Ranchi/Palamu, March 31 (IANS) Jharkhand Police have seized over 700 kg of illicit ‘doda’–a raw material used in the production of opium — in coordinated raids across Ranchi and Palamu, officials said on Tuesday.The police also arrested three alleged smugglers and recovered cash and a vehicle used in the operation.The seizures were made as part of an intensified anti-narcotics drive being carried out across the state.In Palamu, acting on a tip-off received by Superintendent of Police Reesh…
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Ranchi, March 13 (IANS) In a major push to modernise the state police and strengthen the law and order mechanism, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday flagged off 1,485 new vehicles for the police fleet and laid the foundation stones for 12 state-of-the-art police stations across the state.The Chief Minister flagged off the vehicles from the Jharkhand Assembly premises here. The fleet includes 636 four-wheeler patrolling vehicles (Mahindra Bolero BS-6 models) and 849 two-wheelers, aim…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari on Tuesday termed the Chatra air ambulance crash a “very tragic” and “major” incident, confirming that all seven people on board were killed after the aircraft went down in a forested area of the district.Arriving in Chatra following the crash, Ansari said the aircraft had disappeared from the radar while transporting a patient to Delhi.“Late yesterday evening, a patient was being taken to Delhi via a Redbird flight when I…
Ranchi, Feb 19 (IANS) Rumours of child kidnapping have triggered panic across Jharkhand, leading to a spate of mob violence incidents over the past five days. At least 12 cases of mob assault based on suspicion have been reported from different parts of the state, prompting police to issue an urgent appeal for restraint.On Thursday morning, three innocent persons — two women and a man — were surrounded and assaulted by a mob in the Edalhatu area of Ranchi on suspicion of child theft. They were…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Six operatives of the banned terror outfit People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) have been sentenced to ten years of rigorous imprisonment each by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Ranchi, Jharkhand.The verdict, delivered on Friday, deals a setback to the outfit’s activities in the region, particularly in terror financing, arms procurement and extortion rackets that have affected parts of central India.The convicted individuals — Gulab Kumar…
Ranchi, Jan 5 (IANS) In view of the intensifying cold wave and dense fog conditions across Jharkhand, the state government has ordered the closure of all schools until January 8.According to an official notification issued by the School Education and Literacy Department on Monday, all government, government-aided, unaided (including minority) and private schools across the state will remain closed from January 6 to January 8, 2026.The directive applies to students from pre-nursery to Class 12, a…