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Topic: Jharkhand

Gujarat ATS arrests Dawood Ibrahim’s aide Abdul Majeed Kutty from Jharkhand

Gujarat ATS said Kutty was involved in a case related to Dawood Ibrahim sending explosives on behalf of a Pakistani agency to carry out blasts in Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1997.

Jharkhand tribal woman ‘gang-raped’ by 17 in Dumka, NCW asks DGP to complete probe in 2 months

Jharkhand has recorded 1,359 rapes from January to September this year. Opposition parties have criticised the JMM-led state govt over 'growing incidents of rape'.

PM Modi greets Jharkhand on its foundation day, pays tribute to tribal leader Birsa Munda

The state of Jharkhand officially came into being in 2000 on birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, who had challenged British rule & is credited with mobilising tribals against the empire.

JMM-Congress retain 2 Jharkhand seats in bypolls but victory margin down since 2019

The bypoll in Dumka was necessitated by the resignation of CM Hemant Soren, who contested from 2 seats in 2019. Barhait went to bypolls after incumbent MLA died.

BJP leads in Dumka, Congress in Bermo in Jharkhand bypolls

Trends at noon showed BJP's Lois Marandi leading by over 4,749 votes, while Congress nominee Anup Singh was ahead in Bermo by 7,212 votes.

SC says e-auction of 37 coal blocks on 9 November will be subject to its orders

A Supreme Court bench asked the Centre to inform bidders that benefits to them will be provisional and subject to the orders of the apex court.

Sedition case registered against Jharkhand BJP chief for ‘trying to destabalise state govt’

Congress' district chief Shyamal Kishore Singh filed the case after Deepak Prakash Friday claimed the BJP will form the government in the state in the next few months.

‘Entire India could plunge into darkness’ — Soren warns of coal blockade after row with Centre

Soren targets Centre for its decision to deduct Rs 1,417-cr electricity dues from Jharkhand’s account with RBI, warns against taking ‘undue advantage’ of state's 'tolerance'.

Jharkhand govt releases BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj within 24 hrs of quarantine ‘under pressure’

Maharaj was 'forcibly' put under 14-day home quarantine at Shanti Bhavan Ashram for allegedly not informing the state about his arrival to take part in a programme.

BJP ropes in former Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das to woo extremely backward classes in Bihar

Raghubar Das has already participated in 45 virtual assembly meetings and is likely to hold a few more. BJP has also given Maharashtra ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis a role in Bihar.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.