Jharkhand

Several areas of Jamshedpur that are prone to flooding during monsoon don’t seem to be ready for the annual shower show this year. In most localities, drains are still clogged with garbage. Even though the civic authorities have promised to make amends, residents The Telegraph spoke to did not sound hopeful about things being any better this time

A violent attempt to block NH-23 on Sunday afternoon in protest against an alleged attack on tribal youths on Saturday night was thwarted by baton police in Bero, 30km from the city.

The summer-like agony in monsoon prompted the IMD offices in Ranchi and Patna to announce on Sunday a heatwave in Jharkhand that is only going to worsen in the next 48 hours.

A 25-year-old man, detained on Sunday afternoon for wife assault, allegedly committed suicide at Jagannathpur thana lock-up within an hour and a half.

The poor condition of city roads, which till now used to get the aam aadmi's goat, is now beginning to bother the VIPs as well.

Retired major-general P.K. Sehgal, the former head of Army Air Defence College, on Sunday asked the new batch of IIM-Ranchi to develop and use their talent to bring about a positive change in the country.

After waiting for almost a month, IIT(ISM) is all set to organise its convocation, the first ever after the institute was upgraded to IIT, on Monday and Tuesday at Penman Auditorium.

A mobile app for an alumni association may not be very common but the old boys of St Xavier's School, Doranda in Ranchi, are going to introduce the same.

MGM Medical College and Hospital, the state-run heal hub in Sakchi here which is often in the news for the wrong reasons, now has cause for cheer.

After a gap of more than six months, the bi-weekly Tatanagar-Mumbai Antyodaya Express was back on the tracks on Sunday.