Tag: Jharkhand

As per the guidelines of the ECI, discussions were held at all levels with DIGs, Range DIGs, and SPs of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal on a range of issues related to black money, smuggling of illegal arms, narcotics and distribution of gifts. 

At least two people have been killed after being run over by a train at Kalajharia Railway Station in Jharkhand’s Jamtara. As per the railway officials, the incident occurred at around 7 PM on Wednesday.

Jamtara Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Mujibur Rahman told PTI that the accident took place near Kaljharia around 140 km from Jharkhand's capital Ranchi.

The Jharkhand High Court has rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's petition seeking to quash proceedings against him in a trial court in connection with a criminal complaint.

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was on Friday remanded to five days' Enforcement Directorate custody by a special PMLA court here in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land fraud, lawyers said.

He was administered the oath of office by Governor C P Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan here.

Sources in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Party claimed that Kalpana might take over the top job if her husband gets arrested in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

About a dozen locations in the state are being raided by the central agency under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.

This is the sixth notice issued to Soren, but he never deposed as he filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking protection from the ED action.

Her journey back home was more grandeur than the time when she was given ‘bidaai’ after her marriage.

He has played an important role in the expansion of Maoist organisation in many states including Delhi, Punjab and Haryana. He had taken shelter at some hideout in Gaya district along the Jharkhand-Bihar border.

Historians believe that Benisagar must have been an area under the influence of Tantrism and Shaivism.

A major train accident was averted at Jharkhand's Bokaro when the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was passing through a crossing near Bhojudih station. The incident occurred at the Santhaldih railway crossing on Tuesday evening when a tractor crashed the railway gate near Bhojudih station, around the same time when New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was passing through.

When the fire department got the information, six fire tenders were pressed into service to put out the fire.

A young man stopped a train for 45 minutes by putting a red flag on its tracks, to protest being fired by the company he worked in.