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Topic: Ranchi

A Ranchi boy reading at a petrol pump went viral. What came next

Alex Munda, 7, became an internet sensation in Jharkhand after a video of him studying under petrol pump lights went viral. Electricity and other benefits are now arriving, but so are new problems.

ED-Jharkhand Police face-off: HC raps cops, stays probe in assault case against agency officers

There was heavy police deployment outside Ranchi ED office Thursday. Some cops 'collected service records' of 2 officers facing allegation of assaulting ex-govt employee.

After Mamata stunt in Bengal, ED faces Jharkhand chapter as cops gherao its Ranchi office

Ranchi police have booked two ED officers including an assistant director on complaint by former govt employee being probed by agency. ED officers have moved HC seeking quashing of FIR.

Erring officials made to pay: Why Jharkhand HC ordered probe into illegal construction on govt land

Court has ordered officials to compensate residents whose structures had been demolished, but asked why state exchequer should bear expenses for illegality committed by officials.

Pakistan-backed ‘terror module’ run through Instagram ‘nipped in bud’; Ranchi ‘professor’, aides held

Delhi Police says the entire module was organised and led by Ashhar Danish, an English graduate from Ranchi University, at direction of Pakistan-backed handler.

Member of banned outfit PLFI scales 21-ft wall to escape Ranchi’s high-security Birsa Munda jail

Sameer Tirkey, serving a life term, was lodged in the jail since 2018. He may have known loopholes in the security apparatus due to his prolonged stay, says Ranchi City SP. 

International conference on steel (ICONS-2024) explores innovative solutions

The conference agenda is focused on capital goods, which are expected to play a pivotal role in the growth of the steel industry in India.

A new bow, a 2nd shot — archer Dipti Kumari, who sold tea in Ranchi, can pursue her dream once more

9 months after ThePrint reported on her plight, Dipti received a bow, funded by Central Coalfields Ltd & presented by Ranchi LS MP Sanjay Seth. She still can't afford academy training.

Dipti Kumari was a soaring national archer. Now she has a tea stall, broken bow in Jharkhand

Jharkhand kids learning archery don’t recognise Dipti Kumari, the award-winning archer waiting on some help from the Hemant Soren govt. ‘I just need one chance.’

‘Blackmail, cheating, extortion, conspiracy’ — Jharkhand ‘editor’ SC backed is wanted in 34 cases

On the night of 16 June, police took Arup Chatterjee, head of News11 Bharat, into custody from his bedroom. Cases have been filed against him in Jharkhand, Bengal, Mumbai & Delhi.

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How the RSS dialogue on caste changed over 100 years. Sangh and its ‘samajik samrasta’

Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.

7 lakh jobs created, Rs 50 lakh-cr investments bagged, says UP CM. Oppn flags MoU-reality gap

CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.

Australian amphibian aircraft firm eyes Indian civil & military market, ties up with Apogee Aerospace

Aligning with India's push to promote inter-coastal air connectivity, Apogee has ordered 15 seaplanes in a deal valued at Rs 3,500 crore.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.