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…]
Tag: Jharkhand
Jharkhand: Mentally challenged man thrashed for allegedly stealing cows
A mentally challenged person was thrashed by a mob for allegedly stealing cows in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. The victim identified as Afroz was tied to a tree and assaulted by people who saw him roaming with three cows. They suspected him to be a cattle smuggler. Afroz was[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Hazaribagh tense after Muslim man ‘vandalises’ temple
Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh is tensed after a mentally-challenged Muslim man allegedly vandalized a Shiva temple on Friday morning. The incident led to stone pelting in four different parts of the district including a mosque and a temple campus. This eventually caused communal tension and a market shutdown, the police said. Annoyed[Read More…]
Women in Jamshedpur wash Jharkhand CM’s feet
In Jharkhand, women were seen washing the Chief Minister’s feet on the occasion of Guru Mahotsav. The incident was reported from Jamshedpur, at an event held on Guru Mahotsav at the Brahma Lok Dham, women washed the feet of Chief Minister Raghubar Das on a plate full of flower petals.[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Another man lynched and killed in suspicion of murder
Soon after a beef trader, Asgar Ali was lynched near Bazartand area in Ramgarh district on Thursday, an angry mob in Dumka’s Jalve village mercilessly thrashed to death an alleged rape and murder accused identified as Mithun Hansda, 25. This is the third incident of mob violence in Jharkhand in[Read More…]
Why the #NotinMyName protest didn’t appeal to me
A 16-year-old Muslim is killed and people are out on the streets, a young girl is raped and we have a candle light protest. All I want to know is how much has it helped? After the Nirbhaya rape and murder case, we had people thronging the streets, but what[Read More…]
Jharkhand: 13 prisons to run on solar power plants
The Jharkhand government is going to run 13 jails on solar power as it will amount to considerable savings of power. The initiative will also include the central jail in Ranchi. The establishments recorded savings with solar power plants that take care of 35 percent of their total power needs.[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Principal sent to jail for cooking beef in school
Cow politics in India is shaping up to be more terrible than expected, not only are they creating rifts between communities but also claiming lives. With a ban on beef amidst beefed up cow protection, both religious and communal tensions continue to take a toll on people’s life. In a[Read More…]
India needs intolerance more than ever
‘Intolerance’ – there’s no denying that it exists in India at present, but then it is no surprise that the very same intolerance is missing on the fronts where it is needed the most. India needs to be intolerant towards minority suppression There was a time when the previous[Read More…]
Hypocrisy thy name is BJP
Kolkata and Bengal saw the true face of BJP yesterday. In an apparent show of strength, they had announced a Lalbazar Abhijan, the political agenda purpose of which was never made clear (Why Lalbazar? Tea with the Commissioner perhaps). What was clear from the bellicose language of their leaders was[Read More…]
Villagers dig up pond to quench thirst in Jharkhand
Due to scorching heat and extreme shortage of drinking water in the state, villagers have taken up the daunting task of digging a huge pond in Jharkhand. They are digging the pond in the Hundaru township of the state, close to the airport road. There are around five-six townships in[Read More…]
Ashok Singh murder case: Prabhunath Singh, two others awarded life-sentence
Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Prabhunath Singh along with two others were awarded life sentence by a court in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on Tuesday. They have been convicted in link with a 22-year-old MLA Ashok Singh’s murder case. Singh along with his brother Dinanath and former mukhiya Ritesh Singh were[Read More…]
6 people beaten to death by angry mob in Jharkhand
Six people were beaten to death by villagers in three places in Jharkhand on Thursday, over the suspicion that they were child lifters. Local police became a target of the violence too, where two police vehicles were burnt by the angry villagers. In the first incident, two people were beaten[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Couple sells baby to buy daily dose of booze
In an eye-opening case of addiction, a poverty-stricken alcoholic couple in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district sold its one-and-a-half-month-old baby boy to a quack for Rs 45,000 for buying their daily dose of liquor as per Hindustan Times reports. The couple already has 5 children and all under the age of 10.[Read More…]
Maoist leader Kundan Pahan surrenders before police
Maoist leader Kundan Pahan on Sunday surrendered before police at Ranchi. Pahan, who has 128 murder case including that of a police officer was also carrying a reward of 15 lakhs on his head. Pahan is accused of killing special branch inspector Francis Indwar in 2008 and loot of a[Read More…]
Jharkhand’s own Veerappan Kundan Pahan surrenders
Kundan Pahan, the most wanted Naxalite, considered as Jharkhand’s Veerappan, has surrendered on Thursday. According to the sources, the police took him in possession and are trying to get information from him. While Jharkhand police had kept a reward of Rs 15 lakh on Kundan, a cash reward of Rs[Read More…]
Jharkhand CM acquitted in code violation cases
Aadhaar-like IDs for cows: 12,000 cows in Jharkhand get UID
Just when we were talking about the government gearing up to label every cow in India with a unique identity number, the Jharkhand government has expeditiously tagged over 12,000 cows with Aadhaar-like 12-digit unique identification (UID) number. Preceding this move, just as the debate over cow vigilantism intensifies after repeated[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Over a million Aadhaar numbers published on Jharkhand govt website
In Jharkhand, a glitch revealed the digital identities of more than a million citizens on a website maintained by Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security. Throwing many’s privacy into confusion, the glitch also revealed their names, addresses, Aadhaar numbers and bank account details of the beneficiaries of Jharkhand’s old age pension[Read More…]
Jharkhand land acquisition row: Pradeep Yadav, locals refuse to end fast; police arrest MLA
Jharkhand land acquisition row: Pradeep Yadav, locals refuse to end fast; police arrest MLA The protest against Adani power plant in Godda district of Jharkhand led by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) legislator Pradeep Yadav is intensifying with every passing day with locals unwilling to sacrifice their land at any cost.[Read More…]
BJP leader to face trial over coal scam
Pradeep Yadav may be arrested late night
JVM General Secretary and MLA Pradeep Yadav attended his scheduled programme at Gaighat in opposition to the Adani Group’s proposed power plant in Godda. Jharkhand. Due to excessive presence of local police and state reserve police forces, it is being speculated that Yadav is likely to be arrested. Sources say[Read More…]
Trouble for Adani plant in Jharkhand, Congress demands inquiry
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) leader in Assembly and general secretary, Pradeep Yadav, is leading the movement againt Adani Group’s proposed 1,600 megawatt power plant in Godda. Yadav warned that any forcible eviction of locals from the area or attempt to grab their land in the name of development, would only further intensify[Read More…]
Jharkhand: JMM’s Simon Marandi wins in Littipara
Law University Ranchi: Over 600 students on hunger strike
Protests and student activism take a storm in Indian universities, it also continues to widen and polarise public opinion on the state of education in our country. In another such incident, over 600 agitated students of the National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL) Ranchi are on an[Read More…]