Giridih News

At least six people were killed and three others, including two children, were injured after an SUV carrying them hit a roadside tree in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Saturday, police said.

A four-day-old newborn infant was allegedly killed by a policeman on Wednesday in Jharkhand's Giridih district prompting Chief Minister Hemant Soren to order an investigation.

Half-burnt body of an 18-year-old youth was found near Khandoli forest of Jharkhand's Giridih district, police said.

A man was allegedly beaten to death by a mob in Jharkhand's Giridih after he was caught committing a theft, police said on Sunday.

It took 42 years to build a Jharkhand irrigation project, and then within 24 hours of its inauguration, the canal meant to provide water in 85 villages across Giridih, Hazaribagh and Bokaro districts was washed away.

A 10-year-old girl and her mother were on Tuesday trampled to death by elephants in Jharkhand's Giridih district.

A doctor and some nurses at a government hospital in Jharkhand's Giridih were beaten up by relatives of three newborn babies who died on Tuesday, police said.

Maoists on Monday torched five vehicles in Jharkhand's Giridih district, the police said.

Maoists on Tuesday abducted a trader and slit his throat on charges of being a police informer in Jharkhand's Giridih district.

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

Two policemen were killed and three others were injured after a bomb that they were trying to defuse went off inside a police station in Jharkhand's Giridih district today, police said

A Maoist camp was destroyed by the security forces in Jharkhand's Giridih district and one of its commanders arrested in Khuti today, the state police said.

A Giridih district court in Jharkhand today sentenced to death a person found guilty of raping a seven-year-old girl and killing her.

Acting on a complaint, Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer P K Jajoria today directed the state police chief to initiate legal process against JMM candidate from Giridih Lok Sabha seat Jagannath Mahto, an accused in the lynching of a youth at a "people's court".

More than 36 hours after four government employees were kidnapped by suspected Naxals in Jharkhand's Giridih district, there is still no news of them. The district administration claims the Naxals have still not made any demands for their release.

At least six people were killed and three others, including two children, were injured after an SUV carrying them hit a roadside tree in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Saturday, police said.

A four-day-old newborn infant was allegedly killed by a policeman on Wednesday in Jharkhand's Giridih district prompting Chief Minister Hemant Soren to order an investigation.

Half-burnt body of an 18-year-old youth was found near Khandoli forest of Jharkhand's Giridih district, police said.

A man was allegedly beaten to death by a mob in Jharkhand's Giridih after he was caught committing a theft, police said on Sunday.

It took 42 years to build a Jharkhand irrigation project, and then within 24 hours of its inauguration, the canal meant to provide water in 85 villages across Giridih, Hazaribagh and Bokaro districts was washed away.

A 10-year-old girl and her mother were on Tuesday trampled to death by elephants in Jharkhand's Giridih district.

A doctor and some nurses at a government hospital in Jharkhand's Giridih were beaten up by relatives of three newborn babies who died on Tuesday, police said.

Maoists on Monday torched five vehicles in Jharkhand's Giridih district, the police said.

Maoists on Tuesday abducted a trader and slit his throat on charges of being a police informer in Jharkhand's Giridih district.

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

Two policemen were killed and three others were injured after a bomb that they were trying to defuse went off inside a police station in Jharkhand's Giridih district today, police said

A Maoist camp was destroyed by the security forces in Jharkhand's Giridih district and one of its commanders arrested in Khuti today, the state police said.

A Giridih district court in Jharkhand today sentenced to death a person found guilty of raping a seven-year-old girl and killing her.

Acting on a complaint, Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer P K Jajoria today directed the state police chief to initiate legal process against JMM candidate from Giridih Lok Sabha seat Jagannath Mahto, an accused in the lynching of a youth at a "people's court".

More than 36 hours after four government employees were kidnapped by suspected Naxals in Jharkhand's Giridih district, there is still no news of them. The district administration claims the Naxals have still not made any demands for their release.