A herd of wild elephants has unleashed havoc in Jharkhand's Gumla and Simdega districts, claiming seven lives in the past four days.

At least three budding hockey players died, and five others were injured in a lightning strike in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Wednesday, police said.

A 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four persons in Jharkhand's Simdega district, a police official said on Thursday.

An imam was arrested for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl at a madrasa in Jharkhand's Simdega district, police said on Monday.

Archery is an ancient sport of Jharkhand and it was also a means of livelihood for the tribal population.

The police have seized around 150 kg of ganja estimated to cost Rs 75 lakh in the international market and arrested two drug peddlers during a vehicle checking drive in Jharkhand's Simdega district, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.

Three persons accused in the stoning and burning of a BJP worker in Jharkhand's Simdega district for allegedly illegally felling trees, which is against local tribal traditions, have been arrested, a police office said on Saturday.

A man was lynched in Jharkhand's Simdega by a mob on Tuesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by cutting a tree.

Four Naxals belonging to the banned People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) outfit have been arrested in Jharkhand's Simdega district and arms and ammunition seized from their possession, police said on Monday.

JAC Class 12 Result: The Jharkhand Academic Council, or JAC, has declared the council’s Class 12 results today.

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is set to kickstart his campaign in the ongoing Jharkhand Assembly elections with a rally in Simdega district on Monday.

60 community libraries were opened by district administration in Simdega, Jharkhand to benefit school children and common citizens.

Two tribal women hockey players were found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand's Simdega district, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.

Two girls allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves with same rope in Jharkhand's Simdega district today.

A court in Jharkhand's Simdega has sentenced a 27-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl last year.

In the run up to Lok Sabha election 2019, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will visit Jharkhand where he will address a rally at Simdega followed by a public meeting at Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Police have rescued one more child, allegedly sold by a Ranchi shelter home run by Mother Teresa-founded Missionaries of Charity, from Jharkhand's Simdega district, taking the total number of rescued children to three.

A court in Simdega sentenced former Jharkhand minister Enos Ekka to life imprisonment today in a case of kidnapping and murder.

Six persons, including three women, died while eight others fell sick after consuming local rice beer (hadia) in Simdega district, a top district official said today.

The mother of an 11-year-old girl, who allegedly died due to starvation on September 28, was on Saturday thrown out of her village in Jharkhand's Simdega district. According to reports, the locals accused her of defaming the village. The scared woman later took shelter in the panchayat building.

At least three labourers were killed after a heap of mud fell on them in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Saturday, police said.

An ex-armyman who was accused of practising witchcraft was axed to death by villagers at Simdega in Jharkhand, the police said on Monday.

Police have recovered explosives from a railway track in the remote Bano village near Simdega in Jharkhand.