Bodies of two men found in trainOctober 4th, 2009 RANCHI - The bodies of two men were found in different bags in the toilets of a passenger train at Dhanbad in Jharkhand, police said Sunday. The bodies were lying in the toilets of two separate coaches of the Maurya Express late Saturday.
Maoists beat man to death in JharkhandSeptember 13th, 2009 RANCHI - An elderly man was beaten to death by Maoist rebels on the outskirts of Ranchi early Sunday on suspicion that he was a police informer, police said. According to police, activists of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) dragged Sahu Mahto, who was in his 60s, from his home, situated under Kehlari police station around 70 km from Ranchi.
Maoists kill four persons near RanchiAugust 28th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoists killed four persons in Bundu near Ranchi late last night. According to sources, heavily armed ultras attacked the house of an alleged police informer Dighamber Mahato and killed four persons including Mahato.
Three held with heroin worth Rs.5 mn in JharkhandAugust 22nd, 2009 RANCHI - Three people were arrested here Saturday with 460 grams of heroin worth Rs.5 million, police said. The trio were arrested from a house in the Railway Colony here, police said, adding that two of them are from West Bengal and one is a Ranchi resident.
BJP leader killed in JharkhandAugust 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing leader has been shot dead by unidentified assailants here, police said Monday. Suraj Sao alias Guddu, vice president of the BJP's youth wing in Ranchi, was killed at Ratu Road here Sunday night.
3 kidnappers killed, youth rescued in JharkhandJuly 31st, 2009 RANCHI - Three kidnappers were killed in a gun battle with police here Friday and the son of a businessman was rescued, police said. Lav Kumar, 22, son of Banti Bhatia, was abducted Thursday night when he was returning home.
Railway contractor shot dead in RanchiJuly 31st, 2009 RANCHI - A railway contractor was shot dead in Ranchi, police said Friday. Santosh Kumar Singh was gunned down by two unidentified criminals wearing black helmets Thursday night when he was in a shop.
Maoist kill two in JharkhandJuly 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.
Rs. 700,000 looted from petrol pump owner in RanchiJuly 13th, 2009 RANCHI - Unidentified criminals looted around Rs.700,000 from a petrol pump owner in Ranchi Monday, police said. According to police, Gautam Ghosh, owner of Friends Automobiles as also a petrol pump near Katatoli roundabout of Ranchi, was going to deposit around Rs.700,000 in a bank.
Uttar Pradesh policeman killed in gunfight with banditsJune 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An Uttar Pradesh policeman was killed in a gunfight with a group of bandits Tuesday, an official said Tuesday. The gunfight, which was on at Suruwal Rajapur village in Chitrakoot district, about 280 km from here, also left two policemen injured.
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.
One Maoist rebel killed in JharkhandJune 11th, 2009 RANCHI - One Maoist rebel was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Palamau district of Jharkhand Thursday morning, police said. According to the police, the gun battle took place near Semra village of Palamau district which is around 220 Km from Ranchi.
Two Maoist rebels killed in JharkhandApril 7th, 2009 RANCHI - Two Maoist rebels were killed in a gunbattle with security personnel in Jharkhand's Gumla district Tuesday, police said. According to police, the gunbattle between security forces and Maoist rebels belonging to the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) took place in Sursang jungle, which comes under the Kamdera police station in Gumla district, some 140 km from Ranchi.
Maoist rebel killed in JharkhandMarch 10th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist rebel, who was accused of killing a former minister and many security personnel, was killed on the outskirts of Ranchi in Jharkhand Monday, the police said. Rajesh Toppo, an area commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was killed in a gun battle near Karkari river under Tamar block of Ranchi.
10 die in Jharkhand road accidentsJanuary 6th, 2009 RANCHI - Ten people died in two separate road accidents on the outskirts of Ranchi, a police officer said Wednesday. Seven people died Tuesday when the Tata Sumo they were travelling in rammed into a tractor near the Taimara valley at the Ranchi-Jamshedpur national highway, about 45 km from here.