RANCHI, Nov. 28 -- Chief minister Hemant Soren, marking one year of his government's second term on Friday, handed over appointment letters to 8,792 newly selected candidates at a state-level ceremony organised at Morabadi Ground in the heart of the state capital.

These included 197 deputy collectors, 35 deputy superintendents of police, 55 state tax officers, two superintendents of prisons, eight officers of the Jharkhand Education Service (Category-II), one district commandant, eight assistant registrars, 14 labour superintendents, six probation officers and three excise inspectors recommended through the Jharkhand Public Service Commission's 11th to 13th Combined Civil Services Examination. In addition, 22 dental hygienists, 150 entom...