15 killed in Jharkhand accident

September 28th, 2009 RANCHI - Four guerrillas were killed by members of another Maoist group in Gumla district of Jharkhand Monday, police said. A gun battle between two groups of Maoist rebels took place at Salkaya jungle of Gumla, about 160 km from here.

September 27th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Sunday announced compensation of Rs.1 lakh for the kin of each of those labourers from the state who were killed in a Balco power plant in Chhattisgarh last week.

September 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - Six people were killed and 20 injured when the bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a ditch in Gumla district of Jharkhand Thursday afternoon, police said. According to police, the bus had nearly 40 passengers when it went off the road while passing over a culvert at Baghima village, around 145 km here.

July 18th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist rebels killed two people in Jharkhand after branding them police informers, police said. According to police, the rebels killed Manoj Sao, who ran a shop and hotel at Pirtand block of Giridih district, late Friday night, by slitting his throat.

July 5th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist rebel was killed in gun battle with security forces in Dumka district of Jharkhand on early Sunday morning, police said. According to police, around 8 to 10 Maoist rebels were holding a meeting near Orjha village of Dumka district, which is around 400 km from Ranchi.

May 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Six people, including three women and a child, died when the ambulance they were travelling in was hit by a truck in Jharkhand Friday, police said. The private ambulance was returning from Ranchi to Gumla when the truck hit it near the Pati roundabout in Gumla district, about 140 km from here, according to police.

April 29th, 2009 RANCHI - At least eight people were killed and 20 injured when a bus carrying a marriage party drove off a precipice in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand Wednesday, police said. The bus carrying 30 people fell off the road in the Maldih valley of Hazaribagh, about 130 km from state capital Ranchi, when the driver lost control over the vehicle.

April 28th, 2009 RANCHI - Eleven people, all of whom were either going for or coming back from a wedding, died in three separate road accidents in Jharkhand, police said Tuesday. Five members of a marriage party died in Gumla district when the jeep they were travelling in collided with a tractor near Jura village, around 140 km from here, early Tuesday morning, a police official said.

April 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Three policemen were killed and six others were injured when a minibus carrying them dashed against a tree in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand Sunday, the police said. According to the police, around 20 policemen were in the minibus, when the vehicle's driver lost control and hit a tree near Jora flyover in the district, around 170 km from Ranchi, Sunday afternoon.

March 19th, 2009 RANCHI - Five people were killed and three injured when a truck and Jeep collided in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district Thursday, police said. A Jeep carrying around 12 passengers collided with a truck near Giddi Chumba in Ramgarh district, about 70 km from here.

March 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Two Maoist rebels were killed after a two-hour-long shootout with police in Palamau district of Jharkhand Sunday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a hideout of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) near Barijharia village under Chainpur police station in Palamau district, 180 km from the state capital, and asked the rebels to surrender.

March 7th, 2009 JAMSHEDPUR - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani kicked off his election campaign in Jharkhand Friday.

March 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - At least nine people were killed and 15 injured when a tractor carrying a marriage party hit a bus here, police said Tuesday. The tractor carrying around 25 people to Irba village after a wedding here hit the bus near Bahu Bazar late Monday.

February 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - At least four people were killed and two injured when a speeding truck ran over them in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand Tuesday, a police officer said. The accident took place when the six people were trying to cross the road at Grand Trank (GT) road situated near Govindpur block of Dhanbad district, around 240 km from here.

January 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Five security personnel were killed and at least two were injured in a landmine blast by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand Saturday, a police officer said. The blast was detonated Saturday afternoon by Maoist rebels between Manika and Patki on the national highway in Latehar district, about 140 km from here.