The city witnessed a shocking incident on Monday morning when the body of a state electricity board worker, who died of electrocution, remained dangling from a pole at Kuldeep More in Chas for four hours.Ranglal Mahto, a contract worker with Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB), could not be brought down after he died when electricity suddenly flowed through dead wires. However, he did not fall...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

Hope eludes leper colony

Last Saturday, an otherwise uneventful day, over 400 residents of the 40-year-old Ashadan Leprosy Colony, situated on the outskirts of a town near Bokaro railway station, had surprise visitors.District administration officials, including Bokaro DC Aarva Rajkamal, Chas SDO Sanjay Singh and Rajesh Thakur, member of Helping Hand, a social organization; brought happiness, albeit for a few hours, to the...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

BSL programme helps children of primitive tribe

BOKARO: When the junior tarzans were brought to the town of Bokaro from the forests about a year ago, they were shabbily dressed, had long, unkempt hair and would roam around barefoot in the streets. Education and the urban lifestyle changed them completely.Junior tarzans are children of the Birhor community, a primitive tribe, which has been residing in the jungles for years. The Bokaro Steel Plant...

Source : Times Of India | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

CCTV cover for Bokaro railway station

K Manjhi, senior divisional commercial manager at Adra division, said CCTVs will soon be installed atfor better security measures. The points where CCTV cameras will be installed have been identified. Besides, metal detectors will also be set up at the entrance gate of the station to keep a check on passengers. Luggage scanners will also be set up.To check goods carried by passenger scanners will be...

Source : Times Of India | 4 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

State witnesses steep rise in cardiac ailments among youth

evils of leading a sedentary life are hard to avoid. A sluggish lifestyle reflects on a person's health and well-being.is a wake-up call for all. Cardiologists have expressed deep concern over the issue and advised youth regular exercise, especially brisk walking, for at least 40 minutes a day.Cardiologists have warned residents to spare time for sports, walking and exercise if they wish to lead a...

Source : Times Of India | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

Many joint toppers in Bokaro

students of St Xavier's School in Bokaro emerged district toppers inAishwarya and Bhawna Shradda, both students of science, scored 94.75%. Shreyansh of D'Nobili School scored 96.8% in ISCE with Satyam Kumar Singh of St Xavier's following him with 95.67%.The overall performance of students in the district in ICSE and ISC, results of which were announced on Friday, waswith girls outshining boys in Class...

Source : Times Of India | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

Drowned boy's body found in Bangoda

BOKARO: Police on Friday found the body of a Class X boy from a water-filled stone quarry at Bangoda understation in Bokaro. Police suspect he may have committed suicide because of failed love affair.since May 11. Police said during investigation it was found that the boy had jumped into deep water wearing his school dress and the corpse was in a decomposed state.Police are not ruling out the fact...

Source : Times Of India | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

Midday meal scam hits district administration

scams in two weeks is definitely a matter of embarrassment for the district education department.After the Rs 40-lakh scholarship scam, the department is in a spot over irregularities in midday meal at government schools in Chandankyari block which were reported on Thursday and an FIR was lodged in connection with this.The FIR was lodged against peon Manoranjan Mitra on charges of misappropriation...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

BSL CEO boosts morale of employees

struggling hard to improve the performance of the company, as it failed to achieve its annual production target for the past two financial years. He was motivating employees and officials by interacting with them and taking their suggestions for success.(SAIL) is aiming to increase steel production up to 24 MT from present 14 MT in near future with completion of the first phase of expansion and mo...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro

Mystery shrouds Bokaro boy's death

The body of a student of Class XII of DAV Public School in Bokaro was found late on Tuesday fromstation area. While friends who accompanied him to the dam said he drowned family smells a rat.The dead, identified as Vikram Singh and son of Bokaro Steel Plant employee Suresh Singh, visited the dam with his friends. "Vikram's family has alleged that his friends have killed him. Based on their complaint...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bokaro