Jharkhand
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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…
- India
Four-year-old girl strangled to death by mother in Jharkhand
Seraikela: A four-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death by her mother in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district, police said on Tuesday, March 24. The mother was arrested on Monday and remanded to judicial…
- India
Jharkhand sends proposal to NMC to increase UG, PG seats in medical colleges
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government has sent a proposal to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to increase undergraduate and postgraduate seats in various medical colleges to address the shortage of specialist doctors in…
- India
Jharkhand mehendi artists denied entry to venue, asked to remove hijab
Hazaribagh: A mehendi artist and her team were asked to remove their hijab before applying mehendi and were allegedly insulted in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh. Following the altercation, the artists refused and left the…
- India
Jharkhand: Rs 13 lakh looted from branch of nationalised bank
Jamshedpur: Six masked men have looted Rs 13 lakh from a branch of a nationalised bank in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district, police said on Wednesday, March 11. The incident took place in…
- India
Air ambulance with 7 onboard to Delhi crashes in Jharkhand
Ranchi: An air ambulance with seven people onboard to Delhi from Ranchi crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Monday, February 23, Ranchi airport Director Vinod Kumar said. The crash occurred…
- Middle East
Indian kin seek govt help to repatriate migrant’s body from Saudi Arabia
Dhanbad: The district administration of Jharkhand’s Dhanbad has stepped in to assist the family of a migrant worker who died in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah, in bringing back his body, a senior official…
- Middle East
11 stranded migrants return to India, 3 prefer to stay back in Dubai
Ranchi: Eleven of the 14 migrant workers from different districts of Jharkhand allegedly stranded in Dubai returned to India on Wednesday, a government official said. The three others wanted to continue with…
- India
Ammunition recovered during anti-Maoist operation in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Security forces recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition during an anti-Maoist operation in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Saturday, February 7, police said. The joint operation was conducted by the…
- India
Jharkhand minister gives Rs 2 lakh reward to Mohammed Deepak for bravery
Ranchi: Jharkhand Health Minister Dr Irfan Ansari hailed the Uttarakhand gym trainer Mohammed Deepak and announced a cash reward of Rs 2 lakh in recognition of his courage for heroically stepping in…
- India
Classmates attack 3 boys over their religion in Jharkhand
Three Muslim minor boys were allegedly beaten by their classmates and outsiders inside a school premises in Jharkhand, allegedly due to their religious identity. The incident took place at a higher secondary…
- India
Traders in power in Assam, Centre marginalised Adivasis: Jharkhand CM
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleged that those in power at the Centre and in Assam were “traders and not politicians”, and that they “marginalised” the tribal community and were focused…
