west singhbhum district

Chaibasa, April 11 Two people were killed and two others were injured after a motorcycle collided head-on with a passenger van in West Singhbhum district, police said on Saturday.The accident occurred at Nurda Tola in the Hatgamharia police station area on Friday night, they said."The...

Chaibasa, April 8 A CoBra personnel died after being struck by a falling tree during a storm in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at the CRPF camp in Saranda forest's Babudera on Tuesday night, they said.The young personnel, identified...

Chaibasa, April 6 A CRPF's CoBRA battalion soldier was injured when an IED planted by the CPI (Maoists) exploded in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police officer said on Monday.The incident occurred during a joint anti-Maoist operation in the Saranda forest, under the jurisdiction of...

Chaibasa/Ranchi, April 6 – A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier was seriously injured on Monday after stepping on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during an anti-Naxal operation in the dense Saranda forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, officials said.The incident...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), April 3 A woman was killed and six people sustained serious injuries in a clash between relatives of a tribal family over a piece of land in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a police officer said on Friday.The victim, Sapani Kui (75), was working in her courtyard at...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), April 2 Two young men were killed on Thursday after their scooter collided with a roadside tree in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a police officer said.The deceased have been identified as Madhusudan Sundi (20), a resident of Chetansika village, and Jeevan...

Chaibasa, April 2 A fully grown elephant was found dead under mysterious circumstances in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday, a police officer said.Villagers informed the forest department about the carcass of the elephant on Thursday morning.Sub-Divisional Police Officer...

Chaibasa/Garwah, March 31 Three people were killed by wild elephants in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum and Garwah districts over a 24-hour period, officials said on Tuesday.A 55-year-old woman was killed, and an elderly man was injured in Barkundiya village in West Singhbhum on Monday night.They...

Rourkela, March 30 – A woman Maoist surrendered to the Odisha Police on Monday, a day before the March 31 deadline to make India "Naxal-free", officials said.The 19-year-old, identified as Mongdi Honhaga, is a native of the Marangponga village within the Chhotangaara police station limits in...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), March 24 A 40-year-old man, "who had mental health issues," killed his mother and burned her body in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Tuesday, a police officer said.The incident occurred at their home in Kamrora village, under the Gudri police station area, and...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), March 22 The Congress launched a 10-day training camp for newly elected district presidents in Jharkhand and Odisha on Sunday, aiming to strengthen the organization in both states, according to a party official.The camp is being organized under the guidance of AICC...

New Delhi, March 16 – Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, met with a CRPF officer who lost a leg in a counter-Maoist operation in Jharkhand on Monday.In a message about the meeting, Gandhi praised the brave officer from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)'s elite 209...

Chaibasa, March 14 Three people, including two brothers, were killed after their motorcycle crashed into an old panchayat building in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.The accident occurred at Chipisai, under the Kokcho police outpost.They were returning home from...

Chaibasa, March 13 A wild elephant killed a pregnant woman in the Goilkera area of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police officer said.The incident occurred on Thursday night when the 30-year-old woman, Rani Boipai, came out of her home in Kuida village, suspecting the presence of an...

New Delhi, March 13 – In response to media reports on missing person cases, the NHRC has issued notices to the Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police of Bihar, Odisha, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan, requesting a detailed report on the matter within two weeks, an official said...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Secretary, Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, Ranchi, and the Deputy Commissioner, West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, in connection with a media report regarding the death of a newborn due to inadequate...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), March 5 Security forces defused a "high-intensity" IED in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a police officer said on Thursday.West Singhbhum SP Amit Renu told

In the Saranda area of the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, an IED was recovered during an anti-Naxal operation and was safely defused on the spot by the bomb disposal squad. The explosive was found during a search operation along the roadside between Edelbeda and Babudera, which falls...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), March 3 – An excise department officer was injured after a mob attacked the team during a raid in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, officials said on Tuesday.The excise department team had gone to raid an illegal liquor manufacturing unit in the area when the...

Khunti (Jharkhand), March 3 Three people were killed after a motorcycle was hit by a truck in Khunti district, Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.The accident occurred in Tudigarha village, under the Rania Police Station, about 100 km from the state capital Ranchi, on Monday night, a senior...