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Local BJP leader shot dead in sleep over land dispute in Jharkhand: Police

The deceased has been identified as Ratan Mahato, a BJP booth committee president

Jharkhand mining lease row: CM Soren says plea moved to destabilise govt

A bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, while hearing the matter for the first time April 8, had said that it was "a serious matter" and had issued a notice to Soren.

BJP lashes out at Soren govt for looting public resources amid ED raids

The Soren-led government in Jharkhand specialises in theft and will make the state hollow by looting public resources, the BJP said after ED raids in connection with the MGNREGA funds fraud PMLA case

Raids in J'khand's MGNREGA funds fraud case; ED recovers over Rs 18 crore

The ED have conducted raids at multiple premises, including that of Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal and her family, in connection with a money laundering probe

ED raids 20 locations linked to Jharkhand CM's close aide, claims BJP MP

BJP MP said that places linked with Jharkhand Mining Department Secretary Pooja Singhal in Ranchi, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Mumbai are being raided

EC issues notice to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren over mining lease

The EC had recently written to the state government to share the documents related to the mining lease

Security forces detect 3 IEDs in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district

Security forces on Sunday detected three improvised explosive devices kept hidden by CPI (Maoists) in a jungle in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said in a statement.

Jharkhand power crisis due to poor pre-planning by govt: Ex-CM Raghubar Das

Terming the Jharkhand government "inefficient", former chief minister Raghubar Das accused the JMM-led dispensation of not planning in advance to avoid power cuts in the state during summer.

Raghubar Das accuses Jharkhand CM of irregular industrial land allotment

The BJP leader further said Soren's political representative Pankaj Mishra had been given a lease in the name of Mahakal stone in Sahebhanj

Jharkhand: 39,513 nominations filed for first phase of panchayat polls

The nomination process for the first phase, which started on April 16, concluded on Saturday, State Election Commission (SEC) officials said

Jamtara becomes country's first district with library in every village

A Janta Darbar was initially organised by the district administration to know the problems of the villagers in Changidih Panchayat

Several trapped in an abandoned coal mine in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district

The alleged incident occurred in Chanch Victoria colliery area of Bharat Coking Coal.

Jharkhand: Ropeway site sealed ahead of probe into cable car tragedy

Three people lost their lives in the ropeway accident at Trikut Hills, around 20 km from the temple town of Baidyanath Dham

Massive blaze at Jharkhand forest, 4 firefighters severely injured

The fire broke out at the Bigha Forest along the Hazaribag-Gaya Road in Chouparan police station area, officials said

India applauds heroic efforts of those involved in Deoghar rescue ops: Modi

PM Modi also said that the country is proud that it has such a skilled force of the Army, Air Force, NDRF, ITBP and Jharkhand Police who always bring people out of every crisis situation

Former Air Chief Fali Homi Major commends rescue ops in Jharkhand's Deoghar

"Such operations are risky and mishaps can happen. It isn't easy to winch up a person in conditions such as these. I certainly feel that this was a great effort by our security forces," he added.

Jharkhand ropeway accident: 2 dead, 15 trapped mid-air as rescue ops halt

Around 32 people have so far been rescued, nearly 28 hours after the accident took place around 20 km from the famous Baba Baidyanth temple in Deoghar town

Tension prevails after stone pelting on Ram Navami procession in J'khand

Tension prevailed in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district after incidents of stone pelting and arson during Ram Navami fair on Sunday in Hirahi-Hendlaso village

Four-phase rural poll in Jharkhand from May 14 to elect 4345 mukhiyas

The first phase of polling will take place on May 14, while the second, third and last phase of polls are scheduled on May 19, May 24 and May 27 respectively

Jharkhand HC defers hearing into Lalu's petition in a fodder scam case

73-year-old Prasad is in custody following his conviction and sentence by a CBI court in February in a fodder scam case involving embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury