Hazaribag: A truck carrying illegally transported foreign liquor overturned on the Chatra-Gaya Dobhi road near Sanghri Ghat in Chatra district on Saturday while allegedly trying to evade police, triggering chaos as passers-by looted scattered bottles and cartons.Police said a Sadar police station patrol team grew suspicious of the vehicle and tried to intercept it. The…
Heeralal Oraon, a resident of Latehar district, was present at the protest site Ranchi: A 35-year-old man climbed a nearly 60-ft high-mast light at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium around midnight and remained perched there for seven and a half hours, triggering a prolonged rescue operation early Sunday.The incident disrupted a protest by aspirants alleging irregularities…
RAMGARH/GODDA: Five women were killed and four others injured after lightning strikes in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh and Godda districts on Sunday, police said.Of the five deaths, three were reported from Patratu block in Ramgarh district, while two women died in Maheshpur-Rampur village under Basantrai block in Godda district, officials said.All the victims were killed while sowing…
Sixteen Maoists surrendered before Jharkhand police on July 28 Ranchi: Intensified security operations and an attractive surrender policy have led to a sharp rise in the elimination and surrender of extremists in Jharkhand over the past 18 months, official data revealed.Police figures revealed that 32 extremists were killed in 2025, the highest annual toll since…
RANCHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday extended support to students protesting in Jharkhand over alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) recruitment examinations.In a post on X, Dipke said, “Spoke to the students who are protesting in Jharkhand over irregularities in JPSC and…
Ranchi: Union minister of state for defence and Ranchi BJP MP Sanjay Seth on Sunday sought a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC).In a social media statement, Seth questioned the transfer of CID officers who were probing the alleged…
An illegal coal mine at Rautpara in Badam village Hazaribag: Hazaribag police, continuing the administrative crackdown on unlawful mining, destroyed three illegal coal mines at Rautpara in Badam village under the Barkagaon police station limits on Sunday.Officer in-charge of the Barkagaon police station, Deepak Kumar Singh, said, “Acting on the instructions of Hazaribag SP Aman…
Police said no evidence of foul play was found during a preliminary probe Ranchi: Body of an 80-year-old man was recovered from Dhurwa dam on Sunday, police said. Nagri police station officer in-charge Praveen Kumar said Yogendra Prasad had left his Hatia residence on Saturday evening and did not return.“Prima facie it looks like a…
Ranchi: Police have registered a case against Alim Ansari for allegedly abusing PM Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath in a social media video and threatening Ranchi MLA Navin Jaiswal.The FIR was lodged at Nagri police station in Ranchi district under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita…
Ramgarh: Three women farmers were killed and two others injured in separate lightning strikes in villages in Ramgarh district on Sunday, police said.Patratu police station officer in-charge Shivlal Gupta said Rekha Devi, 45, and Roshani Kumari, 21, were working in a paddy field at Sankul village when lightning struck, killing them on the spot.In another…
