Jharkhand
- India
CJI Kant to administer oath to five new SC judges today
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant is set to administer the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 2, following the Centre’s…
- Hate Crime
Pregnant Dalit woman dies after scuffle during coal collection in Jharkhand
Bokaro: A 25-year-old pregnant Dalit woman died after attempting to intervene in a dispute over the collection of leftover coal in Jharkhand‘s Bokaro district. The incident occurred along a railway siding at…
- Hyderabad
CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member surrenders before Telangana DGP
Hyderabad: In a further setback to the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), Central Committee member Pasunuri Narahari, alias Santosh, surrendered before Telangana Director General of Police CV Anand in Hyderabad on…
- Hate Crime
Religious conversion is like throwing salt on Sanatan tree: IRS officer
Jharkhand: Tribal Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Nesha Oraon on Friday, May 15, made controversial remarks, comparing religious conversion to destroying the very roots of the “Tree of Sanatan,” and that “abandoning”…
- India
EC announces Rajya Sabha polls for 24 seats on June 18
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday, May 22, announced polls for 24 Rajya Sabha seats on June 18 following retirement of incumbents, including former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and Congress…
- India
Man kills wife, pregnant daughter and son with axe in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur: A man allegedly hacked his wife, pregnant daughter and son to death with an axe in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur on Monday, May 11, following a family dispute, police said. The incident took…
- India
Former Maoist beaten to death in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum
Chaibasa: A former Maoist was allegedly beaten to death by suspected members of the proscribed outfit in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said on Saturday. The victim, identified as Ramesh Champia, was…
- Telangana
Last PLGA commander Hemla Vijja to surrender before Telangana Police
Hyderabad: In a major development that could signal the end of the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army’s (PLGA) Battalion no 1, Hemla Vijja alias Aitu, the last commander of the Communist Party of…
- India
Man on run for 9 years in Thane murder case held in Jharkhand
Thane: An accused in a murder case in Thane who was absconding for nine years has been arrested from Jharkhand, police said. Rajesh alias Uttam Muneshwar Ravidas (34), an alleged contract killer…
- India
Jharkhand: Man kills wife with brick over domestic dispute, arrested
Medininagar: A man allegedly killed his 35-year-old wife by hitting her head with a brick over a domestic dispute in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, police said on Sunday, April 12. The incident happened…
- Hate Crime
Adivasi woman, daughter paraded with blackened faces; 3 held
Ranchi: Three persons were arrested, and a juvenile was detained in connection with the alleged public humiliation of a 28-year-old tribal woman and her minor daughter in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district, police said…
- India
Jharkhand: Minor girl killed in ritual sacrifice; mother among 3 arrested
Hazaribag: Police have arrested the 35-year-old mother of a teenage girl who was strangled in a sacrificial ritual in Kusumbha village, along with an occult practitioner and a man, an officer said…
- News
House with 3 family members caves in after land subsidence in Jharkhand
Dhanbad: A house with three members of a family inside caved in during a land subsidence in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Tuesday, March 31 evening, a police official said. The incident took…
- Hate Crime
Ramnavami yatras show ‘love jihad’ consequences with cut-up body parts
Chatra: A play during Ramnavami celebrations in Jharkhand’s Chatra district depicted a fictional scenario in which actors staged the consequences of “love jihad.” The play shows actors dressed as Muslim men in…
- India
19 arrested for stone pelting during Ramnavami procession in Jharkhand
Dhanbad: Police on Saturday arrested 19 people allegedly involved in a stone pelting incident during a Ram Navami procession at Bhikraipur in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, an officer said. Six people were injured…
