Chief Minister Hemant Soren today asked officials to encourage various puja committees to organize eco-friendly pujas. He said that for this, they should connect emotionally with the puja committees and make them aware that there should be no pollution during the puja. They should also plan that
Sindri: The Dhanbad administration on Tuesday directed the BCCL authority to stop loading coal at the Muraidih coal dump after a clash between two warring factions of labourers. Dhanbad SDO Surendra Kumar said the action was taken to defuse the tension in the area and pave way for the reconciliation talks scheduled on Friday.
Kumar said, “We have directed the BCCL management to stop coal loading Muraidih dump till further orders and have invited the warring factions for reconciliation talks on Friday.”
Hours ahead of the clash, a gang of around 25 criminals attacked the office of the mining outsourcing company, Maa Ambe, at Benidih under Block II of BCCL on Monday midnight by hurling crude bombs and assaulting the workers of the office. The criminals also set fire to two Volvo trucks parked on the office campus before fleeing.
More than two dozen homemakers (housewives) of Dhanbad celebrated Republic Day by participating in a fashion show on Monday, a day ahead of Republic Day. The fashion show was organised by a Jharia-based youth organization Samadhan, in a private banquet hall of Saraidhela. The homemakers walked the ramp donning attires of our national heroes including Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Khudiram Bose, etc.
The event was organised with the aim of providing an opportunity to housewives who themselves do not get the chance of participating in competitions and cultural programmes as they remain busy preparing their children for Republic Day functions.