Jharkhand: News
12 Apr 2018
IndiaJharkhand officials asked to prepare strategy for collecting more revenue
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has asked officials to prepare a strategy so that more revenue than the fixed targets can be collected.
01 Apr 2018
Delhi PoliceCBSE paper-leak: Two teachers, one coaching-center owner arrested in Delhi
As the probe in the CBSE paper leak extended to Jharkhand and Bihar, police arrested three persons in Delhi today.
01 Apr 2018
WhatsAppCBSE paper-leak fiasco no longer limited to just NCR, Haryana
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and central government's claims that the leak of Class 10 Maths paper is restricted to Delhi, the National Capital Region and Haryana doesn't hold water anymore.
30 Mar 2018
Delhi PoliceCBSE paper-leak: Probe spreads to Jharkhand, Bihar, inter-state gangs suspected
The probe in the CBSE question paper leak case, which was till now limited to Delhi, has now extended to other states as police investigate the possible involvement of inter-state gangs.
24 Mar 2018
KarnatakaRS polls: BJP wins 28/59 seats, but short of majority
Yesterday, the BJP-led NDA moved closer to a working majority in the RS, improving its tally from 58 to 68 seats.
22 Mar 2018
Hindustan TimesJharkhand: 11 gaurakshaks get life sentence for lynching a trader
In a first, 11 men were sentenced to life in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Wednesday for lynching a Muslim trader last year, suspecting that he was transporting beef.
04 Mar 2018
IndiaSeven people run over by car in Jharkhand, many injured
Seven people were killed and many were injured on Saturday after a speeding car ran over them in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police officer said.
02 Mar 2018
MurderJharkhand: Man arrested for killing son by drowning in pond
A tribal man was recently arrested for killing his own 10-year-old son by drowning him in a pond in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, police said.
29 Dec 2017
IndiaThe village which breathes, talks and lives hockey
Jharkhand might be one of the most underdeveloped states which is constantly reeling under the constant threat of Maoist attacks. But there is a village in this poverty struck state, which has made a huge contribution to women's hockey in India.
11 Dec 2017
IndiaJharkhand village holds kissing contest for married couples
In a country where public display of any sort of romantic affection is frowned upon, a tribal village in Jharkhand organized a kissing contest for married couples.
05 Dec 2017
JamshedpurJharkhand man booked for writing IRB exam for girlfriend
What can you do for love?
04 Dec 2017
Sexual AssaultA small mistake, says Jharkhand principal over molesting 7-year-old
The Jharkhand school principal who was arrested on Sunday for molesting a seven-year-old girl student has admitted to the crime, saying it was "a small mistake" since there was "no intercourse involved".
04 Oct 2017
Crime Against WomenTeen sisters gang-raped in Jharkhand; accused still at large
Two teen-aged sisters were gang-raped by three men in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Tuesday.
03 Oct 2017
National Crime Records BureauJharkhand: Three-year-old girl raped by police constable, friend
In another horrifying incident, Jharkhand police have booked a constable and his friend for allegedly abducting and raping a three-year-old girl in Barta village on Saturday.
28 Sep 2017
Delhi High CourtEC disqualifies Jharkhand ex-CM Madhu Koda from contesting polls
The Election Commission (EC) disqualified former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda for three years for filing wrong poll expenditure documents when he contested the 2009 LS polls from Jharkhand's Singhbhum constituency.
25 Sep 2017
Raghubar DasJharkhand: Massive fire at illegal firecracker-factory; 8 killed, 25 injured
At least eight people have been killed and 25 injured when a massive fire broke out at an illegal firecracker factory in Kumardubi village of Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district.
14 Aug 2017
IndiaJharkhand man receives electricity bill of Rs. 3,800 crore!
A man in Jharkhand got the shock of his life when he received an electricity bill of Rs. 3,800cr!
13 Aug 2017
BooksSahitya Akademi award winner's 2015 book on Adivasis banned
The Jharkhand government has banned the book 'The Adivasi Will Not Dance' by Sahitya Akademi award-winning author Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.
13 Aug 2017
Jharkhand High CourtJharkhand retires 12 'dubious' judicial officers
The Indian judiciary is facing an acute shortage of judges; in January, an SC report said that district courts across the country were short of about 5,000 judicial officers.
08 Aug 2017
WhatsAppJharkhand: Girl thrashed, stripped over 'Rs. 500 worth-phone' theft allegations
A tribal girl from Jharkhand was stripped, thrashed and filmed by a group of students in a women's college after being accused of stealing a phone.
02 Aug 2017
IndiaJharkhand government clears bill to ban forced religious conversions
The Jharkhand government headed by CM Raghubar Das in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday cleared the draft of a bill that will ban religious conversion through force or allurement.
29 Jun 2017
EducationJharkhand ministers turn students, take lessons from IIM-A Professors
At least 9 Jharkhand ministers took management lessons at the premier Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad to deliver their pre-poll promises.
28 Jun 2017
MuslimsJharkhand: Out-of-control mob attacks Muslim man on cow slaughter suspicion
Latest in the series of attacks against Muslims and Dalits in the name of cow protection, a violent mob of about 1000 beat up a Muslim dairy owner and set fire to his house in Jharkhand's Giridh district, on suspicions of cow slaughter.
22 Jun 2017
IndiaSecretary-level reshuffles: Rajiv Gauba named Home Secretary
16 secretaries were designated to various departments under centre's latest bureaucratic re-shuffle.
07 Jun 2017
IndiaCommunal clashes in Ranchi: 25 injured, 93 arrested
About 25 people, including eight policemen, were injured when clashes broke out in Sukurhutu village of Ranchi after some youths molested women of another community.
26 May 2017
IndiaJharkhand: Naxals vandalise train, torch communication system in Bokaro
Sources stated that a group of armed Naxals damaged the engine of a goods train at Dumri-Bihar railway station in Bokaro, Jharkhand. They set fire to the communication system and vandalized the train.
20 May 2017
WhatsAppJharkhand- Seven people lynched after WhatsApp rumor
The villagers of Seraikela-Kharsawan, East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum districts (Jharkhand) had gone into frenzy. They were worried about their children, who they believed were going to be abducted.
01 May 2017
Jayant SinhaJharkhand BJP workers forge Jayant Sinha's signature to scam youths
Some BJP workers in MoS Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha's constituency Hazaribagh have been forging his signature to extort money from unemployed youths.
29 Apr 2017
IndiaJharkhand: Electricity shortage forces doctors to work under phone light
The Balumath community health centre in Jharkhand's Latehar district has been reeling under poor electricity supply, forcing doctors to look at patients and at times even operate on them under phone flashlights.
24 Apr 2017
MaoistsJharkhand: Elephants kill more people than Maoists
Government statistics show that in 2015-16, elephants killed more people in Jharkhand than the Maoist insurgency.
17 Mar 2017
DelhiAIIMS nurses on strike, take 'mass casual leave'
Over 2,000 staff nurses from the All India Institute of Medical Services (AIIMS) went on a mass casual leave on Friday in the pursuit of better wages.
02 Mar 2017
WhatsAppExam racket that lets you cheat from home 'busted'
Jharkhand police have busted an exam racket that allowed students to cheat from their own homes.
02 Feb 2017
DelhiMajor disaster averted at IGI Airport
An IndiGo flight veered dangerously close to a Jet Airways aircraft after crossing the centerline on Runway 28 due to "low visibility". Officials alerted the plane authorities in time.
05 Dec 2016
NoidaLatest from the city of news and news-makers
Delhiites were in for a shock at Rajiv Chowk metro station when the escalator suddenly changed direction and injured four; CISF personnel's response averted a fatal tragedy.
