The Jharkhand government Saturday declared 226 blocks in 22 of the total districts as ‘drought-hit’ and announced a relief package to lakhs of farmers, according to a release by the Chief Minister’s Office . Simdega and East Singhbhum districts have been left out. The government will pay Rs 3,500 eachRead More →
Jharkhand police arrested four people for allegedly desecrating a mosque at Telodih in Giridih. The incident and the arrests took place on October 4. However, the matter came to light later when BJP Legislative Party leader Babulal Marandi took to social media, asking police to investigate the incident “without anyRead More →
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday asserted that his is a unique case where “a criminal or an accused” is pleading for punishment, while the constitutional authorities that should have pronounced judgment are silent. “The prevalent situation is no less than punishment to me. I have been saying thatRead More →
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested businessman Amit Agarwal and told a special court in Ranchi that he had created a “facade” and “hatched” a criminal conspiracy to “trap” Rajeev Kumar, a lawyer representing a petitioner in two PILs against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and who is nowRead More →
The Delhi High Court on Friday heard an application filed by Nishikant Dubey, BJP Lok Sabha MP from Godda in Jharkhand, against a stay order passed in favour of JMM president Shibu Soren in connection with the Lokpal proceedings against him. A single judge bench of Justice Yashwant Varma hasRead More →
Irate villagers, mostly women, blackened the face of a school teacher with ink and garlanded him with shoes in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district for allegedly showing pornographic videos to girls inside the classroom and touching them inappropriately. After the police, on finding out about the incident, rescued the accused andRead More →
Amid suspense over continuation of the Jharkhand Chief Minister as an MLA, Hemant Soren will seek a vote of trust during the special session of the Assembly on Monday, an official said. As per a letter sent to the MLAs by the Assembly secretariat, the Chief Minister has expressed hisRead More →
The 19-year-old Dumka woman who died on Sunday, six days after she was set on fire by a stalker who has been arrested since, was cremated on Monday even as Section 144 was in force in the district as a precautionary measure following protests. The National Commission for Women hasRead More →
A 19-year-old woman from Jharkhand’s Dumka district, set on fire Tuesday by a man harassing her, succumbed to her injuries in the early hours of Sunday. Her death triggered protests by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal in Dumka town, following which prohibitory orders were placed. Police said oneRead More →
At Goilkera, a remote village in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, villagers flocked around British High Commissioner to India Alexander Ellis, and flooded him with complaints ranging from lack of electricity, few teachers in schools to poor implementation of the job-guarantee scheme. Sitting cross-legged with his deputy Nicholas Low and senior stateRead More →
