American runs football academy for tribal girls, school on wheels educating slum children and more inspiring stories. ...
07:36 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Orh-manjhi: Franz Gastler is no professional footballer. Born and brought up in Edina, Minnesota, he studied at Boston University and Harvard Law School before he found his true calling, at least 13,000 km away from home, in a small village in North India. A professional trip around five years ago to Jharkhand changed his life forever. He left his well-paying job, gathered all his savings and opened a football academy...
09:25 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Ranchi: A group of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers had a narrow escape when the boat carrying them capsized in Jharkhand. At least a dozen persons, including three Jharkhand government officials, on Monday had a narrow escape when their boat overturned in Dhurva Dam, about 20 km from Ranchi. Secretary of the Fisheries Department Arun Kumar Singh, two other officials of the department and some media persons were set to...
11:13 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Latehar: A man was beaten up by some people and buried alive at Aradhih village in Latehar district for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said on Sunday. The police on Sunday exhumed the body of Mangar Bhuyan and sent it for postmortem after his family members lodged an FIR. The FIR alleged that the five persons yesterday dragged out Mangar from his house and severely thrashed him. Later, took him to...
01:59 AM, Aug 20, 2012
On Independence Day when the Tricolour rises once again in Saranda, the people of this mineral rich area will hope they have not merely exchanged ...
06:23 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and MP Madhu Koda was on Monday granted bail by the state High Court in one of the corruption cases lodged against him. However, he will continue to remain in jail in other cases. A single bench of Justice HC Mishra granted bail to Koda in a corruption case pertaining to an alleged pollution control board scam. On April 5, the formr chief minister had...
02:32 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Friday offered a government job to acid attack victim Sonali Mukherjee after CNN-IBN ran a campaign to help her. In addition, Chief Minister Arjun Munda assured adequate security to her family. Twenty seven-year-old Sonali Mukherjee was attacked with acid in 2003 after she spurned the advances of three men in her neighbourhood in her village in Dhanbad. However, for nine years, justice eluded her and...
05:20 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Ranchi: Posters put by an outfit in the Jharkhand capital have threatened acid attacks on girls and women who wear jeans or do not wear a dupatta. The police said it could be a case of mischief. The handwritten posters, put up by Jharkhand Mukti Sangh at several points in the city, including St. Xavier's College and Albert Ekka roundabout, read: "From 20/8/2012 (Aug 20), jeans have been banned for...
02:33 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Medininagar: Security forces on Saturday launched an operation on the Jharkhand-Chhatisgarh border to flush out Maoists. The operation has been dubbed 'Operation Marangdeo'. The offensive, which would also be carried out at night, has been launched to prevent Maoists from entering Jharkhand particularly through the border of Palamau and Garhwa districts, CRPF s 34 battalion Commandant Anil Minz told reporters. The CRPF would be assisted by the police in the...
06:02 PM, Aug 04, 2012
Bokaro: Even as financial and medical help pours in for acid attack victim Sonali Mukherjee, justice still eludes her. It's just the beginning of a long battle ahead for her. As soon as she reached her hometown of Bokaro in Jharkhand, she went to meet the Bokaro Deputy Commissioner, demanding justice. Her family, meanwhile, has knocked on every possible door, to help secure a job for her. It approached Jharkhand...
09:14 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has emerged as the top investment destination in the country attracting proposals worth over a staggering Rs 16.28 lakh crore, industry body Assocham said on Tuesday. "Clocking a share of 13.52 per cent in total investments of over Rs 120.34 lakh crore across 20 states (till 2011-end), Gujarat has emerged as the most lucrative investment destination attracting highest number of proposals (MoUs), worth over Rs 16.28 lakh crore,"...
07:30 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Monday directed for a day-to-day hearing in the fodder scam cases. Pulling up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the tardy pace of hearing on important fodder scam cases, the division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Chandra Tatia and Justice Jaya Roy issued the directions for the day-to-day hearing. The CBI, which placed a status report of the multi-crore fodder scam before the...
11:14 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: They came in the dead of night, broke into her home as she slept and poured a cocktail of acids over her face - burning her skin, melting her eyelids, nose, mouth and ears, and leaving her partially deaf and almost blind. Her crime - she had spurned their sexual advances. Nine years on, Sonali Mukherjee, 27, is appealing to the government for medical support for skin reconstructive...
10:39 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld the cancellation order regarding mining leases of six mining companies in Jharkhand. The state government had recommended the granting of mining leases to six mining firms between 2004 and 2005. The recommendation was made to the Centre. Subsequently, the recommendation was withdrawn by the state government on the grounds that the land was meant for PSUs. The leases were cancelled by the Madhu...
11:22 AM, Jul 26, 2012
Ranchi: To take minor away from the Maoist way, the Jharkhand government has decided to provide conditional free education in private institutions to Maoists, who surrender, and to their children in addition to the existing surrender policy. Hitherto, education had been provided to them only in government institutions, Cabinet Secretary NN Pandey said. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Tuesday. The...
01:32 PM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has zeroed in on nine private companies which were awarded lucrative coal contracts despite serious shortcomings. This at the behest of state governments and the Coal Ministry, what's more, the number of companies under the scanner could go upto to nearly 30. It is the most politically sensitive case since the 2G Spectrum scam and loss wise, perhaps even bigger. According to the CBI coal mines...
09:19 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: In what is being called the biggest corruption scandal in India, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has uncovered a multi-crore coal scam. According to the CBI coal mines have been sold for a pittance in a hurry between 2004 and 2009. Several mines have been allegedly sold to companies with almost no experience in the sector and in contravention to the rules and regulations. Coal Ministry officials,...
06:44 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: Nine years after Sonali Mukherjee was left visually impaired, partially hearing impaired and disfigured due to an acid attack in Jharkhand, several people have now offered help. This came after CNN-IBN focused on the plight of the 27-year-old and has continuously been campaigning to raise funds for her treatment. Help is pouring in after CNN-IBN showed how she is struggling for medical and financial aid, nine years after...
09:44 AM, Jul 19, 2012
Twenty-seven-year-old Sonali Mukherjee has been running from pillar to post for the past nine years fighting for justice. She was attacked with acid when she spurned the advances of three men in her neighbourhood in her village in Dhanbad, the capital of Jharkhand. However, nine years on, justice still eludes her and her perpetrators remain scot free. Sonali, meanwhile, has demanded euthanasia to help end her struggle as her family...
11:51 AM, Jul 17, 2012
The victim spoke to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose about her fight for justice. ...
09:48 AM, Jul 17, 2012
