Lightning strikes claim 10 lives in Jharkhand

October 8th, 2009 Missouri farmer killed by lightning strikeST. LOUIS — A Missouri farmer has died after being struck by lightning while checking on his cattle.

August 21st, 2009 RANCHI - A trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed when a lightning struck him while he was guarding a picket on the outskirts of Ranchi Friday, police said. Chandan Dubey, a CRPF trooper posted at Barihatu picket situated in Bundu block, which is around 45 km from here, died in the afternoon when he was hit by lightning during a thunderstorm, a police official said.

August 18th, 2009 PATNA - Over 20 people, including six women, have been killed by lightning in different parts of Bihar in the last couple of days, officials said Tuesday. Most of the victims killed Sunday and Monday were farm labourers and farmers.

August 5th, 2009 Lightning strikes kill 11, injure 15 in IndiaCALCUTTA, India — Officials say at least 11 people have been killed and 15 others seriously injured after being struck by lightning in eastern India. The deaths occurred in two separate incidents Tuesday in Burdwan district in West Bengal state.

July 15th, 2009 VIENNA - A thunderbolt hurt 25 Austrian football players and spectators when it struck during a match Tuesday evening, the rescue service in the town of Leoben said. The local practice game ended abruptly as people were thrown to the ground by the lightning's shock wave or were hurt by the electrical field.

July 7th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Tuesday declared four of its 24 districts as drought hit, an official said. The four districts which have been declared as drought hit are Palamau, Chatra, Latehar and Garhwa.

July 5th, 2009 1 dead, several hurt in Fla. lightning strikeLAKELAND, Fla.

June 29th, 2009 RANCHI - At least 13 people, including three women and two children, were killed after they were struck by lightning in various parts of Jharkhand, an official said Monday. In the last two days since Sunday, four people were killed in Palamau, three in Giridih, two in Garwah and one each in Gumla, Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Hazaribagh, the official said.

June 24th, 2009 RANCHI - The rising temperature coupled with the heat wave has claimed 17 lives in Jharkhand in the last three days. The state has broken all previous weather records and is reeling under intense heat in the second half of June.

June 4th, 2009 RANCHI - The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Thursday said that it would claim at least one of the two Rajya Sabha seats from the state, which fell vacant after the sitting members were elected to the Lok Sabha. "The JMM will claim at least one Rajya Sabha seat," Mathura Prasad Mahto, the party's chief whip in the state legislature, told reporters in Bokaro town.

June 4th, 2009 2 dead, 7 injured in California lightning stormLOS ANGELES — A woman walking under a tree was struck and killed by lightning, one of thousands of strikes that touched off spot fires and injured seven others as a gusty storm pounded California. Another woman was killed by a falling tree.

June 4th, 2009 2 dead, 6 injured in California lightning stormLOS ANGELES — A woman walking under a tree was struck and killed by lightning, one of thousands of strikes that injured six others as a gusty storm pounded California. Another woman was killed by a falling tree.

June 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - In order to reduce number of increasing accidents caused by lightning, the weather department of the Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) has installed a lightning detecting instrument at several places in Ranchi. Lightning and thunder have always been a cause of concern in rainy season, especially in Jharkhand dotted with hills and forest.

May 15th, 2009 RANCHI - The results of the Lok Sabha polls and the Jamatara assembly byelection will decide whether Jharkhand will see an alternative government or the dissolution of the state assembly and fresh elections. President's Rule was imposed in Jharkhand Jan 19, as no alliance came forward to form an alternative government after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren resigned as chief minister on losing the Tamar assembly byelection.

March 25th, 2009 RANCHI - Movement came to a standstill in Jharkhand's Ranchi district due to the daylong shutdown called by the Maoists on Wednesday. The shutdown was called as mark of protest against alleged harsh police treatment meted out to Maoists in prisons.