Author: Shahnawaz Akhtar
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If not controlled, the pollution caused by iron industry will make air quality of Giridih like Delhi: IAS Jadhav
Pollution from iron and steel plants in Giridih is wreaking havoc on local communities, causing severe air and water contamination. Thousands of residents in nearby villages are battling respiratory diseases, dried borewells, and the loss of greenery, with officials yet to act decisively. IAS officer Vijaya Jadhav has stepped up, exposing regulatory violations and promising…
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Ramgarh Lynching: Alimuddin Ansari had died at No Man’s Land!
Ramgarh: Alimuddin Ansari was lynched in the heart of Ramgarh town almost a year back. Since then, a lot has transpired, right from the accused being convicted to them getting a bail and a Union Minister inviting the flak for garlanding those out on bail. However, amid all, the Ramgarh district administration has been unsuccessful…
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854 Days And Counting, The Wait For Justice Gets Longer For The Families Of Jharkhand’s 1st Mob Lynching Victims
Latehar/Ranchi: They were on their way to a cattle fair, to sell off their last batch of oxen and start a new business when a mob lynched the two Muslims- a 35-year-old cattle trader and another a 12-year-old boy. Following which the dead bodies of the victims were left to hang from a tree in…
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Lynching and thrashing people in the name of Ram is not Hinduism: Swami Agnivesh
Ranchi: In his first post-assault press conference at Pakur, Jharkhand, social activist Swami Agnivesh claimed that the assaulter beating him while chanting Jai Shri Ram was not Hinduism. He mentioned that such actions were actually taking India towards a fascist regime. On Tuesday, Swami Agnivesh had been physically assaulted allegedly by members of BJP Yuva Morcha…
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“Jayant Sinha has done a disgusting thing,” Mariam, widow of Alimuddin Ansari
Ranchi: Mariam Khatoon, the widow of Alimuddin Ansari, the man who was lynched in Ramgarh for allegedly carrying beef, is devastated and outraged. “Why is Jayant Sinha felicitating my husband’s killers?” she questions and then rhetorically answers, “I can understand. He is doing it for votes. But his action is not just disgusting but repulsive…
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Why Jayant Sinha felicitating Ramgarh killers shouldn’t take us by surprise
Ranchi: Indian Civil Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha is receiving the flak for garlanding eight killers who had lynched Alimuddin Ansari in Ramgarh for allegedly transporting beef. The politician, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi) and Harvard University Alumni had met the accused who had been granted bail and felicitated, on Friday. But they should not…
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United opposition makes Jharkhand Bandh successful, impact of alliance was from road to social media
Ranchi: A first in the history of Jharkhand, almost all opposition parties took on to the road to protest against the amendment being made in the Land Acquisition bill by the Jharkhand government, deteriorating of law and order, increasing cases of mob lynching and rapes in the state, and make Jharkhand bandh successful. After the…
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The ‘cyber underbelly’ of India, Jharkhand, is turning BPL people into millionaire
Jamtara/Giridih: He looks no different from an average villager residing in a Jharkhand village. A fleeting glance, gives one the impression of him being a private cab driver. Thanks to the traditional scarf or gamcha that he sports like many drivers in Jharkhand. Nothing seems to be suspicious about him. Meet Pawan Mandal, a man…
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BJP MLAs face off with Lady Singham, public supports IAS officer
Ranchi: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), which boasts of good governance is openly opposing an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, nicknamed as Lady Singham by the people of Giridih for having raided a restaurant that was illegally serving liquor to its customers. Vijaya Jadhav, a 2015 batch IAS officer, posted as Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Giridih,…
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Jharkhand’s Kathua moment: Both BJP and JMM leaders extend support to the killer’s family after court verdict in two lynching cases
Ranchi: If the world was shocked when some political leaders associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with some Congress supporters extended their support to the Kathua rape accused by organizing a rally, then there is another shocker for all. But this time from Jharkhand, where leaders of BJP and JMM are organizing dharnas,…