Dhanbad, Nov 24 : Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary was on Monday caught up in a scuffle between Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in Jharkhand ''s Dhanbad district.

Chaudhary was campaigning for a Congress candidate along with other party workers as they ran into activists of rival BJP.

Police said around 10,000 people clashed and the matter is being investigated. The actress however escaped unhurt as the people around her covered her when the activists went berserk.

Dhanbad, Nov 23 : A fire raging in an underground mine for nearly a century has put thousands of lives at risk in Jharia town in Jharkhand's coal district of Dhanbad. Now, as the Jharkhand assembly elections draw closer, the people of Jharia are determined to vote only for those who will help prevent their eviction and will rehabilitate them.

"People of Jharia will only cast their vote in support of those who will help us save Jharia," said Pankaj, who is a member of the Jharia Coalfied Bachao Samiti (JCBS).

Dhanbad, Nov 19 Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday asked the people of Jharkhand to vote for her party in the coming assembly elections so that the state could have a stable and corruption free government that would ensure development for the tribals.

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), May 1 : Villagers in Dhanbad have been immensely benefited by the Central Government sponsored rural electrification scheme.

The Central Government launched the project named Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.

Neelmani Singh, assistant engineer, Damador Valley Corporation said that this project had cost 500 million US Dollars in Dhanbadh and the work continues in 8 eight blocks of Dhanbad.

Dhanbad, Jan 20 : A group of engineering students at Dhanbad in Jharkhand have designed an indigenous racing-cum-rally car named ''''MechISMU''''.

This unique car conceptualised and assembled by the mechanical engineering students is capable of manoeuvring through odd rough terrains.

For the racing car and adventure driving enthusiasts, ''''MechISMU'''' is a rare treat.

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Jan 16 : In a major haul, police seized 400 sacks of ammonium nitrate from Dhanbad in Jharkhand.

The recovery was made from a quarter of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) during a raid by the members of the Special Task Force.

The seized sacks were from a consignment looted from a police station in December last year.

One accused, Jitender Singh, from whose quarters the recovery was made, was also arrested by the officials and taken into custody.

Dhanbad, June 20 : While many youngsters find it hard to come out of the web of Naxalism, there are several persons who after having served their terms in jails take to righteous path and start living a happy life with their families in peace.

Dhanbad district’s Kishore Lala is one such example.

Once a hard-core Naxal, he is today a happy farmer who is supporting his family with his hard work in fields. He has set an example for others and shown how things can change if one decides to give up violence in life.

Kishore, a resident of Maniadih Village took to weapons in 1987 and got involved in many cases.

Topchachi (Dhanbad), March 14 : The one time popular Topchachi Lake of Dhanbad which was closed for a decade following naxal problem, has now been thrown open for public by the Jharkhand government.

Visitors were disallowed in this area after naxals had gunned down 22 police personnel 10 years ago. But, with the government determined to bring normalcy in the State, the authorities have decided to reopen the lake for tourists and other holidaying visitors.

Dhanbad, Feb. 21 : A mobile school in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, is spreading education among underprivileged children in the absence of proper school buildings.

The absence of school buildings is due to the dangers posed to them by pit fires of closed or unused coal mines.

The mobile school has been introduced under the Centre’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (Education for All) scheme.

Ramanand Paswan, a teacher by profession, has been appointed to visit various localities in Jharia, Jairam Pur and Bagdigi to ensure that basic education is provided to kids.

Dhanbad, Nov 11 : The Jharkhand Police seized over 400 tortoises in Dhanbad District of the state on Saturday.

Following a tip off, the police seized tortoises packed in eight sacks from a car. However, the driver of the car managed to escape.

"The vehicle we brought it to the police station was filled with tortoise," said Jeetendra Kumar, officer in-charge of Govindpur Police Station.

Police said the amphibians were smuggled from Benaras.

Forest officials said the guilty would be nabbed after investigation report.