
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda and his wife were on Thursday discharged from a hospital, nine days after they were admitted for treatment of injuries they had suffered in a helicopter accident. "The chief minister and his wife, Meera, were discharged this evening," Apollo Hospital spokesperson Javed Akhtar said. Munda, his wife, pilots J P S Kaushik and Vipul Kumar Singh, BJP MLA Barkuanr Gagrai and security officer Manoj...

08:21 PM, May 17, 2012

Ranchi: The condition of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, his wife and four others, who suffered injuries when a helicopter carrying them crash-landed at the airport in Rachi, is stable, doctors attending on them said on Thursday. "The condition of the CM and others is stable and improving. We will issue another medical bulletin later in the day," Apollo Hospital Superintendent PD Sinha told in Ranchi. "The doctors are following...

05:22 PM, May 10, 2012

Ranchi: The condition of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, his wife and four others, who suffered injuries when a helicopter carrying them crash-landed at the airport in Ranchi, is stable, doctors attending on them said on Thursday. "The condition of the CM and others is stable and improving. We will issue another medical bulletin later in the day," Apollo Hospital Superintendent PD Sinha said. "The doctors are following trauma protocol,"...

09:30 AM, May 10, 2012

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda suffered injuries after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed. ...

11:51 PM, May 09, 2012

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda suffered injuries after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed. ...

09:58 PM, May 09, 2012

New Delhi: The helicopter accident in Ranchi in which Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda suffered injuries on Wednesday is likely to have been caused by a radar malfunction, initial investigations show. As per preliminary probe reports from the Jharkhand capital, the radar appeared to have malfunctioned. This had led to problems in the twin-engined helicopter in landing at Kuchai in Saraikela-Kharsawan district, about 100 km from Ranchi. Sources said after...

08:43 PM, May 09, 2012

Ranchi: It was the wisdom of Captain B K Singh, piloting the helicopter which had to crash land after it developed a technical snag, that saved the lives of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, his wife Meera and three others travelling with them. The helicopter toppled to its side after crash landing at the Ranchi airport, leaving the Chief Minister with multiple injuries. Also on the chopper were co-pilot Commander...

06:02 PM, May 09, 2012

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda and five others including his wife Meera miraculously survived when their helicopter crashed at Ranchi's Birsa Munda Airport on Wednesday. The helicopter, Agusta AW 109 with twin engines, crash landed at the Birsa Munda Airport at 12:30 pm while trying to make an emergency landing following a technical snag in the rotor. Senior Jharkhand Police officials and the doctors of Apollo Hospital where the...

02:09 PM, May 09, 2012

New Delhi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda's helicopter crashed in Ranchi, leaving him injured on Wednesday. This is not the first incident of such a crash involving a VVIP. Following is a timeline of the crashes of the politicians' airplanes and helicopters in the past: - On April 30, 2011, Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorji Khandu, who went missing on a flight from Tawang, died along with four others after their...

01:32 PM, May 09, 2012

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda's helicopter crashed while making an emergency landing at Ranchi's Birsa Munda Airport on Wednesday. Munda, who was on-board along with five other people when the helicopter crashed, was injured and has been taken to Apollo Hospital. Munda's wife Meera was also on-board the ill-fated helicopter. Jharkhand Director General of Police GS Rath said that Munda was not injured seriously and was safe. However, the...

12:55 PM, May 09, 2012

Ranchi: The May 3 poll for two Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand is casting its shadow on the stability of the Arjun Munda-led government. The two ruling coalition parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), are making last ditch efforts to garner support for their respective candidates. The JMM has issued veiled threats about the stability of the state government in a bid to put pressure on...

02:44 PM, May 01, 2012

Giridih: Maoists torched machinery and vehicles of a road construction company in Giridih district, police said on Sunday. About a dozen armed rebels poured petrol on nine earth cutting machinery and tractors of the company near Dawatand village of the district last night, Superintendent of Police AV Homkar told reporters. The SP suspected that refusal to allow extortion could be the reason behind the destruction of property by the Maoists....

11:38 AM, Apr 22, 2012

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda announced suspension of two policemen accused of slapping a BJP legislator on Thursday. Uma Shankar Akela of BJP and Janardan Paswan a legislator of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) raised the issue in post lunch session of the Assembly. "We were going to Birsa roundabout to join an agitation. The gate was closed and we requested the Sub Inspector (SI) to open the gate. The...

01:36 AM, Mar 30, 2012

Jamshedpur: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Sunday called upon the tribals and weaker sections of the society to be aware to get benefit of the welfare schemes launched by the state government while ensuring that his government would focus to promote agriculture sector. Addressing as chief guest at the Adivasi Maha Sammelan, organized by the BJP (Schedule Tribe cell) East Singhbhum district committee, at Agrico ground, Munda said the...

02:40 AM, Feb 06, 2012

Jamshedpur: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Friday accused the Congress-led UPA government of adopting a biased approach towards them and "hampering development process" of the mineral-rich state. "The national highways passing through the state were in pathetic state-of-affair but the Union government is not co-operating with the state government to improve their condition," he said after inaugurating a trade fair by CII. "Such a biased approach from the union...

01:16 AM, Feb 04, 2012