bhushan Chaudhary of the Mahasabha told the gathering.

“The government is using police machinery to quell the voice of protest,” said Praful Linda of the CPM, who also addressed the gathering at the Zilla School ground in Ranchi, citing the police firing in Assam and attack on students of Jamia Milia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University.

“The BJP has turned Jharkhand into a laboratory for carrying out anti-minority, anti-poor and anti-tribal experiments,” alleged Vivek Kumar, a Right to Food activist associated with the Mahasabha. “They cancelled scores of ration cards that resulted in starvation deaths in the state.”

Vivek pointed to the many mob lynching cases and the BJP government’s attempt to tweak the tenancy laws meant for protecting tribal land “just to favour chosen corporate houses”.

The gathering marched to Albert Ekka Chowk where they formed a human chain. Members of CPI, CPIM, CPI-ML and MCC marched from Sainik Bazar to Albert Ekka Chowk in the second protest.

In Jamshedpur, around 100 activists of CPI-ML, AISF and other outfits marched from Sakchi roundabout to the district collectorate.

“It was part of the national call of various organisation to protest against the CAA,” said Deepak Ranjeet of the Jharkhand Jantantrik Sabha. “We had asked activists not to shout provocative slogans or indulge in any kind of violence. We submitted a memorandum to the East Singhbhum DC.”

Ranchi shivers at 8.6°C

Source – telegraphindia.com

The prevailing cold wave in northern India has made way for the return of the morning chill in Jharkhand.

The dry and crisp north-westerly wind that is sweeping across the state has dragged down minimum temperatures below the 10°C mark in several places, including state capital Ranchi, and has ensured another 48 hours of bone-numbing chill.

Weathermen at the Ranchi centre of the India Meteorological Department on Wednesday predicted a drop of at least three degrees in minimum temperature in the next two days.

Besides the capital and Khunti , places such as Bokaro and its adjoining areas had a brush with the sub-10 jitters for the first time this winter.

Ranchi on Wednesday recorded a minimum reading of 8.6°C, one point below the average normal. On Tuesday, it was cosier at 14.6°C, which means the temperature plunged by six degrees in just 24 hours.

Kanke on the outskirts of the capital, which usually touches temperatures close to the freezing point in December, recorded a minimum of 9.6°C on Wednesday.

The mercury plungedto 10.5°C in Bokaro from 16.1°C on Tuesday, two points below normal.

In Jamshedpur, too, the Celsius has been on a plummeting spree. The local observatory on Wednesday recorded a minimum of 14.6°C against Tuesday’s 17.2°C. The reading on Wednesday was three notches below the average normal. Weathermen said a further fall in minimum reading was expected in the steel city in the next 48 hours.

The night temperature in Daltonganj nose-dived to 11.9°C from Tuesday’s 17°C, Wednesday’s reading being three notches below normal.

Chaibasa in West Singhbhum also witnessed the Celsius sliding to 12.8° from 16.6°, two notches below normal.

Minimum readings in Dumka, Giridih, Koderma, Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Deoghar, Simdega , Gumla, Ramgarh and Seraikela-Kharsawan witnessed significant drops.

Early morning fog was witnessed in southern and central Jharkhand, including Jamshedpur.

Forecast of shallow and moderate fog in the state has been extended for another 48 hours.“The current spell of cold wave sweeping northern India has given fresh momentum to north wind. This is causing the Celsius slide in Jharkhand. Such weather is likely to prevail for a few days,” said S.D. Kotal, director of the Ranchi Met centre.

Met predicts chilly nights ahead.

Source – telegraphindia.com

Cloud cover over most parts of the state will recede by Tuesday, resulting in an abrupt fall in night temperatures across Jharkhand after the next 24 hours, weathermen predicted on Monday.

“Favourable winter conditions in Jharkhand will return after 24 hours. Two climate systems — a Western Disturbance and a cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal — which resulted in clouds and showers for the past two days in several places, including Ranchi and Jamshedpur, will clear by tomorrow (Tuesday),” S.D. Kotal, director of Ranchi Meteorological Centre, said.

IMD’s Ranchi Met centre on Monday afternoon forecast dry weather with partly cloudy sky in some places after the next 24 hours. This will result in an abrupt fall in minimum readings by 2-4°C. The Met office has also predicted shallow to moderate fog in several districts during the next 72 hours. The fog is expected to reduce early morning visibility below 1,000 metres.

Capital Ranchi, which recorded a minimum of 14.5°C on Monday against 15.6°C on Sunday, gave a preview of what was in store.

The local observatory in steel city recorded a minimum of 18°C on Monday compared with 19°C on Sunday.

Data showed that the minimum readings dropped by a degree in Bokaro and two degrees in Koderma and Hazaribagh.

A senior weather analyst at Patna Met centre said the north wind, which had stopped due to the twin climate systems, had started to flow again.

“The north-westerly wind would continue to dominate over the state after the next 24 hours,” he said.

Blanket ban

In Ranchi, the poor on the roads were spotted burning garbage dumps and using sacks to keep the chill at bay as the RMC blamed the model code of conduct for the delay in the distribution of blankets and lighting bonfires in public places.

“Last (Sunday) night, I distributed blankets among 15 beggars near Shiv Mandir lane in my locality,” social worker Jyoti Sharma said.

The district administration had given 14,000 blankets to RMC in October for distribution across 55 awards.

On why they had not been distributed so far, municipal commissioner Manoj Kumar said: “The blankets have reached every ward, but it is not possible to distribute them without permission of the Election Commission. I don’t think it is possible to do it before December 23,” Kumar said.

Deputy development commissioner Ananya Mittal said the same.

“Till December 23, work on the distribution of blankets and burning bonfires by the district administration is not possible,” she said.

On the rationale behind blanket distribution at a later date when they were needed urgently, an Election Commission official: “In principle it has been decided that the blankets can be distributed and bonfires can be lit in those areas where polling is over. But we have been directed to ensure that the opportunity is not used by the ruling party for publicity. The directive will reach us within a day or two.”

Protests over twin deaths in Bachra.

Source – telegraphindia.com

The 10-year-old injured girl, who was recovered along with the dead body of a 12-year-old girl from the forest area in Bachra under Piparwar police station in Chatra district on Thursday, died on her way to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi.

The death of the second girl, who residents believe was also the victim of sexual assault, triggered massive protests outside Piparwar police station on Friday.

“When local residents got the news of the girl’s death around 5 on Friday morning, they set out for Piparwar police station and staged a demonstration demanding capital punishment for those involved in the crime. The district administration had to deploy forces meant for election duty to bring the situation under control,” one of the residents said.

Deputy commissioner of Chatra Jitendra Kumar Singh confirmed said the situation was under control.

“The death of the second girl spurred protests, but it’s not so serious. Situation is under control,” Singh said.

Prodded for more details, he said police had started an investigation and directed the questions to superintendent of police (SP) Akhilesh B. Veriar.

“I am busy in sealing the strongroom. It will be better if you talk to the SP,” Singh said.

SP Veriar could not be contacted on his mobile despite four attempts between 4.15pm and 4.41pm on Friday.

Human rights activist, Runa Shukla, told that another eight-year-old boy was also found in an injured condition a few metres away from the spot where the girls were found lying.

“He is undergoing treatment at RIMS,” Shukla said.

She said the boy along with her 12-year-old sister and her friend went to the forest on his cycle to collect wood and fruits around 10am on December 11.

“On their way back, Sonu, 18, and his two friends asked him to go deep into the forest for better fruits. Leaving his cycle with the two girls, the boy went to forest. When he came back, Sonu hit him and took the girls into the forest,” Shukla said, adding that the boy was found 7am on Thursday while the girls were found in the afternoon.

Ranchi: Lawyer who represented Richa Bharti against Quran distribution order shot dead, property dispute suspected.

Source – opindia.com

Ram Pravesh Singh, a 47-year-old lawyer in Ranchi was shot dead on Monday night in Ranchi. As per reports, the incident occurred in Road number 5 in Sarvodaya Nagar, under the Kanke police station limits.

In a CCTV footage that has been going viral on social media, Ram Pravesh Singh can be seen standing near his car, in his lawyer’s robes, when the assailant had approached him casually. The assailant was seen slowly and casually walking towards the lawyer and suddenly raising the gun he had kept hidden in his hands behind his back. Ram Pravesh Singh was shot dead from a point-blank range and the bullet had gone through his head, causing instant death.

He was taken to RIMS for treatment but the doctors there had declared him brought dead. The incident happened close to the lawyer’s house. Police have stated that Ram Pravesh Singh had a property dispute going on with a person named Chhotu Lakra regarding a plot of land in Misir Gonda. He had also registered an FIR against Chhotu Lakra on 23 October following a fight. The police have taken Lakra and his relative Ramesh into custody for interrogation.

Reports say the murderer and his associate had conducted a recce of the area around Singh’s residence. The bike-borne associate had helped the murderer escape after shooting Singh.

The lawyers of Ranchi Bar Association have severely condemned the brutal murder of a colleague. Kundan Prakash Singh, the General Secretary of Ranchi District Bar Association has stated that it is a cause of deep concern that a lawyer has been gunned down by criminals so daringly. He added that the crime shows the boldness of criminals and the anarchy. He had also emphasised on security for the lawyers stating that losing clients often consider the lawyer as their enemy.

The murder of a lawyer in the capital city so close to the assembly elections has created a stir in the region. The lawyers have called for a strike and have boycotted work on Tuesday, taking a silent march in the capital’s streets.

It is notable here that the deceased lawyer Ram Pravesh Singh had represented Ranchi girl Richa Bharti, who had been in news headlines after a Ranchi court had ordered her to distribute copies of the Quran over a complaint against one of her Facebook posts.

Richa Bharti had declined to distribute the Quran copies, saying it violates her rights to free speech and rights to religion. The case had created headlines across the nations, and lawyers of the Ranchi Bar Association, led by Kundan Prakash, had then taken out protests too, demanding the transfer of the judge Manish Kumar Singh, who had issued the order.

Following widespread outrage against such an order, the Ranchi court had finally modified the order. The case had created national headlines and had stirred many people to volunteer to contribute towards Richa’s legal expenses.