At least 25 girls had a narrow escape when a fire broke out in a hostel room of a residential school in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Monday morning, police said.

A 22-year-old man was allegedly strangled to death by the family of his girlfriend in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Sunday.

Jharkhand Education Minister Ramdas Soren died on Friday, JMM national spokesperson Kunal Sarnagi said.

A 16-year-old minor girl was allegedly gang-raped while on her way to board a train in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Monday night.

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Jharkhand BJP chief Babulal Marandi has alleged a conspiracy was hatched during the assembly election last year by a senior police officer to "frame" Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

There was no report of any injury in the derailment, the official said.

The Jharkhand Police on Friday said it has registered an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari and others for "forcibly" entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar on August 2 and hurting religious sentiments.

The gang, led by Deva, alias Dev Kumar Mahato (28) from Jharkhand, trained unemployed youth and offered them a salary of Rs 25,000 per month to carry out mobile thefts.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted extensive search operations on Thursday at 12 locations spread across Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Maharashtra in connection with a case linked to fraudulent GST invoices.

The bodies of a couple, who were in a live-in relationship, were found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said.

Three elderly members of a family were beaten to death by a 35-year-old neighbour in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district on Wednesday over a land dispute, police said.

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by an MP-MLA court in Jharkhand's Chaibasa on Wednesday in connection with a case related to alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018.

The Food Safety team caught a vehicle carrying about 8 quintals (800 kg) of unhygienic and unlicensed paneer in Agra.

Several rivers across Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal are flowing above danger levels, posing a risk to the people living in the low-lying areas.

A newly married teenager was held for allegedly murdering her husband with the connivance of her boyfriend in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.

A sombre atmosphere prevailed in Nemra on Tuesday as people from near and far thronged the village in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district to have a last glimpse of former chief minister Shibu Soren, who is fondly known as 'Dishom Guru' by the masses.

Shibu Soren, a towering figure in Indian tribal politics and founder of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), died on Monday at the age of 81. He died at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi after a prolonged illness.

A couple was arrested on Monday, along with three other members of their family, for allegedly murdering their daughter and her boyfriend in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said.

The Jharkhand government declared 3-day state mourning in honour of former Chief Minister Shibu Soren, who died on Monday morning, according to a statement.

Tributes poured in from across the political spectrum on Monday following the death of Shibu Soren, former Jharkhand Chief Minister, and the founder of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren died today at the age of 81. He was undergoing treatment at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi for over a month for kidney-related problems.

Shibu Soren, the veteran tribal leader who played a key role in Jharkhand's creation and founded the JMM, leaves behind a legacy that reshaped the country's politics.

Shibu Soren - a former Union Minister, former Jharkhand Chief Minister and one of the founders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha died at 8:56 am today.