After a century in the first innings, Jharkhand skipper Ishan Kishan stole the limelight once again by bringing his team’s victory over Madhya Pradesh in the Buchi Babu tournament in a heroic fashion. Ishan, who marked his return to red-ball domestic cricket in the match, scored 107 off 114 balls in the first innings, with…
NEW DELHI: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM leader Champai Soren has responded to speculations about his potential switch to the BJP. When asked about the rumours circulating, Soren expressed his lack of knowledge regarding the matter.In his statement, Soren said, “I don’t know what rumours are being spread. I don’t know what news is…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday dialled her Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren, urging him to check the “sudden and huge release of water” from Tenughat dam on Damodar river in Bokaro which is affecting her state. Banerjee said she had also told Soren that “Jharkhand waters have been flooding Bengal, and this was man-made”.Banerjee…
NEW DELHI: At least Five Kanwar Yatra pilgrims were electrocuted to death and three others sustained injuries in Jharkhand‘s Latehar district on Thursday morning when their vehicle came into contact with a high-tension overhead wire. The incident occurred at Tam Tam Tola in the Balumath police station area around 3am. The pilgrims were returning from…
POTOBERA/RANCHI: Two people were killed and eight injured early Tuesday after the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed 60km from Jamshedpur in Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand, after it hit a derailed wagon of a goods train running on the adjacent track.Seventeen coaches of the Mumbai-bound train detached – including a pantry car and a power car – in…
When Ajit Samal (34) and P Bikash Rao (27) left their homes for Tatanagar on Monday, little did their families know that would be the last time they would see them alive. Early on Tuesday the two friends lost their lives when the 12810 Howrah-CSTM Mumbai derailed in Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand.Residents of Malgodown and…
RANCHI: At least two passengers on board the 12810 Howrah-Mumbai Mail were killed and 18 others were injured after multiple coaches derailed in between Rajkharsawan and Barabamboo railway stations in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district in the early hours of Tuesday. The train had departed from Howrah on Monday evening.A medical team of the Chakrdharpur division…
NEW DELHI: Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed near Rajkharsawan railway station in Jharkhand early Monday morning after colliding with a goods train. The incident occurred around 3:45 am in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district, just 7 km from Rajkharsawan station, under the jurisdiction of the Chakradharpur railway division of South Eastern Railways. In an initial statement, the Jharkhand government…
RANCHI: Jharkhand should treat Assam as a cautionary tale of how demographic change caused by “infiltration from Bangladesh” has become “a matter of life and death” for the state’s indigenous population, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Wednesday in Ranchi.“In Assam, Muslim population is 40%. It was 12% in 1951. We lost districts due to infiltration…
NEW DELHI: At least four Maoists, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with police on Monday morning in Jharkhand‘s West Singhbhum district, according to officials.The encounter occurred in the Tonto and Goilkera area as part of a police operation targeting Maoist activities in the region. Jharkhand Police spokesperson and IG (Operations), Amol V…
