Inmate serving life imprisonment commits suicide at JP Central Jail

Hazaribagh: An inmate serving life imprisonment at the Jai Prakash Narayan Central Jail in this district committed suicide by hanging himself.

The deceased has been identified as Yogesh Kumar Chouhan. He hailed from Jharia of Dhanbad district.…

Elephant dead after coming into contact with high tension wire

Ranchi: A grown-up elephant lost his life as he came in contact with a high tension wire in Parasi village under Tamar block of this district.

Locals said that the high tension wire was hanging very low in the area during which a group of 10…

Hemant to inaugurate slew of schemes in Dhanbad on Thursday

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren who is back from New Delhi after his three-day visit will be traveling to Dhanbad on Thursday where he will inaugurate a number of schemes and projects.

The Chief Minister is scheduled to arrive at the Barwadda…

All Women march in Jamshedpur against CAA and NRC

Jamshedpur,: Protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register for Citizens hundreds of women in the East Singhbhum district on Wednesday took out a march organised a meeting.

The women hailing from the minority community…

Lalu celebrates Makar-Sankranti with ‘Dahi-Chura’ in RIMS

Ranchi: Jailed former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav celebrated the festival of Makar-Sankranti by eating ‘Dahi-Chura and Tikut’ at the paying ward of RIMS here.

The doctors treating Mr Yadav at the hospital said that…

Devotees throng at Baba Baidyanath Dham and Maa Chinmastika temple on Makar-Sankranti

Deoghar/Ramgarh: On the occasion of Makar-Sankranti the people made a bee line since early morning to offer Jala-abhishek at Baba Baidynath Dham located in Deoghar district of the state.

Since Makar-Sankranti is considered to be first festival…

No decision of cabinet expansion despite end of Kharmas

Ranchi: Despite the end of the period of Kharmas no clarity seems on the horizon as far as the expansion of Hemant cabinet is considered.

It is expected that for the next three-four days confusion would continue to prevail in the state as Chief…

Hemant urges MEA to help bring body of Sindri resident from Dubai

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has urged the Ministry of External Affairs to help in bringing back the body of a resident of Sindri which was in Dubai for the last 17 days.

Hemant has urged the MEA to take necessary steps so…

BJP may get Babulal Marandi back after Jharkhand poll defeat

Ranchi (IANS) Speculations are rife that former chief minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) president Babulal Marandi is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the coming days.

After the BJP faced humiliating…

Jharkhand BJP to revamp after poll debacle

Ranchi (IANS) The BJP in Jharkhand has started the exercise of looking into the reasons for the humiliating defeat in the recently held assembly elections. The party is planning to axe those district presidents who could not win a single seat in their…