Pankaj Kumar

Martyr’s family yet to get assured compensations

Shashi’s family members are struggling to repay the loan that he had taken from the SBI, Digwadi branch in Dhanbad

Cops, scribes injured as cow vigilantes trigger tension in Jharkhand’s Giridih

Tension simmered after cow vigilantes found three bovine-laden trucks on way to Bengal from Bihar via Bengabad-Madhupur. The protests by the Gau Rakshaks against alleged cow smuggling took a violent turn.

From Facebook to jail: Jharkhand man marries in handcuffs after lover files FIR

They fell in love on Facebook, he refused to marry her and she sent him to jail. But then, he had a change of heart. On Thursday, they wed in Dhanbad.

Afghan IIT-ISM student chooses an Indian bride

Around 10 days back, Dhanbad, India’s coal hub, witnessed the wedding of a local girl with an Afghan national, who happens to be a student at the reputed Indian School of Mines (ISM) that recently secured the coveted Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) tag

Jharkhand: Slaughterhouses sealed in Giridih following protest over bovine theft

A group of cow vigilantes block important thoroughfares of the town demanding immediate arrest of “cow thieves”

Jharkhand: Married minor dodges husband, boards different train to escape

Rickshaw puller’s 16-year-old daughter, married to a 40-year-old divorcee, says she doesn’t want to go back to “the hell”.

Officer, kin in trouble for renting out home to murder suspects

Special investigating team (SIT) probing the high profile murder of Dhanbad ex-deputy mayor Neeraj Singh on Friday picked up a retired government officer’s family for renting out their house to four men, who disappeared soon after the incident that claimed four lives

Dhanbad murder accused MLA says not afraid of probe

BJP’s sitting MLA from Jharia, Sanjeev Singh, who is the prime accused in the murder of his cousin Neeraj Singh, on Thursday said he was ready to cooperate with any investigating agency, including the CBI, to help find the real culprits .

Dhanbad ex-deputy mayor’s murder: Police lodge FIR against sitting BJP legislator

Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Sanjeev Singh, the cousin of Dhanbad’s former deputy mayor Neeraj Singh who was gunned down on Tuesday, and five others were booked by police late on Wednesday night in connection with the murder, officials said on Thursday.

Dhanbad Cong leader shot 67 times, coal capital sees rerun of Gangs of Wasseypur

Four killed in shooting, one survives; Congress calls Dhanbad bandh on Thursday

Dhanbad Congress leader shot 67 times, coal capital sees rerun of Gangs of Wasseypur

Four killed in shooting, one survives; Congress calls Dhanbad bandh on Thursday

Dhanbad ex-deputy mayor, 3 others killed in shootout

Motorcycle-borne asssailants on Tuesday opened indiscriminate firing on Dhanbad’s former deputy mayor Neeraj Singh, his driver and two others, killing all four of them.

Cops ‘beat’ Dalit to death for applying Holi colours on upper caste in Jharkhand

The family of victim Pradeep Choudhary said that the deceased, along with other villagers, had sprinkled abir (coloured powder) on a local chowkidar Rajendra Yadav as a gesture of goodwill on Holi

Jharkhand: Woman says father raped her over 3 yrs, forced her to have abortions

The couple claimed that they had previously raised the issue with the village panchayat and submitted petitions to the Nirsa and Jamtara police stations. However, no action was taken because the accused was an influential land broker from the locality.

Panic prevails after subsidence at Jharia

A chunk of around 60 feet land subsided. The impact was so high that more than 60 houses reportedly developed cracks. However, no casualty was reported.

Desi delicacy with foreign stuffing

the most popular desi delicacy of Bihar and Jharkhand - ‘litti’ has lost its ‘desi’ flavour as it is being stuffed with sattu (gram dust) prepared from imported Bengal gram, popularly known as ‘lal chana’.

Rs31 lakh looted in Jharkhand in twin strikes

The incidents occurred within a span of 24 hours (Sunday-Monday) in Pakur and Dhanbad districts

‘Muscle man’ of coal belt surrenders

Ramadheer Singh is a prominent muscleman and trade union leader of Dhanbad. Bollywood blockbuster , Gangs of Wasseypur had a mention about his role in coal trade and mafia network of Dhanbad.

Jharkhand coal mine collapse: Eleven workers killed, over 50 trapped

The incident occurred during a shift change late on Thursday night.

Jharkhand’s Jharia fire zone will now be a tourist site

A fire zone area is a place where underground fire rages in a coal mine which also renders the surface area unsafe. Once the fire dies, many of these areas are reclaimed through eco restoration work.

Jharkhand’s next budget to focus on development of SC, ST: CM

Jharkhand’s next budget will focus on development of scheduled tribe, scheduled caste and OBC people, chief minister Raghubar Das announced here on Monday during a pre-budget consultation with people of North Chotanagpur division.

TMC leaders attend, Mamata Banerjee skips demonetisation protest rally

Top Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders from West Bengal on Saturday assembled at the district board ground in Dhanbad to hold a protest rally against the Centre move to demonetise high-value banknotes and garner support of opposition parties in Jharkhand.

Three more gates opened at Tenughat dam to release excess water

The dam has started releasing around 9 lakh cusec water per hour at rate of 15,000 cusec water per second since 10 am on Monday.

Electricity brings marriage hopes for this Jharkhand village

Bereft of electricity, the village didn’t attract families from other villages to look for grooms. Woes betide unmarried men who either shifted to other villages to marry or remained unmarried.

Solitude can help balance our worldly and spiritual pursuits

Security stepped up for Srawani Mela at Deoghar

Keeping in view last year’s stampede that claimed 10 lives, this year, the government has posted a special Mela DIG and Mela SP for security purposes and has set up 20 temporary police stations

55-year-old becomes mother to Dhanbad’s first test tube baby

Becoming a mother at 55 may be unusual but the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique gave Veena Tewari of Chass a son after four decades of marriage.

Nitish Kumar kickstarts anti-liquor campaign in Jharkhand

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday launched a liquor ban drive in Jharkhand urging the state’s chief minister Raghubar Das to impose a complete prohibition on manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor in the state.

A surprise result: Jharkhand woman delivers baby in examination hall

A 21-year-old woman gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday at an examination centre in the Giridih district of Jharkhand.

Men arrested on train after tweet to rail min complains of harassment

Five miscreants were arrested aboard the Sealdah bound Ajmer-Sealdah express train by the Dhanbad Railway Protection Force (RPF) after a man tweeted out an SOS to railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday, claiming the group were harassing his pregnant wife.