New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Development work at four of the six airports selected under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN in Jharkhand has been completed, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question raised by House member Parimal Nathwani.According to the government, the airports covered under the scheme in Jharkhand are Bokaro, Dumka, Jamshedpur, Hazaribagh, Deoghar and Daltonganj.Flight operations are a…
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Ranchi, July 19 (IANS) The Churchu block in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand has long been infamous for ‘red terror,’ but today the same region is emerging as a symbol of women’s empowerment and self-reliance. Many women in Kajri village have begun contributing to their families’ income and strengthening their social standing. They have taken to the lac bangle enterprise and are earning an income of ₹70,000-₹80,000 per month. Their lives have undergone a significant change after joining …
Ranchi, July 19 (IANS) Jharkhand police destroyed illegal opium cultivation spread across 4,619.34 acres during the financial year of 2025-26, registering 77 cases and arresting 48 people in connection with the illicit trade, according to a report released by the state CID headquarters.The largest crackdown was carried out in Chatra district, where opium crops cultivated over 2,742.22 acres were destroyed.This was followed by Latehar (832.14 acres), Hazaribagh (393 acres), Palamu (314.62 acres) …
Chatra (Jharkhand), July 10 (IANS) Public anger has intensified in Jharkhand’s Chatra district following the death of a CRPF jawan in a road accident in Simaria.The agitation has brought traffic to a standstill on the Chatra-Hazaribagh and Chatra-Tandwa-Ranchi main roads, with long queues of vehicles stranded on both routes.The blockade that began on Thursday evening was continuing as of 4 p.m. on Friday, disrupting traffic on key routes and highlighting long-standing concerns over coal transpor…
Ramgarh (Jharkhand), June 13 (IANS) Four youths died after inhaling toxic gas during illegal mining inside an abandoned coal mine in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district on Saturday, officials said.The incident occurred in the Argadda forest area along the Giddi-Ramgarh border, where a group of youths had entered a closed mine for excavation work. Two of the deceased were residents of Ramgarh district, while the other two hailed from Hazaribagh.According to information received, one youth first lost c…
Hazaribagh, June 9 (IANS) A youth was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district on Tuesday when he was on his way to undertake the Kedarnath pilgrimage, officials said.The victim has been identified as Vicky Soni, a resident of Okni in Hazaribagh town. The incident took place near Karso bridge under the Barhi police station limits of the city.According to police, Vicky Soni was travelling with his friend Abhishek Kumar Upadhyay in a car to Koderma railway station,…
Hazaribagh, June 1 (IANS) The bodies of a brother and sister who had been missing for the past five days were recovered from separate locations in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district, triggering shock and outrage in the area.Police suspect that the children were murdered. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe the case.According to police, 12-year-old Tamanna Parveen and her three-year-old brother Rizwan had gone missing from the Katkamdag police station area on May 27 and hav…
Ranchi, May 25 (IANS) The story of the transformation of Dhaneshwar Saw, a Hazaribagh-based commoner, to a noted entrepreneur in his locality, is a testament to the potential and success of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), a flagship of the Modi government launched a decade ago to give wings to the Micro, Small, and Medium enterprises as well as enterprising individuals. As the PMMY schemes have been around for more than a decade, the success stories of common individuals and small-time e…
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), May 18 (IANS) Tension erupted outside the Vivekananda Vidyalaya in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district on Monday as hundreds of residents and family members of a Class 10 student staged a protest demanding a fair investigation into her death.Shweta Kumari, 15, allegedly died by suicide after facing sustained mental harassment from a fellow student and alleged intimidation by a teacher, according to her family members.The protest, which continued for nearly an hour outside t…
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), May 10 (IANS) The district administration in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh has cracked down on the sale of fake NCERT textbooks and registered FIRs against three bookshops under the Copyright Act, officials said on Sunday. The action follows the detection of the sale of counterfeit Class 9 NCERT books in the city.The shops named in the FIRs are Sangam Book Depot, Gyan Bhandar-1, and Gyan Bhandar-2.The action has caused a stir among book traders in the city. The district admini…