Nine persons were discharged on Wednesday from the dedicated Covid-19 care centre at the zonal railway training institute in Bhuli.

In Koderma, 14 persons were on Wednesday discharged from the Holy Family Covid-19 care centre. Those released included an 88-year-old man.

The discharged persons have been instructed to remain in home quarantine for 14 days.

Sample collection at the Palamau collectorate in Daltonganj Telegraph picture

Covid camp at Palamau collectorate

Covid-19 testing of 90 officials and employees was conducted at the Palamau collectorate on Wednesday. One person tested positive for the coronavirus; he is in quarantine.

Two jawans drown in Ramgarh

Two Indian Army jawans drowned during training in a pond at the Sikh Regimental centre in Ramgarh district on Wednesday, police said. Divers swung into action soon after reports came in of the incident, but the soldiers could not be saved. The jawans, identified as Jorawar Singh and Parminder Singh, both 22 years old, were from Punjab. Their bodies were handed over to the army after post-mortem.

Liquor seized

Police on Wednesday conducted a raid in Dhanbad’s Govindpur and seized a huge cache of liquor being transported in a truck from Bengal to Bihar via NH2. Dhanbad superintendent of police R. Ramkumar said: “We have seized 200 cartons of liquor and arrested the driver and cleaner of the vehicle.”

JMADA employees protest

The employees of the cash-strapped Jharkhand Mineral Area Development Authority (JMADA) on Wednesday decided to meet deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Singh in two-three days over non-payment of salaries. At their meeting on Wednesday, the employees also decided to meet chief minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi to seek his intervention in the matter.

Youth dies after explosion

A youth died at Basaria in the Masnodih panchayat in Domchach block of Koderma when a bomb he was making exploded.

Police said Lalo Turi was with three of his friends at the time of the explosion. His family took him to a private hospital in Ranchi. But Turi died on Wednesday. His friends are missing.

The arrested persons in Daltonganj Telegraph picture

Robbers caught

Police teams from Paton, Nawa Jaipur and Chainpur in Palamau on Wednesday arrested eight persons and seized three country-made guns, along with four motorcycles and three mobile phones.

The arrested persons were allegedly involved in snatching and robbery.

Chamber of commerce meeting

Faced with irregular power supply in Jharia for over a month, office-bearers of the Jharia Chambers of Commerce and Khudra Vastra Vyavsai Sangh, an association of retail garment traders, on Wednesday held a joint meeting. They threatened to launch an agitation if the situation did not improve soon.

Betel shop owners demand they be allowed to reopen

A delegation of betel shop owners on Wednesday met Dhanbad deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Singh and submitted a memorandum demanding permission for reopening of their shops.

The delegation highlighted the fact that the government had already allowed the opening of shops, restaurants, saloons, etc.