Jamshedpur, June 26: Police busted a duplicate booksellers’ racket by raiding old book shops in Sakchi this morning.

The regional officer of a Delhi-based book publication company, Dhanpat Rai and Company Private Limited, spearheaded the raid.

The police also arrested an 18-year-old, red-handed.

At 11.30am, R.K. Singh, along with his assistant and police officers, conducted surveys in the old book market near the commercial tax office, having gathered information that duplicate Class XII textbooks on computer science of Dhanpat Rai & Private Limited were being sold in large numbers.

Most of the booksellers fled the scene, but one of them was nabbed during the raid.

Jamshedpur, June 25: The sword of de-affiliation by Medical Council of India hangs over state-run Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College and Hospital for allegedly not complying with minimum standards of infrastructure and healthcare.

A key MCI functionary, Gajendra Thakur, said a medical college and hospital cannot run for long at the mercy of the council, hinting at MGM Medical College’s vulnerability of being de-affiliated.

During its inspection in 2006, MCI had recommended that the hospital authorities increase seats, upgrade — among other things — the incinerator, install an intensive care unit (ICU) and CT scan machine and fill up posts of doctors as well as paramedics.

Though the hospital set up the ICU, nothing works except the air-conditioners. Even the ventilators of the ICU are defunct.

Similarly, a defective ultrasound machine means patients rely on other clinics for the past eight months.

The site for the Rs 100-crore shopping mall-cum-IT park on Marine Drive. Picture by Bhola Prasad

Jamshedpur, June 25: Shopping in swanky malls and watching movies in five-star luxury will soon be a reality in the steel city.

Jamshedpur-based real estate promoter Kaushal Kanchan Construction Pvt Ltd has bagged a project worth Rs 100 crore, which involves construction of a shopping mall, multiplex and an IT park. The project would come up on Marine Drive in Sonari.

“We are happy to get a sanction of the project from the state government and Tata Steel. The project is an initiative to develop the township,” said Kaushal Singh, the proprietor of the construction firm.

According to Singh, the project would come up in an area covering 3.64 acres on the Marine Drive.

“Tata Steel had given an approval for the land, following which we submitted Rs 15 lakh as the first instalment,” Singh said.

Jamshedpur, June 25: The much-hyped Miss Jharkhand 2008 Talent Contest ran into rough weather when a contestant alleged that she was asked to pay a bribe of Rs 15,000 against an assured win by the organiser of the show.

Prerna Bhatt, daughter of a constable of Golmuri police station, alleged that branch manager of Bright Star, a Ranchi-based NGO, who is organising the show has asked her to pay Rs 15,000 apart from asking her to come alone to a beauty parlour.

The organiser Ajay Singh denied these allegations at a news conference which was held today.

“I deny these allegations and would not like to dwell on this matter. Prerna Bhatt is my child and I am like her father. If a child says something like this it is my duty and responsibility to ignore it and not get agitated,” he said, adding that this incident was a serious blow to everyone who are involved with this contest.