J''khand DGP leads anti-Naxal op

Thursday 9 May '13

Jharkhand DGP, Rajiv Kumar, has rolled up his sleeves and left for the forests of Maoist-affected Latehar district to lead an ongoing operation

Man held on charges of raping minor stepdaughter

Tuesday 7 May '13

A man who had been allegedly raping his minor stepdaughter for over 18 months, rendering her pregnant, was arrested from the Harmu locality of the city on Sunday night and sent to judicial custody on ...

In training and on the lookout for men harassing women

Tuesday 7 May '13

Murmu is possibly the first woman DSP directly recruited after Jharkhand was formed in 2000

Part-time scribe, his Rs 4-cr road project made him a PLFI target

Monday 6 May '13

Though he was a stringer for a local newspaper and used to get paid for what was published under his name, it was not his job that put Jitendra Kumar Singh''s life at peril.

Jharkhand debates encounter: Ordinary teen or an extortionist

Sunday 5 May '13

Family says fake encounter, cops say can prove shootout killing 17-year-old was genuine

Minor raped, murdered in Jharkhand

Friday 26 April '13

A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Ranchi Thursday. Her battered body was dumped at an under-construction house across the street from hers in Darji Mohalla

For Jharkhand girls, Delhi was to be a fresh start, not the end

Thursday 25 April '13

It could not have been an easy decision for Jyoti Mariyam Hora, 10, to leave Khunti and head for Delhi. Though her best friend

Brought to Delhi from Jharkhand, two tribal teenage girls die within two days

Wednesday 24 April '13

One girl died in Delhi and the other at the Ranchi railway station while being sent home

History repeats itself, first as cash, then as a poll scrapped

Monday 22 April '13

Precedent is an important judicial and administrative tool. It helps the judge and administrator apply the collective wisdom of the past to the task at hand

With police help, banned Naxal group takes on Maoists in Jharkhand

Sunday 21 April '13

TSPC has been quietly making inroads in Jharkhand, including sweeping local polls.

Panel wants Ranchi local polls cancelled, Guv''s nod awaited

Wednesday 17 April '13

After reportedly getting evidence that the sanctity of the mayoral election to the Ranchi Municipal Corporation was violated

On Ranchi local body polls eve, cops recover Rs 22.61 lakh

Monday 8 April '13

A day ahead of Ranchi Municipal Corporation election, on Sunday afternoon, the police have recovered Rs 22.61 lakh, kept in three bags from a hotel in city''s Lalpur area

Days after TPC massacre, Maoists kill five cops

Friday 5 April '13

Their patrol was attacked near a bus shelter in the Chainpur police station area around 11.30 am, police said.

Days after TPC massacre, Maoists counterattack, kill five policemen

Thursday 4 April '13

Patrol was attacked near bus shelter in Chainpur police station area around 11.30 am, police said.

'TPC shot surrendered Maoists, showed CRPF bodies'

Saturday 30 March '13

TPC is a faction that broke away from the main Maoist movement in 2002.

10 Maoists killed in factional gunbattle

Friday 29 March '13

DGP linked firefight to the reported presence of Maoist central committee member Arvind Singh.

Top Maoist remains elusive, Jharkhand DGP joins hunt

Saturday 16 March '13

The latest operation targeting him was in Gumla district,

Srinagar attack: Day before, he called parents to talk about 'in the event of death''

Friday 15 March '13

A day before his death, Subhas Barla, 21, called home to talk about the "what if".

HC junks vigilance case against Madhu Koda

Friday 8 March '13

The Jharkhand High Court Thursday quashed a vigilance case against jailed Chief Minister Madhu Koda for want of material evidence.

Bailed out in 4 of 5 cases, Koda set to make political comeback

Thursday 7 March '13

There has been even talks of her being made a minister in that event.

An MA gold medallist, he fled after Mumbai ATS visited his home

Tuesday 5 March '13

When Mohammad Safder Imam talks of his brother Manzer Imam, he talks of books. "He was always studying. After his MA, we got him a job at a chawal-dal shop nearby. He would have a book on his lap

SIMI leader with alleged IM links arrested in J''khand

Tuesday 5 March '13

Likely to be questioned over the twin Hyderabad blasts

Shocked 'n awed: Wife-beater 'punished' by JMM MLA in kangaroo court

Monday 4 March '13

The police are yet to file an FIR in the Saturday incident.

PLFI presence puts police on alert in Latehar

Monday 4 March '13

The police have stepped up vigil in Jharkhand''s Latehar district following recent attacks and a bandh call by those claiming to be People''s Liberation Front of India

Back on the map

Sunday 3 March '13

Saranda in Jharkhand''s West Singhbum was until recently the CPI (Maoist)''s 'Eastern Headquarters''. The story of how this region was reclaimedthrough a combination of military and development operat...