Jharkhand engineering student burnt to death after being allegedly gang-raped
Dec 17, 2016, at 04:23 pm
Patna, Dec 17 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): An engineering girl student was burnt to death on Friday after being allegedly gang-raped in eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
Six Maoists gunned down in encounter in Jharkhand
Nov 23, 2016, at 08:08 pm
Ranchi, Nov 23 (IBNS) : Six underground Maoists were gunned down in an encounter with the Cobra commandos of the CRPF and the Jharkhand police in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Wednesday morning, media reports said.
Jharkhand: Lingering Maoist Shadow
Nov 21, 2016, at 09:55 pm
On October 31, 2016, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a farmer at Punjo Sona Toli under the Ghaghra Police Station area in Gumla District. Police recovered a pamphlet near the body, which was found half a kilometre away from the farmer's residence. The pamphlet alleged he was an informer of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a CPI-Maoist splinter group.
PM Modi greets Jharkhand on state foundation day
Nov 15, 2016, at 04:27 pm
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Tuesday greeted the people of Jharkhand on their state foundation day.
PM Modi pays homage to Birsa Munda on birth anniversary
Nov 15, 2016, at 04:22 pm
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda on the latter's birth anniversary.
Jharkhand man held for beef message died of torture: Autopsy report
Oct 14, 2016, at 05:14 am
Patna, Oct 13 (IBNS): Minhaz Ansari, the man held in Jharkhand over WhatsApp messages on beef alleged to be inflammatory in nature, had died in custody due to thrashing and not because of encephalitis, an autopsy report concluded.
Jharkhand: Four killed in police firing
Oct 02, 2016, at 12:34 am
Patna, Oct 1 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Tension has gripped Jharkhand after four villagers were allegedly killed in a police firing on Saturday morning.
Four killed and several injured in a clash in Jharkhand
Oct 01, 2016, at 08:33 pm
Ranchi, Oct 1 (IBNS): Four people were killed and several injured during a clash on Saturday between the police and people protesting the arrest of Congress legislator from Barkagaon in Jharkhand, according to media reports.
Jharkhand: Man providing vital information to Maoists about CM arrested
Sep 24, 2016, at 02:06 am
Patna, Sept 23 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Police have arrested a man who was constantly passing on vital information to the Maoists about the movements of Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das.
Jharkhand CM directs masses to focus on daughters' education
Sep 14, 2016, at 10:15 pm
Patna, Sept 14 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday appealed to the masse to give their focus on imparting education to the daughters than boys.
Jharkhand: Top Maoist leader killed in police encounter
Sep 12, 2016, at 09:39 pm
Patna, Sept 12 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): In a major breakthrough, security forces have gunned down a top-ranking Maoist leader in the Jharkhand.
Top Maoist leader shot dead by Jharkhand police
Sep 12, 2016, at 06:12 pm
Ranchi, Sept 12 (IBNS):A top Maoist leader, Ashish Da, was killed in an encounter on Sunday, reports said.
Jharkhand woman fails to get ambulance, delivers baby on national highway
Sep 10, 2016, at 08:25 pm
Patna, Sept 10 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): A tribal woman from Jharkhand delivered a baby on a busy national highwa on Friday after she failed to get an ambulance to reach a nearby health centre.
Biometric authentication derails PDS in Jharkhand, says Jean Dreze
Sep 07, 2016, at 09:54 pm
Patna, Sept 7 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The introduction of biometric authentication has derailed Public Distribution System in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, according to a study conducted by a two-member team headed by Jean Dreze, a Belgian-born Indian development economist.
Jharkhand ropes in corporate captains to enhance ease of doing business
Jul 11, 2016, at 09:31 pm
Mumbai, July 11 (IBNS): The Government of Jharkhand held the inaugural meeting of the Jharkhand Investment Promotion Board (JIPB) in India’s financial capital, Mumbai.
Jharkhand: Appearances and Reality
Jun 27, 2016, at 09:57 pm
Two People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) cadres, identified as Tene Bhengra and Deepak Bhengra, were lynched by tribal villagers in Torpa block of the Khunti District on June 21, 2016. The PLFI cadres had come to Pandaria village to collect levies from a local when they were confronted by the villagers. Commenting on the incident, Khunti Superintendent of Police (SP) Anish Gupta disclosed, "The villagers who confronted the extremists became violent when the extremists threatened to kill them. The extremists were thrashed with sticks and other traditional weapons." PLFI is a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)
Jharkhand under two-day economic blockade
Jun 12, 2016, at 12:04 am
Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Jun 11 (IBNS): Protesting against the domicile policy issued by Raghubar Das-led government, the Jharkhand Vikash Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P), backed by several other opposition parties, is holding a two-day long economic blockade in the state from Saturday.
Jharkhand scribe killed for not meeting Maoist monetary demands?
May 18, 2016, at 06:23 pm
Ranchi, May 18 (IBNS) Akhilesh Pratap Singh, the slain Jharkhand journalist, was killed because he failed to meet a monetary demand of Rs 7 lakhs by Maoist, media reports said.
Jharkhand: PM chairs high level meeting on drought , water scarcity
May 15, 2016, at 05:31 am
New Delhi, May 14 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high level meeting on the drought and water scarcity situation in parts of Jharkhand.
Two journalists killed in Bihar and Jharkhand: Kolkata scribes hold condolence march
May 15, 2016, at 02:46 am
Kolkata, May 14 (IBNS): Expressing condolences on the killing of two journalists in Bihar and neibouring Jharkhand in last 24 hours and demanding strictest step against their killers, a section of Kolkata-based media workers, including journalists, photojournalists and videographers, on Saturday held a march in city's downtown Esplanade area.
Jharkhand : Mob burns alive three of family suspected of child sacrifice
Apr 18, 2016, at 04:49 pm
Ranchi, Apr 18 (IBNS) Three members of a family accused of "child sacrifice" were burnt alive by a marauding mob at a village in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district on Sunday evening, media reports said.
Jharkhand: Tragic Errors, Sustained Consolidation
Feb 01, 2016, at 09:42 pm
At least seven Jharkhand State Policemen were killed and another six sustained injuries when Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres attacked a Security Forces (SFs) convoy near Kasiyar village under the Chhatarpur Police Station area of Palamu District on January 27, 2016. After conducting a combing operation in the Kalapahar area of the District, the SFs were returning to their Hussainabad base camp, when one of the vehicles (TATA-407 mini truck) carrying 13 Policemen hit a landmine while crossing a Kutcha Road (dirt track) and was about to reach the Hussainabad-Chhatarpur Main Road. Subsequently, the Maoists hiding nearby opened fire and attempted to loot Police weapons. Six Policemen aboard a Maruti Suzuki Gypsy that had safely passed the incident site a few minutes earlier heard the explosion and gun shots and returned to the incident site and fought the Maoists along with the injured Policemen. They were soon joined by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) contingent which was also the part of the combing team. Though SF weapons were not looted, the Maoists managed to escape.
Jharkhand: Two Al-Qaeda suspects held in Jamshedpur
Jan 26, 2016, at 04:45 am
Jamshedpur, Jan 25 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, police on Monday arrested two Al-Qaeda suspects from Jharkhand's steel city Jamshedpur, few hours ahead of the Republic Day, reports said.
Dec 22, 2015, at 02:16 am
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management On December 17, 2015, the Jharkhand Police killed a People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) 'area commander', identified as Dinesh Sahu (28) in an encounter, at Bandha village under the Tupudana Block of Ranchi District in Jharkhand. He was wanted in at least 29 cases in the Khunti District. Khunti Superintendent of Police (SP) Anish Gupta disclosed, "He (Sahu) was wanted in several cases of rape, murder and extortion. Reacting on a tip-off by one of our informers, we found him and shot him dead." Four of Sahu's accomplices, however, managed to escape. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site. PLFI is a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
Jharkhand: Stampede at temple kills 11
Aug 10, 2015, at 03:00 pm
Deoghar, Aug 10 (IBNS): At least 11 people were killed in a stampede at a temple in Jharkhand's Deoghar town on Monday, reports said.
Refused toilet at home, 17-year-old commits suicide in Jharkhand
Jul 04, 2015, at 05:28 pm
Dumka, Jharkhand, Jul 4 (IBNS) A teenager allegedly committed suicide in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Friday after her parents refused to construct a toilet at their home.
Jharkhand: Sustained Offensive
Jun 15, 2015, at 10:12 pm
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management Twelve Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a 'zonal commander' identified as Anurag Yadav aka RK aka Doctor, who was carrying a reward of INR 1 million on his head, were killed by a joint team of Palamu Police, Jharkhand Jaguars and Commando Battalion of Resolute Action (CoBRA) personnel at Bakoria village near the Palamu-Latehar border in the Palamu District of Jharkhand at around 01:00 hrs [IST] on June 9, 2015. Confirming the incident, Palamu Superintendent of Police (SP) Patel Mayur Kanaiya Lal stated, "The encounter took place in Bakoria village, about 140 km from Ranchi. All the bodies have been recovered." Two INSAS rifles, an American 30-06 Springfield rifle, four .303 rifles, a semi-automatic rifle and cache of ammunition were recovered from the encounter site.
Jan 13, 2015, at 06:50 pm
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management In a change for good, the five phase Assembly Election in Jharkhand held in the month of November and December 2014 passed off peacefully, with a record voter turnout of 66.47 per cent. According to the Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer P.K. Jajoria the State has not recorded this high a polling in any election - Assembly or Lok Sabha - since the creation of the State in 2000. Significantly, Inspector General (IG) of Police (Operations) M.L. Meena, who was a nodal officer in the Election Cell, added, "Since 1996, no election had been peaceful. Casualties were reported in 2009 and 2005 Assembly and Lok Sabha polls from Palamu, Dhanbad, Giridih, Khunti and Dumka." In the General Elections to the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) held in April-May 2014, eight persons - five Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) personnel, two poll officials and a cleaner of the minibus in which they were travelling - died in a landmine blast by the Maoists in the Shikaripada Police Station area in Dumka District on April 24.
Raghubar Das to become next Jharkhand CM
Dec 26, 2014, at 04:50 pm
Ranchi, Dec 26 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Raghubar Das, 59, will be the next chief minister of Jharkhand, media reports said.