Of the nine persons killed in the hotel fire, seven were Bangladeshi residents, one was from Jharkhand and one from Siliguri in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.

An official said one of the FIRs was lodged by police against alleged miscreants for obstructing government duty and violating route-chart norms.

The blaze spread from a captive power plant in the steel factory in Helal at midnight on Friday, police said.

The student leaders alleged that the police and workers of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) tried to prevent them from holding a peaceful march.

Student leaders under the banner of the 'JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch' have accused the Jharkhand government of "deceiving" and "betraying" job aspirants.

The aspirants had staged a protest for 26 days at Ranchi's Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium before suspending the agitation for two months following the government's decision to cancel 22 recruitment exams.

The Jharkhand government decided to cancel the 22 recruitment examinations based on findings of CID and SIT investigations into alleged irregularities in various competitive examinations.

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The development comes a day after the state government issued notifications cancelling 22 recruitment exams and ordering a probe into 23 others conducted by the state public service commission and an outsourced agency since 2014.

Jharkhand government cancels 44 recruitment exams since 2014 over alleged irregularities amid student protests.

Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who had been on hunger strike for 16 days, ended his fast after the government's decision.

The JSSC-CGL candidates, who had already taken up government jobs, have now begun a protest of their own.

Jharkhand's student leader Devendra Nath Mahato called off his hunger strike late this evening.

The Jharkhand cabinet has decided to cancel examinations conducted since 2014 by TSR Data Processing Pvt Ltd (TDPL), Chief Minister Soren said.

"All the mistakes, big or small, that have occurred since 2014 will be investigated," Hemant Soren said

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The incident happened around 8.30 am in Barkipona village within Rajrappa police station limits when the victims were working in a field.

Many students have been protesting alleged irregularities in Jharkhand's recruitment examinations.

The decision came after the Sub-Divisional Officer and ADM, Law and Order held a meeting with the students at the Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium here, the protest site.

The protesters also said that they would burn effigies of the chief minister and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi across all 24 districts on Sunday, and accused the ruling JMM-Congress alliance of failing to take concrete action on their demands.

Jharkhand police officials were seen in video dragging Devendra Nath Mahto into his hospital room as he struggled to leave

A man was arrested on Friday for allegedly threatening to kill Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren during the protests over the alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in Ranchi, police said.

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The Jharkhand Crime Investigation Department (CID) has conducted raids at multiple locations across the state in connection with alleged irregularities in various competitive examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC).