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Five-year-old tribal girl raped and murdered

A five-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped and strangulated to death by unidentified miscreants in Kuluptanga bustee, about six km from Jamshedpur, police sources said..

The girl's family member

Labourer’s hand chopped off for asking for wages

A labourer, who asked his employer to clear his wages accumulated over the past year, had his hand chopped off in Jharkhand's Garhwa district, police said here on Tuesday.

According to the FIR filed

IAF chopper makes emergency landing in Jharkhand

An Indian Air Force chopper carrying security personnel made an emergency landing at Chiyanchi aerodrum at Medininagar in Jharkhand's Palamu district following a technical snag on Monday.

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Team to probe students' alleged refusal of mid-day meal cooked by 'dalit cooks'

A three-member high-level team was set up to inquire into alleged refusal by about 500 students of a school in Hazaribagh district to take mid-day meals because the food was prepared by 'dalit cooks'.

Dalit women of Jharkhand being forced into false marriages

Sunita Kumari, a twelve year old Dalit girl from Balthar Mod, Jharkhand, a student of class seven, was forced into marriage not once but twice. Her first tie-up was at the age of seven with a mentally

Maoists end bandh by bombing school in Garhwa

Maoists exploded a bomb in a school building in Garhwa district just before their two-day bandh ended at midnight, police said on Tuesday.

A group of armed Maoists stuffed IED inside a room of a midd

Maoists looted 10 rifles, ammunition after ambush

The Maoists, who had ambushed the convoy of MP and former Jharkhand assembly speaker Inder Singh Namdhari, also looted firearms and ammunition from the dead and injured policemen.

Police said the Na

Police claim Maoist involvement in nun murder

Police on Sunday claimed involvement of Maoists in the killing of Sister Valsha John and arrested seven persons in connection with the incident.

"In all, there were 45 people, who had surrounded her

Former anti-displacement leader killed Pakur

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Valsha John, who spearheaded an anti-displacement movement against a private company at Pachwara village in Pakur district, was hacked to death by unidentified assailants here.

"She was beaten with

Police probe begins into Sainik School 'ragging'

The Jharkhand police on Tuesday began questioning 'victims' of Sainik School, Tilaiya, after news channels aired footage of senior students beating up juniors, while the school authorities said the fo

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