Dumri

INDIA bloc candidate Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Bebi Devi won the Dumri bypoll in Jharkhand's Giridih on Friday by defeating the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee and AJSU party leader, Yashoda Devi, by 17,153 votes, an election official said.

The Indian Army said they did not fire any mortar at Deuri Dumri range in Bihar's Gaya district, a day after three people died in an explosion near the firing range.

An elderly man died of suspected heart attack while standing in a queue to cast his vote in Dumri assembly constituency in Bokaro district on Monday, an official said.

58-year-old woman Savitri Devi had nothing to eat for the last three days. She allegedly died of starvation on Sunday in Dumri area of Giridih in Jharkhand. "Due to negligence of authorities, her ration card could not be made, which is why she was unable to get rations," a district official Sheetal Prasad told news agencies

When the sun sets every evening in Dumri, 180 km from Patna, thousands of lamps are induced, without ceremony, into routine assignment. This is among the 1,000 villages in Bihar that remain without electricity.

The stage is set for the penultimate round of five-phase polling for 15 Assembly seats in Jharkhand tomorrow with former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi and three incumbent ministers testing their luck.

INDIA bloc candidate Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Bebi Devi won the Dumri bypoll in Jharkhand's Giridih on Friday by defeating the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee and AJSU party leader, Yashoda Devi, by 17,153 votes, an election official said.

The Indian Army said they did not fire any mortar at Deuri Dumri range in Bihar's Gaya district, a day after three people died in an explosion near the firing range.

An elderly man died of suspected heart attack while standing in a queue to cast his vote in Dumri assembly constituency in Bokaro district on Monday, an official said.

58-year-old woman Savitri Devi had nothing to eat for the last three days. She allegedly died of starvation on Sunday in Dumri area of Giridih in Jharkhand. "Due to negligence of authorities, her ration card could not be made, which is why she was unable to get rations," a district official Sheetal Prasad told news agencies

When the sun sets every evening in Dumri, 180 km from Patna, thousands of lamps are induced, without ceremony, into routine assignment. This is among the 1,000 villages in Bihar that remain without electricity.

The stage is set for the penultimate round of five-phase polling for 15 Assembly seats in Jharkhand tomorrow with former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi and three incumbent ministers testing their luck.