Five dead, 16 injured in Jharkhand bus accidentSeptember 29th, 2009 RANCHI - Five people died and 16 were injured when the bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a wide ditch Tuesday morning in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, police said. The bus skidded off the road as the driver lost control of the vehicle and it fell in a ditch in Banhi village of Hazaribagh district, around 110 km from here.
Maoists blow up police pickets in JharkhandSeptember 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoist guerrillas Friday blew up two police pickets in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. No one was injured, police said.
Six killed in Jharkhand accidentSeptember 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.
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.
Four cops killed, five injured in encounter with Naxalites in JharkhandJune 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Four police jawans were killed and another five injured in an encounter between the police and the naxalite that took place at Manatu police station area of Palamu district of Jharkhand on Tuesday. The police were returning after a long range patrolling when the naxalite opened firing on them.
Three injured in Jharkhand train robberyJune 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Three people were injured while trying to fight robbers who looted cash and other valuables worth Rs.200,000 from train passengers in Jharkhand, police said Monday. Around 10 robbers raided a sleeper coach of a passenger train between Telo and Chandrapura railway stations Sunday night.
Maoist commander killed, four troopers injuredApril 9th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist commander was killed in a gun battle with a rival group while a civilian was killed and four security personnel were injured in a bomb blast in Jharkhand, police said Thursday. Krishna Yadav, a zonal commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist, was killed by a rival Maoist group, Jharkhand Prastuti Committee, in Hazaribagh district Thursday.
Three policemen killed in Jharkhand bus accidentApril 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.
Brawl among Tihar jail inmates, 10 injuredApril 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A fight broke out among inmates of Tihar jail here Sunday over allocation of a room, leaving 10 prisoners injured, police said. According to the police, two groups of prisoners quarrelled over allocation of a particular room, which soon turned into fisticuffs.
Four prisoners escape from Jharkhand hospitalMarch 20th, 2009 RANCHI - Four prisoners undergoing treatment at a hospital here escaped Friday by breaking the window panes of the room where they were kept, the police said. The four prisoners, two each from Ranchi and Simdega were admitted in the jail ward of Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS), Ranchi.
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.
Suspected Maoists fire at railway police personnel, four injuredFebruary 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - Four Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel were injured, one of them seriously, when suspected Maoists fired at them at a railway station in West Bengal's Purulia district, officials said Wednesday. State Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia said the Maoists sprayed bullets when the RPF personnel were boarding the Subarnarekha Express at Barbhum railway station in Purulia, about 200 km from here.
Five cops injured in Jharkhand landmine blastFebruary 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Five police personnel were injured in a landmine blast by the Maoist rebels in Jharkhand Friday, a police officer said. When the five cops were returning to the Bundu police station, rebels belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) detonated a landmine near a bridge situated under the Bundu block, around 70 km from here.
Four killed, two injured in Jharkhand road accidentFebruary 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.
Six children injured as school roof collapses in JharkhandJanuary 25th, 2009 RANCHI - Six children were injured when the roof of a government school collapsed during the Republic Day celebrations in the Godda district of Jharkhand Monday, a police officer here said. Hundreds of children gathered to participate in the Republic Day function at a school in the Pratappur block of Godda district, 550 km from here.
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