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  Controversy on peak over allotment of separate namaz room in Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha, petition filed in court

  News | September 08, 2021 9:00 IST

  Controversy that was stoked after the allotment of a separate namaz room in Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha now seems to be on its peak. While BJP leaders have been protesting near the Vidhan Sabha building, a petition has been filed against the decision in the court.

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  Jharkhand: Police lathi-charge students protesting against Class 12 marks

  News | August 10, 2021 9:06 IST

  The protest staged by students over Class 12 results turned violent in Jharkhand's Dhanbad on August 9. Local police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the students.

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  Jharkhand: One week lockdown announced in state from April 22 to 29 as Covid cases surge

  News | April 20, 2021 16:40 IST

  Amid an exponential rise in Covid-19 cases, Jharkhand will be placed under lockdown from April 22, Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced on Tuesday. The restrictions will remain in place from 6 am April 22 till 6 am April 29.

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  Jharkhand HRD minister applies for admission in class 11 as regular student, says 'will study hard'

  Education | August 10, 2020 19:47 IST

  Jharkhand human resource development (HRD) minister Jagarnath Mahto applied for admission in class 11 as a regular student at a government affiliated inter college in Bokaro district on Monday.

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  Jharkhand CM Soren requests Centre for free ration in state for next 6 months

  India | June 26, 2020 19:47 IST

  Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday requested the Central government to distribute free ration in the state for the next 6 months, in the view of coronavirus crisis and prevailing lockdown situation.

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  Father strangles his two daughters to death in Jharkhand

  Crime | February 13, 2020 16:49 IST

  Mansu Swarankar strangulated his two daughters Priya Kumari, 15, and Kiran Kumari, 12, to death. The incident took place at Pichari village, which falls under the Petrawar Police Station of Bokaro district.

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  8-year-old boy commits suicide in Jharkhand

  June 20, 2019 22:49 IST

  An eight-year-old boy committed suicide in the city of Dhanbad in Jharkhand on Thursday, police said.

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  Jharkhand Polls: Modi promised jobs, gave brooms, says Rahul Gandhi

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:05 IST

  Chaibasa (Jharkhand):  Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', saying he had promised employment to people, but instead handed them broomsticks.“Modi had said (in his Lok Sabha campaign)

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  High Court drops certain charges against Lalu, upholds CBI plea to continue proceedings

  Politics | November 14, 2014 17:20 IST

  Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court today upheld the CBI plea to continue proceedings in the trial court against former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad under two sections while dropping other charges on the ground that

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  Congress ends alliance with JMM in Jharkhand

  Politics | October 31, 2014 14:27 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today called off its alliance with ruling JMM in poll-bound Jharkhand after sharing power for some 16 months in the tribal-dominated state.  AICC General Secretary B K Hariprasad told PTI that the