Ranchi | 1 hour ago
Cop Lucas Tete belonged to poor Jharkhand tribal family
Ranchi, Sep 3 - Lucas Tete, the policeman whose body was found in Bihar Friday, five days after he was abducted along with three other cops by Maoists, hailed from a poor tribal family in Jharkhand's Simdega district.Tete is the second policeman from Jharkhand who has been killed in captivity. Francis Induwar, a special branch inspector, was abducted by Maoists in September last year from Kuthi di ... read more

Ranchi | 21 hours ago
Francis Induwar's widow appeals to Maoists
Ranchi, Sep 2 - The widow of Francis Induwar, the special branch inspector who was abducted and beheaded by Maoists last year, has appealed to the Leftwing rebels to free the four policemen taken hostage by them in Bihar.Two of the four abducted policemen belong to Jharkhand - Ehsan Khan, a resident of Mandar block of Ranchi, and Lukas Tete of Simdega district. 'I appeal to the Maoists to release ... read more

Patna | 23 hours ago
Fifteen mobile phones recovered from Bihar jail
Patna, Sep 2 - Fifteen mobile phones were seized from inmates of a Bihar jail during a raid early Thursday, police said.Over a dozen mobile chargers, SIM cards and other objectionable items, including cash and gold jewellery, were also recovered from the prisoners of the Beur Central Jail here, police said. 'Most of these items were recovered from wards where several dreaded gangsters and Maoist ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 1 day ago
Vedanta taps Gujarat for bauxite for Orissa refinery
Bhubaneswar, Sep 2 - Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources has begun talks with the Gujarat government to ensure long-term supply of bauxite for its refinery in Orissa's Kalahandi district after its mining project in the Niyamgiri hills was refused permission by the central government on environmental grounds.Mukesh Kumar, chief operating officer of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, said the company is also pro ... read more

Ranchi | 2 days ago
Maoists torch vehicles, thrash ex-legislator's relative
Ranchi, Sep 1 - Maoists torched three vehicles and thrashed a relative of a former Rashtriya Janata Dal - legislator in Jharkhand's Latehar district Wednesday, police said.About 20 rebels raided Barihatu village, around 140 km from here, and set three cars on fire by sprinkling patrol on them. They later beat up an uncle of Prakash Ram, a former RJD legislator , a police officer said. ... read more

Ranchi | 2 days ago
Krishna idol stolen from Ranchi temple
Ranchi, Sep 1 - In a theft discovered just a day ahead of Janmashtami, an idol of Lord Krishna was stolen from the Sri Sri Sideshawar Mahadeo temple in the Jharkhand capital, police said Wednesday.The criminals also stole a crown and a gold chain from the temple, police said. 'When we opened the temple door at around 4 a.m. Wednesday we found that the idol of Sri Krishna, the chain and the crown w ... read more

Ranchi | 2 days ago
Court asks CBI to trace PIL mover in Koda scam
Ranchi, Aug 31 - The Jharkhand High Court Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation - to trace and bring before it Durga Oraon on whose public interest litigation - a probe was ordered in the multi-crore-rupee scam allegedly involving former chief minister Madhu Koda.A division bench of Justice Bhagawati Prasad and Justice D.N. Patel directed the CBI to present Durga Oraon before it as ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Monsoon session: Only 19 of planned 33 bills passed
New Delhi, Aug 31 - The government managed to get passed only 19 out of the 33 bills it planned to introduce in parliament in the monsoon session that concluded Tuesday.The government originally wanted to introduce 35 bills. But since nearly 50 hours of the month-long session were wasted in protests and adjournments, only 19 legislations were cleared by the two houses. The following is the list of ... read more

Ranchi | 3 days ago
Fair price shop dealer lynched in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 31 - Suspected Maoists beat a fair price shop dealer to death in Jharkhand's Latehar district Tuesday, police said.Mukesh Prasad was killed in Turudih village of Latehar, about 140 km from here. The villagers alleged that he was selling the fair price shop foodgrain in open market and not providing wheat and rice to villagers at government-prescribed low rates, a police officer said. ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
Apex court refuses public suits on service matters
New Delhi, Aug 30 - The Supreme Court Monday said hiring an employee is the function of the appointing authority and not that of the court, adding that a public suit on a service matter is not maintainable.The apex court observation came while setting aside a Jharkhand High Court verdict in which it set aside the appointment of Hari Bansh Lal as chairman of the Jharkhand State Electricity Board. ' ... read more