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Patna: Anxious villagers in Jharkhand are lighting up their homes with LED bulbs to save themselves from recurring attacks from rampaging elephants. Residents of Semartand village in Jharkhand’s Garhawa district have hung LED bulbs around their homes, on trees and on bamboo poles in the entire village to produce abundant dazzling light during night. They say the elephants raid the village only when it is covered in darkness and hence they are working overtime to keep their village illuminated...

Health officials of the state are satisfied with Saturday’s dry run of Covid-19 vaccination protocols but would like to hold more sessions for operators who would be feeding data in the Co-Win app where details of beneficiaries and doses will have to be uploaded in real-time. The most heartening outcome of the dry run, held at 13 sites in six districts including Ranchi, was that there was no internet glitch, which is a challenge in itself, given Jharkhand’s varied topography. “At 13 chose...

Ranchi: Acting on the directives of the Union health ministry that mandated a nationwide dry run for Covid-19 vaccination to be undertaken on Saturday.

Ranchi: Jharkhand on Saturday reported two Covid-19 deaths and 192 new cases.

Jharkhand: Banned Naxal outfit leader Jidan Gudiya killed in encounter "Our force was attacked by them and in self defence, we started firing. The deceased was identified as Jidan Gudiya," police said. An AK-47 rifle, various SIM cards, walkie-talkie and cash were recovered. Updated: December 22, 2020 2:18:02 pm Police said Gudiya, carrying a cash reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head, was wanted in 129 cases of murder, rioting, extortion and under several provisions of the ...

Explained: What is the Pathalgadi movement, and what is JMM govt’s stand on it? Almost a year later, the Soren government is still to send a requisition to the court to withdraw the cases, many of which involved charges of sedition, filed by the BJP government led by Raghubar Das. Pathalgadi was Soren’s major poll plank. Written by Abhishek Angad , Edited by Explained Desk | Ranchi | Updated: December 23, 2020 12:28:29 pm Jharkhand Chief Minister ...

Picture used for representational purpose only RANCHI: After a steady increase in the number of Covid cases last week, Monday brought some respite with a slide in the positivity rate. Out of 15,347 samples tested, only 173 samples corresponding to 1.12% tested positive for the virus. The number of active cases went down to 1,675 from 1,708 recorded on Sunday, as 205 patients recovered from Covid-19 on Monday. Ranchi continued to top the list of fresh infections with 86 new cases. Whereas East ...

Security forces gun down PLFI ‘zonal commander’ in Khunti Jidan Gudia was carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head A rebel belonging to the banned PLFI, who carried a bounty of Rs 15 lakh on his head, was gunned down in a joint operation of the state police and CRPF on Monday morning at a jungle in Murhu block of Khunti district, around 60km south of the state capital. “Our forces have gunn...

The mercury nosedived across the state on was a bright Saturday resulting in temperatures below 8°C across districts with weathermen attributing the bone-chilling cold to the crisp North Wind. "The impact of the western disturbance, which resulted in formation of two induced cyclonic circulations, waned to revive chill-laden winds from the north. This resulted in plummeting night readings," said Abhishek Anand, deputy director of Ranchi Meteorological Centre. He, however, ruled out the possi...

Representative image RANCHI: The number of active cases increased for the third consecutive day on Thursday. As many as 211 fresh cases were reported while 164 patients were declared cured and discharged from hospitals. Three patients — two in Ranchi and one in Dhanbad — succumbed to the virus. According to the bulletin released by the state health department on Thursday, 1,12,332 people have been infected and 97.65% corresponding to 1,09,696 people have recovered. With 1,007 deaths report...