Ghaziabad: Police on Saturday claimed to have rescued about 20 girls, who were allegedly being trafficked from Jharkhand to Delhi, and three persons were arrested in this connection. The Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express was stopped late last night at the railway station here and the girls, some of whom were minors, were made to get down and questioned, SSP Nitin Tiwari said.
The arrested persons are being interrogated, he said. The minors have been handed over to Child Welfare Committee, while the elder girls were allowed to leave, he said. Kumar Gaurav of NGO Ashadeep foundation, which accompanied the police, said information had been received from Kanpur Childline that about 20 girls were going to be trafficked.
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06:40 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Ranchi: A man was beaten to death by his friend and some others when he protested molestation of his sister-in-law in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur district, police said Wednesday. According to police, Krishna, a resident of Birsanagar colony in Jamshedpur, around 130 km from Ranchi, was returning home along with his sister-in-law Tuesday night when he met his friend Bhaskar and two or three others, who began to accompany them. On the...
04:46 AM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: For effective governance and providing affordable access to communication, the Union Cabinet Tuesday decided to install mobile towers in nine Maoist-hit states, including Chhattisgarh where the rebels killed several Congress leaders May 25. The approval to the project was given by the Union Cabinet in a meeting held here. Mobile towers would be installed at 2,199 locations in nine states - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya...
10:21 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Ranchi: Jharkhand has decided to give special commando training to over 3000 police personnel to protect politicians and VIPs during their visits to Maoist-affected areas. The proposal has been pending for some time, it has been reviewed and decided that between 3000 and 4000 personnel will be given special commando training like the Special Protection Guards (SPG), Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar told reporters here on Wednesday. After completion...
09:56 PM, May 29, 2013
Bokaro: More than a month after the Sharada chit fund scam was exposed in West Bengal, CNN-IBN has found chit fund schemes mushrooming in Jharkand as well. Fraudulent companies are swindling Rs 100 crore per month in the state. It is hard to believe that a deserted office in the industrial town of Bokaro in Jharkhand has a monthly collection of over Rs 20 lakh. Jharkhand is the new haven...
11:37 AM, May 29, 2013
New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl who was brought to the national capital on the pretext of getting her a job was gangraped repeatedly by her cousin and his friends, police said Tuesday. The girl was brought from Gumla in Jharkhand by her cousin and his friend. According to police, the girl was found unconscious near a temple near Kashmiri Gate metro station in north Delhi. Her cousin had got her...
11:40 PM, May 28, 2013
Sudeep Chakravarti, author of 'Red Sun: Travels In Naxalite Country', have studied the evolution of the Maoist movement from its early days. How deep-rooted are its support structures and why is the mighty Indian state not being able to tackle this problem like they have done in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-East? Is the state's security-related approach a mistake? Sudeep Chakravarti joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the...
05:32 PM, May 28, 2013
Ranchi: Congress remained non-committal on forming government with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in the eastern state, with newly appointed state PCC chief Sukdhdeo Bhagat on Monday saying the party would strengthen itself in the run up to the Assembly elections. "The JMM is a political party and has its priorities and thinking which I can't control. They are free (to have their own priorities and thoughts)," Bhagat told reporters. He was...
12:12 AM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: Amid speculation that the Congress is exploring government formation in Jharkhand -- which is under President's rule -- party vice president Rahul Gandhi reviewed the political situation with state leaders on Friday. A section of the Congress has been in favour of exploring ways to form a government in the state with the support of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), said party sources in Delhi. However, the opinion...
05:22 AM, May 25, 2013
Ranchi: A political alliance is on the cards again between the Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) headed by Shibu Soren in Jharkhand. On July 18 the central rule in the state ends and the Congress will decide on Friday whether to tie up with JMM or not. CNN-IBN has learnt that the Congress is divided over the question. Sources said one section in the party feels they should call...
03:11 PM, May 24, 2013
Ranchi: A policeman has accused Independent MLA Chamra Linda of assaulting him at the Jharkhand Assembly while he was on duty. On the basis of the complaint by the constable Umanath Saha, police filed an FIR with the Jagannathpur police station in Ranchi on Thursday. According to the FIR, Linda on Wednesday night allegedly got infuriated and "beat up" the policeman on duty near the gates when the latter asked...
11:03 PM, May 23, 2013
Ranchi: BJP President Rajnath Singh on Monday demanded immediate dissolution of Jharkhand Assembly to give the people an opportunity for a fresh mandate. Raising the party's demand again for dissolution of the House, Singh told reporters that the people should get a chance to elect their representatives instead of living under President's rule. Jharkhand Assembly is under suspended animation from January 18, 2013 when President's Rule was imposed following the...
02:14 AM, May 21, 2013
Hyderabad: Railway Police on Tuesday rescued 19 children, including seven belonging to Jharkhand, from Secunderabad railway station and caught one person on charge of trafficking. The children were to be employed as bonded labourers at a furniture manufacturing unit at Lingampally here, SP (Secunderabad Railway Police) M Kanta Rao told PTI. "During a survey on the Secunderabad railway platform, 19 children (all below the age of 14) were found abandoned...
03:05 AM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Drug firm MSD India on Tuesday said it will invest USD 10 million over next three years in the country as part of its global initiative to help reduce maternal mortality. As part of the initiative - 'MSD for Mothers', the drug firm would partner three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across three states in India - Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh - to reduce incidents of deaths during child...
03:50 PM, May 14, 2013
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday granted provisional bail to scam accused and former Chief Minister Madhu Koda for a week to attend his ailing mother. Hearing on the provisional bail petition, Justice HC Mishra granted bail with a direction that he should surrender to a lower court on the eighth day from his release from the judicial custody. This is the second provisional bail granted to Koda in...
02:44 PM, May 14, 2013
Jamshedpur: At least two Maoists were killed and three jawans got injured in an encounter between the ultras and the security forces in a forest in Seraikela-Kharswan district in Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday. Earlier police had said one Maoist was killed and two jawans were injured in the encounter on Monday. "At least two Maoists were killed while three jawans suffered injury in the encounter that lasted over one...
02:21 PM, May 14, 2013
Jharkhand: One Maoist was killed and two security men were injured on Monday in an encounter in Jharkhand. Police officials said they received a tip-off that Maoists were about to assemble in the forest whereupon the police, COBRA and CRPF forces rushed to the spot. The Maoists fired on seeing the personnel, triggering a gun fight. The encounter took place in a forest between Kalerango and Chatnibeda villages under naxal-affected...
07:29 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday appointed Jayadev Jena and Sukhdeo Bhagat as new state unit chiefs of Odisha and Jharkhand, respectively, said a party statement. According to a statement issued by Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi, Jena will replace Niranjan Patnaik as chief of the party's Odisha unit. Jena is a former legislator. The state ruled by Biju Janata Dal will have assembly polls in 2014. Bhagat will replace...
05:41 AM, May 14, 2013
Ranchi: A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old step-daughter for the last seven months, police said on Monday. A woman neighbour helped the police in arresting accused Mahendra Sonar. Sonar was married to a woman in Giridih. He later came in contact with a divorced woman in Ranchi and fathered two children -- a three-year-old boy and six-month old daughter, they said. The accused allegedly raped the...
12:40 AM, May 07, 2013
Jamshedpur: Former India bowler Subroto Banerjee has been named coach of the Jharkhand Ranji team. "We have picked up Banerjee as coach of the state Ranji team considering his international experience," JSCA Secretary Rajesh Verma said on Monday. "As Jharkhand will be playing in the elite group for the first time, we wanted an experienced coach and Banerjee emerged as a suitable candidate," he added. Verma said Banerjee will take...
03:50 PM, May 06, 2013
