Maoists have torched 12 vehicles involved in road construction work in Jharkhand's Palamau district, the state police said on Friday. ....

The opposition Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Thursday retained the Littipara assembly seat with its candidate Simon Marandi defeating his BJP rival Hemlal Murmu by 12,900 votes in the April 9 bypoll. ....

Amid tight security, 72.15 per cent of the over 1.95 lakh voters exercised their franchise in Jharkhand's Littipara assembly bypoll on Sunday, an election official said. ....

Two policemen were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Sunday morning, the state police said. ....

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha was arrested on Tuesday along with party legislator Manish Jaiswal and 150-odd supporters in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand after they allegedly tried to take out a religious procession. ....

Four children sleeping on a roadside were crushed to death by a truck. ....

Nearly 700 liquors shops in Jharkhand have been shut in the last one week following a Supreme Court order to close those falling within 500 metres on either side of national or state highways. ....

At least two Maoist guerrillas were arrested and two IED bombs were recovered in Jharkhand on Friday, police said. ....

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das is doing all he can to win the Littipara assembly by-election to deal a blow to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). ....

Maoist guerrillas torched three vehicles involved in transporting coal in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Thursday, police said. ....