Bhubaneswar | 3 days ago
Maoists to release Hikaka Thursday
Bhubaneswar, April 25 - Maoists have decided to release Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka Thursday after he promised to resign from the assembly and the primary membership of the ruling Biju Janata Dal -, a rebel leader said Wednesday.A Maoist leader calling herself 'Aruna', in an audio message aired by a local television channel here, said the decision was taken in a people's court held Monday and T ... read more

Raipur | 1 month ago
Tribal leaders seek probe into police crackdown
Raipur, March 24 - Tribal leaders in Chhattisgarh Saturday sought a judicial probe into alleged police atrocities during a street protest in the state capital by hundreds of tribals to seek higher percentage of quota in government jobs this week.Former union minister and leading tribal leader Arvind Netam told reporters that policemen cane-charged peaceful protesters March 19 in which dozens of tr ... read more

Ranchi | 1 month ago
Husband beheads wife in human sacrifice in Jharkhand
Ranchi, March 2 - In a gory incident of human sacrifice in Jharkhand, a husband allegedly beheaded his wife and offered her severed head to appease a deity in the state's Lohardagga district Friday, police said.Jetawan Oraon, a tribal and resident of a village in Lohardagga district, allegedly beheaded his wife. Police recovered vermilion and prayer material near the woman's severed head. Local pe ... read more

Raipur | 2 months ago
Chhattisgarh, Railways ink deal for three rail corridors
Raipur, Feb 27 - Chhattisgarh Monday signed a deal with the Indian Railways for developing three rail corridors in the state's poverty-hit northern region that has roughly one-fifth of the country's total coal reserves.The memorandum of understandings - between the two for developing 452-km long new rail lines in seven economically backward but coal-rich districts, was signed in New Delhi by Chhat ... read more

Ranchi | 2 months ago
Jharkhand leaders violate land law?
Ranchi, Feb 18 - Political leaders across the political spectrum in Jharkhand have been accused of violating a land law in the state.Those facing the allegations include Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - chief Shibu Soren, Land and Revenue Minister Mathura Mahto, Congress president Pradeep Balmuchu and Bharatiya Janata Party's - legislator Neel Kanth Singh Munda.All of t ... read more

Raipur | 2 months ago
Chhattisgarh signs pact for rail corridors
Raipur, Feb 17 - Chhattisgarh wants industrial rail corridors in its sprawling northern region that has an estimated 20 percent of India's coal deposits.The government and Indian Railways are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding - to set up the corridors, official sources said Friday.Chief Minister Raman Singh met Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Railways Ministe ... read more

Ranchi | 4 months ago
Ban mining in forest areas: Jairam Ramesh
Ranchi, Dec 3 - Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh Saturday called for a ban on mining in forest areas.'I am against mining in forest areas... tribals living in such areas are neglected,' said Ramesh at a press conference here. 'I am also in favour of making Saranda jungle of Jharkhand a 'No Go zone'. It was earlier a 'No Go zone'. When I was forest minister, I put several conditio ... read more

Ranchi | 4 months ago
Rural job workers to get cash in Maoist-hit areas: Ramesh
Ranchi, Dec 3 - Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday said that rural job scheme workers will be paid in cash in Jharkhand's Maoist-hit areas.'In Manohar block of West Singhbhum, cash payment to labourers has begun and we hope cash payment will be made in the rest of the Maoist-hit areas in the state,' said Ramesh here Saturday.The decision was taken as payments to the Mahatma Ga ... read more

Ranchi | 5 months ago
Police suspect tribals for Jharkhand nun's killing
Ranchi, Nov 17 - A nun-cum-activist who was beaten to death two days ago in Jharkhand was probably killed by local tribals, police said Thursday, ruling out the possibility of the Maoists or the coal mafia being involved. Chief Minister Arjun Munda said if needed a probe, separate from police, could also be ordered.'It seems she was killed by the tribal people,' Deputy Inspector General of Police ... read more

Ranchi | 5 months ago
'Tribals may be behind nun-activist's killing'
Ranchi, Nov 17 - A nun-cum-activist who was beaten to death two days ago in Jharkhand was probably killed by local tribals, police said Thursday, ruling out the possibility of Maoists or the coal mafia being involved.'It seems she was killed by the tribal people,' Deputy Inspector General of Police of Sathal region V.K. Pandey told IANS.Around 40 people Tuesday night raided Pachuwara village in Jh ... read more