Source: hindustantimes.com Pradeep Yadav, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MLA from Poraiyahat, surrendered before the Deoghar court on Thursday, in connection with a sexual harassment case. A former party spokesperson had accused the five-term MLA of attempt to rape, at a Deoghar hotel on April 20 this year. The court of Deoghar sub-divisional judicial magistrate Kamal
Source: downtoearth.org.in Jharkhand’s asbestos mines The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on July 22, 2019, heard the case of restitution of areas that were earlier under asbestos mining in Jharkhand. The tribunal had, in October, 2015, directed Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh to list all abandoned asbestos mines and, in consultation with Indian Bureau of Mines,
Source: indiatoday.in he viscera report of the mob lynching victim Tabrez Ansari came as a surprise to the administration. The report revealed that Tabrez Ansari did not consume poison but died of a cardiac arrest. Tabrez Ansari was injured in a physical assault by the crowd that caused a mental trauma which led to his
Source: news18.com New Delhi: As thousands sit on top of an active volcano, an underground coal fire burning for more than 100 years in Jharia in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district has finally drawn the attention of the Supreme Court. Prioritising the case pending before it since 1997, the apex court has taken it upon itself to monitor
Source: indiatoday.in he Jharkhand High Court has sought a report from the state government on the Tabrez Ansari lynching case and the subsequent mob violence. Tabrez Ansari was brutally thrashed to death on June 17 in Dhatkidih village in Saraikela-Kharsawan district when he was returning home. The lynch mob had allegedly accused Ansari of theft.
Source: hindustantimes.com A team of forensic experts from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday reached the site of encounter between the security forces and the CPI (Maoists) at Bakoria in Palamu to re-enact the crime scene as part of its on-going investigation of this alleged fake encounter. The CBI had taken up this
Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court today held that a private vehicle plying on public road will fall within the definition of “public place” under Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act 2016 (Act). The judgment was rendered by a Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph in an appeal against a decision of the Patna High Court.
Source: hindustantimes.com Roughly 60% Jharkhand’s bio-medical wastes generated from hospitals, nursing homes and clinics across the state go untreated in absence of proper disposal facilities, according to pollution officials and environmentalists. The state has around 5,500 hospitals, nursing homes and clinics but only two common bio-medical waste incineration facilities are functioning, officials at the Jharkhand
