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Bedanti Saran

Bedanti Saran is Special Correspondent in Jharkhand and has been handling legal beats, CBI, ED, Income Tax and other investigation wings for over a decade

Articles by Bedanti Saran

Deoghar, Rajrappa temples close door for devotees

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Published on Mar 20, 2020 08:12 PM IST
ByBedanti Saran/Subhash Mishra

Shut down NUSRL university if you can’t run it: High court tells Jharkhand govt

Set up in 2010 by one-time grant provided by the state government, NUSRL has its own campus in Ranchi’s Kanke area. It offers undergraduate integrated five-year LLB (Hons) and various other courses. But, the institution is facing fund crunch to set up some more infrastructures urgently required for the students.

National University of Study & Research in Law (NSURL) campus at Nagri in Ranchi (Photo-Diwakar Prasad/ Hindustan Times )
Updated on Feb 29, 2020 11:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

BJP nominates Babulal Marandi as Leader of Opposition in Jharkhand

Rajmahal legislator Anant Ojha proposed Marandi’s name to which others extended their support.

BJP National General Secretary Muralidhar Rao congratulates newly elected Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi after a meeting at state BJP headquarters in Ranchi on Monday.(DIWAKAR PRASAD/ HT PHOTO.)
Updated on Feb 24, 2020 10:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

JVM(P) chief marandi merges party with BJP

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Published on Feb 17, 2020 11:56 PM IST
By, Ranchi

‘Never seen such brutal killings’: Amit Shah slams Jharkhand govt over Burugulikera massacre

The seven tribals of Burugulikera village under Gudri block were allegedly massacred in front of their family members, including their parents, last month.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a gathering at Sadar Bazar, Delhi Cantt, in New Delhi.(Biplov Bhuyan/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Feb 17, 2020 11:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

First Jharkhand CM Babulal Marandi rejoins BJP after 14 years, may get key post

Marandi also merged his JVM-P with the BJP, which he quit in 2006 to form his own party, at a function held in Ranchi.

Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi greets Union Minister Amit Shah during the merger of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), at an event, in Ranchi.(PTI)
Updated on Feb 17, 2020 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Police constable kills wife, two kids with hammer, attempts suicide

The accused Brajesh Tiwari, 40, has been admitted at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi, and is said to be out of danger.

In a fit of anger, the police constable allegedly hit his wife with a hammer. When the two children interfered to save their mother, he then hit them killing all the three on the spot.(File photo for representation)
Updated on Feb 01, 2020 08:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Pro-CAA rally in Lohardaga attacked, triggers rioting and arson; curfew imposed

According to the police, nearly 50 people, including some police personnel, were injured during the violent clashes in Lohardaga, about 70 kilometres north of Ranchi. Twenty-eight injured people have been admitted in Sadar hospital.

Lohardaga is a town of around 80,000. Pelting started on the main road, an elongated 2-kilometre stretch in the middle of the town, according to the police. (Image used for representation).(FILE PHOTO.)
Updated on Aug 31, 2020 05:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

FIR against Raghubar Das for remarks against JMM chief Hemant Soren

The case has been registered with Mahijam police station in Jamtara district and investigation has been handed over to SDPO Arvind Upadhyay. HT has inspected the copy of FIR.

Outgoing Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das(PTI file photo)
Updated on Dec 26, 2019 12:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Dirty politics, urban Naxals behind violence, says PM Modi on protests against citizenship law

At a rally in Jharkhand’s Barhait, Modi urged the Opposition to stop spreading lies and indulging in dirty politics over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) that fast-tracks the process of granting citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

At the Jharkhand rally, the PM sought to allay fears about the CAA and blamed the Congress for its politics of divide and rule for the persecution faced by religious minorities in neighbouring countries.(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 18, 2019 12:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Work on sky-high Ram temple in 4 months: Amit Shah

On November 9, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of a temple being constructed at the disputed site. Last week, it dismissed a clutch of review applications and said no review of its decision was necessary.

Amit Shah also focused on the nullification of Article 370, which gave Jammu & Kashmir special status, a long-standing provision of the BJP manifesto.(ANI)
Updated on Dec 17, 2019 01:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Reconsider opposition to CAA: Amit Shah to Congress, AAP and TMC

Amit Shah accused the opposition of instigating the youth against the Citizenship Amendment Act and asked students to study the new law to understand it properly.

Union Home Affairs Minister and BJP National President Amit Shah on Monday blamed the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and the Trinamool Congress for rising student unrest across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act.(PTI)
Published on Dec 16, 2019 07:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Modi assures people of North-east states their rights are safe

Protests have erupted across North-east, especially Assam and Tripura, over the CAB, with several civil society groups, students’ unions and political parties seeking immediate withdrawal of the legislation, contending that it would threaten the interests of indigenous people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a joint statement at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi.(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 02:14 AM IST
Hindusyan Times, Ranchi | By

Will move Supreme Court over bail to 6 accused: Tabrez Ansari’s widow

The Jharkhand high court granted bail to the six men on Tuesday, saying that it did not find any concrete evidence indicating their complicity in the crime.

The six—Bhimsen Mandal, Chamu Nayak, Mahesh Mahali, Satyanarayan Nayak, Madan Nayak and Vikram Mandal—have been in jail since June 25.(Amal KS/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 12, 2019 06:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

‘No concrete evidence’: 6 men accused of lynching 24-yr-old freed on bail

The six—Bhimsen Mandal, Chamu Nayak, Mahesh Mahali, Satyanarayan Nayak, Madan Nayak and Vikram Mandal—have been in jail since June 25.

Of the 13 accused, 12 have applied for bail. Bail applications of the remaining six are pending for hearing.(Reuters file photo)
Updated on Dec 11, 2019 03:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

PM Modi to hold 5 more rallies as BJP plans campaign blitz

Modi had already visited the state three times and addressed six public rallies. His other three visits are likely to be during the fourth and fifth phases of election, in which he will be addressing five rallies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi beng garlanded during an election campaign rally, ahead of 2nd phase of State Assembly elections at Khunti district of Jharkhand.(PTI)
Updated on Dec 11, 2019 06:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019| ‘Man killed on polling day had stab wounds’: Police

Zilani Ansari was killed and two others received bullet injuries in Gumla district on Saturday after the police opened fire to control a mob pelting stones at security forces near a booth.

Gumla: Security forces trying to control the situation after clashes between two political parties workers at Baghni polling booth during the second phase of Jharkhand Assembly Election-2019, in Sisai block under Gumla district of Jharkhand.(PTI)
Updated on Dec 08, 2019 10:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019: 1 dead, 2 injured in police firing at polling booth

According to police, supporters of two different political parties entered into a brawl at the booth. Police personnel deployed there interfered but they picked up a fight with the forces as well.

Police opened fire to control a mob that was pelting stones at the security forces at a polling booth in Gumla during the second phase of assembly election in Jharkhand, Dec 7, 2019.(PTI / Representative Photo)
Updated on Dec 07, 2019 02:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Assembly Elections 2019| In poll-bound Jharkhand, Pathalgadi movement signals tribal distress

Pathalgadi is a traditional practice of Munda Adivasis of erecting stone slabs (pathals) in honour of their ancestors, to announce important decisions regarding their families and villages or to mark the boundary of their villages.

In this file pic, a passersby reads a plaque written in, Pathalgadi, a local dialectwhich carried certain articles of the Indian Constitution meant for 5th Schedule areas. It specifically warns outsiders from entering, wandering, living or settling down in tribal villages at Bhandra Village in Khunti District.(Parwaz Khan/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Dec 06, 2019 06:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByChetan Chauhan and Bedanti Saran

Law student abducted on gun point, gang-raped in Ranchi, 12 arrested: Cops

The victim reported the matter to Kanke police station Wednesday.

According to an FIR lodged by the victim with Kanke police station, the incident happened at around 5.30 pm on November 26(HT Photo/ Representative Image)
Updated on Nov 29, 2019 01:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Jharkhand assembly election 2019: NRC among BJP’s 567 promises in manifesto

The NRC, an exercise to determine and deport illegal immigrants was recently undertaken in Assam, and has been a long-standing promise of the BJP, which won 37 out of the state’s 81 in the 2014 assembly elections.

Labourers lift a large basket filled with coal in the village of Godhar in Jharia, Jharkhand(AP File)
Updated on Nov 28, 2019 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By, Ranchi:

Jharkhand NDA in turmoil as allies AJSU, BJP announce candidates for same seats

Both the BJP and its ally AJSU have announced candidates for Simaria, Chakardharpur and Sindri assembly constituencies for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections.

AJSU candidate Niru Shanti Bhagat filing her nomination for Lohardaga assembly constituency in Lohardaga, Jharkhand, on Monday, November 11, 2019.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 22, 2020 02:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Jharkhand assembly election 2019: BJP-AJSU alliance still in limbo, Sudesh Mahto to meet Amit Shah

AJSU president Sudesh Mahto, who met BJP’s Jharkhand election in-charge Om Prakash Mathur on Saturday, flew again to New Delhi on Sunday to hold talks with party’s national president Amit Shah.

Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu consults party workers to decide his next course of action(HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 11, 2019 02:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019: CM Raghubar Das has a ‘challenger’ on his seat Jamshedpur (East)

The ruling BJP has expedited the process of selection of candidates in the run-up to the five-phase assembly elections, nomination for which begun on Wednesday for the first phase.

CM Raghubar Das, Union minister Arjun Munda, state BJP chief Laxman Gilua, BJP assembly election in-charge Om Prakash Mathur and other senior party leaders attend the state election committee at state BJP headquarters in Ranchi, Noveber 6, 2019.(HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 18, 2019 04:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

BJP-AJSU delay formal announcement of alliance fearing defection of leaders

Both the BJP and the AJSU Party fear defections of potential candidates if they were denied party tickets under the seat sharing pact

Ticket seekers and their followers for the upcoming assembly election in Jharkhand at the BJP’s state headquarters in Ranchi.(Diwakar Prasad/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Nov 06, 2019 01:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

BJP banks on development in Jharkhand; Haryana, Maharashtra show gives Opposition hope

BJP faces an opposition emboldened by the ruling party’s below-par performance in the October polls in Haryana and Maharashtra.

Massive turnout of voters at polling booth in Maoist infested Palma area of Pirtand block that part of Giridih Lok Sabha constituency in May earlier this year.(Bijay/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Nov 02, 2019 05:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By

BJP eyes 65+ seats in J’khand, Oppn aims to better Haryana, Maharashtra show

The NDA is upbeat after grabbing 12 of the 14 seats in the April-May Lok Sabha polls and is targeting to win at least 65 seats in the state

Chief minister Raghubar Das took out a
Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By
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