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west singhbhum district news

Police jawan dies in ‘accidental firing’ by his own service rifle in Saranda

Police jawan dies in ‘accidental firing’ by his own service rifle in Saranda

Published on Mar 24, 2026 03:06 am IST

Maoists gunned down in Saranda: Choking supply lines, security presence key to anti-Naxal op

An expanded permanent security presence in deep forest zones played a key role in eliminating 15 naxalites in West Singhbhum. (HT Photo)

Published on Jan 24, 2026 03:02 am IST

West Singhbhum: Elephants claim 16 lives in seven days

A spate of wild elephant attacks in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district has claimed 16 lives within a week. (HT Photo)

Published on Jan 07, 2026 09:39 pm IST

Jharkhand: 6 killed in West Singhbhum amid rising human–elephant conflict

For representational purposes only. (AP File)

Published on Jan 07, 2026 02:33 pm IST

Malaria outbreak in Saranda: Two women die, 3 dozens fall prey

A medical team attending to villagers on Tuesday (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 23, 2025 08:18 pm IST

Jharkhand: Man held for killing elderly couple with axe over torn slipper strip dispute

Jharkhand: Man held for killing elderly couple with axe over torn slipper strip dispute

Updated on Nov 28, 2025 08:42 pm IST

Jharkhand: Maoist zonal commander with ₹10 lakh bounty killed in West Singhbhum

Amit Hansda alias Upton was from Bokaro district.

Published on Sept 07, 2025 03:09 pm IST

Jharkhand: 4 Maoists killed in encounter with police in West Singhbhum district

Paramilitary forces in a Maoist-affected area. (PTI File Photo)

Updated on Jun 17, 2024 10:08 am IST

Jharkhand police identify 3 of 4 bodies found on rail track, arrest 4 for murder

Police said the fourth dead body with severed head was yet to be identified conclusively. (Representative Image)

Updated on Feb 18, 2024 06:13 pm IST

Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand

HT Image

Published on Dec 22, 2023 12:29 pm IST

Jharkhand high court directs ED to probe MNREGA ‘scam’ in West Singhbhum

Jharkhand high court has directed ED to conduct a preliminary inquiry in the alleged MNREGA scam in West Singhbhum (HT File)

Updated on Aug 30, 2023 09:46 pm IST

Jharkhand HC directs ED to probe MNREGA scam in West Singhbhum district

The Jharkhand high court complex in Ranchi. (HT File Photo)

Updated on Aug 30, 2023 01:53 pm IST

Maoists kill 62-year-old amidst rising menace in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum

Naxalites from the banned CPI (Maoist) killed a 62-year-old villager, accusing him of being a “police informer”, near Gitilata Chowk (HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 20, 2023 09:53 pm IST

Maoists kill villager branding him as police informer in Jharkhand

Police said the Maoists killed the villager by slitting his throat. (Representative Image)

Updated on Aug 20, 2023 05:10 pm IST

Two personnel of Jharkhand Jaguar Force killed in gunfight with Maoists: Police

The joint team was returning after search operation when Maoists ambushed the Jharkhand Jaguar battalion. (Representative file image)

Updated on Aug 15, 2023 01:11 pm IST

Security forces in Jharkhand foil Maoist ambush, neutralize 22 IEDs

The IEDs were planted along a jungle track that used by both security forces and villagers.

Published on Dec 28, 2020 07:57 pm IST

Maoists blow up 12 buildings of Jharkhand forest department in West Singhbhum district

“Preliminary investigation showed that the Maoists had also felled trees in the forest to prepare a route, which they would have possibly used to attack the security forces,” the SP said.

Published on Jul 12, 2020 04:16 pm IST

Cop, chowkidar killed in Maoist ambush Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district

Jharkhand is one of the worst left wing extremism affected state.

Updated on May 31, 2020 09:43 pm IST

Pathalgadi movement back to haunt Jharkhand again

File photo of tribal leader with traditional weapons attending the gram sabha before unveiling of the stone of Pathalgarhi in Khunti, Jharkhand.

Published on Jun 20, 2019 02:53 pm IST

West Singhbhum farmers wary of Jharkhand government’s agriculture incentive scheme

Out of 1.5 lakh beneficiary farmers in the district, only 38,819 farmers have so far applied for the scheme.

Updated on Jun 14, 2019 01:47 pm IST

Poster war by Maoists ahead of elections, 3 incidents in the Jharkhand till now

Tree near a marriage hall ( in background) where posters of CPI (Maoists) pasted depicts wanted people to oppose the Lok sabha polls seen in the early morning

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Published on Apr 14, 2019 10:11 am IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Voted for the first time in 2014, villagers of Jharkhand’s Saranda forest still await development

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: The forest department recognises only 10 villages as legal, while around 110 villages have illegal status in the Saranda forest division in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum.

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Published on Mar 11, 2019 03:42 pm IST

Teachers on strike, CRPF men hold chalk & duster

CRPF officials teaching students of Upgraded Middle School, Tholkobad, at Saranda in West Singhbhum district

Updated on Nov 22, 2018 09:25 am IST

Four Jharkhand students allegedly beaten by teacher walk 10km to file police complaint

Four students of a residential school in Jharkhand filed a complaint against a teacher who allegedly beat them brutally.

Updated on Sept 24, 2018 02:31 pm IST

30 children missing from Punjab shelter home, converted to Christianity: Cops

Paskin Mary Cross Child Shelter Home at Indiranagar in Ludhiana on August 22.

Updated on Aug 29, 2018 02:32 pm IST

Girl gangraped in Jharkhand, four arrested

Activists take out a protest to condemn rising incidence of sexual crimes against women across the country in Ahmedabad recently.

Updated on Aug 15, 2018 12:10 am IST

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