From Monday morning to Tuesday morning, heavy rainfall is forecast for Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla, Lohardaga, Simdega, West Singhbhum, Chatra, Hazaribag, Ramgarh and Latehar districts Ranchi: IMD has issued a yellow warning of heavy rainfall for Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla and Lohardaga districts for three days starting Sunday, following the formation of a low-pressure area over the…
Hazaribag: A juvenile was detained for allegedly stealing a tractor trolley from a village in Chatra district on July 15. The juvenile was a part of a group of three which stole the tractor from Lem village and drove it away using a tractor engine. The 16-year-old was detained from Rajpur village under Rajpur police…
Hazaribag: Chatra police have arrested three key accused persons who had been absconding for nearly three years in the 2023 murder of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan Shivkumar Yadav, 35, allegedly beaten to death over a dispute involving two decimals of land.Addressing a news conference on Wednesday evening, Chatra SDPO Sunny Vardhan said Somar Bhuiyan…
Hazaribag: Police seized an illegally stocked dump of nearly 10,000 cubic feet of sand, equivalent to around 100 tractor-loads, from a village under Tandwa police station limits in Chatra district on Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, Tandwa circle officer Gaurav Rai raided Chauda village along with teams from Tandwa and Piparwar police stations.“Sand was being illegally…
Chatra: Police claimed to have busted an interstate theft syndicate with the arrest of a 30-year-old man from Odisha on Saturday in connection with the theft of jewellery worth around Rs 60 lakh from the bike dickey of jeweller Dilip Soni at Chatra’s Itkhori market on July 12.The accused was identified as Deepak Pradhan of…
Chatra: A 52-year-old CISF head constable Sukanta Pal died by suicide by hanging himself with a rope inside bathroom at the CISF CHP camp in Piparwar in Chatra district on Monday. Officer-in-charge Prashant Kumar Mishra said after the postmortem, the body was handed over to his relatives. “Further probe is underway,” he said. Pal was…
Hazaribag: The body of a 19-year-old woman was recovered from a well in Siddki village in Chatra district on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Shanti Kumari, a resident of Siddki village.Local residents said villagers spotted a body floating in the well and informed Pratappur police. A team rushed to the spot and, with villagers’ help,…
Chatra: A 50-year-old farmer was allegedly beaten to death by his elder brother and other family members over a long-running land dispute at Datmi village in Chatra district on Tuesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Kailash Yadav.His elder brother, Vilas Yadav, has been named the prime accused based on the statement of Kailash’s…
The injured persons undergoing treatment in Sadar Hospital Gumla/Chatra: At least six persons, including a teenager and an 11-year-old girl, were killed and 11 others injured in multiple lightning strikes across Lohardaga and Chatra districts amid heavy rain on Thursday and Friday. Several cattle also died and property was damaged in the incidents.In Lohardaga, two…
Chatra: An unidentified woman’s body was recovered from a water-filled abandoned stone mine in Chatra district on Friday.The body was found floating in stagnant water inside the closed quarry near Jajlo market under Hunterganj police station limits. According to police, villagers spotted the body in the morning and alerted the authorities.A police team, led by…
