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New Delhi, March 18 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday that it has filed a fresh chargesheet against more than a dozen retired and serving Jharkhand government engineers and officials in a money-laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the state's rural development...

Chatra (Jharkhand), March 18 Five members of the banned Maoist group, the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), were arrested on Wednesday along with weapons and ammunition in the Chatra district of Jharkhand, police said.A "area commander" of the PLFI, who was carrying a reward of Rs 1...

Chatra (Jharkhand), March 18 A 31-year-old Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in the Chatra district of Jharkhand, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place at the Shila picket, under the jurisdiction of the Simaria...

Ranchi, March 18 The Jharkhand assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution urging the Centre to continue with the framework of the MGNREGA instead of its new modified version, the VB-G RAM G Act.Rural Development Minister Dipika Pandey Singh moved the proposal in the House, which was passed by...

New Delhi, March 18 – After Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP, Jharkhand MP Nishikant Dubey said on Wednesday that it would not be surprising if more Congress leaders resigned from the party in the coming days. He hinted that even Gaurav Gogoi could step down in the future.Speaking to...

Ranchi, March 18 The Jharkhand government will set up cold storage facilities in each assembly constituency across the state, Agriculture Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey told the assembly on Wednesday.Responding to a question, she said that a cold storage facility with a capacity of 5,000 metric...

Ranchi, March 18 Four individuals were arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a restaurant employee in Ranchi, Jharkhand, over an extortion demand, police said on Wednesday.The accused were apprehended after a brief gunfight with the police near Kenduadih in Dhanbad on Monday...

Amaravati, March 18 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the transfer of nearly 400 acres of salt land at the Naupada Salt Factory to the APMB for the development of the Mulapeta Port.The chief minister noted that the Ministry of...

Chatra, March 18 – A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) soldier stationed in the Chatra district of Jharkhand allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon, officials said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at the Shila OP picket under the Simaria police station, where the...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for thunderstorms with hail over Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Vidarbha for today. The IMD has forecast thunderstorms with lightning and strong winds over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh...

Deoghar, March 17 Four individuals have been arrested in Deoghar district, Jharkhand, for allegedly making fraudulent cash withdrawals from ATMs, police said on Tuesday.SP Saurabh told reporters here that eight mobile phones, six SIM cards, 10 ATM cards, and tools used for trapping ATM cards...

Medininagar (Jharkhand), March 17 A 22-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly poisoning her husband and then strangling him to death in the Palamu district of Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.The incident took place within the jurisdiction of the Navajaypur Police Station in Katri...

Ramgarh, March 17 Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (PVUNL), a subsidiary of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), successfully synchronized its second unit, with an installed capacity of 800 MW, in Ramgarh, Jharkhand, a senior official said on Tuesday.The synchronization of the second...

Godda, March 17 A tribal couple and their minor son were allegedly hacked to death by their relatives in Jharkhand's Godda district over suspicion of practicing witchcraft, police said on Tuesday.The incident took place in Danga Tola, under the Deodanr police station area, late on Monday, and...

Chatra/Medininagar, March 17 Police have seized 4.53 kg of opium and 1,318 bottles of spurious foreign liquor in separate operations in the districts of Chatra and Palamu in Jharkhand, and arrested five people, officials said on Tuesday.In Chatra, a unit for manufacturing spurious liquor was...

Chandauli (UP), March 17 A man, allegedly involved in child trafficking, was arrested at a railway station in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, while he was transporting six children to Vadodara by train, police said on Tuesday.The children were rescued and handed over to the Railway Child Help Desk...

Ranchi, March 17 Jharkhand Minister Yogendra Prasad said on Tuesday that the government has approved the repair of over 1.44 lakh hand pumps across the state ahead of the summer season.Funds for this purpose have also been released, he said."There will be no shortage of water during the...

Medininagar, March 17 Nine police personnel have been suspended in Palamu district, Jharkhand, after 36 LPG cylinders were allegedly stolen from the basement of a building where an explosion took place on March 15, police said.An explosion rocked the basement of the building at Bairiya Chowk...

Ranchi, March 17 Jharkhand Minister Yogendra Prasad said on Tuesday that the state government has approved the repair of over 1.44 lakh hand pumps across the state in preparation for the summer season.Funds for this purpose have also been released, he said."There will be no water shortage...

Ranchi, March 17 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a junior engineer of the South Eastern Railway for allegedly accepting a bribe from a private company representative in exchange for facilitating an electrical connection at a site office in Jharkhand, officials said on...