A School Where all Students Failed in Board Exams

Amid all the buzz over encouraging board exam results all over India, Jharkhand's Deoghar district has a school where all its 147 students have failed in their secondary board examination.

The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) announced the results of the secondary board examinations on Tuesday. A total of 69.31 per cent students passed in the examination.

However, the students of the Kothia High School were in for a rude shock as not one of them managed to pass the examination. Read More................A Jharkhand school where all students failed in board exams

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Black Magic Students Give Qualifying Exam

Ghatsila (Jharkhand): It was a qualifying exam with a difference.

Aspiring students of black magic in Jharkhand’s Ghatsila town performed rituals to pass qualifying tests conducted by Tantrics on Saturday.

Some of the rituals included performing yoga while suspended from a tree and meditating in birthday suits for hours.Read More................Black magic students perform rituals to qualify

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Yes, I beat them. So what? Asks Jharkhand MLA

Bokaro: In a series of photographs, a man who is a big deal in this part of Jharkhand, thrashes one young man after another with sticks.

Jagannath Mahto has been elected twice as the MLA from Dumri in Jharkhand. He believes he has the right to enforce discipline in any manner that he sees fit. Read more........Yes, I beat them. So what? Asks Jharkhand MLA

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Buy a Car Tyre, Get One Kg Onion Free

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): With spiralling onion prices bringing tears in most of the eyes in the country, a tyre seller here has offered to sell the vegetable free of cost, on the purchase of a tyre from his shop. Read More................Buy a tyre, get onion for free

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Is Amitabh Bachchan a ‘police informer’??????

This will not exactly be music to Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan’s ears but the Jharkhand police chief allegedly ‘paid’ Rs 21 lakh to an intelligence informer who was given the megastar’s name. The informer, Sanichar Pandit, used various aliases but was most reluctant to sign two vouchers made out in the name of the megastar at the behest of state Director General of Police Vishnu Dayal Ram.

Although Ram allegedly made the payments amounting to Rs 21 lakh to Pandit, who signed as Amitabh Bachchan, the informer claimed he had received only Rs 10,000. Read More................Amitabh Bachchan a ‘police informer’ in Jharkhand

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200 women in India killed every year after being branded 'witches'

Nearly 200 to 150 women are killed every year in India after being tagged as 'witches', a Dehra Dun based NGO has said citing National Crime Bureau statistics. Jharkhand tops the list with 50-60 witchcraft-related murders every year followed by Andhra Pradesh where the number is around 30, Haryana 25-30 and Orissa 24-28, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) Chairman Avdhash Kaushal claimed. Read More................200 women killed every year after being branded 'witches'

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Woman sacrificed to appease tribal god

Ranchi - A priest and three others have been arrested for allegedly sacrificing an old woman to appease a tribal god in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said.

Budhani Devi, 60, a resident of Khaira Jagir village, was abducted April 9 by Bhuneshwar Baiga, the priest, and his accomplices -- Balram Mistry, Basuwa Oraon and Mahendra Singh. Read More................Woman sacrificed to appease tribal god

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Ghost Fair

Palamu: Though people all over the world visit religious places to seek blessings for happiness and a good fortune for themselves, an annual fair held in Jharkhand's Palamu district attracts people who wish to free themselves of the suspected evil spirits' influence.

Hundreds of devotees of tribal and non-tribal families participated in a unique the 'Ghost fair' hosted in the vicinity of Sheetala Mata temple here recently. Read More................Ghost fair in Jharkhand witnesses a sea of humanity

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Man eats street dog's heart after being bitten

A labourer in Jharkhand, who was bitten by a street dog, killed the animal, cut out its heart and ate it to protect himself from rabies.

After the dog bit him Saturday, Chukna Ganju, 30, a resident of Dakra village, on the outskirts of Ranchi, caught hold of the animal and killed it by flinging it on stones, local media reports said Sunday. Read More................Man eats street dog's heart after being bitten

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When Voter was told, he is dead

Ranchi: Writer and theatre personality Deepak Ranjan Chatterjee was shocked when officials at a polling booth in Jharkhand told him that he could not vote because he was dead -- in their records!

A day after the first round of assembly elections in the state Wednesday, Chatterjee related what he underwent in Jamshedpur city.

'My wife and my sons' names were there, but the officials at the booth told me that Deepak Ranjan Chatterjee was dead. I wanted to know how this was possible since I was listed as their father and I am active socially. They insisted the boys' father had died long ago,' Chatterjee said. Read More................Jharkhand voter told he is dead

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60-year-old walks 25 km to vote

Ranchi: Call it his commitment to democracy, a 60-year-old man walked 25 long km to vote in the Jharkhand assembly elections.

“I walked for 25 km (Wednesday) to vote despite threats from Maoists,” Bhagwandas Kumhar of Hatia near Ranchi told IANS. Read More................60-year-old walks 25 km to vote

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Politician bought 600 vehicles to please supporters

RANCHI: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who was on Wednesday interrogated for his role in a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, distributed hundreds of vehicles to supporters and used the mines department and electricity board to expand his financial empire, officials here said.

Koda, an independent Lok Sabha MP, purchased and distributed around 600 bikes, 25 to 30 Scorpios, Boleros and other four wheelers to his supporters during the Lok Sabha elections this year, officials in the income tax department said. Read More................Madhu Koda bought 600 vehicles to please supporters

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Husband collects Rs. 4,000 crores, while wife sacrifices 11 goats for his well-being

Former chief minister of Jharkhand Madhu Koda allegedly swindled Rs. 4,000 crores of public money in his coffers during two years in office. To evade his arrest in the scam he pretended to be sick & got admitted to hospital. Bizzare is the news that his wife Geeta Koda sacrificed 11 goats at a temple here for her husband's well-being. Read here more...........Koda's wife sacrifices goats for husband's well-being

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Begging bowls in hand, teachers strip

RANCHI: It was a Teachers' Day of a very different kind. Thousands of them walked through the streets of Ranchi in pouring rain towards Jharkhand Raj Bhavan with a long list of grievances and begging bowls in their hands. But what shocked everyone around was when about 300 of them started stripping to their bare essentials! Read More................Begging bowls in hand, teachers strip in Jharkhand

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Sacrificing for Lord Shiva

In this ritual, men in a remote village in India's eastern Jharkhand state pierce their bodies with iron hooks and hang 90 feet above the ground from them. See the video & article here.........Sacrificing for Lord Shiva

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Unable to book a Car, man hangs self

JAMSHEDPUR: It’s compact, comfortable and affordable — the stuff middle-class dreams are made of. But the Tata Nano, the new symbol of upward mobility in India, is also fuelling some despair.

And Arun Kumar Tiwari’s story proves just that. A small-time LIC agent from Jamshedpur, Tiwari hanged himself at his Agrico Colony home on Sunday afternoon after he was unable to book his Nano. Read More................Unable to book Nano, LIC agent hangs self

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Elephants loom large as an issue in elections

ALONG with Maoist rebels, rampaging elephants have become a key voter issue in eastern India ahead of the upcoming general election as political parties promise to save villagers from the animals.

Villagers have put up banners saying, "save us from elephants and get our votes," and "help us and we will help you", in Ranchi city, the capital of eastern Jharkhand state, and other towns. Read More................Elephants loom large as an issue in elections

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Indian villagers pray to Barack Obama for "honest" candidates

Ranchi: Villagers in Jharkhand chanted sacred hymns and offered prayers to Barack Obama on Wednesday, while appealing to political parties to field candidates like the US President in the upcoming general election. Read More................Indian villagers pray to Obama for "honest" candidates

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Play Music to Milk Cows

A farm in Ghatsila town in Jharkhand devised a unique way of milking cows by playing music in the shed as the farm officials believe that the cows yield more milk while listening to music. Read More................Play music to milk cows in Jharkhand

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Octogenarian Gandhi disciple puts best foot forward

RANCHI, India – At first glance he looks like India's independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, wearing only a knee-length wraparound and slippers, but Bagun Sumbarai is a seasoned politician bidding for a sixth stint in parliament. Read More................Octogenarian Gandhi disciple puts best foot forward

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