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In Jharkhand, five MLAs from JMM, Congress likely to join BJP on Wednesday

The state BJP has planned to organise a “Milan Samaroh” (meeting function) at Ranchi’s Harmu Ground where the MLAs will be officially inducted into the party in presence of senior leaders.

16-year-old Jharkhand boy stabs father to death, sent to correctional home

According to the police, the deceased, a 39-year-old man was a security guard posted at an ATM kiosk of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Sisai. He had a quarrel with his wife last night.

Opposition leaders make a beeline for BJP in poll-bound Jharkhand

Leaders from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have either joined the BJP or are about to jump ship.

Asaduddin Owaisi announces his party AIMIM will contest assembly polls in Jharkhand

Though AIMIM didn’t announce its exact plan as to whether it would contest on all seats or foment an alliance with other parties but its leaders expressed hope that the party would win 10-12 seats in Jharkhand polls.

Jharkhand cabinet sanctions creation of 79 posts of senior residents at RIMS

RIMS, an autonomous institution running a 1500-bedded hospital, has got permission from the medical council of India (MCI) to start post graduation and diploma courses in various departments.

PM Modi inaugurates Jharkhand assembly building, lays foundation of state secretariat

The ground plus three floors magnificent structure of the assembly building has come up on a site of 39 acres of land at HEC township near Jagannath temple. A symbolic one-day special assembly session has been convened on September 13 in this new building.

Those who looted people are behind bars, says PM in Ranchi

“...People who were thinking themselves above the law are now making rounds of the court. It’s the beginning. Five years are still remaining and many promises are to be fulfilled,” the PM said.

PM launches projects in election-bound Jharkhand

Jharkhand, together with Haryana and Maharashtra, is set to hold assembly elections later this year. All three states are governed by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which came back to power at the Centre with a resounding mandate from the April-May general elections.

‘A few have landed in jail’: PM Modi on his determination to fight graft

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the functioning of the first 100 days of his government was just a trailer of what is yet to come.

Tabrez Ansari’s wife moves court against Jharkhand police

Parveen filed a petition in the court of chief judicial magistrate Manju Kumari in Seraikela. The petition has not been listed for hearing.

Jharkhand police drop murder charge against 11 in Tabrez ‘lynching’ case

Tabrez Ansari was lynched to death on June 17 after being forced to chant Jai Sri Ram and Jai Hanuman for allegedly stealing a motorcycle in Dahtkidih village under Seraikela police station (PS) in Seraikela-Kharsawan district.

Ex-Jharkhand minister Bandhu Tirkey held in national games scam case

Bandhu Tirkey’s arrest comes a week after the Jharkhand high court sought diary of the case to decide his anticipatory bail application.

Decomposed bodies of woman, daughter recovered from tank in Ranchi

The police have registered a named FIR against prime suspect Samim, the dead woman’s live-in partner.

Jharkhand high court acting chief justice Prashant Kumar passes away

Owing to the death of Kumar, all businesses in high court and subordinate courts across the state have been closed for Friday, a notification issued by the high court said.

Jharkhand transport minister’s car fined for jumping red light

According to the challan issued by the traffic police on Wednesday, the minister’s vehicle bearing registration number JH01BP 2159 jumped the traffic signal at Sarjana Chowk on MG Road at 3.46pm on June 23.

Theft accused kills himself in Ranchi’s Ratu police station, family cries foul

Ansari originally hailed from Lawalong area of Simaria’s sub-division in Chatra district. A daily wage earner, he had been residing with his in-laws at Ratu’s Alkamar colony for the last six months.

Supreme Court asks woman to move High Court against phone gag

A division bench of the Supreme Court, last week, found that the high court passed a consent order in which the woman and her estranged husband agreed to follow four conditions for reconciliation of a matrimonial dispute.

After ‘triple talaq’, Jharkhand woman accuses husband of rape, forced conversion

The accused, who is in Delhi, however, denied the allegations when contacted on phone.

6 held for pelting stones at BJP lawmaker’s car in Ranchi

The police have arrested six men for allegedly attacking the BJP’s Rajya Sabha lawmaker Samir Oraon’s vehicle with stones after Oraon lodged the first information at the Itki police station in Ranchi.

Arrested man dies in police custody in Dumka

The deceased, Ashish Tudu, and his friend Jai Narayan Bhagat were picked up by the police from Belboni in Dumka’s Maluti area while they were allegedly planning to execute a robbery on Monday.

Land dispute behind Jharkhand BJP leader’s murder, 4 held

The police revealed that an old family land dispute was the reason behind the killings in which eight people including a member of banned Maoists faction People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were involved

Out of 19 months in prison, Lalu Prasad spends 17 in hospital

The former Bihar chief minister has been serving jail term since December 23, 2017, after his conviction in three separate fodder scam cases one after another (he got bail this month in one of these cases).

Ranchi court modifies ‘donate Quran’ order after police highlight difficulty in implementation

Richa Bharti, who was released on Monday, was charged with posting content allegedly targeting Muslims on WhatsApp and Facebook on July 12.

Court asks Jharkhand woman to donate Quran after objectionable posts

The matter relates to a complaint lodged by one Mansur Khalifa with the Pithoria police station on July 12, alleging that Bharti was instrumental in uploading objectionable posts.

Out on bail, Richa says she is dissatisfied with court’s order to donate Quran

Girl gets bail, told to donate Quran copies for objectionable post on Facebook

The court of judicial magistrate Manish Kumar Singh ordered her Richa Bharti to donate five copies of the Quran to government-owned educational institutions. It also asked her to donate one copy of the Muslim religious book to complainant Mansur Khalifa, a member of Sadar Anjuman Committee.

Lalu Prasad Yadav gets bail in fodder scam case, will stay put in jail

The RJD chief, however, will not be released from jail as he has also been serving sentences for two other fodder scam cases.

Jharkhand HC seeks report from government on Tabrez lynching

An angry mob had brutally beaten up Ansari allegedly for attempting burglary in the intervening night of June 17-18 at Dhatkidih village under Saraikela police station.

Jharkhand HC seeks report on lynching

At some point, the demonstration turned violent with the protesters going on rampage, smashing vehicles and trying to set alight a bus carrying students of a technical institute.

Notice to Hemant Soren’s wife on purchase of tribal land in Ranchi

Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren had purchased 51.9 decimal of land plot and constructed a banquet hall – Sohrai Bhawan – on the said land in Ranchi’s Harmu Colony.