Maoist commander arrested from Ranchi hospitalOctober 14th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist leader, undergoing treatment in a hospital under a fake name, was arrested here Wednesday, police said. Bhaiaram Oraon, the self-styled commander of People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) was held from Gurunanak Hospital in this Jharkhand capital.
Four cops suspended after Maoist undertrials escapeSeptember 23rd, 2009 RANCHI - Four policemen were suspended Wednesday for dereliction of duty after seven undertrials, including three Maoist rebels, escaped from a court lock-up they were supposed to guard in Jharkhand. All the four, including a woman head constable, were on security duty of the lock-up in Khuti district.
Head of Wash. mental hospital resigns in wake of escape of criminally insane manSeptember 23rd, 2009 Wash. hospital chief resigns after man's escapeSPOKANE, Wash. — The head of a Washington state hospital has resigned in the wake of the escape last week of a criminally insane man who stayed on the run for three days.
Maoist commander, six others escape from Jharkhand courtSeptember 22nd, 2009 RANCHI - Seven prisoners, including a Maoist commander, escaped from a court lockup from Jharkhand's Khuti district Tuesday evening, police said. Around 20 prisoners were brought to the court premises for hearing in different cases and seven broke the window panes of the lockup and managed to escape, taking advantage of the heavy rainfall in the district.
400 bombs, cell phones seized from Jharkhand jailAugust 17th, 2009 RANCHI - Police seized 400 country-made bombs, 30 mobile phones and cash from Jharkhand's Garwah district jail during a raid early Monday, officials said, adding that the prisoners might have been planning an escape. A police team headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Satyendra Singh and Sub Divisional Officer Robin Toppo raided the Garwah jail at around 3.30 a.m Monday.
Jharkhand prisoners start meditation courseJuly 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Around 65 prisoners of Birsa Munda Central Jail here have been doing meditation and keeping silent for the past five days to get enlightenment, jail authorities said Saturday. The prisoners, including 35 women, began doing Vipasana Aasan June 30 and will continue to do so till July 10.
Maoists set truck on fire in JharkhandJune 24th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist guerrillas set ablaze a truck laden with iron ore in Khuti district of Jharkhand, police said Wednesday. Around 10 rebels intercepted the truck near Bhuiadih village in Khuti, 80 km from state capital Ranchi, and set it on fire late Tuesday night.
Six prisoners shot dead in Sri LankaApril 15th, 2009 COLOMBO - Six prisoners mainly linked to the underworld were shot dead by guards when they attempted to escape from a jail in Sri Lanka early Wednesday, an official here said. Eleven prisoners at the Kalutara prison, about 45 km south of here, tried to escape from their cells around at 3 a.m.
Two killed in gunfight inside Jharkhand jailMarch 20th, 2009 JAMSHEDPUR - Two undertrial prisoners were killed when members of two rival groups shot at each other inside a jail here Friday, police said. The incident took place when a prisoner, Lallu Singh, shot another, Paramjeet Singh, inside the Ghagidih sub-jail of Jamshedpur.
Two Maoists killed in JharkhandMarch 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.
Advani begins election campaign in JharkhandMarch 7th, 2009 JAMSHEDPUR - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani kicked off his election campaign in Jharkhand Friday.
Jharkhand to introduce video conferencing for prisonersFebruary 26th, 2009 RANCHI - Prisons in Jharkhand will soon have video conferencing facilities to enable relatives of prisoners to talk to jail inmates from even remote areas. 'As per plan, the relatives of the prisoners would not need to travel from villages to jails to meet the prisoners.
Seven prisoners injured in JharkhandFebruary 7th, 2009 RANCHI - At least seven undertrial prisoners were injured in a clash between two criminal groups in Dhanbad jail Sunday, police said. Prisoners Sanjay Mahto and Diwakar Mahto, who were collecting weekly extortion of Rs.500 to Rs.1,000 from each prisoner, thrashed three other prisoners which led to the clash.
Ten prisoners escape as Maoists attack Bihar courtJanuary 15th, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoists Friday attacked a court in Bihar's Jamui district, leading to the escape of 10 under-trials including two Maoist activists, the police said. A group of armed Maoists attacked a police escort Friday evening in the Jamui court premises when over three dozen under-trial prisoners were being taken back to jail after hearing in the court, the police said.
Soren in Ranchi hospital after chest painJanuary 12th, 2009 RANCHI - Outgoing Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren was Tuesday admitted to hospital after he complained of chest pain. Family sources said the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief, who quit Monday as chief minister after his defeat in the Tamar by-assembly election, began feeling uneasy in the morning and was rushed to the Apollo hospital here.
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