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Met dept predicts heavy rain in Jharkhand districts, 'red alert' issued

The Ranchi Meteorological Centre has issued a red alert' for parts of Jharkhand, where heavy rainfall is likely from Friday evening due to the impact of a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, officials said. Heavy to very heavy rainfall might continue till Saturday in many parts of the state, they said. A red alert' (07-20 cm rainfall) has been issued for Saraikela-Kharswan, East and West Singhbhum districts, the officials said, adding, some districts in west and central Jharkhand might also experience heavy to very heavy rainfall. The deep depression over Bay of Bengal is likely to cross West Bengal and Odisha coasts between Balasore and Sagar Islands around Friday evening. The north-east, south-east and northern parts of the state might experience lightning activity coupled with strong winds (30-55 kmph), the officials said. After landfall, it would continue to move west-northwestwards across north Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand towards north Chhattisgarh and weaken gradua

IANS-CVoter Mood Tracker: Divided opinions over image of Jharkhand CM

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren got a big relief from the Supreme Court as the apex court stayed proceedings against him in the Jharkhand High Court in a money laundering case

Govt treating matter like 'trash': J'khand HC on probe of Ranchi violence

Peeved at the slow pace of investigation into the June 10 violence in Ranchi, the Jharkhand High Court observed that the state government is treating the matter like trash

SC stays proceedings before High Court against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

The bench during the hearing observed, "We are only concerned with this. The CM already had 0.88 acres of land before he assumed office. It's not as if the office was misused to amass wealth

Alert in parts of Jamshedpur as Subarnarekha river water level rises

The East Singhbhum district administration has sounded an alert in parts of the steel city on Tuesday night following release of water from Chandil dam

No space for hate, separatism in India's culture: Jharkhand CM Soren

Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday said honest efforts were on to build a strong Jharkhand to fulfill the aspirations of the people for which a separate state was created

Jharkhand drafts plan to supply drinking water to people of 18 towns

The Jharkhand government has drafted a Rs 2,300 crore plan to provide drinking water facilities to around 100,000 people living in areas under 18 urban local bodies of the state

India's lawn bowls pioneers: How a team of four bowled over a nation

After 2007 National Games, Assam and Jharkhand emerged as hubs of a fringe sport now capturing eyeballs thanks to the Commonwealth Games glory

Jharkhand forest dept kicks off 'save tree mission' by tying Rakhis

Jharkhand forest department has initiated a unique campaign to save trees by tying Rakhis to them in around 1,000 forest villages across 24 districts of the state, a forest official said on Friday.

Bengal CID raids arrested Jharkhand MLA's house, seizes Rs 5 lakh in cash

West Bengal CID conducted a raid at the residence of one of the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs in connection with the probe into the cash seizure case and recovered Rs 5 lakh and an SUV from there

BJP bowled bouncer to Jharkhand, lost govt in Bihar: Bhupesh Baghel

In a veiled attack on the BJP, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday claimed that attempts to topple the Jharkhand government boomeranged and resulted in loss of government in Bihar

Dhanbad judge murder: 2 including auto driver get life term by CBI court

CBI court judge Rajnikant Pathak on July 28 held autorickshaw driver Lakhan Verma and his associate Rahul Verma guilty of murdering 49-year-old additional sessions judge Uttam Anand.

From Maharashtra crisis to Hemant Soren, important cases listed in SC today

The Supreme Court will hear pleas by Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in relation to the recent political crisis in Maharashtra

J'khand MLAs cash seizure case: Bengal CID 'restrained' by Delhi Police

West Bengal CID claimed that Delhi Police allegedly restrained its team from conducting a raid in the national capital at a property associated with one of the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs.

Money with J'khand MLAs sourced in Kolkata, trio part of bigger plan: CID

The huge cash found on the now-suspended Congress MLAs from Jharkhand had its source in Kolkata and not Assam, a senior West Bengal CID officer probing the matter said.

ED to question Jharkhand CM Soren's press advisor Abhishek Prasad

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's press advisor Abhishek Prasad alias Pintu is likely to be interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its Ranchi zonal office on Monday.

Why ED silent on unaccounted cash of Congress MLAs in Jharkhand, asks TMC

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday wondered why the Enforcement Directorate is silent on the recovery of huge unaccounted cash from the vehicle of Congress lawmakers from Jharkhand.

Congress suspends 3 Jharkhand MLAs held in Bengal with huge amount of cash

However, it asserted that the coalition government led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is "completely secure and stable'' and would complete its term.

Congress suspends 3 Jharkhand MLAs held in WB with huge amount of cash

The Congress suspended three Jharkhand MLAs, who were caught allegedly with a huge amount of cash in West Bengal's Howrah

Jharkhand BJP rejects Congress charge of destabilising state govt

BJP's Pratul Shahdeo said "Whenever Congress or leaders from the Jharkhand govt land up in any difficulty they immediately start using the word 'destabilization' like Pakistan's govt use Kashmir word