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Giridih, April 4 A man was arrested in the Giridih district of Jharkhand on Saturday for allegedly repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl, resulting in her pregnancy, police said.The 35-year-old man was arrested after the family of the girl, who is four months pregnant, filed a police complaint...

Ranchi, March 12 Jharkhand Water Resources Minister Hafizul Hassan vowed on Thursday to provide water to every farmland in the state, and said that his department would try to achieve in five years the work that could not be completed in the last 50 years.The minister outlined the government's...

Two Maoists were arrested during a joint operation by the Bihar Special Task Force (STF) and local police in the Bengabad police station area of the Giridih district, Jharkhand.The arrested individuals, Pankaj Yadav and Pawan Singh, are wanted in several cases related to Maoist activities...

Ranchi, February 23 Around 51 per cent of the approximately 43 lakh voters exercised their franchise by 3 pm in the civic polls to 48 urban local bodies in Jharkhand on Monday, an election official said.Voting, which commenced at 7 am, is underway under tight security."A voter turnout of...

Giridih (Jharkhand), February 22 A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against Babulal Marandi, the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, and 100 other BJP workers in the Giridih district of Jharkhand, for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) imposed in...

Giridih (Jharkhand), February 21 The partially burnt body of a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) worker was found in the Giridih district on Saturday, police said.The deceased has been identified as 45-year-old Rakesh Mahto, a former Zila Parishad chairman.His body was found in a deserted place...

Giridih (Jharkhand), February 21 The partially burnt body of a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) worker was found in the Giridih district on Saturday, police said.The deceased has been identified as 45-year-old Rakesh Mahto, a former Zila Parishad chairman.His body was found in a deserted place...

Ranchi, February 19 Leader of the Opposition Babulal Marandi on Thursday alleged in the Jharkhand assembly that tribal people in the state were facing displacement, and their land was being "looted" in the name of industrial and mining projects under the JMM-led alliance government...

Ranchi, February 15 The body of a migrant worker from Jharkhand’s Giridih district, who was killed in Saudi Arabia last October, has arrived at Ranchi Airport, but his family refused to accept it pending compensation, officials said.Shikha Lakra, team leader of the state migrant control cell...