Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Monday decided to release 221 prisoners who have been serving life term and had spent more than 20 years in jail, said an official. The decision was taken during a meeting of a review committee headed by Chief Minister Raghubar Das. “Injustice should not be done[Read More…]
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Friday lodged an FIR against a senior police officer and the Press Adviser of the Chief Minister in connection with the 2016 Rajya Sabha election. The FIR against Additional Director General of Police (ADG) – Special Branch Anurag Gupta and Press Adviser Ajay Kumar was lodged[Read More…]
Ranchi: Four Maoist guerrillas, including two women, were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Monday, police said. The gun fight figuring some 12 members of the banned Maoist organisation, CPI-Maoist, took place early in the day at Marunga hill after the militants discovered the[Read More…]
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government has banned the Popular Front of India for its alleged links to the Islamic State, official sources said on Tuesday. “The state has banned the Popular Front of India, which is active in Jharkhand, under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908. The Home Department had recommended the[Read More…]
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Wednesday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the murder of Congress leader Shankar Yadav in a bomb blast, an official statement said. “Jharkhand Chief Minister (Raghubar Das) has ordered to constitute an SIT to probe into the murder of Shankar Yadav,” said the[Read More…]
Ranchi: Over a dozen vehicles were torched on Wednesday by an angry mob over an objectionable religious post on the social media, police said. Hundreds of people assembled on the Ranchi-Jamshedpur highway at Bundu, around 40 Km from here, over the post allegedly against a particular religion. The angry people pelted[Read More…]
The National Farmers Day is being celebrated on December 23 every year on the birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 7th Prime Minister of India. On this very noteworthy occasion, here we bring you a story of a woman who has just not broken the stereotype but her effort[Read More…]
A court here on Saturday sentenced former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda to three years in jail for corruption in a coal block allocation case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar also sent Koda’s close aide Vijay Joshi, former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta, Jharkhand’s then Chief Secretary A.K. Basu, to jail for[Read More…]
A court here on Wednesday convicted former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, among others on corruption charges in a coal block allocation case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar held Koda, former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta, Jharkhand’s then Chief Secretary A.K. Basu, among others, guilty of criminal conspiracy and cheating under various[Read More…]
The Jharkhand government on Tuesday gave 174.84 acres of acquired land to Adani Power Ltd to set up a 1600 MW power plant in the state. Jharkhand Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma handed over the documents of the land to Adani Power CEO Rajesh Jha at the state secretariat. The company[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the people of Jharkhand on the state’s 17th foundation day and also paid tributes to tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda on his 142nd birth anniversary. “Greetings to the people of Jharkhand on their statehood day. I pray that Jharkhand continues to scale new[Read More…]
Myanmar’s Consul General Pyi Soe died in a road accident in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Friday, police said. According to police, Soe was travelling in an Innova car with his family members when it crashed with a truck at Galagi village. The location falls under Nimiyahat police station in Giridih.[Read More…]
Consumers will have to pay extra Rs 2-3 per litre for their daily requirement of milk from Sudha Dairy outlets as the price has been increased. The new rates will be effective across Bihar and Jharkhand from Friday morning. Post the increase in price, Sudha Gold (the full cream variant)[Read More…]
A team has been set up by the Jharkhand government to authenticate the documents of some madarsas receiving aid and also ensure whether these are running as per the guidelines set by the government. The government formed the committee after the documents of some 50 madrasas looked suspicious, reported Hindustan[Read More…]
16 men have been arrested by Dumka police, for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a 19-year-old tribal girl on 6 September. All of the arrested men are aged between 18-24 years. “At least eight of the arrested youths had raped the girl while others supported them in[Read More…]
In another case of shamelessness, nearly 18 men allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old tribal woman near a university campus at Dighi in Jharkhand on Wednesday. The incident was reported 8 km from Dumka. According to a report, all the accused are aged between 18 and 22 years. District SP Mayur Patel[Read More…]
Just a day after a constitution bench of the Supreme Court held that the practice of instant Triple Talaq is unconstitutional in a landmark judgment, a woman named, Fatima Suraiya from Barkagaon in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district was thrown out of her house after being uttered Talaq thrice by her husband.[Read More…]
People are still mourning the deaths of over in 100 children in Gorakhpur‘s BRD Medical College, while a similar incident has gripped a government hospital in Jharkhand. The only government and perhaps the biggest hospital in Kolhan, MGM Hospital, has witnessed the deaths of at least 64 children in the[Read More…]
Lok Sabha MP, Nishikant Dubey’s lawyer has sent a legal notice to publication house, Hindustan for circulating false news, titled, “Saansad Nishikant Dubey Par Barse Lalu Yadav“, dated 18 Aug 2017. The news piece is said to be ‘derogatory’ in nature and has made several allegations against the veteran politician.[Read More…]
There seems to be a never-ending exchange of allegations and accusations between the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress in Jamtara in Jharkhand. BJP party workers on Wednesday night stopped Congress MLA, Irfan Ansari, and forced him to chant ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. The incident is[Read More…]
The Jharkhand government on Friday banned Sahitya Akademi award winning writer Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s book, The Adivasi Will Not Dance, alleging that it hurt the dignity of women of the Santhal tribe. The matter was tossed in the Jharkhand Assembly by Opposition leader Sita Soren. The Santhal legislator said the[Read More…]
Jharkhand government on Tuesday ordered an enquiry into the horrific incident of a college student being stripped in Dumka district. Chief Minister Raghubar Das asked officials to investigate the incident and take stern action against the culprits, it said. A three-member team will investigate the August 4 incident in which[Read More…]
In a heart-wrenching incident, an ambulance carrying four members of a family in it was washed away in Jharkhand‘s Lohardaga district by the flood waters of Koel river around 2 am on Wednesday. The four members comprised a paralysed school teacher and three others, official sources said. Another family member[Read More…]
The Keredari police have arrested Arif Tiger, a resident of Kandaber after an objectionable video against Prime Minister, Narendra Modi went viral on WhatsApp. Arif has uploaded the video on PM Modi and cow, which became viral after in no time. Soon, Police came into action and detained Arif. Keredari[Read More…]
This Naxal affected village in Jharkhand is ignored both by the system as well as the government. The plight is as such that the villagers are driven to drink water out of sewage pipes. In the Naxal affected area of Dumriya, government services in Palsabni village have been suspended. There[Read More…]