Hazaribag: A four-year-old boy died after being run over by a tractor in Kolhua village under Kolhuakala panchayat in Barhi block on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Satyam Kumar.Locals informed the police that the tractor was returning after unloading sand. Satyam, who was near the road, suddenly came under its wheels and died on…
A terrifying midnight elephant attack in Hazaribag’s Gondwar village claimed six lives, with survivors recounting harrowing escapes. Rohit Ram described elephants smashing doors and attempting to grab him, while Babulal Hembrom credited courageous youths for diverting the enraged herd. Villagers suspect shrinking forests and habitat intrusion fuel this unprecedented aggression, prompting increased forest patrols and…
Hazaribag: Six members of an interstate vehicle theft gang allegedly involved in stealing vehicles from Jharkhand and selling those to liquor mafias in Bihar have been arrested during an anti-crime checking drive in the Pelawal outpost area after a white SUV, bearing a Bihar registration number, broke through a barricade at Indrapuri Chowk on Wednesday…
Hazaribag: The police recovered 4,000 bottles of spurious liquor, bearing the lables of reputed India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) brands, from an illegal factory operating deep inside the forested areas of Bishnugarh police station limits. Two persons were arrested and an FIR was registered against 18 others. In the raid, which was carried out by…
NIA raids Hazaribag home of suspected ISIS operative Shahnawaz Alam; HAZARIBAG: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out an early morning raid in Hazaribag in connection with the recent bomb blast near Red Fort in Delhi. A six-member NIA team, accompanied by CRPF and police personnel, reached Ansar Nagar under the jurisdiction of…
Hazaribag: DC Shashi Prakash Singh and SP Anjani Anjan on Saturday asked Durga Puja organisers in Katkamsandi and Barkagaon blocks of the district to ensure that the pandals in their areas are able to witstand rain and winds.The directive came after a pandal in Dhanbad collapsed in inclement weather.“Puja committees will have to take safety…