Dhanbad: The foundation stone of an electric crematorium to be constructed at a cost of Rs 1.56crore by the Dhanbad Municipal Commissioner was laid on Wednesday by Jharia MLA, Purnima Singh at the Shamshan Ghat in Mohabani area on the bank of river Damodar in Jharia. The crematorium equipped with a 200 KVA generator set will be constructed in six to eight months. Notably, the new electric crematorium being established at a distance of around 50 feet from the old crematorium established way back in 1997 will also be equipped with a 100 feet chimney and a scrubber as per the laid environmental norms. (Praduman Choubey)

The recovered bombs from the 'Maharani Express' bus Gautam Dey

Crude bombs recovered from passenger bus at state border

Dhanbad: Bengal police with the help of intelligence officials recovered 30 crude bombs from a Gaya bound passenger bus on Tuesday night at the Jharkhand Bengal border at Kulti under the West Bardhaman district of Bengal and apprehended three persons for questioning including the driver, conductor and the cleaner. The 30 crude bags packed in a black plastic sack were kept under the seat of the bus and police also recovered a note from the bag indicating the total price of the bomb as Rs 30,000 and Rs 1,000 per piece. An advance payment of Rs 5,000 made for the consignment was also mentioned in the note. Two names, including one probably of the sender of consignment and another a receiver of consignment of Jharkhand were also mentioned in the hand written note in which a code 12461 was also mentioned. Meanwhile, all 18 passengers on board the bus were sent to their respective places through another bus. (Praduman Choubey)

The unlit Tata-Kandra four-lane in Adityapur. Animesh Sengupta

Underground cable replacement of Tata- Kandra road

Jamshedpur: The Tata-Kandra four-lane which was lying unlit since the past two years will be illuminated soon. The Jharkhand Accelerated Road Development Corporation Ltd (JARDCL) which had constructed the four-lane and was entrusted to maintain it has on Wednesday decided to replace the underground cables that have been worn out that caused most of the street lamps to remain non-functional. JARDCL's project manager, Satya Pramod said that they were having problem in the underground cables of the street lamps along the Tata-Kandra four-lane since the past five years, but somehow were managing to keep the lamps illuminated. "But now the cables are damaged to such an extent that these cannot be repaired anymore. This is why we have decided to get the entire underground cables replaced with new ones, "said Satya to The Telegraph Online. (Kumud Jenamani)

Markachcho police station. Vishvendu Jaipuriar

9-year-old raped by computer shop owner

Hazaribagh: A nine-year-old girl who went to a computer shop with her mother to apply for Aadhar card was raped by the owner Rohit Kumar. The incident took place in a village under Markachcho police station in Koderma district. Her mother said she took her daughter to the computer centre but Rohit said due to thumb verification process, she had to take her to block office. Mother allowed to Rohit to take her daughter to block office. But Rohit took her to a Aksia forest and raped her on Monday. Family when came to know about this incident, reported the matter to Markachcho police on Tuesday evening after which an FIR was lodged. Police officials said hunt on to nab the culprit. (Vishvendu Jaipuriar)