At Baisakhi Abasan, in neighbouring Salt Lake, residents had expanded a water tank that had been built temporarily to soak bricks at a construction site. “I had been eyeing that tub ever since C...

A group of youth, engaged in providing free of cost education to more than 2,000 students of the district launched a cleanliness drive of ponds of Dhanbad. This drive was aimed at spreading the messag...

The district administration was on their toes to ensure the festival was conducted peacefully. "The festival went off without any untoward incident. We had made adequate security arrangements in...

Meanwhile, Chhath committee members at different ghats distributed mask and sanitizers among the devotees and appealed the people observing Chhath to follow the social distancing norms. Dhanbad, Sub ...

Every year the temple committee organizes a musical concert in the evening. But, this year the musical event did not take place due to the pandemic. “This year was different because of the Covi...

The traffic police have notified a ban on entry of heavy vehicles in the city from 8 am to 10 pm on Friday and 2 am to 10 am on Saturday. As per the notification issued on Thursday night, heavy vehicl...

Dhanbad Railway Division has enforced special measures on around 140 stations and halts of the division to avoid the congestion of passengers on platforms during Chhath and also post Chhath during the...

Jharia MLA Purnima Singh also visited Raja Talab and took stock of the preparation for Chhath Puja scheduled tomorrow. Interacting with the media, she said, “Though the government has allowed p...

A Bengali Chhath song, sung by Anindita Banerjee, a 43-year-old Bengali semi-classical vocalist of Dhanbad, has earned tremendous popularity on social media. The song, titled Chhath mayer koto je...

Subodh Mehta, a resident of Matwari mohalla said he had purchased a children’s swimming pool made of plastic. It costs Rs 900 but it is best for this purpose. “I will keep this pool on the...