Abhishek Angad

Finance Minister Rameshwar Oroan made the announcement during his speech after tabling the Rs 91, 277 crore budget for 2021-22, an increase from Rs 86, 370 crore in the current fiscal.

The Survey pegged the state’s receipt in the current financial year — both revenue and capital — at Rs 86, 370 crore (budgeted estimates) growing from provisional receipts of Rs 70, 732 crore in the previous fiscal.

Surja Marandi and her newborn were rushed from Tisri block of the district on Thursday evening – after birth, the infant's placenta could not be removed and bleeding did not stop.

The crime took place in East Singhbhum district on the night of January 31.

The incident has again exposed chinks in the public healthcare system in Jharkhand, where the health department’s internal documents point to a vacancy of 85 per cent posts for specialist doctors.

The finding comes two months after discovery of an ancient Buddhist shrine, buried under a similar mound, barely 100 metres away.

“There are 32 tribal communities in our state, but in Jharkhand we have not been able to promote our language, culture...,” he said.

The matter dates back to December last year, when several labourers held a protest outside the Pakur Division Forest Office demanding due wages.

Besides the two deaths, there have been several instances of people suffering injuries due to oil lamps exploding, said residents of the two villages and some adjoining villages.

M V Rao, 1987-batch IPS officer, who demitted office as Jharkhand DGP on Friday and plans to submit his VRS letter on Monday, speaks with Abhishek Angad on his tenure as the Jharkhand DGP

The Chief Minister was the keynote speaker at The Indian Express Thinc migration webinar series in association with Omidyar Network India, which focused on internal migration in the country.

Suraj Dubey went missing on January 30 and his family was informed by Maharashtra Police of his condition on February 5. His elder brother Niraj Kumar Dubey said that between January 30 and February 5, they did not get any ransom call.

According to the police, he informed them of details of the alleged abduction and extortion attempt by the trio before his death. The police are in the process of verifying his statement.

While many of his friends and neighbours returned to the big cities for work as restrictions were relaxed, Baigo Bodra is now scared to stay away from his family.

This comes after Lalu (72), a convict in fodder scam cases, complained of ill health in Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Ranchi, where he has been undergoing treatment.

"From July to December last year, duplicate ration cards decreased from 3.16 lakh ration card holders to 2.62 lakh after verification," stated the data obtained from the department.

On the first day of recording the data, 51, 733 students in class 10 physically came to the classroom and the strength increased to 92,130 students on January 12. In the same period, the strength of class 12th students increased from 13,843 to  23,787 students.

This is the first punitive step taken by the state against any of its officials after it launched a probe into the illegal diversion of the scholarship, by a nexus of middlemen, school authorities, banking correspondents and government staff, based on the findings of an investigation by The Indian Express.

Principal Secretary Health Nitin Kulkarni said: “This was an overzealous attempt to encourage people to get vaccinated. The order has been withdrawn with immediate effect.”

According to police sources, the student skipped her examination on Monday and her family members grew worried as she wasn’t back home by the evening.

The rules will be applicable for appointment to direct quota vacancies in various services such as the Jharkhand Administrative Service, Jharkhand Police Service among others.

A senior officer said: “There were rules earlier which led to various problems including corruption. Now we have tried to rectify it by framing new rules and a calendar will be released shortly.”

According to the police, the accused were in an inebriated condition at the time of the incident.

Jharkhand has exited from a Tripartite Agreement (TPA) between the state, Government of India (GOI) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). What was this agreement, and why was there controversy around it?