Debashish Sarkar is a special correspondent based in Jamshedpur. He has been covering government, administration, politics and crime among other things.
Articles by Debashish Sarkar
Using cricket as cover, teens rob valuables of Rs 10 lakh to bet on T20
A gang of teenagers in Jamshedpur used neighbourhood cricket games as a cover-up to steal valuables from houses and use the money to bet on T-20 ties.
Updated on Apr 20, 2016 11:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jharkhand woman says found condom in food ordered online
If you thought a hair in your food was bad, imagine how finding a condom in your meal would feel like.
Updated on Apr 16, 2016 07:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jharkhand government’s biometric push fails to move staff
The state employees in Jharkhand have literally thumbed their nose at the government’s biometric attendance system despite it being linked to the salary disbursal, according to a report.
Published on Apr 07, 2016 01:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Pak businessman bails out Indian students stranded at Dallas airport
Amaad, hailing from Karachi, played Good Samaritan to a team of National Institute of Technology-Jamshedpur students who were asked to pay a fine of $260 because their package contained a model aircraft that exceeded prescribed dimensional limits.
Updated on Apr 05, 2016 09:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Pratyusha Banerjee, with hope of success from Jamshedpur
Jamshedpurians have reasons to be worried as Pratyusha was not alone to have failed to cope with high life in Mumbai’s glamour world.
Updated on Apr 03, 2016 02:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Sand ghats without green clearance in Jharkhand asked to shut down
The Kolkata bench of the National Green Tribunal has ordered the immediate closure of 28 sand ghats in East Singhbhum district for not having an environmental clearance certificate and consent to operate.
Updated on Mar 12, 2016 04:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Fast-track courts to hear witch-hunting cases in Jharkhand
Five fast-track courts in as many Jharkhand districts will deal exclusively with cases related to torture and murder of women branded witches out of superstition or malice, officials said on Tuesday.
Updated on Mar 08, 2016 11:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi plays politico-cum-cricketer
Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday played a cricketer as well as a politician on his visit to the steel city.
Published on Feb 04, 2016 05:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar/PC Jha, Jamshedpur
Jharkhand hospital head sacked after guard rapes minor rape victim
The Jharkhand government on Tuesday removed the superintendent of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College (MGM) Hospital in Jamshedpur, where a security guard allegedly raped a minor rape victim undergoing treatment there.
Updated on Feb 03, 2016 11:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Minor rape victim raped again in Jamshedpur hospital by security guard
A minor rape victim admitted to a government hospital in Jamshedpur was allegedly sexually assaulted by a security guard, police said on Monday.
Updated on Feb 02, 2016 11:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jharkhand man kills four of a family to avenge wife’s murder
A 48-year-old man hacked to death four members of a family in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum on Wednesday, in what police said was a revenge attack as one of the victims’ brother had branded his wife a witch before she was killed
Updated on Jan 21, 2016 08:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Kher demands Smart City for Kashmiri Pandits
Noted theater and film personality Anupam Kher on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government at the Centre should come up with country’s first Smart City in Kashmir for the Kashmiri Pandits who have been living a life of ‘refugees in their own country’ for the last 26 years.
Published on Jan 20, 2016 05:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur: Digging roads, wasting water may land you in jail
If you are a resident of Jamshedpur, be prepared to pay fines ranging from `5,000 to `25,000 or even be sent to jail for wasting water, damaging roads or urinating in public
Updated on Jan 20, 2016 04:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jharkhand: Call woman a witch, pay Rs 5000, face social boycott
A panchayat in Chaibasa decided on Wednesday to slap a fine of Rs 5,000 against villagers for accusing a woman of practising witchcraft, the first such step against superstition rampant in the tribal-dominated state, a village headman has said.
Published on Jan 07, 2016 06:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Al-Qaeda links traced to Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur has come under the police scanner after investigation agencies stumbled upon leads linking arrested al-Qaeda-India (AQ-I) operator Abdurr Rehman Kataki with AQ-I chief Md Asif and terrorists involved in a suicide attack at Glasgow Airport on June 30, 2007.
Updated on Dec 26, 2015 04:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Explosion at Tata Steel plant injures 19 workers
Nineteen workers were injured, five seriously, in an explosion at the Tata Steel factory here on Monday, officials said.
Published on Nov 17, 2015 02:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Immerse idols in dug-up ponds, not rivers: Pollution control board
The Adityapur-based area office of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has asked local bodies to ensure that Durga idols are immersed in temporary ponds dug up for the purpose and not in rivers.
Updated on Oct 15, 2015 05:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Four NIT Jamshedpur students bag Rs 27 lakh offer from Amazon
Four students of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur bagged on Monday offers to work with US-based online shopping retail giant Amazon at an annual package of Rs 27 lakh each, the institute’s spokesperson said.
Updated on Aug 25, 2015 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
261 girls flee from govt school hostel to escape sexual harassment
All 261 students of a government-run girls’ residential school fled their hostel in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district to escape alleged sexual harassment by a local youth over several days, police said on Friday.
Updated on Aug 22, 2015 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur: 4 arrested for harassing two schoolgirls on bus
Four men accused of harassing two schoolgirls, who were seriously injured when they jumped out of a bus, were arrested in Jamshedpur on Sunday.
Updated on Aug 09, 2015 02:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jharkhand: Search on for 3 girls lured by Maoists
A joint team of state police and central reserve police force in Jharkhand have launched search operation for three girls who have been lured by a CPI (Maoist) squad led by area commander Kanhu Ram Munda.
Updated on Aug 05, 2015 10:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
CM appeals for peace, orders probe into Jamshedpur clash
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Rapid Action Force (RAF) staged a flag march in Mango on Tuesday evening as CRPF inspector general (IG) RK Mishra, Kolhan commissioner Arun and deputy inspector general (DIG) RK Dhan took charge of the steel city — turned into a battleground since Monday night with two communities clashing over an alleged eve-teasing incident.
Updated on Jul 22, 2015 11:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Vijay Murty/ Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur tense after flare-up over sexual harassment
Authorities in Jamshedpur imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in Mango police station area following a clash between two communities over an alleged incident of sexual harassment late on Monday night, officials said on Tuesday.
Updated on Jul 21, 2015 11:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
IVRS mess: Press '0' by mistake and your LPG subsidy is gone
Over 11 lakh consumers in Jharkhand have responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘give it up’ campaign, but in Jameshedpur people complain they are losing their LPG subsidy after falling prey to the confusing interactive voice response system.
Updated on Jul 18, 2015 11:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
To save elephants, trains to slow down in Saranda forest
With increasing incidences of herds of elephants being killed after being hit a moving train, the forest and railways departments have come together and decided to slow the trains down in order to save the gentle giants while passing through the forested area.
Updated on Jun 15, 2015 01:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jharkhand Muslims livid over ‘wrong depiction’ of caliphs in textbook
Jharkhand Muslims livid over ‘wrong depiction’ of caliphs in textbook
Updated on Mar 20, 2015 03:16 PM IST
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State to wage psyhological warfare against Maoists
Jharkhand will raise a dedicated police team for waging psychological warfare against Maoists, a top official said, indicating a proactive policy shift in the Raghubar Das government’s tactics against left-wing rebels.
Updated on Mar 14, 2015 04:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Wind-powered cooler opens door to Japan for teenager
A teenaged girl has come up with a wind-powered rural cooler.
Updated on Feb 17, 2015 10:41 PM IST
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Owaisis’ MIM aims to open account in Jharkhand
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen, popularly known as MIM, is looking to field candidates in 10 to 12 assembly seats in Jharkhand, a party leader said on Thursday, as the Hyderabad-based group seeks to expand its national footprint.
Updated on Dec 03, 2014 04:34 PM IST
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After Maharashtra, MIM keen to score a Jharkhand win
After putting up an impressive show in the Maharashtra assembly polls, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslemeen or MIM is set to spread its wings in Jharkhand as well.
Updated on Nov 06, 2014 11:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur