Tag: Jharkhand

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday rejected the provisional bail of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, asking him to surrender by August 30. The court while hearing the former leader’s regular bail plea on August 10 had said that he could not stay in a house on […]

Ranchi: Three elephants were killed after being hit by a train in an area bordering Jharkhand and West Bengal on Tuesday, a railway official said. The elephants were crossing the rail tracks near Gindhi station in West Bengal when they were hit by Gyaneshwari Express, killing them on the spot, the official said. Due to […]

Ranchi: A man and his wife, suspected of practicing black magic, were attacked and killed in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, officials said on Friday. According to police, around 15-20 people barged into the house of Sapari Munda, 50, in the early hours of Friday. He was killed by a sharp edged weapon. His wife tried to […]

Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas set on fire 13 vehicles involved in road construction works in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Saturday, police said. Maoists raided the camp office of a private road construction company in Parlipose village and fired in the air before setting ablaze the vehicles, said an officer, adding the reason behind the attack […]

Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas on Wednesday set on fire 10 vehicles employed in road construction work in Jharkhand’s Giridih district. According to the police, around 30 Maoists raided a private road construction company at Pirtand. They asked the workers to move away to one side as they poured kerosene on the vehicles and set them ablaze. […]

Ranchi: Maoists have beheaded a man on the outskirts of Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi after accusing him of being a police spy. According to the police, the guerrillas chopped off Abraham Tigga’s head. A resident of Ubasaal village, Tigga was abducted late on Tuesday while on his way home from the market. He was first beaten […]

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad who is lodged in the Birsa Munda Central Jail here after his conviction in a fodder scam case. Justice Apresh Kumar Singh rejected Lalu Prasad’s bail plea after going through documents pertaining to his […]

New Delhi: 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 provisions of Prevention […]

Ranchi: A Class 12 student drowned in a waterfall in Jharkhand on Monday after he slipped while taking a selfie, police said. Harshit Pandey, a resident of Daltanganj, had gone to the Suggabandh waterfall in Latehar district along with six friends, according to police. Harshit and three more boys went in the fall to take […]

Kolkata: Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being oblivious of the principals of governance, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday exuded confidence that the BJP will form the next government in the state. “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form government in Bengal. I am 200 per cent sure about it,” Das […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will monitor the filling of vacancies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu police departments. A bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said the Chief Secretaries of these six states would assist the […]

Ranchi: Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha was arrested on Tuesday along with party legislator Manish Jaiswal and 150-odd supporters in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand after they allegedly tried to take out a religious procession. “Some security men were injured when Sinha’s supporters pelted them with stones in Mahudi area at Barkagao. Tear gas shells were […]

Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas torched three vehicles involved in transporting coal in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Thursday, police said. At least 10 to 15 militants raided a private company engaged by the Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) at Tandawa. The incident took place at CCL’s Magadh colliery project. Denial of levy sought by Maoists is said to be […]

Thumba: Odisha were bowled out for 152 runs by Jharkhand on the opening day of their Group B clash here on Thursday. Odisha slumped to the low score at the St Xavier’s College Ground due to a combination of slack batting and disciplined bowling. Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field and the decision […]

Kolkata: Natural resources major Vedanta Ltd on Tuesday said it will set up a new steel plant in Jharkhand with a capacity of 4.5 million tonne (MT) per annum at an investment of USD 3-4 billion. The plant will be part of the company’s newly-acquired Electrosteel Steels Ltd (ESL) at Bokaro, Vendanta Resources Chairman Anil […]