The Latest Breaking News from Jharkhand

Accused is a Jharkhand native

Three months back, a 58-year-old woman was assaulted and forced to swallow excreta by her own relatives on the suspicion of being a witch at a village in Dumka district of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.

“No casualty was reported in the encounter as the extremists made a hasty retreat under the cover of the forest,” Superintendent of Police Ajay Linda said.

Govt formed a SIT to probe the mishap at the Gopinathpur abandoned mines of Eastern Coalfield Ltd. in Nirsa police station area during illegal mining by locals, police said

Five people have been confirmed dead after a pile of waste collapsed over locals trying to lift coal from an abandoned open cast mine owned by state-run Coal India Ltd in the eastern state of Jharkhand, police said on Wednesday.

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Illegal quarrying was being done at the mines when they collapsed

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 166.59 crore with over 53 lakh vaccine doses administered on Monday, the Union Health Ministry said

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday virtually interacted with State Health Ministers and Principal Secretaries of five eastern states of Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal to review the public health preparedness for containment and management of COVID-19.