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Ranchi, Sept. 2: The state administration will recommend a CBI probe into alleged misappropriation of a police secret service fund in tune with a high court observation that asked it to act according to the Constitution.

Governor’s adviser V.S. Dubey said the state would recommend the CBI probe in a day or two. “The draft letter was ready. It was delayed as the chief secretary was in Delhi to attend an official meeting. It will be sent to the premier agency, possibly tomorrow,” he told The Telegraph.

RANCHI: The unified command will hold its first meeting on September 9 to discuss strategy for containing extremism in the state. The Union home ministry had given a proposal to this effect.

The Jharkhand command being headed by chief secretary A K Singh comprises senior bureaucrats, state police officials and representatives of central paramilitary forces besides one retired major-general rank official of the Indian Army.

Senior Congress leader PN Singh today urged governor MOH Farooq to direct the departments concerned to immediately update the list of the people living below the poverty level in the face of severe drought in Jharkhand.

"Cards of different categories earmarked for the BPL people have not yet been issued. The governor should immediately initiate steps in this regard in the drought-hit state," AICC leader PN Singh said in a press release here.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_congress-urges-governor-to-ask-jharkhand-to-update-below-poverty-line-list_1432740

amshedpur, Sept. 1: Finally, it was Jamshedpur’s turn today to flag off its city bus service as mandated by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

To be operated by Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation (JTDC), the fleet was flagged off this morning by additional secretary in the urban development department and erstwhile deputy commissioner of East Singhbhum R.K. Agarwal from Gopal Maidan in Bistupur.

The Supreme Court on August 30 ruled that there was no age limit for the chairman’s post under the Electricity Act.

Quoting the Electricity Act, the apex court reinstated H B Lal as chairman of Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) and quashed Jharkhand High Court’s order.

On April 27, 2009, the high court had quashed the September 27, 2008, appointment of Lal as JSEB chairman, questioning the state government’s role in selecting a “90-year-old” for a second term.

Ranchi, Sep 1 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may visit Jharkhand this month to participate in a tribal conference.
Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader Ramdayal Munda yesterday met the Prime Minister in Delhi and extended the invitation, requesting him to attend a ''Conference of Gram Pradhans'' to be held here in the third week of September.
"The conference will be organised by the Tribal Advisory Council and the Prime Minister has accepted the invitation to attend," Munda said in a press release here today.
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4332053

Jamshedpur, Aug 31 (The Telegraph): Global work exposure as main course and Belgian chocolates for dessert? Trust XLRI students to get the best of both worlds.

Under the international students’ exchange programme, 44 B-school students — a sharp spike compared to 13 students last year and nine the year before — will visit 18 European universities and institutes in United Kingdom, Germany, France and Belgium for a three-month term. In fact, partner universities and institutes have also increased this year — last year, it was five and the year before, three.

Suspected Maoists beat a fair price shop dealer to death in Jharkhand's Latehar district Tuesday, police said.

Mukesh Prasad was killed in Turudih village of Latehar, about 140 km from here.

The villagers alleged that he was selling the fair price shop foodgrain in open market and not providing wheat and rice to villagers at government-prescribed low rates, a police officer said.

To gain the sympathy of villagers, suspected Maoists picked up Mukesh from his house and beat him. The villagers also joined them and lynched him, the police officer said.