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khunti district news

Family buries wrong body after mistaken identity; missing man returns alive

The body's height, build, and face closely resembled Munda's and the family members, as well as the villagers, took the body as that of the missing person, police said.
Updated on May 21, 2026 10:55 am IST

Tribal man’s murder sparks outrage in Khunti; probe on

Unknown assailants shot dead a 60-year-old tribal man at Jamuadag under the Sadar police station of Khunti district on Wednesday (HT File/Representative use)
Published on Jan 09, 2026 03:02 am IST

3.6 magnitude earthquake hits parts of Jharkhand

A National Center for Seismology report said the depth of the quake was five kilometres. (Representative file image)
Updated on Nov 02, 2024 01:31 pm IST

Pension benefit to sickle cell anemia affected people in J'khand's Khunti

Representative image: sickle cell anaemia testing (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
Published on Jun 19, 2024 10:10 am IST

PM unveils nationwide yatra topromote central schemes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to the statue of freedom fighter Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary which is celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, at Birsa Munda Museum in Khunti on Wednesday (ANI)
Updated on Nov 16, 2023 06:38 am IST

Sand mafia tries to run over officer in Jharkhand’s Khunti; Case registered

The incident occurred when the officer was conducting raids near Bala More under Karra police station in Khunti district on Sunday night. (Representative Image)
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 11:41 am IST

Jharkhand man beheads cousin over land dispute, friends take selfie

Representational image
Published on Dec 06, 2022 06:03 am IST

Banned Naxal outfit leader Jidan Guriya killed in encounter in Jharkhand

PLFI top commander Jidan Guriya was killed in an encounter at Koengsar village under Murhu PS in Khunti district with district police and CRPF Batallin-94 around 9.30 am this morning. An AK-47 automatic assault rifle has been recovered from near his body.
Updated on Dec 21, 2020 11:02 pm IST

Three headless bodies found buried near forest in Jharkhand’s Khunti district

The bodies of the three men were found more than a month after they went missing.
Published on Nov 26, 2020 10:10 am IST

Elephant goes on the rampage, kills three in village near Ranchi

A marauding jumbo killed three village residents of Sarna Toli under Lapung police station limits near Ranchi on Saturday morning, the police said.
Published on Jun 02, 2019 11:59 am IST

2 more students end life after board results, 5 suicides so far in Jharkhand

Two more students in Jharkhand have ended their lives, pushing up the number of suicide cases among students post-results to five
Updated on May 19, 2019 08:45 am IST

24 Jharkhand children rescued from Punjab; kingpin, aide held for conversion, trafficking

Packiam Mercy Cross child home in Ludhiana
Published on Sept 02, 2018 06:34 pm IST

Another baby from Khunti shelter home dies in Ranchi, toll reaches 3

Shahyog village orphanage cum adoption centre at Hutar in Khunti where another infant died on Sunday.
Updated on Aug 27, 2018 07:57 am IST

Two minor girls go missing from govt-aided shelter home in Jharkhand’s Khunti

File photo of Shahyog village orphanage-cum-adoption centre at Hutar in Khunti, Jharkhand.
Updated on Aug 08, 2018 03:21 pm IST

One dead after Jharkhand police clash with Pathalgadi supporters blocking search for abducted guards

Police fired tear gas shells and used batons to disperse a mob obstructing their search operation to rescue three policemen, who were abducted from an MP’s house in Khunti district by ‘Pathalgadi’ supporters.
Updated on Jun 27, 2018 11:10 pm IST

A tribal uprising in Jharkhand that’s cast in stone

A plaque at a village in Jharkhand’s Khunti district warns outsiders from entering, wandering, living or settling down in tribal villages
Updated on Jun 25, 2018 10:14 am IST

Head of Jharkhand school booked for not informing police about gang-rape of 5 women

View of the site where five anti-trafficking women activists from an NGO were abducted at gunpoint, at Chochang village in Khunti district of Jharkhand.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 03:05 pm IST

Elderly woman beheaded, husband killed in Jharkhand; police suspect witch-hunting

Police said the victims, identified as Satri Munda and his wife Javni Devi (both 55), were at their residence in Dadgama village of Jharkhand when the culprits broke in and killed them.
Updated on Jun 16, 2018 11:07 am IST