The district administration on Thursday did not give permission for an event of former JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar at Ranchi’s “Shaheen Bagh” in front of Haj House on Friday.

Sec. 144 near capital

The district administration on Thursday imposed Section 144 at Parasi village under Tamar police station of the Ranchi district after a large number of Pathalgadi supporters allegedly decided to hold a meeting there.

Railway member

Jharkhand Viklang Manch president Arun Kumar Singh has been nominated as a member of Divisional Railway Users’ Consultative Committee, Chakradharpur.

Four shops gutted

Four outlets, including a sweetmeat shop, were gutted at Kokpara under the jurisdiction of Dhalbhumgarh police station area in Ghatshila sub-division of the East Singhbhum district, on the intervening night of Thursday. The fire broke out in the sweetmeat shop first.

Incubation centre

An incubation centre was inaugurated at NIFFT, Hatia, on Thursday during the entrepreneurship alumni meet on the campus. The director (marketing) of HEC, Rana S. Chakravarti, and director of information technology department of Jharkhand, Divyanshu Jha, were present on the occasion.

Protest

Villagers displaced from Turamdih Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) mining areas staged a demonstration in front of the district collectorate on Thursday and demanded that if the UCIL management does not fulfil the assurances given under rehabilitation and resettlement policies they would stage an agitation and lock up the open cast mines in mid-March.

JFC on top

JFC blanked out Sports Authority of Jharkhand in an Under-18 Hero Youth League tie at JRD Tata Sports Complex on Thursday. Jamshedpur topped the table with 9 points from three matches.