Jharkhand Subsidence

Three women in Jharkhand's Dhanbad were buried alive on Sunday after being trapped in subsidence while out to relieve themselves as they didn't have toilets at their homes.

Amid the spiralling outrage over the death of 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand allegedly after the administration stopped giving her family subsidized food, there have been a spate of statements from state capital Ranchi and New Delhi that people could not be denied cheap rations if they did not have 12-digit Aadhaar number.

To most children, festival holidays bring joy and a break from studies. For Santoshi Kumari, it meant starving. The 11-year-old died on September 28 at her village in Jharkhand, months after the administration allegedly stopped giving her family subsidized food. A report by district officials says the cause of death is malaria, but her family claim...

Three women in Jharkhand's Dhanbad were buried alive on Sunday after being trapped in subsidence while out to relieve themselves as they didn't have toilets at their homes.

Amid the spiralling outrage over the death of 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand allegedly after the administration stopped giving her family subsidized food, there have been a spate of statements from state capital Ranchi and New Delhi that people could not be denied cheap rations if they did not have 12-digit Aadhaar number.

To most children, festival holidays bring joy and a break from studies. For Santoshi Kumari, it meant starving. The 11-year-old died on September 28 at her village in Jharkhand, months after the administration allegedly stopped giving her family subsidized food. A report by district officials says the cause of death is malaria, but her family claim...