The suspended BJP leader, Seema Patra, has been arrested amid much outrage.
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ED arrests Ranchi-based businessman Prem Prakash in illegal mining case
The federal agency carried out searches at 17 locations across four states as part of its probe into the case on Wednesday
Read MoreJharkhand stalker sets 20-yr-old woman on fire after she rebuffs his advances
Police said the woman, who sustained 95% burn injuries and is in a critical condition in a Dumka hospital, gave her statement about the incident leading to the arrest of the accused Jharkhand stalker sets 20-yr-old woman on fire after she rebuffs his advances RANCHI: A 20-year-old woman is battling for life in Jharkhand’s Dumka district after a neighbour who had been stalking her for months set her room on fire early on Tuesday morning. Police said she has sustained 95% burns. Dumka sub-divisional police officer Noor Mustafa said the…
Read More31 dead as heavy monsoon rains inflict chaos on HP, U’khand; Odisha, Jharkhand also hit
At least 31 people were killed, 22 of them in Himachal Pradesh alone, as heavy monsoon rains triggered flashfloods, landslides, and house collapses, upending normal life across large swathes of the country. The fatalities included four each in Uttarakhand and Odisha, and one in Jharkhand. Heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh since Friday caused landslides and flashfloods, with officials saying 22 people, including eight members of a family, died. Ten people were injured in the state which has reported 36 weather-related incidents. As many as 743 roads, including the Manali-Chandigarh national…
Read Morejharkhand news -Rain wreaks havoc in Jharkhand, 3 killed
Three persons lost their lives in Jharkhand amid heavy rain and strong winds that lashed several districts of the state, inundating low-lying areas and uprooting trees and electricity poles, officials said. A woman died when a mud wall of her house collapsed in West Singhbhum district, as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal brought torrential rainfall in various parts of the state on Saturday, they said. Two persons drowned in Ramgarh district and two more went missing when their vehicles fell into the swollen Nalkari river, and were…
Read MoreJharkhand: Hemant Soren meets ruling camp MLAs, Cong leader says govt in majority
Congress leader and Jharkhand minister Banna Gupta said the coalition government of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), RJD and Congress is in majority and will continue to work the same way, adding there was no discussion in the meeting about change of guard.
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