Two Maoists killed in encounter with security forces at Kuchai

Saraikela: Two ultras were killed in an encounter between paramilitary forces and the proscribed CPI-Maoist squad which took place in a jungle located under the Kuchai police station area of this district. Apart from the bodies of the Maoists, the…

IMD forecasts cloudy sky with few spells of rain in Jharkhand

Ranchi: IMD’s Ranchi weather office has issued a forecast of cloudy sky in most places across the state with few spells of rain or thundershowers activity.

Though the monsoon trough which has shifted close to the foothills of the Himalayas…

Jharkhand High Court orders CBI probe into mob lynching of Rupesh Pandey in Hazaribagh

Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court on Friday ordered CBI to take up an investigation into the Rupesh Pandey murder case. The order was passed by Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi on a writ petition filed by Rupesh’s mother Urmilla Devi seeking an independent…

DC reviews progress of schemes related to welfare department

Ranchi: A review meeting of schemes related to the welfare department was organized under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Ranchi Rahul Kumar Sinha in which senior officials of the district administration and those from the concerned departments were…

Can't be a sentence less than life imprisonment for accused convicted for murder: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said there cannot be any sentence less than imprisonment for life, if an accused is convicted for murder, an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

A bench of Justices…

CBI arrests Trinamool leader in chit fund scam, recovers Rs 80 lakh

Kolkata (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested Trinamool Congress leader and the Chairman of Halisahar Municipality in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, Raju Sahani, for his alleged involvement in a major chit…

Hemant government’s big gift to government employees, old pension scheme will be implemented from September 1

Ranchi: The Hemant Soren government has given a big gift to about 1.25 lakh government employees as in the cabinet meeting held on Thursday approval was given on the proposal to implement the old pension scheme in the state was granted.

This…

UPA leaders meet Governor Ramesh Bais, say leaks from his office creating chaos in state

Ranchi: Leaders of Jharkhand’s ruling coalition comprising those from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha met Governor Ramesh Bais Thursday and submitted a memorandum urging him to “clear the air” regarding Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s disqualification by…

Cabinet nod to call special Assembly session on September 5

Ranchi: Amid the ongoing political crisis in the Hemant Soren Cabinet on Thursday decided to call a special session of the state assembly on September 5. Though no reason was given for this special session, it is widely believed that Chief Minister…

Jharkhand Speaker defers hearing against 3 Congress MLAs

Ranchi: Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto on Thursday deferred hearing till September 5 in the matter involving three Congress legislators-Irfan Ansari, Naman Vixel Kongari and Rajesh Kachap. They are in Kolkata after the Calcutta High…