The Latest Breaking News from Jharkhand

JAIPUR: A 72-year-old, Jain priest who was on hunger strike for the past nine days to protest Jharkhand government’s decision for declaring Shri Sammed Shikharji a tourist place, passed away in Jaipur on Tuesday.

Train operation was disrupted due to the derailment of three wagons of goods train at Tanakuppa station between Koderma-Gaya section of Jharkhand's Dhanbad division on Tuesday early morning, according to the East Central Railways. Read on for details:

It was a day when Goa lower-middle order put on a gritty show to scare hosts Jharkhand to cross their first innings total of 386 but in the end veteran of many battles Shahbaz Nadeem led the hosts' bowling attack to stop the visitors 24 runs away in their Ranji…

Former skipper Saurabh Tiwary and young wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra's unbeaten 129-run stand for the fifth-wicket helped hosts Jharkhand reach a formidable 280 for 4 at the end of first day's play against Goa in their second match of Ranji Trophy Elite Group C at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur on Tuesday.

The body of a 22-year-old tribal woman was found in 12 pieces in Jharkhand's Sahebganj on Sunday. Read on for details:

SAHIBGANJ(JHARKHAND): A man was on Sunday arrested in Jharkhand's Sahibganj after his wife was found chopped into pieces, with body parts dumped in different areas of the district, a police officer said on Sunday.

KOCHI: A brilliant century from comeback man Akshay Chandran put Kerala in a position of strength on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy encounter against Jharkhand at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi on Wednesday.

CHAIBASA(JHARKHAND): An inspector of Cobra battalion was injured on Saturday after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off during an anti-Maoist operation in a forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said.

RAIPUR: Tweeting a BJP campaign poster for the Bhanupratappur bypoll, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday accused the saffron camp of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi by putting his picture next to BJP candidate Brahmanand Netam’s, who is accused in a Pocso case in Jharkhand.

"Operation 'Sweep Clean', an operation of four days and three nights which was launched on August 18, had to be stopped due to heavy rainfall. The security forces again started a four-day operation 'Octopus' on September 7," MK Khan, Commandant CRPF said on the success of operation 'Octopus'. Read on…

NAGPUR: When the going gets tough, Faiz Fazal gets going. The southpaw opener had had a topsy turvy ride on the field and off it in the last 15 days. He was surprisingly sidelined as Vidarbha captain just before the team left for one-dayers and his bat also remained a…