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ED conducts raids, recovers 2 AK rifles in Jharkhand illegal mining case

The Enforcement Directorate raided multiple locations in Jharkhand on Wednesday and recovered 2 AK series assault rifles as part of an ongoing money-laundering investigation into alleged illegal mining in the state, official sources said. The weapons were kept in an almirah at a home in Ranchi, they said. The sources identified the premises to be linked to a person -- Prem Prakash -- involved in the case. The federal probe agency is covering about 17-20 premises in Jharkhand, neighbouring Bihar, Tamil Nadu and the Delhi-NCR as part of the operation. The searches were carried out after fresh information came to the fore following the questioning of Pankaj Mishra, a political aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, and Mishra's associate and muscleman Bachhu Yadav, the sources said. Both Mishra and Yadav were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in this case sometime ago. The ED probe began after the agency raided Mishra and his alleged associates on July 8, covering

Criminal bills of Karnataka, Jharkhand get President Murmu's assent

The president has given his assent to two legislations of Karnataka and Jharkhand under which audio and video-recordings of evidence in criminal matters would be allowed, besides paving the way for courts to hold trials against absconding accused and punish them in their absence, officials said. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2021 allows evidence to be recorded through audio and video means in the presence of the accused and his lawyers. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Jharkhand Amendment) Bill, 2020 facilitates courts to run trials against absconding accused and punish them in their absence. The presidential assent has been received for the two bills, a home ministry official said. The statement of the object of the Karnataka bill says: "Provided that, evidence of a witness under this sub-section may also be recorded by audio-video electronic means in the presence of the advocate of the person accused of the offence in such manner as may be ...

Demand for MGNREGA work drops in monsoon deficit states by 35% in July

In the eastern states where monsoon is in deficit, work demand has also fallen barring Jharkhand, which has seen a 12.38% spike in households demanding work under MGNREGA in July

Covid pandemic-induced income blues not yet over for seven states/UTs

Residents of 6 states and a Union Territory are yet to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic-induced income shock, data compiled by the National Statistical Office for 21 states and UTs for FY22 shocks.

3 die as heavy rain with wind lashes Jharkhand; effects normal life

Three persons died on Saturday in Jharkhand as heavy rain along with high-speed wind lashed several districts of the state, inundating low-lying areas and uprooting scores of trees and electricity poles, officials said. A woman died when a mud wall of her house collapsed in West Singhbhum district as a deep depression that crossed Odisha coast on Friday evening brought incessant rainfall in several areas, they said. Two persons drowned during the day in Ramgarh district and two more went missing as their car and motorcycles fell into the swollen Nalkari river and were swept away by the strong current, the officials said. The 50-year-old woman died when the wall of her house collapsed on her in Chaibasa area, Mufassil Police Station in charge Pawan Chandra Pathak said. Two bodies were fished out from the Nalkari river, Patratu sub-divisional police officer Birendra Kumar Chaudhary said, adding that a rescue operation is on to find out the missing persons. "A car was on its way to .

I-T team raids J'khand hotel to nab 'close aide' of Partha, unsuccessful

An Income Tax Department team conducted a raid at a hotel in Bhandara Park in Hazaribagh district, after getting information about the visit of an alleged close aide of arrested former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, officials said on Friday. The person, however, reportedly left the hotel hours before the I-T team arrived. The team, which has been camping in Hazaribagh in connection with another case, received an input from the Enforcement Directorate in Kolkata, that the person was in Bhandara Park allegedly to hide unaccounted money, they said. Personnel of the income tax unit then sealed all the entrances of the park, which comprises a multiplex, a hotel and a marriage hall, the officials said. The man in question "is considered close" to Chatterjee, who was recently arrested from Kolkata by the ED in a school jobs scam, they added. A spokesman of the Income Tax Department, who did not wish to be named, said they conducted raids at the hotel on Thursday for around eight hour

Met dept predicts heavy rain in Jharkhand districts, 'red alert' issued

The Ranchi Meteorological Centre has issued a red alert' for parts of Jharkhand, where heavy rainfall is likely from Friday evening due to the impact of a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, officials said. Heavy to very heavy rainfall might continue till Saturday in many parts of the state, they said. A red alert' (07-20 cm rainfall) has been issued for Saraikela-Kharswan, East and West Singhbhum districts, the officials said, adding, some districts in west and central Jharkhand might also experience heavy to very heavy rainfall. The deep depression over Bay of Bengal is likely to cross West Bengal and Odisha coasts between Balasore and Sagar Islands around Friday evening. The north-east, south-east and northern parts of the state might experience lightning activity coupled with strong winds (30-55 kmph), the officials said. After landfall, it would continue to move west-northwestwards across north Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand towards north Chhattisgarh and weaken gradua

IANS-CVoter Mood Tracker: Divided opinions over image of Jharkhand CM

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren got a big relief from the Supreme Court as the apex court stayed proceedings against him in the Jharkhand High Court in a money laundering case

Govt treating matter like 'trash': J'khand HC on probe of Ranchi violence

Peeved at the slow pace of investigation into the June 10 violence in Ranchi, the Jharkhand High Court observed that the state government is treating the matter like trash

SC stays proceedings before High Court against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

The bench during the hearing observed, "We are only concerned with this. The CM already had 0.88 acres of land before he assumed office. It's not as if the office was misused to amass wealth

Alert in parts of Jamshedpur as Subarnarekha river water level rises

The East Singhbhum district administration has sounded an alert in parts of the steel city on Tuesday night following release of water from Chandil dam

No space for hate, separatism in India's culture: Jharkhand CM Soren

Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday said honest efforts were on to build a strong Jharkhand to fulfill the aspirations of the people for which a separate state was created

Jharkhand drafts plan to supply drinking water to people of 18 towns

The Jharkhand government has drafted a Rs 2,300 crore plan to provide drinking water facilities to around 100,000 people living in areas under 18 urban local bodies of the state

India's lawn bowls pioneers: How a team of four bowled over a nation

After 2007 National Games, Assam and Jharkhand emerged as hubs of a fringe sport now capturing eyeballs thanks to the Commonwealth Games glory

Jharkhand forest dept kicks off 'save tree mission' by tying Rakhis

Jharkhand forest department has initiated a unique campaign to save trees by tying Rakhis to them in around 1,000 forest villages across 24 districts of the state, a forest official said on Friday.

Bengal CID raids arrested Jharkhand MLA's house, seizes Rs 5 lakh in cash

West Bengal CID conducted a raid at the residence of one of the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs in connection with the probe into the cash seizure case and recovered Rs 5 lakh and an SUV from there

BJP bowled bouncer to Jharkhand, lost govt in Bihar: Bhupesh Baghel

In a veiled attack on the BJP, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday claimed that attempts to topple the Jharkhand government boomeranged and resulted in loss of government in Bihar

Dhanbad judge murder: 2 including auto driver get life term by CBI court

CBI court judge Rajnikant Pathak on July 28 held autorickshaw driver Lakhan Verma and his associate Rahul Verma guilty of murdering 49-year-old additional sessions judge Uttam Anand.

From Maharashtra crisis to Hemant Soren, important cases listed in SC today

The Supreme Court will hear pleas by Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in relation to the recent political crisis in Maharashtra

J'khand MLAs cash seizure case: Bengal CID 'restrained' by Delhi Police

West Bengal CID claimed that Delhi Police allegedly restrained its team from conducting a raid in the national capital at a property associated with one of the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs.