The blaze was reported at 11.54 pm on Wednesday at the single-storey shop located in a chawl (row tenement) at Jai Bhavani Nagar in Antop Hill area, a civic official said
Officials of mines department with the help of police seized 10 vehicles loaded with black stone and detained 12 people on charges of illegal stone quarrying at Aaruha hillock in Jajpur district’s Dharmasala block. The continuous illegal stone quarrying poses a danger to Aaruha hillock.
The situation in Nagri locality of Ranchi district is peaceful but tense on Saturday, a day after the stone-pelting incident between two communities during the immersion procession of Saraswati Puja.