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Jharkhand: Civic polls for 48 ULBs to be held on Feb 23
Ranchi: The Jharkhand State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, January 27, announced that civic polls to 48 urban local bodies in the state, including Ranchi, will be held on February 23. The…
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Top Maoist leader Anal Da among 16 killed in Jharkhand: Amit Shah
Chaibasa(Jharkhand)/New Delhi: Sixteen Maoists, including top leader Anal, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Thursday, January 22, Union home minister Amit Shah said. Patiram…
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Eight Maoists killed in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum
Chaibasa: Eight Maoists, including one carrying a bounty of Rs 1 crore on his head, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Thursday, police said.…
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Nitin Nabin: From BJP party worker to national president
New Delhi: With Nitin Nabin taking the office of the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, January 20, many have been left to wonder about his journey from…
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Jharkhand woman overcomes father’s murder, poverty to join BSF
Hazaribag: Ranjana Kumari, a 22-year-old woman from a remote village in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district, has overcome the trauma of her father’s murder and years of financial hardship to realise her dream of…
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Mangaluru: Man assaulted on suspicion of being Bangladeshi migrant
Mangaluru: A case has been registered against four men for allegedly assaulting a migrant labourer from Jharkhand, suspecting him of being a Bangladeshi national illegally staying here, police said on Monday, January…
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President Murmu to arrive in Ranchi on Sunday on 3-day Jharkhand visit
Ranchi: President Droupadi Murmu will arrive here on Sunday on a three-day visit to Jharkhand, during which she will attend several programmes in Jamshedpur, Gumla and Ranchi. The President will attend the…
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Jharkhand minister offers job, flat to Bihar doctor after niqab row
Ranchi: Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari on Saturday said he has offered a job with Rs 3 lakh monthly salary, a government flat and desired posting to a woman doctor from Bihar…
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NIA files charge sheet against 11 Maoists for looting explosives in Odisha’s Sundergarh
Bhubaneswar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against 11 accused persons in a case relating to the loot of around 4,000 kg of explosives by armed cadres of…
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Rare migratory bird spotted in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj Sanctuary
Sahibganj: A rare migratory bird, Pallas’s Gull, also called the Great Black-headed Gull, has been sighted in Udhwa Bird Sanctuary in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district after nearly a decade, officials said on Thursday.…
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19-year-old man dies by suicide in Thane after family delays marriage plans
Thane: A 19-year-old youth allegedly died by suicide in Maharashtra’s Thane district, apparently due to mental stress over his family’s insistence on postponing his marriage, police said on Tuesday. The incident took…
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Jharkhand: JMM’s Somesh Soren leads by 2,164 votes in Ghatshila
Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate Somesh Chandra Soren was leading by 2,164 votes over his nearest rival Ramdas Murmu of the JLKM in the by-election to the Ghatshila assembly seat in…
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SC bans mining activities within one km radius of national parks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday banned mining activities within an area of one km from national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, noting that such activities will be hazardous to the wildlife…
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Over 10K Maoists held, 235 killed, 324 surrendered in 25 years: Jharkhand police
Ranchi: As many as 10,769 Maoists have been arrested, 235 killed, and 324 have surrendered before security forces across Jharkhand since 2001 till September this year, a senior police officer said on…
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Maoist with Rs 5 lakh bounty surrender in Jharkhand
Jharkhand: Two Maoists – a sub-zonal commander carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, and an area commander from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP) – surrendered before the police in Jharkhand’s…