Ranchi: A Ranchi court which had awarded the punishment of distributing five copies of the Quran to a Hindu girl modified it’s judgment on Wednesday. “The court of Manish Kumar modified it’s judgment in which it had directed to distribute five copies of Quran to different institutions to Richa Kumari” Arvind Kumar, a lawyer at […]
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Lalu Yadav gets bail in fodder scam case
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday gave bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal of funds from the Deoghar treasury. However, he will remain in jail in two other cases related to the scam. “Lalu Prasad has been given bail in one fodder scam in which […]
Mob lynching: Tabrez Ansari died due to brain haemorrhage
Ranchi: Tabrez Ansari, who was brutally thrashed on suspicion of having stolen a bike, died due to brain haemorrhage, according to the post-mortem report. According to police sources, the post-mortem report submitted by the doctors say that Ansari had sustained bone fracture in his head which caused brain haemorrhage leading to his death. Ansari was […]
Cows at Raj Bhavan, Jharkhand CM residence faces fodder crisis
Ranchi: Cows at the Jharkhand Raj Bhavan and the Chief Minister’s House might be staring at a food crisis as no funds have been allocated for their fodder, due to which the supplier has expressed inability to provide it any longer due to lack of payment, officials said. The milch animals at the Raj Bhavan […]
Mother, daughter accused of witchcraft brutally beaten and hacked to death in Jharkhand
Ranchi: A mother and daughter accused of witchcraft were first brutally beaten and then hacked to death in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Thursday night in Rowaoli village, a Maoist affected area. According to the police, the husband Subhash Khandait and the couple’s son managed to escape […]
Lightning kills 20 in Jharkhand
Ranchi: With monsoon hitting Jharkhand there has been some relief, but at least 20 people have also been reported dead due to lightning in different parts of the state over the last three days, police said. Nine people died on Thursday, seven on Wednesday and rest on Friday. According to the police three deaths were […]
Jharkhand mob lynching: 5 arrested, 2 cops suspended
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 […]
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 […]