Ranchi: Five people involved in the lynching of a Muslim youth in Jharkhand have been arrested while two policemen have been suspended. “Two cops, one Sub Inspector and one Assistant Sub Inspector, have been suspended for dereliction of duty. Five people have been arrested so far,” said a Deputy Superintendent of Police to IANS over […]
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Iconic cartoon characters Motu and Patlu perform yoga with Modi
Ranchi: Iconic cartoon characters Motu and Patlu also performed yoga with Prime Minister Narendra here on the occasion of the fifth International Yoga Day. The characters were in the middle of the Prabhat Tara ground where Modi participated in a massive yoga event comprising 30,000 people. “The Motu and Patlu characters were present in the […]
8-year-old boy commits suicide in Jharkhand
Ranchi: An eight-year-old boy committed suicide in the city of Dhanbad in Jharkhand on Thursday, police said. The boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan this morning. The police was informed by the family. They took the body and sent it for post-mortem. The reason for the suicide is not clear. It is suspected […]
Five policemen martyred in Maoist attack in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Five policemen were martyred in a Maoist attack at Jharkhand’s Saraikela district on Friday, police said. This was the third attack on security forces by the left-wing rebels since the Lok Sabha polls ended last month. According to a police spokesperson, Maoist guerrillas attacked a police patrol at Kukru Bazar under Tiruldih police station area […]
PM Modi will do yoga in Ranchi on World Yoga Day
Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do yoga on World Yoga Day on June 21 in Ranchi. “Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday reviewed the World Yoga Day programme with Union Ayush secretary Rajesh Kotecha, chief secretary of the state D.K. Tiwari and the state health secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni,” said a press release […]
1 trooper martyred in gun battle with Maoists in Jharkhand
Ranchi: One security personnel was martyred while four others injured during a gun battle with Maoists in Jharkhand’s Dumka district on Sunday, police said. Based on intelligence input, state security personnel and paramilitary forces were on a search operation in Taldengara village when Maoists started firing and the security forces retaliated. While the Maoists managed to flee […]
15 security personnel injured in Jharkhand IED blast
Ranchi: At least 15 security personnel were injured when Maoists detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jharkhand on Tuesday, police said. The IED hit a vehicle of the security personnel while they were on patrol duty in the forest area of Rai Sindri hill in Seraikela district. After the blast, Maoist guerrillas started firing at […]
Lalu Prasad skips lunch, goes mum after RJD rout
Ranchi: Jailed former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad has stopped taking lunch and keeping quiet most of the time after his party suffered a humiliating rout in the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. The Rashtriya Janata Dal failed to win any seat in Bihar, once its bastion, and Jharkhand. Despite the Modi wave […]
Lalu Yadav managed RJD poll plan from custody in Ranchi
Ranchi: Serving a 14-year jail term in the fodder scam cases, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav seems to have managed his party’s poll planning — by cementing its alliances and selecting its candidates — while staying imprisoned in a Ranchi hospital. The former Bihar Chief Minister has been in judicial custody at the paying ward […]
6 get life imprisonment for Jharkhand gang rape
Ranchi: A Jharkhand court on Friday sentenced six people, including a Christian priest, to life imprisonment for their involvement in a gang rape. The sentencing by Additional District Judge (ADJ) Rajesh Kumar of the Khuti District Court was earlier scheduled for Wednesday but was deferred until Friday. There were a total of eight accused in […]