Bandh called by rural bodies affects normal life

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:49

Normal life was disrupted due to a bandh by the Jharkhand Rajya Panchayat Parishad to demand devolution of power to the three-tier Panchayat Raj system.

JDP calls Jharkhand bandh on July 25

Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2012, 14:21

A dawn-to-dusk Jharkhand Bandh call has been given by the Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP) on July 25 to mount pressure on the state government to return the land acquired by it to set up professional educational institutions.

Huge cache of explosives seized ahead of Maoist bandh

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 21:09

The police have seized over 13,000 detonators and one tonne explosive materials from Ranchi district, ahead of Wednesday`s 24-hour Jharkhand bandh called by the Maoists.

Maoists blow up railway track in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 08:57

Maoists blew up a stretch of railway track in Jharkhand`s Giridih district in the wee hours on the third day of their 72-hour shutdown on Tuesday, affecting train services, the police said here.