People gather near the coal mine in Godda, Jharkhand, where several workers are trapped, after it collapsed. File | Photo Credit: PTI One person was killed and some others were feared trapped after a portion of a coal mine collapsed during “illegal” mining in Jharkhand‘s Ramgarh district, police said on Saturday (July 5, 2025). The … Read more
The southwest monsoon is likely to arrive in Jharkhand around mid-June. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The southwest monsoon is likely to arrive in Jharkhand around mid-June, a weather official said on Sunday (June 8, 2025). The progress of the monsoon is likely to get momentum after June 10, he said. The monsoon hit … Read more
NIA has chargesheeted three Maoists. File The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three Maoists for allegedly being involved in extortion and forced recruitment of people in their proscribed outfit in Jharkhand, officials said on Saturday (May 31, 2025). In a supplementary charge sheet filed on Friday (May 30) before a special court in Ranchi, … Read more
BJP supporters raise slogans as they block a road during the ‘Ranchi Bandh’ called by Jharkhand BJP and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) against the murder of BJP leader and former Zila Parishad member Anil Mahto alias Anil Tiger, in Ranchi, on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Jharkhand Assembly on Thursday (March … Read more
The Excise Department officials in Musheerabad arrested two people transporting ganja in an autorickshaw, in Domalguda, on Wednesday. Over six kilograms of the contraband was seized from them. Guddu Kumar and Chetukumar Yadav, both natives of Jharkhand, were arrested. The accused came to Hyderabad in search of employment and were working as auto drivers. They … Read more
The Odisha state government, under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janta Party, has introduced a scheme to provide a monthly pension of Rs 20,000 to individuals who were detained during the Emergency period between 1975 and 1977. This pension will also cover medical expenses for eligible recipients who are still alive as of January 1, … Read more
Launched in August this year, the Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana or Maiya Samman Yojana is a cash benefit scheme, much similar to Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin Yojana, Madhya Pradesh’s Ladli Behna Yojana, was designed to improve the financial security and well-being of women throughout the state. Numerous female recipients are eagerly anticipating the upcoming disbursement … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a public meeting for the Jharkhand Assembly election, in Jharia, Jharkhand. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) slammed the JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand for alleged corruption and coal smuggling and urged voters to strengthen BJP’s hands so that “corrupt leaders are … Read more
Representational image of a seismograph recording an earthquake | Photo Credit: Reuters An earthquake of 3.6 magnitude hit parts of Jharkhand on Saturday (November 2, 2024) morning, an official said. “There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage to property,” he said. The epicentre of the earthquake, which struck around 9.20 … Read more
Former Haryana CM and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda upon his arrival to address the media regarding the Haryana Assembly election results, in Rohtak, on October 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Assembly election results in Haryana are “surprising, against popular sentiment and cannot be accepted”, the Congress said on Tuesday (October 8, 2024) … Read more