http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Wed, 09 May 2012 12:37:05 GMT Wed, 09 May 2012 12:37:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Ranchi/__Pilot_wisdom_saved_Munda_and_others_128086 Ranchi: It was the wisdom of Captain B.K. Singh, piloting the helicopter which had to crash land after it developed a technical snag, that saved the lives of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, his wife Meera and three others travelling with them... Wed, 09 May 2012 12:37:04 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Munda_licks_wounds_after_BJP_defeat_127940 Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Friday counted the political consequences after party colleague S.S. Ahluwalia lost the Rajya Sabha election.Munda, who heads the Bharatiya Janata Party-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) coalition, was ca... Fri, 04 May 2012 09:35:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Woman_gangraped_dies_in_Ranchi_hospital_127582 Ranchi: A middle-aged woman, who was gangraped and beaten up by her assaulters, died in a hospital in Jharkhand capital Monday, police said.According to police, the woman took an auto-rickshaw Sunday night from the Ashoknagar colony area for he... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:47:58 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Munda_reaches_out_to_people_in_Maoist_areas_125130 Ranchi: Development must reach the remotest part of the state, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda said Monday, a day after he began the fourth phase of his road trip through six Maoist strongold districts.  Munda, who began the first ph... Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:33:32 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/One_killed_in_Jharkhand_Maoist_attack_124939 Ranchi: One villager was killed when Maoists first attacked a police station and then blasted a house in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said Thursday.According to police, Maoist guerrillas first attacked Balumath police station, around 13... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:40:53 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Two_women_die_in_Jharkhand_as_abandoned_mine_caves_in_124456 Ranchi: Two women miners engaged in illegal mining were killed in Jharkhand's Bokaro district Saturday when the abandoned mine they were in collapsed in the second such incident in a week, police said.  Five to six women were extracting c... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:14:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Four_killed_in_Jharkhand_train_accident_124048 Ranchi: Four people were killed and 14 injured when the Brahmaputra Mailhit a stationary goods train at Karanpurato station of Jharkhand's Sahibganj district Wednesday morning."Four people have been killed in the accident. Fourteen were injur... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:55:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Jharkhand_spent_only_38_percent_of_job_scheme_funds_123426 Ranchi: In the last eight months, Jharkhand has spent only 38 percent of its allocated fund of Rs.1,55,871 crore under the rural employment guaratee scheme for the 2011-2012 financial year, according to a state government official.In some distr... Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:59:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Maoists_blast_school_attack_police_station_in_Jharkhand_123270 Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas blew up a school, torched mobile towers and attacked a police station in two separate incidents in Jharkhand, police said Tuesday.According to police, the rebels blasted a middle school at Bodari village in Garhwa dist... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:15:35 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Rs100_crore_seized_from_accounts_of_contractor_kin_123136 Ranchi: Income Tax (IT) sleuths seized Rs.100 crore deposited in bank accounts of a contractor, his family members and relatives in Jharkhand's coal city Dhanbad, sources said Thursday. IT officials Wednesday started a raid at Lal Babu Singh's h... Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:58:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/RPF_men_nailed_my_hands_feet_Railway_guard_122567 Ranchi: A railway guard here has accused three Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel of torturing him by driving nails through his hands and feet, making him stand in hot water and beating him black and blue on suspicion of theft.Dilbodhan, a... Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:45:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Campaign_against_harassment_of_women_in_Ranchi_122082 Ranchi: Police have launched a campaign against harassment of women in the Jharkhand capital, stepping up presence at public places and opening helpline numbers for victims to lodge their complaints. Ten youths were arrested during the campaign in ... Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:51:58 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/__Man_burns_wife_children_alive_121626 Ranchi: In a gruesome incident, a man burnt his wife and two children alive in Jharkhand?s Palamau district after a quarrel over his illicit relations, police said Saturday.  According to police, Murari Paswan tied his wife Manju Devi to ... Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:30:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/__Two_lynched_in_Jharkhand_121577 Ranchi: Two criminals in Jharkhand were tied to trees and beaten to death by villagers, furious that the duo had tried to loot money and then fired at them, police said Friday.  The incident took place late Thursday in Bhagwanchak village... Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:13:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Jharkhand_sets_up_500_paddy_procurement_centres_120982 Ranchi: In a move to help the farmers facing erratic rainfall, the Jharkhand government has decided to set up 500 centres to procure paddy, a minister said Thursday."About 500 centres will be established in the districts to procure paddy... Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:56:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Bengals_softpedalling_on_Maoists_affects_Jharkhand_Official_120965 Ranchi: West Bengal was going slow against the Maoists in bordering areas and this has affected operations against the guerrillas in neighbouring Jharkhand, a Jharkhand police official said Thursday.  Jharkhand Director General of Police ... Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:29:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Maoists_threaten_to_kill_40_to_avenge_death_penalty_119939 Ranchi: Maoists have threatened to kill 40 people to take revenge for the death penalty awarded last week to four rebels by a Giridih court, police said Monday.  "Char logo ki phansi ki saja nahi roki gai to 4 ka badla 40 se lenge (i... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:42:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/_Five_killed_in_road_rail_accidents_119703 Ranchi: Five people, including three pilgrims, were killed in two separate incidents in Jharkhand's Deoghar district Wednesday, police said.  Three people died when a vehicle in which they were travelling collided with a tree at Kothiyamo... Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:30:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Woman_killed_in_Maoistpolice_gunbattle_in_Jharkhand_119445 Ranchi: A woman was killed in a gunbattle between security forces and Maoist guerrillas on the outskirts of Ranchi on Wednesday, police said.  "One woman was killed in the gunbattle. Arms and ammunition have been found from the encou... Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:05:03 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/__Jharkhand_deputy_chief_minister_gets_bail_119035 Ranchi: Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren was released on bail Friday after he surrendered before a Dumka court in a case related to violation of model code of conduct.  Soren surrendered to the court of Judicial Magistrate D.K... Fri, 20 May 2011 11:52:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Four_Maoists_involved_in_killing_of_11_security_personnel_arrested_118877 Ranchi: Four Maoist guerrillas, allegedly involved in the killing of security personnel earlier this month, were arrested from Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district Wednesday, police said.  According to police, four Maoists, including one ... Wed, 18 May 2011 13:36:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/_Poisonous_gas_in_well_kills_three_118816 Ranchi: In the second such incident within a fortnight in Jharkhand, three people were killed and four others took ill after inhaling poisonous gas inside a well, police said Wednesday.  According to police, two people went inside a well ... Wed, 18 May 2011 08:25:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Attack_meant_to_reassert_Maoist_presence_in_Jharkhand_police_118501 Ranchi: Some police accounts Wednesday said almost 400 Maoists, including men and women, carried out the ambush in a forested area of Jharkhand that killed 11 security personnel and injured as many as 50 - the biggest such attack in the state in tw... Wed, 04 May 2011 08:26:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/_Fear_grips_Ranchi_college_after_girl_students_murder_118319 Ranchi: Fear gripped the staff and students of the prestigious St Xavier College here Thursday, a day after a girl student, due to be married next month, was gruesomely murdered by a spurned lover.  As Khushboo, 17, came out of the classr... Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:26:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/_RJD_legislator_slaps_official_118314 Ranchi: A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator and an official of Godda district in Jharkhand entered into a heated argument that allegedly ended in fisticuffs, police sources said Thursday.  According to police, legislator Sanjay Yadav ... Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:22:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/_National_Games_Jharkhand_athletes_yet_to_get_cash_awards_118017 Ranchi: Jharkhand athletes who won medals during the 34th National Games are disappointed as they are yet to get the cash awards promised to them but the state government says these will soon be disbursed.  During the closing ceremony her... Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:00:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/Congress_legislator_arrested_in_Jharkhand_117853 Ranchi: Police Monday arrested a Congress legislator in Hazaribagh district on charges of beating up a government official and sent him to 14 days' judicial custody, police said.  Yogendra Sao of Barkagao constituency, who was arrested fr... Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:26:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/_ED_files_Rs170crore_charge_sheet_against_Koda_aid_117843 Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Monday filed a charge sheet of Rs.170 crore against Vijay Joshi, an aide of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, in a money laundering scam.  "The ED filed charge sheet of Rs 169.92 cro... Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:33:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/___Three_landmines_recovered_in_Jharkhand_117552 Ranchi: Three landmines, each weighing 15 kg, have been recovered by security forces in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district Tuesday, police said.  Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were patrolling in Hosabag jungle of the district, arou... Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:16:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/__BJP_demands_halt_to_demolition_drive_in_Jharkhand_117508 Ranchi: Leaders of Jharkhand's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday demanded that the state government stop the on-going drive to  demolish illegal houses that has left around 100,000 people homeless and triggered widespread protests.&nb... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:55:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Health/__Small_pox_in_Jharkhand_116822 Ranchi: Jharkhand has rushed doctors to Gumla district to verify local media reports that small pox - a contagious disease believed to have been eradicated from the world - has resurfaced and killed three people there.  Three people repor... Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:23:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Action_sought_against_BJP_leader_for_Maoist_link_116125 Ranchi: Opposition members in the Jharkhand assembly Thursday demanded action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Satyanand Bhokta for allegedly seeking the support of Maoists to help his wife win in the panchayat polls.  A local ... Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:39:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/Six_states_failed_to_win_a_gold_at_National_Games_115657 Ranchi: Six states -- Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Arunanchal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland and Chandigarh -- failed to open their account in gold medal  category in the just concluded 34th National Games.  Gujarat might be on the top of... Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:53:28 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/Garland_instead_of_medal_at_the_National_Games_115576 Ranchi: Guess what was in store for kho-kho women's  bronze medallists at the National Games medal ceremony? The unsuspecting players got only floral garlands and a bouquet instead of their medals.      The reason -- the bron... Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:12:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/_Athletes_officials_praise_National_Games_complex_115533 Ranchi: Athletes and officials participating in the 34th National Games here were all praise for the newly constructed Sports Complex, the main venue for the event.      The sports complex is situated in Hotwar area of Ranchi and ... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:56:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/Youngest_gymnast_eyes_medal_in_National_Games_115488 Ranchi: Gymnast Rucha Divekar is a three-time junior champion at the age of 15 and she is confident of replicating her the success in the ongoing 34th National Games.      Rucha is representing Maharashtra in the Games and will co... Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:49:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/JMM_eyes_Jameshedpur_Lok_Sabha_seat_after_Munda_victory_115475 Ranchi: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Friday congratulated Chief Minister Arjun Munda, of alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for his victory in the Kharsawa assembly by-poll. It also took the opportunity to ask for Munda's Jamshedpur... Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:40:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Munda_wins_Jharkhand_bypoll_115363 Ranchi: Arjun Munda won the Kharsawa by poll in Jharkhand by over 17,000 votes Thursday, clearing the way for him to continue as chief minister.      He defeated Krishna Gagarai of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P). ... Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:15:20 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Munda_leads_in_Jharkhand_bypoll_115343 Ranchi: After eight rounds of counting, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda was leading by more than 14,000 votes in Kharsawa assembly bypoll Thursday, an official said.      Munda was locked in a tough fight with Krishna Gagarai... Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:28:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/___Man_suspects_wife_kills_yearold_son_115103 Ranchi: A man who strangulated his year-old son after suspecting his wife's illicit relation was held in Jharkhand's Palamau district, police said Wednesday. Manoj Paswan, a resident of Satvahini village of the district, around 160 km from her... Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:43:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/__50_lifers_in_Jharkhand_on_fastuntodeath_115099 Ranchi: More than 50 prisoners serving life sentences in Jharkhand's Birsa Munda Central Jail here have launched a fast-unto-death saying they had completed over 14 years in jail and must be released, an official said Wednesday. A review commi... Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:41:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Munda_to_be_ruling_alliance_joint_nominee_for_bypoll_Soren_114726 Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief and Jharkhand's ruling alliance steering committee chairperson Shibu Soren Tuesday said that Chief Minister Arjun Munda would be the joint nominee of the alliance in the assembly by-poll scheduled Feb 10.&... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:55:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/__Mobiles_knife_seized_from_Jharkhand_jail_114720 Ranchi: Police seized 13 mobile phones, 17 phone chargers, a knife and other banned materials from Garwah district jail during surprise raids Tuesday, said a police official. "Senior police officials conducted the raid following a tip-off... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:46:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/__Two_Maoists_arrested_in_Jharkhand_114672 Ranchi: Two Maoist guerrillas were arrested Monday from Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said. According to police, the two rebels belonging to the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were arrested from an area close to Pal... Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:33:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/___Three_Maoists_escape_from_jail_in_Jharkhand_114661 Ranchi: Three Maoist guerrillas, involved in killing more than three dozen security personnel, escaped from a jail in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand early Monday, police said. "Three hardcore Maoists Dhirendra, Sandeep and Nirbhay e... Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:21:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/___Room_heaters_bonfires_keep_Ranchis_zoo_animals_warm_114451 Ranchi: Room heaters and bonfires are being used to keep Ranchi's zoo animals warm in the bone-chilling cold. The severe cold wave that has already claimed lives of 62 people in Jharkhand so far has also been harsh on animals. The animals... Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:47:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/___Spurious_milk_powder_racket_unearthed_in_Jharkhand_114358 Ranchi: A total of 150 sacks of adulterated milk powder were seized in Jharkhand's coal city Dhanbad Saturday, police said. According to police sources, an illegal godown situated in Katras area of Dhanbad district was raided leading to the re... Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:13:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/___Mobile_phones_SIM_cards_seized_during_raids_in_jail_114311 Ranchi: Three mobile phones and five SIM cards were seized during raids in a jail in the Jamshedpur steel city Friday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided Ghaghidih jail of Jamshedpur. They seized three mobile phones and fiv... Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:49:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/___Woman_gangraped_brutally_killed_in_Jharkhand_114065 Ranchi: In a hair-raising, gory incident, a woman was  gangraped and later killed brutally in Jamshedpur steel city, police said Monday. "She was gangraped and later murdered brutally by inserting bamboo in her private parts," a... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:42:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Jharkhand/___Jharkhand_farmers_dump_tomatoes_on_roads_114016 Ranchi: Call it irony. At a time when tomatoes are selling for up to Rs.40 a kg, farmers in Jharkhand are dumping them on roads because they are not getting money that meets even their production cost. At Rangamati, on the Ranchi-Jamshedpur na... Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:52:17 GMT