palamu district

Medininagar/Chatra, April 11 Jharkhand police seized narcotics worth Rs 2.55 crore from Palamu and Chatra districts, officials said on Saturday.In Palamu district, two persons were arrested after poppy husk worth Rs 1.25 crore was seized from their possession, a police officer said.The...

Medininagar, April 11 Two individuals were arrested after poppy husk worth Rs 1.25 crore was seized from their possession in the Palamu district of Jharkhand, officials said on Saturday.The consignment was intercepted following a tip-off in the forest area near the Jawar village under the...

Medininagar, April 9 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Palamu district, Jharkhand, police said on Thursday.Her body was recovered from a well in the Terhasi police station area on Wednesday, they said.Three individuals have been named in the FIR filed by the police...

Medininagar (Jharkhand), April 8 A 70-year-old man hanged himself at his home in Jharkhand's Palamu district, allegedly after an argument with his wife, a police officer said.The incident took place in Goradih village, within the Lesliganj police station limits.Lesliganj police officer Uttam...

Medininagar, April 7 A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly murdering two people by smashing their heads with stones in the Palamu district of Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.Both murders took place on January 16, one in the area around the Chainpur police station and the other in...

Medininagar (Jharkhand), April 6 One person was killed and four others, including two sub-divisional officers, were injured in separate road accidents in the districts of Palamu and Garhwa in Jharkhand on Monday, police said.The two sub-divisional officers were injured when their government...

Laterhar/Palamu, April 5 Four people died in separate road accidents in Jharkhand's Latehar and Palamu districts, police said on Sunday.In Latehar, two people were killed instantly after a speeding truck collided head-on with their motorcycle. The accident occurred on the Balumath-Murpa main...

Medininagar, April 4 Five people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a businessman in Palamu district of Jharkhand, police said on Saturday.Sameer Khalifa alias Guddu (36), a resident of Kanji House Colony, was shot dead by three unidentified individuals around...

Medininagar, April 3 Police arrested two individuals following a brief encounter in connection with the murder of a businessman in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Friday, an official said.One of the accused, identified as Faiz Khan, sustained two bullet injuries to his legs, he said.The...

Medininagar, Apr 3 A businessman was shot dead by three unidentified criminals in Palamu district of Jharkhand, police said on Friday.The deceased has been identified as Sameer Khalifa alias Guddu (36), a resident of Kanji House Colony. The incident took place on Thursday night around 10:45 pm...

Medininagar, March 28 Two people were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in the Palamu district of Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.The accident occurred around 3 pm in the Karihar village, within the Patan police station area, they said.The...

Medininagar, March 18 An eight-year-old boy died after being hit by a speeding car in the Palamu district of Jharkhand on Wednesday, police said.The incident triggered protests, with angry locals blocking a road. When police tried to disperse them, a mob allegedly attacked the personnel...

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...

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...

Medininagar, March 16 A 50-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death with sticks and iron rods by his relatives over a land dispute in the Palamu district of Jharkhand, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in Chauwa Chattan village under the Hussainabad police station limits on Sunday...

Medininagar, March 15 Four people were critically injured after an LPG cylinder explosion triggered a fire in a building in Palamu district of Jharkhand on Sunday, police said.The incident occurred at Bairiya Chowk within the Town police station in Palamu, where reportedly around 50 to 60 LPG...

Palamu (Jharkhand), March 12 – More than 100 villagers fell ill after allegedly consuming contaminated food at a wedding feast in Bohita village, located under the Satbarwa block of Palamu district in Jharkhand, officials said on Thursday.The incident caused panic in the village. In response...

Medininagar (Jharkhand), March 12 At least 36 people fell ill due to suspected food poisoning at a wedding ceremony in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Thursday, officials said.The victims complained of vomiting and diarrhoea after consuming 'bundia', a sugary fried sweet, at the wedding...

Koderma/Medininagar, February 28 Three children are alleged to have drowned in a pond in the Koderma district of Jharkhand on Saturday, according to police.The children had gone to catch fish in the pond in Kosmadih village, which falls under the Jainagar police station area, when they went...

Medininagar, February 25 A court in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Wednesday sentenced a man and two other members of his family to life imprisonment for murdering his wife over dowry in 2021.The Sixth Additional District and Sessions Judge, Raj Kumar Mishra, sentenced Sanjay Saw, his brother...