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Nine arrested over mob lynching in eastern India The second such incident in Jharkhand states capital in one week causes alarm Protesters rally in New Delhi in April 2019 to condemn a mob lynching in Jharkhand. (Photo: Bijay Kumar Minj) Police in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand have arrested nine people in connection with the mob lynching of a 26-year-old Muslim man on the outskirts of Ranchi. According to media reports, this was the second such incident in the state capital in one week...

Ranchi: In order to improve the vaccination coverage among senior citizens and people with co-morbidities aged 45 years and above, the Ranchi district administration has roped in 24 more private hospitals to administer the jabs from Thursday. The development comes a day after Ranchi civil surgeon Dr V B Prasad held a meeting with representatives of private hospitals and authorised them to start vaccinations at their respective facilities at a fixed charge of Rs 250 per dose per person. Accord...

Gumla: The outlawed PLFI put up posters and banners in the intervening hours of Tuesday and Wednesday in three areas of Lohardaga town, police said on Wednesday. Written in red, the posters, which surfaced in Powerganj, Railway Siding and Upper Bazar areas, warned the local businessmen of exploiting the poor, the police informers and the security forces of staging fake encounters. Sub-divisional police officer Jitendra Kumar Singh, who, along with his team took the posters down, said their inv...