Latest Dhanbad district News & Updates

Giridih (Jharkhand), May 18 (IANS) Mobile towers in Jharkhand are increasingly becoming the stage for dramatic displays of love, defiance and emotional outbursts. In yet another incident resembling the iconic ‘Veeru’ scene from the blockbuster film Sholay, a youth in Giridih district climbed a nearly 200-foot-high mobile tower on Monday, demanding that his family arrange his marriage with his girlfriend, triggering panic and drawing huge crowds to the spot.The incident took place in Motileda vil…

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Dec 31 (IANS) Three convicted prisoners escaped from the Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan Central Jail (JP Jail) in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, officials said on Wednesday.The escape triggered a massive manhunt and raised fresh questions over the functioning of one of Jharkhand’s most secure prisons.Jail Superintendent Chandrashekhar Suman confirmed the escape, saying that preliminary information suggests all three prisoners are residents of Dhanbad district.He added that detail…