Devotees who want to visit the Bhadrakali temple in Chatra’s Itkhori block will have to register themselves online a day in advance.
The devotees will also have to input their Aadhar details on jharkhanddarshan.nic.in. The new rule will be applicable from Monday, though registrations open a day earlier.
Temple committee secretary Baijnath Kamti, who is also the circle officer of Itkhori, said that after registering on the website, devotees will also have to mention the time of visit and the number of visitors.
A list of registered devotees will be displayed near the main entrance gate everyday, Kamti said. Those visiting the temple without registration will have to remain outside the sanctum sanctorum, he added.
BJP campaign in Dumka
Raghubar Das being greeted by a tribal kid in Dumka during BJP's Mahila Jan Choupal programme on Saturday. The Telegraph picture
The BJP has begun its campaign in tribal-dominated Dumka ahead of the November 3 bypolls.
Former chief minister Raghuabr Das conducted a mahila jan choupal programme on Saturday.
Das cited how his government between 2014-19 came up with several pro-tribal initiatives and also spoke of the Union government's women friendly drives including LPG schemes, jan-dhan accounts among others for marginalised sections of the society.
BJP lost to JMM-Congress-RJD alliance in the 2019 assembly polls. In Dumka, BJP's sitting MLA and minister Louise Marandi had lost to present chief minister Hemant Soren. Soren left the seat to retain Barhait making bypoll a necessary here.
Ruling JMM has now named Hemant's brother Basant for Dumka election while BJP is likely to give Louise another chance.
Three drown in Hazaribagh
An 18-year-old girl and two minor children drowned at two spots in Hazaribagh district on Saturday. Villagers managed to find one of their bodies.
Neighbours Faizan Ansari, 9, and Ainul Ansari, 10, drowned in the Barwana river near Konarkhurd Masjid Tola in Barkatha block, 65km from the district headquarters. While taking a bath, Faizan slipped into the river. Ainul jumped into the water to save him but he too went missing. Faizan’s body was found a few kilometres away.
Bulbul Kumari drowned in the Kewta river in Padma block, 25km from the district headquarters, while she was washing clothes. Efforts to find her body proved fruitless.
Dhanbad woman hit by motorcycle dies
Jahida Khatoon, a 40-year-old resident of Sukudih police station area in Dhanbad’s Hariharpur, was killed when she was hit by a motorcycle at her village while crossing the road on Saturday morning around 10am.
Local residents blocked the road near the accident spot for more than three hours.
Italian photographer feted
Italian photographer Riccardo Busi, who is president of the Federation of International Art Photography (FIAP), showcased his work during a webinar organised by the Dhanbad Camera Club on Saturday.
Anil Risal Singh, former president of the Federation of Indian Photography, who is the chief advisor of the Dhanbad Camera Club, welcomed Busi and introduced him to participants.
Barun Kumar Sinha, secretary-general, Federation of Indian Photography, recalled his memories with Busi at several international meets.
Mukesh Srivastava, president of the Dhanbad Camera Club, surprised Busi by exhibiting a number of his photographs during visits to India in 1985 and 2010.
Busi had visited iconic places such as Kashmir, Ladakh, Rajasthan and Agra in 1985. In 2010, he was the chief guest at the 15th FIAP Nature Biennial World Cup in Bangalore.
Srivastava also exhibited the photographs from the 33rd FIAP congress held in South Korea in 2016, showing Busi in action as well as in discussion with delegates from India.
During his conversation with Busi, Srivastava also asked about his journey as a photographer as well as about his plans.
Busi was also conferred the first honorary fellowship of the Dhanbad Camera Club by Srivastava. He was also presented a certificate and memento on the occasion.
The Dhanbad Camera Club has been organising webinars since August on a fortnightly basis due to constraints brought about by the pandemic.
BPSCL CEO appointed
K.K. Thakur joined Bokaro Power Supply Private Company Limited (BPSCL) as chief executive officer (CEO) on Satursday.
BPSCL, a joint venture of SAIL-DVC, supplies its entire electricity to Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL).
Thakur was the Chief General Manager in Turbo Blower Station of BSL.The CEO post of BPSCL was vacant for the last one and a half years. The senior officers of BPSCL were operating the company in the absence of a CEO.
Giridih migrant labourer commits suicide
A migrant labourer of Kharbariya village in Giridih committed suicide on Saturday over unemployment during lockdown.
The deceased Manoj Kumar used to work as a labourer in Surat. He had returned to his village during the coronavirus induced lockdown. With no employment opportunities, his family started facing financial problems.
Cyber criminals arrested
Two cyber criminals were caught by police in Giridih from an ATM on Saturday.
The cyber police station had received information about the whereabouts of two cyber criminals in the Nagar police station area.
The duo identified as Sanjay Kumar Mandal and Dilip Kumar Rai had come to an HDFC Bank ATM located near Bada Chowk to withdraw money. Police personnel deployed next to the ATM caught them.
Cyber police station in-charge Sahadev Prasad said that during interrogation both the criminals have admitted to their involvement in multiple cyber crimes and confessed to have illegally earned about five lakh rupees in two years.
