A girl was burnt alive by her lover in Jharkhand's coal city Dhanbad, police said on Friday, adding the assailant had been arrested.

Ajay Bawari, 42, allegedly tied Mukhani Bhuiya to a cot, poured ke

Chief Justice of India Justice Altamas Kabir was so much moved with the warm felicitation given to him here that he refused to take out heaps of garlands around his neck when Jharkhand Chief Minister

Nine persons, including eight women, were killed in a stampede at a religious congregation in Deoghar district on Monday.

Superintendent of Police Subodh Prasad said the stampede took place at

Nine persons, including eight women, were today killed and at least 30 others injured when a stampede broke out during a function at an ashram in Deogarh district, 324 km from here.

One person was killed and over 12 others were injured when a stampede broke out during a clash between agitating activists of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) and police here on Monday.

JVM(P) w

Former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda was on Monday granted bail by the state high court in one of the corruption cases lodged against him. However, he will continue to remain in jail in other cases.

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday surrendered to a local court and obtained bail in connection with a case relating to the anti-corruption agitation he had led during the erstwhile Madhu Ko

The police have seized over 13,000 detonators and one tonne explosive materials from Ranchi district, ahead of Wedneday's 24-hour Jharkhand bandh called by the Maoists.

On a tip off, the police raid

Ace archer Deepika Kumari has scaled a new peak at the global stage, bagging the world number one ranking ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.

The 18-year-old became the third Indian woman archer after

The CBI on Wednesday conducted raids on the premises of two independent MLAs and the relatives of several other legislators in connection with allegations of horse-trading that had led to counterma