Jharkhand

20 villagers missing in Jharkhand

Jamshedpur: At least 20 residents of a village in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand were reported missing since Thursday night, official sources said. Block Development Officer Arvind Kumar Lal said the residents of...

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Naxalism foremost challenge before Jharkhand: Sonia

From ANI Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Nov 20: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that non-violence was the only way to solve all the problems in Jharkhand. Addressing poll meetings in Dhanbad and Dumka ahead of the coming...

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Rajnath Singh, Raman Singh campaign for BJP in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Friday addressed two poll rallies in Jharkhand, appealing for vote for the BJP, which he promised would provide a 'stable government' in the state for...

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Maoists kill ration dealer

Ranchi: Suspected Maoists shot dead a ration dealer in Latehar district ahead of a day-long band called by the naxals on Friday to protest the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly polls. Latehar Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashwini...

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Defiant Koda says he ‘can’t be summoned’

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda has written to the Enforcement Directorate saying they cannot summon him. In the letter to, he has also said the ED will have to give him a 10 day advance notice and also inform the...

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30 injured as train derails

Ranchi: At least 30 people were injured on Thursday night when the Maoists blew up a portion of the rail track, derailing eight bogies of the Tata-Bilaspur Passenger near Ghaghra Halt in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district. The...

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Jharkhand netas made fortunes as state stagnated

Sanjay Ojha, TNN 20 November 2009, 02:05am IST RANCHI: A rickshaw puller who made two bungalows. Former chief minister Madhu Koda, in the dock for allegedly building a Rs 4,000 crore business empire stretching from Liberia to...

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Santhali literature is booming, but needs government help

Contemporary Santhali literature has taken off in a big way since it became an official language of Jharkhand in 2003, but it has not come of age because the government has not added it to the list of official Indian languages,...

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Koda fails to appear before ED for questioning

Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (IT) officials for...

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Militants' gearing up to enter India: Security officials

From ANI Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 18: A large number of militants are ready to enter the country from various points along the international border and the Line of Control (LoC), security officials claimed here on...

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