Huge cache of explosives recovered Sep 8, 2008
Ranchi: A huge cache of explosives had been recovered from the city, the police said Sunday, adding that it was one of the biggest hauls in Jharkhand in recent years ... "On Saturday two persons were arrested from the Lapung police station area of Ranchi. The arrested persons revealed the name of Rafiq Ansari of Ranchi. Rafiq's house was raided on Sunday and the police seized detonators and other explosives," a police officer said. (Sify.com, India)
RIMS director trashes charges Sep 7, 2008
Ranchi, Sept. 5: Director of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), N.N. Agarwal challenged state health secretary Pradeep Kumars decision to serve a showcause notice to him. Agarwal spoke to The Telegraph a day after the health secretary slapped a showcause notice on him for the death of a poor patient. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Number 7: St. Xavier's gift to Dhoni Sep 6, 2008
RANCHI: Eager to impress Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, his fans back home in Ranchi decided it wasnt enough to hasten his admission into St Xaviers College. Accordingly, college authorities have gifted Dhoni his lucky number, seven, seen on his Team India jersey. (India Times, India)
Jharkhand ready for talks with Maoists: Koda Sep 4, 2008
RANCHI, Sept 3: The Jharkhand government is ready for dialogue with Maoists but the initiative for it should be taken by them, chief minister Mr Shibu Soren said here today. Mr Soren expressed his willingness for talks with the Naxals when media persons asked him whether his government was interested in a dialogue with CPI(Maoist). (The Statesman)
Citi sees 7.5% growth Sep 1, 2008
Ranchi, Aug. 31: The Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) and Bhel have entered into a joint venture and will sign an MoU on September 6. Bhel will use HECs foundry forges plant, and the companies will have equal participation in the venture. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Shibu Soren government to prove its majority today Sep 1, 2008
RANCHI: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, who was sworn-in as the state's chief minister for the second time, will prove his majority on the floor of the State Assembly today. Earlier, Governor Syed Sibtey Razi had directed Soren to prove his majority on the floor of the House by Monday. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Police killed by India mine blast Aug 31, 2008
The officers were carrying out a patrol in a police vehicle through the Maoist rebel stronghold of Burudih, 160km (100 miles) south of the capital, Ranchi. A police spokesman said the rebels had been planting mines in the area to deter attacks by the security forces. (BBC News)
Soren wins trust vote Aug 31, 2008
Statesman News Service RANCHI, Aug 29: Mr Shibu Soren, the newly sworn-in chief minister of Jharkhand, today won the trust motion in the state Assembly by a margin of eight votes. Though the Left Front has pulled out from the Congress-led UPA at the Centre, yet two Forward Bloc and one CPI MLA voted in favour of Mr Soren, ensuring his comprehensive win. (The Statesman)
Soren to take oath as Jharkhand CM Aug 27, 2008
Ranchi, Aug 27: JMM president Shibu Soren is most likely to take oath as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on Wednesday. The JMM chief also faces a confidence vote on the floor of the State Assembly on September 1. (Zee News)
Soren to take oath tomorrow Aug 26, 2008
Ranchi: JMM supremo Shibu Soren will take oath as the next Chief Minister of Jharkhand on Wednesday and it will be an open air ceremony after he was invited by Governor Syed Sibte Razi to form the government. Senior JMM MLA and former Deputy Chief Minister Sudhir Mahato late Monday said that Soren is expected to take the oath on August 27 around 4 pm at the Morabadi ground. (Sify.com, India)
Soren toiling hard to get magic number Aug 26, 2008
Ranchi: With independent legislators in Jharkhand still working hard to spoil his chances, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren on Sunday said he was in no hurry to form the government. "I am not in a hurry to form the government. I will stake claim after Monday. I will also talk to Madhu Koda and Stephen Marandi - both our men (as United Progressive Alliance partners)," said Soren. (Sify.com, India)
Soren gets RJD backing for CM post Aug 22, 2008
While it was being realized that persuading the five Independents who hold the balance in the hung Ranchi House would be tough, it was felt that they might find it difficult to hold out in the face of a JMM-Congress-RJD concert and the prospect of continuing in their ministerial offices ... Reports from Ranchi said that at least five Independents, led by former JMM leader Stephen Marandi, were still against any change of guard but a slackening in their stand surfaced as they said that no UPA... (Times of India)
JMM meet to review support Aug 17, 2008
RANCHI: Independent ministers have begun to get in touch with JMM chief Shibu Soren after he threatened to withdraw support to the Madhu Koda government. A source close to Soren claimed that all the independents ministers have contacted Guruji. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Crucial JMM meeting to take place Aug 17, 2008
August 10, 2008 Press Trust Of IndiaRanchi, August 17, 2008First Published: 11:29 IST(17/8/2008)Last Updated: 11:38 IST(17/8/2008) ... "My government is not in danger. I am confident of its survival. I hope a middle path can be found out (to resolve JMM's grievance)," Koda said in Ranchi last night. (Hindustan Times)
JMM to withdraw support Aug 17, 2008
Ranchi: In a day marked by significant political developments in Jharkhand, the JMM said it would withdraw support to the Madhu Koda government tomorrow if the Chief Minister did not resign today, while the State Governor allowed party chief Sibu Soren's request for an appointment. "If Koda does not resign today, we will withdraw support to his government tomorrow," JMM Secretary Dilip Chatterjee told PTI.. (Sify.com, India)
'I almost feel like Amitabh Bachchan' Aug 14, 2008
In the film, Bipasha plays an aspiring actress who travels to Mumbai from Ranchi to fulfil her dreams but ends up working with Shiamak Davar's dance troupe. "The character in the film is just like me. Radhika works and keeps her relationship going simultaneously. The role is very contemporary. She is an effortless dresser. She wears shorts and vests and uses all kinds of funky bags and accessories.". (India Times)
Setback for Soren as Independents root for Koda Aug 14, 2008
RANCHI: In what will come as a dampener to the aspirations of JMM chief Shibu Soren, three independent legislators said they are happy with chief minister Madhu Koda's governance and would oppose any move to "topple" him. Soren, who has served a 48-hour ultimatum to Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal to either install him as CM or be prepared for withdrawal of support, tried hard to convince the independents but they did not relent. (Times of India)
Son kills father over Rs 1,000 Aug 13, 2008
Ranchi: A son stabbed his father to death in Jharkhand after being denied Rs 1,000, the police said Tuesday. The incident occurred in Pandarpala village in Dhanbad district, some 240 km from here, on Monday evening. (Sify.com, India)
BIG 92.7 FM gives every Indian a chance to win on radio's first ... Aug 8, 2008
The other cities attempting this unique challenge will be RJs from cities like Trivandrum, Mangalore, Mysore, Vizag, Tirupathi, Jammu, Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar, Srinagar, Allahabad, Kanpur, Agra, Kota, Udaipur, Bareilly, Aligarh, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Hissar, Bikaner, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Ranchi, Goa, Gwalior, Indore, Rajkot, Surat, Baroda. This unusual record requires the Radio Jockey to have immense passion for Radio, given that it is a true endurance test. (India PRwire (press release))
More >>Sunday SpecialsForgotten Olympians Aug 3, 2008
Born in a remote village in what is now Jharkhand, Jaipal was taken to England by the English principal of his school in Ranchi ... He immediately quit the ICS. After various jobs that took him from Calcutta to Ghana to Bikaner, Jaipal returned to Ranchi. (India Times, India)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Snakes on ramp: Fashion show host held Jul 30, 2008
RANCHI: Shabir Hussain, organiser of a fashion show in which models walked the ramp after wrapping snakes around their neck, has been sent by a court Tuesday to 14 days judicial custody, the police said on Tuesday. Models walked the ramp on Saturday at the Rotary Club in Ranchi, displaying cobras and other snakes in their hand with its body wrapped around their neck ... He was arrested on Monday night and produced at a Ranchi court on Tuesday. (India Times, India)
Mobile squads to chase elephants Jul 25, 2008
RANCHI: The Jharkhand forest department will constitute mobile squads to chase away wild elephants who create havoc in villages around the forests in the state, said an official on Thursday. "As per plan, we will constitute 15 mobile squads equipped with weapons and cell phones to chase the elephant herds," a forest official said. (India Times, India)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Jul 19, 2008
When the India cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni went for a haircut in his home town of Ranchi a couple of years ago, so many adoring female fans showed up that the police had to be called. Thursday, 17 July 2008. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
4 JMM MPs tell Soren they can't vote with NDA Jul 19, 2008
4 JMM MPs ditch NDA, Govt builds trust. 4 JMM MPs ditch NDA, Govt builds trust. (IBNLive.com)
In a time warp Jul 17, 2008
Farzana Nigar Ranchi, July 14. Bookmark / Share. (India Times)
The women guarding Dhoni Jul 16, 2008
Police in his hometown of Ranchi have assigned him five women bodyguards to keep unwanted admirers at bay. The decision to give India`s ODI captain the new security detail comes after two recent incidents in which female fans tried to throw themselves on their heartthrob in order to gain his attention, Ranchi police chief MS Bhatia said on Tuesday ... Image: Three of the five female bodyguards can be seen outside Dhonis home in Ranchi. (Sify)
'Dhoni's angels' - female commandos guard India cricket captain Jul 16, 2008
By Salman Ravi BBC News, Ranchi ... But ever since he landed in his home town of Ranchi, in the eastern Jharkhand state, to get some rest, his fans have refused to leave him alone ... Dhoni arrived in Ranchi recently to rest and recharge his batteries after a hectic schedule playing the Indian Premier League, the triangular series in Bangladesh and the Asia cup in Pakistan over a period of three and a half months. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Maoists gun down JD(U) MLA in Jharkhand Jul 13, 2008
BUNDU (RANCHI): Within a fortnight of Maoists killing a DSP and four police constables in Bundu, a sub-divisional town of Ranchi, the red rebels struck again and shot dead Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party leader in Jharkhand assembly, Ramesh Singh Munda, his two bodyguards and a teenaged boy. The Maoists, numbering around 12, first killed one of the three security guards, Shiv Nath Minj, provided to the 53-year-old legislator from Tamar, outside the hall where the ceremony was on. (Times of India)
Work-life balance worries Indians most: Survey Jul 8, 2008
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Ranchi gears up for Dhoni's 27th birthday celebrations Jul 7, 2008
RANCHI: Even as Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was busy taking on the Sri Lankans in the Asia Cup final, his fans in Ranchi are busy preparing for the celebration of their icons 27th birthday on Monday. While a prominent retail chain has announced 27% discount on most items for a day, a radio station has picked one of Dhoni's fans, through SMS, to cut a 30-pound cake on his behalf and distribute among the fans. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Smelly camels keep elephants away Jun 27, 2008
RANCHI, India - Forget mice Indian villagers have recruited camels to protect their farmlands and homes from marauding elephants, saying the beasts' stink was enough to keep the pachyderms at bay. Officials said on Thursday that villagers in Jharkhand state had earlier this month hired two camels for $46 a month each and were using them for patrolling. (MSNBC -- International)
India floods push people onto trees, alligators flee Jun 21, 2008
(Additional reporting by Nityananda Shukla in Ranchi and Sujoy Dhar in Kolkata; Writing by Bappa Majumdar; Editing by Simon Denyer and Jerry Norton) (For the latest Reuters news on India see http://in. reuters. (AlertNet)
I admire dad: Lalu's son Jun 16, 2008
"I am proud of him because he is also from my region Ranchi. He has earned so much fame and recognition at such a young age. But I feel that he needs to be more mature," he says. And how is his car 00004000 eer going. (India Times, India)
Want food? Show your PAN Jun 12, 2008
Show your PAN to buy food in this Ranchi shop - Sify ... Show your PAN to buy food in this Ranchi shop ... Ranchi: Unable to break the 'eat now pay later' habit of his customers, a tea stall owner here has hit upon a novel idea of asking for Personal Account Numbers or identity cards from propspective borrowers -- a la banks. (Sify.com, India)
'Let CBI probe activist's death' Jun 11, 2008
RANCHI: Eminent social activists from across the country gathered in the Jharkhand capital on Tuesday to join the chorus for a CBI probe into the killing of Palamu-based social worker Lalit Mehta. Founder of Vikas Sahyog Kendra (VSK), an NGO, Mehta was associated with social auditing of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) schemes. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Jharkhand tribal girls 'sold' to job agency in Delhi Jun 9, 2008
RANCHI: Five tribal girls from Dhurwa area of Ranchi have been reported missing from their homes for the last three weeks. According to their families, middlemen lured the girls, aged between 12 and 15, to Delhi promising them jobs. (India Times, India -- Community News)
MCI sniffs for loopholes Jun 7, 2008
Ranchi, June 6: A three-member team from Medical Council of India (MCI) inspected the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) today before allowing the state government to increase the number of seats to 150 from 90 in the MBBS course. The team verified the posts of faculties and postgraduate students, other than visiting the RIMS registration counters, central emergency ward, medical record room, outdoor medicine ward, outdoor surgical ward, ENT department MRI and cardiac centre and... (Calcutta Telegraph)
Bribing voters Jun 6, 2008
FARZANA NIGAR RANCHI , JUNE 5. Discuss this story with other readers. (India Times)
Jharkhand govt fires agitating doctors Jun 5, 2008
RANCHI: The Jharkhand government has sacked 129 agitating contractual doctors after a deadline set for them to join duties ended at midnight on Wednesday night, official sources said on Thursday. The decision was taken by Health Minister Bhanu Pratap Sahi after he got the nod from Chief Minister Madhu Koda, the sources said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
* World News Quick Take Jun 2, 2008
Police clashed with rebels from the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Saturday night in the Hazaribagh district, about 110km south of state capital Ranchi. The security personnel asked a group of 25 rebels to surrender but the rebels opened fire. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Wild 'Osama' gets death warrant May 31, 2008
RANCHI: Osama Bin Laden, the name given to a rampaging tusker, has killed 10 people in the last nine days in the villages of Jharkhand, and an exasperated administration has now issued a "death warrant" against this terror. The tusker was christened 'Laden' by villagers soon after it crossed over from Purulia, West Bengal, on May 21 after trampling five persons there. (India Times, India)
Poisonous gas kills 7 in Jharkhand May 30, 2008
RANCHI: Seven people died after inhaling poisonous gas emanating from a well under construction in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said Friday. The police said that some villagers were cleaning the well in Dewarisai village Thursday evening when a man fell into it. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Lalu says Dhoni prefers hair to game May 28, 2008
RANCHI: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, once a big fan of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, feels that the cricketer has lost his way. Lalu, who was here to surrender his passport in a CBI court hearing fodder scam cases, said the ace cricketer has apparently lost interest in the game and is more inclined towards hairstyles and glamour now. (India Times, India)
Indian state to hire barbers to give free haircuts to students May 13, 2008
"It will save us money and also make us look good," said Arjun Manjhi, who attends a government school in Khunti, 40km from the state capital, Ranchi. And barber Muneshwar Thakur said he was "happy" with the decision. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Bar body chief for fair judiciary May 7, 2008
Ranchi, May 6: Bar Council of India (BCI), the apex regulator of legal profession, said it did not want any confrontation with the judiciary even as it wanted to weed out judges with doubtful character. The entire nation wants the judiciary to be fair. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Ranchi row: Question setter shown the door May 3, 2008
RANCHI: Ranchi University on Friday debarred the question setter of the second year M.A history paper, which sparked protests with a question describing Prophet Muhammad as a "raider". The city was calm after Thursday's violent protests by Muslims. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Mid-air scare for PM's plane Apr 23, 2008
NEW DELHI: For an excruciating half hour, the intelligence agencies' worst fears of a rogue plane trying to attack a VVIP flight seemed to have come true on Tuesday evening when PM Manmohan Singh's plane was coming in to land at IGI airport from Ranchi. The VVIP IAF plane, which flies in sterile airspace with no other aircraft being allowed anywhere near it, had locked into instrument landing system to touch down at IGI after 6pm. (Times of India)
9 killed, 2 injured in Maoist attack Apr 9, 2008
RANCHI: Nine persons were killed and two others seriously injured when the Bolero jeep they were travelling in was fired upon and subsequently set on fire by Maoists in Jharkhand's Gumla district on Tuesday. The two injured persons, a woman and a child, have been admitted in Gumla Sadar Hospital in serious condition. (Times of India)
Maoist rebels kill eight in India Apr 9, 2008
The incident took place in Gumla district, 93 miles (150kms) west of the state capital Ranchi. Maoist rebels have a presence in 18 of the 22 districts in Jharkhand. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Indian win for Thiess Apr 5, 2008
"Located north-west of Calcutta and about 90km from the state capital of Ranchi, the project represents our first major mining project in India," he said. "This is a major project with more than 115 million tonnes of coal to be mined over the next 20 years.". (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Jilted lover kills woman in Delhi Apr 1, 2008
Confirming this, Shashi's father Pramod Kumar Rai, a practising criminal lawyer in Ranchi, told Times City: She had told me about Ashish earlier and also said that she never liked him. I only insisted her to go to Jaipur for better avenues as she was earlier studying at Frankfinn Institute at Ranchi. (Times of India)
Delhi: Mystery over death of 23-yr-old Mar 31, 2008
Shashi's parents live in Ranchi in Jharkhand. The three told the police that they had come to Delhi from Jaipur on Friday night on a sight-seeing tour. (Times of India)
Corrigendum: Simplex Infrastructures bags Rs. 653 cr orders Mar 28, 2008
It will also construct ROBs from 500 to 750 meters long at various locations in and around Ranchi and Dhanbad in Jharkhand for Konkan Railway Corporation. It will build Thimphuchu bridge on Thimbu Babesa Expressway for Royal Government of Bhutan value at Rs. (India Times)
Day after CBI respite, SC issues notice to Soren Mar 15, 2008
CBI, which was entrusted the probe into Jha's murder by HC, recovered his skeleton within 13 days of taking up the investigation on August 1, 1996, from Piska Nagari village near Ranchi. On November 10, 1998, it filed the chargesheet against Soren and others. (India Times, India -- Community News)
India's tough new breed are not scared of a dogfight Mar 8, 2008
After all he was born in Ranchi, Jharkhand, a seething, struggling town whose airport is named after a tribal freedom fighter, and raised far from the fashionable crowd by Paan Singh, a retired pump operator who still potters around town on a bicycle. Dhoni recently told India Today's Sharda Ugra that, "Guys from small places are tougher than those from the metros." He fits the bill. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
India, Japan to swap CEPA lists Mar 8, 2008
According to Ficci officials, talks have been held with industry representatives from the eastern and southern parts in Ranchi and Chennai. Consultations are scheduled in Delhi, Mumbai and Guwahati later this month. (India Times)
Do you think bidding for cricketers is justified? Feb 21, 2008
MUMBAI: Years ago, a football coach in Ranchi asked his ward Mahendra Singh Dhoni to start playing cricket ... Though the league franchisees would like to compare themselves with the English Premier League (EPL), they have a long way to go. (India Times)
Lalu for Chhath puja near Raj's house Feb 15, 2008
RANCHI: Wading into the Raj Thackeray-triggered spat over north Indian migrants in Maharashtra, railway minister Lalu Prasad on Thursday said he would perform the next Chhath Puja in front of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief's home in Mumbai. "I am not afraid of anyone. I will show the might of the people from Bihar and UP by performing Chhath Puja in front of Raj Thackeray's house. If he has courage to face the secular forces in the country, he is free to try and face the consequences,"... (India Times, India)
Jharkhand sports director assaults player Feb 12, 2008
Trouble began when a player of one faction sought the help of students of a nearby Ranchi College hostel, to whom he was known to ... Mishra too lodged an FIR against Sankhwar and 50 other students of the Ranchi college. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Marathi family 'attacked' in Ranchi Feb 6, 2008
RANCHI/LUCKNOW: The Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) attacks on north Indians in Mumbai triggered violent protests in Ranchi, Lucknow and Patna on Tuesday, with Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party workers raiding a Marathi household in Ranchi and "ordering" the family members to leave Jharkhand ... They were, however, detained when they entered the Mecon Colony in Ranchi ... Denying reports the Marathi family was attacked, Ranchi SSP M S Bhatia said cops had information about the rally and... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Punjab organ racket kingpin back Jan 30, 2008
Dr PK Sareen, former chief transplant surgeon at Ram Saran Kakkar Hospital in Amritsar, reportedly went right back to his 'business' after coming out of jail and took his patients from Amritsar to Ranchi for operations. Amritsar police chief Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh, confirming the receipt of an application from Kiran Kapoor who alleged that Sareen promised a transplant in 2006, said, "We are seeking legal opinion on how to go about the complaint.". (India Times, India)
Bihar leads in excise collection Jan 17, 2008
Amar Singh, chief commissioner of central excise, Ranchi zone, under which Patna, Ranchi and Jamshedpur commissionerate fall, inaugurated the workshop. Loading. (India Times, India)
Indian Doctors In UK Often Face Verbal, Physical Abuse On Duty Jan 16, 2008
In December, Arun Rai, 49, who graduated from Ranchi University, was hospitalised after being assaulted by a patient during an examination in his clinic in Glasgow, prompting other medical staff to carry personal alarm systems at all times. Speaking for the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPI), Joydeep Grover, an Indian origin who works in the Accidents and Emergency sections in the NHS, told IANS: 'We would support the BMA report on violence in the workplace. (NEWSPost India)
Two CRPF personnel killed in grenade explosion in Jharkhand Jan 15, 2008
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) R K Mullick said in Ranchi that the grenade went off accidentally killing constables Nitu Kalita and Ramnath Gupta in their camp. The injured CRPF personnel was being treated in the Bokaro hospital, he added. (India Times, India -- Community News)
