Mukesh Ranjan

RANCHI: A fresh political controversy has erupted in Jharkhand over the state government's directive requiring ration cardholders to declare their caste details.

Read this exciting story from The Morning Standard July 17, 2026 issue. A political controversy has erupted in Jharkhand over the state government's directive asking ration card holders to declare their caste details.

RANCHI: Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly, Babulal Marandi, has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Jharkhand High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged liquor scam in the state.

RANCHI: In a significant move, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids at five locations in Lohardaga, simultaneously, as part of its investigation into the

RANCHI: Jharkhand police have arrested a Special Area Committee (SAC) member of CPI (Maoist), Ajay Mahtoalias 'Tiger' or ‘Basudev ', from Nawadih village, under Pirtand police station, in Giridih.

NEW DELHI: The self-enumeration facility for the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) under Phase I of Census 2027 commenced in Tamil Nadu and Tripura on Friday, marking the start of Census operations in the two States.

NEW DELHI: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has issued a revised SOP for all personnel deployed in violence-hit Manipur, directing them to travel only in bulletproof vehicles and avoid unnecessary movement following recent attacks on Assam Rifles personnel in the state and neighbouring Nagaland.

RANCHI: Ten students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Benagodia, Dhanbad, have been suspended after a Class 10 student was allegedly assaulted by senior student

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in a surprise move on Friday, removed Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golchha, nearly 11 months before his retirement, and appointed Anurag Kumar, a 1994-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, as his successor for a three-year term.

RANCHI: A student at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Benagodia, Dhanbad, was allegedly assaulted by five senior students over nearly three-and-a-half hours after being forced to undress. The accused allegedly beat him with belts and rubbed salt into his wounds.