The menace of animal bites is taking a heavy toll in Jharkhand with over a thousand people having died due to snake bites and more than 41,000 having been bitten by dogs, the state health department here said. ....

Two banks in Jharkhand were looted on Tuesday of Rs 51 lakh, police said. ....

In a move to facilitate investors to get land for long periods of time, the Jharkhand government is amending the land lease rules, an official said on Monday. ....

A local court has ordered to frame charges against a Ranchi-based company Domco Private Ltd and five other individuals accused in a coal block allocation case. ....

Jharkhand celebrated the 68th Republic Day with patriotic fervour on Thursday, with Governor Droupadi Murmu hoisting the tricolour at the Morabadi Ground here. ....

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who is in charge of the finance department also, tabled in the state assembly on Monday a Rs 75,673.42 crore budget for 2017-2018. ....

The Jharkhand assembly proceedings were disrupted on Thursday as JMM legislators protested the amendments to the two key state land acts originally formulated to protect the rights of the tribal and indigenous people. ....

The Jharkhand government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sampark Foundation to launch 'Sampark Smart Shala Programme' that aims at providing Maths and English tuitions in 26,000 primary government schools across the state. ....

At least four security personnel were injured on Friday when Maoist guerrillas detonated a landmine in Garwah district of Jharkhand. ....

It seems that all is not well in the Jharkhand BJP, particularly in Raghubar Das's government, as voices are being raised by senior leaders and ministers from within the party against the functioning of his government. ....