Daily donates over 200 books to Dhanbad’s oldest library A week-long campaign to boost existing stock has been planned by management
The management of vernacular daily Prabhat Khabar on Tuesday donated 222 books to the Gandhi Seva Sadan Library, one of the oldest book repositories of Dhanbad, to take their count of written treasures to around 4,783.
Ranging from literature to history, biographies to science, mythology to fiction, the books were donated in the presence of Additional District Magistrate (law and order) Chandan Kumar, who is also the ex- officio Vice President of Gandhi Seva Sadan Managing Committee.
“We will be running a week-long campaign to enrich the stock of our library, under which we will approach various corporate houses operating in the district asking them to contribute through their Corporate Social Responsibility fund. These include BCCL, Tata Steel, SA
Coal labourers clash at Kusunda area, 6 injured BCCL suspends loading operations at Vishwakarma pending talks OUR CORRESPONDENT
At least six workers were injured when two rival groups of coal loaders clashed at the Vishwakarma Project site of Kusunda area, hurling stones and wielding sticks in the presence of police on Wednesday.
Two of those injured at the BCCL project site, Sampurna Devi and Lakshmi Devi, had to be admitted to a private hospital for treatment.
The clash lasted half an hour. Finally, the police were able to control the crowds after a lathi-charge. Windscreens of two vehicles, a tipper and a truck, were broken.
Auto strike comes to end following dialogue with authorities Minimum fare fixed at Rs 10, routes to be allocated within February
The indefinite strike launched by auto-rickshaw operators, in support of their seven-point demands, came to an end on Thursday, following a meeting between the protesters and the district administration.
The talks, led by Sub Divisional Officer Surendra Prasad, was mediated by Dhanbad MLA Raj Sinha. It came after the agitators on Thursday decided to go for an indefinite hunger strike at the Randhir Verma Chowk, alleging that they were not being heard by the district administration.
During the meeting, the administration gave verbal orders to auto-rickshaw operators to increase the minimum fare during the lockdown period to Rs 10, which was one of the demands of the protesters. The authorities also asked the drivers to operate their vehicles in designated ro