A plane carrying Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia could not land for quite some time on Saturday due to a cow herd grazing on the airstrip near Darbhanga and it touched down only after officials stepped in and shooed the cattle away. ...
08:39 PM, Feb 23, 2013
New Delhi: A member of parliament from the Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal, Kabir Suman has shown his faith in Sonali Mukherjee via a song. Twenty seven-year-old Sonali Mukherjee was attacked with acid in 2003 after she objected to the advances of three men in Dhanbad. Dhanbad, Jharkhand, was Sonali's hometown where in April, 2003, three neighbouring youth poured acid on her while she slept because she dared to raise...
01:26 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Mumbai: Anurag Kashyap's gangster film is based on gang wars in Dhanbad. In fact, several characters in the film are based on real-life people, some of who are lodged in the city jail. In fact, buzz was that Faheem Khan, one of the mafia lords who are currently behind bars in Dhanbad, is keeping a close eye on the developments around Anurags project. However, unfazed, the filmmaker has decided to...
12:41 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: A 27-year-old victim of an acid attack has been struggling to get justice for the past nine years. All her pleas, however, have fallen on deaf ears and her perpetrators are roaming scot-free. The distraught girl has now demanded euthanasia as her family cannot meet her medical costs. Sonali Mukherjee's story displays the raw indifference of the society and our inability to protect those who can't protect themselves....
07:38 AM, Jul 15, 2012
Ranchi: One policeman was killed and 12 were injured when Maoist rebels ambushed their mini-bus in Jharkhand on Tuesday night. The rebels launched another attack early Wednesday, blasting a railway track and a bridge, police said. The policemen were attacked near Topchachi police station of Dhanbad district, around 210 km from Ranchi, a police spokesperson Said. The injured policemen have been admitted to hospital and condition of two are said...
09:07 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Mumbai: Director Anurag Kashyap seems wary of going to Wasseypur for the promotion of his film 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and says that he will pay a visit to the Jharkhand town only after the film's release. "We will go to Wasseypur after the film's release, after it is screened at the Ray Theatre there. People there don't yet know what's in the film, but after the screening all their doubts...
04:30 PM, Jun 18, 2012
New Delhi: Clashes broke out on Friday between supporters of two political parties at Dhanbad in Jharkhand. One person has been killed and six injured in the clashes. A mob smashed several vehicles during the violence. The clashes broke out over awarding of contracts at Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. Clashes broke out between members of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and AJSU Party. ...
06:49 PM, Apr 20, 2012
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05:07 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Dhanbad: Maoists blew up a railway track in Dhanbad rail division, disrupting train services in Jharkhand as the two-day nationwide bandh called by the banned CPI (Maoist) entered the second day on Monday. The Maoists exploded IEDs on the tracks between Nishitpur and Matari railway stations on Sunday night, according to Divisional Operative Manager Ved Prakash. The impact of the explosion also damaged overhead wires, he said, adding the explosion...
10:37 AM, Dec 05, 2011
Ranchi: At least eight children and a woman were killed after a school wall collapsed due to heavy rains in Dhanbad on Tuesday. The injured have been admitted to a hospital and rescue operations are on. "A 20-foot-high wall of Guru Govind Singh Public School situated at Bank roundabout in Dhanbad collapsed," said a police official. According to a police official, more children could be under the debris which were...
08:11 AM, Aug 25, 2010
Naxals have stepped up attacks on the railways and security forces on the second day of their 48-hour bandh. ...
10:13 AM, Jul 08, 2010
In mines, high negligence is a recipe for disaster. CNN-IBN explores the risks in the world's most dangerous job. ...
10:23 PM, Jun 16, 2007
All 54 miners trapped in a coal mine in Dhanbad are dead, Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Bela Rajesh said. ...
10:33 AM, Sep 08, 2006
Explosion in Bhatdih colliery may have occurred because the mine was dug too deep and without following safety standards. ...
08:47 PM, Sep 07, 2006
Fifty-four people are feared trapped inside a Bharat Coke and Coal Limited mine at Bhat-Dhi near Dhanbad. ...
07:33 AM, Sep 07, 2006
