Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday lay the foundation stones for several projects, including an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and a 4,000mw super thermal power plant, among others, an official said on Wednesday. The proposed projects involve a whopping Rs 27,212 crore. Modi would digitally[Read More…]
Tag: Jharkhand
Class 8 student gang raped at gunpoint in Jharkhand
Ranchi: A Class 8 student in Jharkhand was abducted by three youths at gunpoint and gang-raped in Gumla district for two days about a fortnight back, the victim told the police on Saturday. The incident surfaced a day after Governor Draupdi Murmu expressed her concern over the growing cases of sexual[Read More…]
Jharkhand to release 221 prisoners serving life term
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…]
FIR against top Jharkhand police officer, CM aide
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…]
Indian Army plane crashes, pilots safe
Ranchi: An Indian Army plane has crashed in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district on Tuesday, police said. According to Jamshedpur Senior Superintendent of Police Anup T. Matthew, the plane crashed in Koema Swarnarekha river. Both pilots parachuted to safety but were admitted to the Bahragora Hospital after suffering injuries. IANS
Four Maoists killed in Jharkhand
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…]
Jharkhand bans Popular Front of India for IS links
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…]
Jharkhand sets up SIT to probe Congress leader’s murder
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…]
13 vehicles burnt in Jharkhand over objectionable religious post
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…]
India is unprepared for gathering teen sexual revolution
One in four Indian women are married before 18, and 7.8 per cent of women aged 15 to 19 are pregnant or mothers, according to the latest available 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 data. While the percentage of women married before 18 decreased from 47.4 per cent in 2005-06[Read More…]
Jharkhand issues show cause notice to Chief Secretary
The Jharkhand government has issued a show cause notice to Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma over the fodder scam, an official said on Friday. “The Personal Department has issued the notice and sought a reply in 15 days. She has been asked why she did not respond despite the fact that[Read More…]
Three years jail for Jharkhand ex-CM Madhu Koda
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…]
Jharkhand gives 175 acres to Adani Power to set up 1600 MW power plant
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…]
Jharkhand slips to 13th in ease of doing business
Jharkhand has slipped to the 13th position from seventh in the ease of doing business rankings, according to government data on Friday. The ranking is topped by Haryana (with 69 per cent score), followed by Telangana (68.46) and Gujarat (67.74), according to the website of the Department of Industrial Policy[Read More…]
National opposition should work together to challenge Modi: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday threw enough hints that she is not averse to taking the lead in bringing together opposition parties on a single platform against the BJP in the next Lok Sabha election in 2019. The Trinamool Congress chief also stressed on “collective leadership” and[Read More…]
PM Modi greets Jharkhand on its foundation day
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…]
Jharkhand: Myanmar’s consul general dies in road accident
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…]
Sudha milk to cost Rs 2-3 more per litre in Bihar, Jharkhand
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…]
Jharkhand government to authenticate madarsas receiving aid
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…]
Tribal woman stripped, gang-raped by nearly 18 men in Jharkhand’s Dumka
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…]
Despite SC’s verdict, Fatima Suraiya of Jharkhand divorced through ‘unconstitutional’ Triple Talaq
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…]
Jharkhand: Over 60 children die in govt hospital in last 30 days
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…]
Jharkhand: BJP workers force Congress MLA to chant ‘Vande Mataram’
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…]
Author of ‘The Adivasi Will Not Dance’ breaks silence after Jharkhand govt outlaws book
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: Govt orders probe into stripping of college girl
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…]