Abhishek Prasad is CM’s Press Adviser
Abhishek Prasad has been appointed Chief Minister’s Press Adviser on Thursday. Information and Public Relations department has issued a notification in this regard. Prasad has been appointed as CM’s Press Advisor with effect from December 29.
Rs 3,221 crore allotted for Railways in State
In the budget for the year 2020-21, a total allocation of Rs 3,221 crore has been made for the railway development work in Jharkhand. An amount of Rs 171 crore was allotted from Pradhankuntha Junction to Bhojudih while another Rs 580 crore were granted for laying a double line from Moori to Barkhana. For diversion work of Dhanbad Chandrapura rail line, an estimated Rs 438 crore and Rs 106.5 crore for the Madhupur bypass line were sanctioned. For laying a double line on a stretch of 12.5 Kms from Bhojudih to Talgaria Rs 129 crore was granted.
3 held for rape, murder of minor
Three men were arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly gang-raping a 7-yr-old tribal girl at Ramgarh village of Dumka district, according to police. The arrested persons were identified as Mithu, Ashok Rai and Pankaj Rai belonging to Podaiyahat of Godda district. The incident had taken place on February 5, when the minor girl had gone to her grandfather's house. In the afternoon the same day she went to visit a fair near her grandfather's house. There, the three men forcibly took her away to a spot where they gang-raped and killed her and fled after committing the crime.
Flag-off Assembly at SBPS
The Flag–off Assembly was organised at Sarala Birla Public School on Thursday. The Assembly commenced with a motivational song by the school choir. Then the students delivered a speech to mark the relevance of radio on the occasion of ‘World Radio Day’. It was followed by the recital of a poem, ‘Coromandel Fishers’ to commemorate the 141st Birth Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu,also known as ‘Nightingale of India’. After this,the house captains handed over the house flags to their respective house wardens, who handed it over to the Principal.Then the‘Best House’ for the session 2019-20 was declared. The Best House Trophy was bagged by Samveda house.
ASUS exclusive store in city
ASUS India announced the launch of its state-of-the-art new store in Ranchi on Thursday. Jignesh Bhavsar, National Sales Manager, ASUS India and Rajeev Chokhani, Owner of the store inaugurated the ASUS Exclusive Store. The store is set to host an extensive range of electronics and computer hardware, including the brand’s flagship products such as ZenBook Pro Duo, ZenBook, Zenbook-Flip,VivoBook and Republic of Gamers (ROG) laptops. The brand’s new ASUS Exclusive Store is located at Chokhani Computer, 001, Ground Floor, Anant Infotech Building, DangraToli Chowk. The new store launch is part of ASUS’ vision to expand its market presence across different market tiers, by opening 200 stores by 2020. The store will give users easy access to brand’s latest and flagship products.
AJSU Party holds meeting
AJSU Party held a two day brainstorming programme started on Thursday on the current politics, organizational agenda and policies of the State. Top officials of the party including the party Supremo Sudesh Mahto were present the main candidates contested the State Assembly elections. This is the second important meeting after the results of the assembly elections. Earlier on January 7, a detailed discussion was held on the outcome in the meeting of the Central Executive. Many new people have also joined the party during the elections and their experience has been positive towards the party.
