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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicJharkand

Topic: Jharkand

Security forces kill Maoist Central Committee member in Jharkhand, 2nd blow to the top cadre this yr

The killed leader, a member of the top decision-making body of the Maoists, was identified as Vivek, who had a bounty of Rs 1 crore on his head.

Making electoral debut, JMM’s Kalpana Soren wins by over 27,000 votes in Gandey assembly bypoll

Kalpana Soren, who emerged as a star campaigner for JMM after her husband Hemant Soren was arrested by ED, is elected to Jharkhand assembly, defeating BJP's Dilip Kumar Verma.

Jharkhand gangrape: Brazilian biker’s statement recorded before magistrate, police submit report to govt

Earlier in the day, an FSL team collected remnants of a helmet and other items from the desolate spot near Kurmahat where the crime occurred. A CID team was also present.

‘Will kill you like the Dumka girl’ —19-year-old set ablaze for rejecting marriage proposal

The accused, a 24-year-old married man, had threatened the teenager multiple times. The victim succumbed to her injuries Friday.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.