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Two killed on witchcraft suspicion in separate incidents in Jharkhand

Two killed on witchcraft suspicion in separate incidents in Jharkhand
Published on Apr 28, 2026 08:22 pm IST

Jharkhand: Education key to development for tribal community, says President Murmu

Jharkhand: Education key to development for tribal community, says President Murmu
Published on Dec 30, 2025 02:44 pm IST

Ex-member of Maoist faction killed by village mob in Jharkhand’s Gumla

The ex-PLFI member was lynched by a mob of more than 80 villagers, including women with sticks. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 14, 2020 01:25 pm IST

Jharkhand Covid-19 tally at 280 with 32 new cases

With increase of 18 cases on Thursday, Garhwa district has now 47 positive cases.
Published on May 20, 2020 11:40 pm IST

16-year-old Jharkhand boy stabs father to death, sent to correctional home

The elder son of the couple, who had interfered to settle the dispute between them, in a fit of anger stabbed his father to death.
Updated on Oct 11, 2019 10:02 pm IST

President Kovind’s Gumla, Deoghar visits cancelled due to rains

Villagers take shelter on roof top of their huts in Jharkhand’s Sahebganj district after incessant rains in the state, Sunday September 29,2019.
Updated on Sept 30, 2019 10:47 am IST

11-year-old trampled to death by elephant in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Villagers gathered before the house where wild elephants trampled to death a girl at at Majhkera Pahantoli under Basia police station in Gumla .
Updated on Aug 12, 2019 03:29 pm IST

2 priests among 8 suspects held in Jharkhand lynching case

The Jharkhand Police on Monday booked 16 people and arrested eight of them in connection with the Gumla lynching case in which four elderly persons were lynched on suspicions of practising “witchcraft”.
Updated on Jul 23, 2019 07:28 am IST

Eight suspects, including 2 tribal priests, arrested in Jharkhand lynching case

The Jharkhand Police on Monday arrested eight suspects, including two tribal priests, in connection with the alleged lynching of four senior citizens in Gumla district.
Updated on Jul 23, 2019 01:12 am IST

Four people dragged out of homes, lynched by mob in Jharkhand

During interrogation, villagers and family members admitted that all four elderly persons were involved in occultism.
Updated on Jul 22, 2019 07:14 am IST

Alert in Jharkhand after Dumka man tests positive for Japanese Encephalitis

Since two JE patients from Dhurwa locality in Ranchi had died in May, the health department has intensified efforts to check the disease.
Updated on Jun 21, 2019 07:39 am IST

ST panel sends notice to J’khand DGP in Gumla lynching case

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has issued a notice to Jharkhand’s director general of police (DGP) D K Pandey and Gumla superintendent of police (SP) Anjani Kumar Jha, seeking information about action taken in the Gumla lynching case.
Published on May 10, 2019 06:06 am IST

Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Jharkhand’s Lohardaga will see direct fight between BJP and Congress

An Indian election official examines an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a distribution centre ahead of the third phase of India's general election at Amigaon in Kamrup district in the northeastern state of Assam on April 22, 2019. (Photo by Biju BORO / AFP)
Published on Apr 24, 2019 06:21 pm IST

Three killed, five injured in lightning strikes across Jharkhand

The first lightning strike took place at Chota Ajiyatu village under Ghagra police station around 1.30 pm, where it killed two people and injured one.
Updated on Apr 22, 2019 08:43 am IST

Gumla lynching FIR incorrect says panel

While the victims kept saying that they were carving an ox that had died, the police filed an FIR against them and 25 others on charges of cow slaughter, the report said.
Published on Apr 19, 2019 03:57 am IST

Mob lynches villager for allegedly cutting dead bull in Jharkhand’s Gumla

One person was killed and three others were injured when a mob attacked them for allegedly cutting flesh of a dead bull in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said on Thursday.
Updated on Apr 12, 2019 08:07 am IST

Three-year-old girl dies during rape by neighbour in Jharkhand’s Gumla

A three-year-old girl has died during rape by a neighbour in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said on Monday.
Updated on Sept 25, 2018 01:19 pm IST

Girl abducted, gang-raped at gunpoint in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

The traumatised victim was silent for 13 days before finally informing her family members about the attack on Friday.
Updated on Apr 14, 2018 08:21 pm IST