Naxals release four govt employees kidnapped in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 18:04

Four government employees who were kidnapped by Naxals in Jharkhand`s Giridih district have been released, reports said on Monday.

Hostage issue: CRPF personnel killed, 4 abducted persons freed

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 15:36

One CRPF personnel was killed and 15 others were injured in serial blasts carried out by Maoists in Jharkhand`s Giridih district on Monday to foil search operations by security men to rescue four abducted persons.

Maoists abduct five, free one in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 13:28

Suspected Maoists abducted five people in Jharkhand`s Giridih district but later freed the driver of their vehicle, police said Saturday.

Maoists abduct five, free one in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 13:26

Suspected Maoists abducted five people in Jharkhand`s Giridih district but later freed the driver of their vehicle, police said Saturday.

Explosives seized in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 18:30

Gelatine sticks and detonators were seized during search operation by the police in Maoist-affected Giridih district.

Alert sounded in Giridih, Dhanbad after Naxal attack

Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 09:30

Jharkhand police have sounded an alert in Giridih and Dhanbad in the wake of the brazen attack by Maoists on a train in Bihar`s Jamui district.

Minor girl raped in Giridih

Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 21:13

A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her distant cousin at Chat village, about 70 km from Giridih town, the police said on Saturday.

Minor girl raped in Giridih

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 23:40

A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her distant cousin at Chat village.

Cop killed in encounter with Maoists in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 11:29

A policeman was killed in an encounter with the Maoists near Matrukha village of the district, police said here on Tuesday.

Police asks six escaped Maoists to surrender

Last Updated: Sunday, November 18, 2012, 23:47

Six fugitive Maoists if surrender, would not be charged with hatching the plot that led to their escape following the November 11 attack on the transit van claiming lives of 4 policemen in Giridih, a top police official said.

Two of eight missing Maoists found

Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 17:19

Two of the eight Maoists, who fled while being taken from court to jail after the ultras fired on a transit van in Jharkhand`s Giridih town, have been found.

Boy killed in lightning in Giridih

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 14:21

A school boy was killed and eight others, including six students, were injured when lightning struck a middle school at Ghaskaridih in Giridih district Wednesday.