Tag: Jharkhand

Bhubaneswar: Hirakud and Rengali reservoirs current storage with respect to live capacity at Full Reservoir Level (FRL) hit a decade low this year as on August 9. As per latest data available with the Water resources department, with the current live storage of 0.854 billion cubic metres (BCM), Hirakud’s current storage in proportion to the […]

Ranchi: The Jharkhand government has given a three-month breather to its people from the steep fines imposed under the amended Motor Vehicles Act, and said old penalties would be applicable for traffic rule violations till December. The government has asked officials of the transport and traffic departments to raise awareness on the amended rules during […]

Ranchi: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Jharkhand Police have arrested Al Qaeda terrorist Mohhamad Kalimuddin Mujahiri. “Kalimuddin is most wanted terrorist of Al Qaeda. He has been arrested from Tatanagar railway station. He was preparing and motivating the youths for jehad in Indian sub continent. “He used to send the fresh recruits to Pakistan for […]

New Delhi: While 3,700 people were killed in Naxal violence in 10 states, the highest in Chhattisgarh, in the last nine years, Odisha accounted for 9% of such violent incidents and deaths, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in its annual report. In its report for 2018-19, the ministry said the CPI (Maoist) continues to […]

Ranchi: The first of the five-phase polling began in 13 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand on Saturday. The voting commenced at 7 am and will end at 3 pm, Election Commission officials said. A total of 37,83,055 electorate, including 18,01,356 women and five third-gender voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase across […]

Ranchi: Maoists on Saturday in an attempt to intimidate voters during the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections underway in 13 districts, blew up a bridge in Gumla, just before polling began, police said. This bridge ran between Ghaghra-Kathkothwa highway and after Moaists found that there threats to boycott the polling process was not being […]

New Delhi: An Assistant Commandant and an Assistant Sub Inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force deployed for Jharkhand elections have been killed in fratricidal firing, while two others, including the shooter, were left injured, CRPF said on Tuesday. “Incident occurred at the location of C/226Bn, deployed for Jharkhand elections in which 2 personnel were […]

Ranchi: Counting of votes for 81 Assembly constituencies in Jharkhand began at 8 am on Monday, Election Commission officials said. The election was held in five phases between November 30 and December 20. Among the prominent candidates are Chief Minister Raghubar Das from Jamshedpur East, the chief ministerial candidate of the opposition JMM, Congress, RJD […]

Ranchi: Incumbent Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, facing imminent defeat in Jamshedpur East, has resigned from his post. He handed over his resignation to Governor Draupadi Murmu at Raj Bhavan on Monday evening. Das, a non-tribal leader of a tribal-dominated state, is staring at a shocking defeat at the hands of his former cabinet colleague […]

Ranchi: Hemant Soren, took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of Jharkhand amid opposition show of strength, here on Sunday. Governor Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Hemant Soren. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Morabadi ground in Ranchi at 2 p.m. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Congress President Rahul […]

Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Tuesday declared one-week lockdown starting from April 22 to check the spread of coronavirus cases, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said. Jharkhand government announces lockdown from…

Ranchi: In a shocking incident, seven people who were allegedly abducted by Patthalgari supporters in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, have been killed. According to the police, the dead bodies have been recovered from the jungle after 24 hours of search operation. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has termed the incident as unfortunate. “I am pained […]

Baripada: In an ugly consequence of a dispute with neighbour, a tribal family from Makadagoda village under Rairangpur block of Mayurbhanj district has been forced to seek refuge inside a cave in a forest in Jharkhand. As per reports, the family had reportedly made a cave their home in the forests of the neighbouring State. […]

New Delhi: Six ministers of opposition ruled states — West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand — have jointly filed a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging its August 17 order declining to entertain pleas seeking postponement of NEET-JEE exams slated in September in the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic. The petition has been […]

Delhi: A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court in New Delhi on Monday sentenced ex-BJD MP and former Union Minister Dilip Ray to three years imprisonment in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999. Two other officials convicted in the case have also been […]