Assam: Tensions rise after violence erupts during eviction drive in Chirang’s Runikhata Forest RangeTensions are high in Assam's Chirang district following violence during an eviction drive. Forest guards cleared encroached land, leading t...
'Feel betrayed': Ex-India hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey on quitting CongressFormer Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey, who resigned from the Congress after being dropped as a candidate, on Sunday said the party be...
Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Pankaj Kumar, Ajay Tirkey sworn in as Lokpal membersFormer Law Commission chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, ex-bureaucrats Pankaj Kumar, Ajay Tirkey sworn in as Lokpal members by chairperson Ju...
India's 'Hockey Village' set for transition from bamboo sticks to artificial turfEvery evening more than 100 children at Saunamara, a hamlet of little over 2000 tribal inhabitants in Odisha's Sundargarh district, play on...
Dilip Tirkey elected new Hockey India presidentHockey India elections were scheduled to be held on October 1 but the results were declared in advance as there were no contestants for any...
Congress wins by-election to Jharkhand's Mandar seatShilpi Neha, the daughter of former legislator Bandhu Tirkey and also supported by the ruling JMM-led coalition, secured a total of 95,062 ...
After 'destroying' economy, Modi govt 'playing' with national security: Asaduddin OwaisiAttacking Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Hyderabad MP said, "I would like to ask why he turned so greedy that he had to acquire 11 acres ...
National Games scam: CBI searches former Jharkhand sports minister's residenceThe premises of the then director sports of the state P C Mishra, organising secretary of national games Madhukant Pathak, organising secre...
JNU violence: Police releases pictures of 9 suspects, says JNUSU prez Aishe Ghosh among themAddressing a press conference, DCP (Crime Branch) Joy Tirkey, who is probing the case, said a majority of the students wanted to register f...
Dilip Tirkey hopes campaign will bring Bharat Ratna for Dhyan ChandDilip Tirkey and other former Indian hockey stars, got together at Jantar Mantan in Delhi, demanding Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand.
Dilip Tirkey hopes campaign will bring Bharat Ratna for Dhyan ChandMany parliamentarians had petitioned for this, the sports and home ministry had recommended his name, but it was Sachin Tendulkar, who was ...
- MLA Bandhu Tirkey nominated Trinamool Congress's Jharkhand unit chief
Another MLA Chamra Linda was appointed its legislative party leader in Jharkhand Assembly, a party release said here.
Use of 'Padma' title by poll candidates unfair: Election CommissionBJP candidate Jual Oram had drawn EC's attention objecting the use of Padma title by Tirkey in the publicity material.
Politics is difficult than playing hockey: Dilip TirkeyFormer Indian Hockey captain Dilip Tirkey says politics is difficult than playing hockey. “In politics, you can’t always do what you want. ...
Dilip Tirkey confident of 'defending' challenges from heavyweightsRajya Sabha member Tirkey is making his debut in electoral politics on a BJD ticket from the tribal belt of Sundargarh, also called the nur...
Accommodating independents to be a challenge for JMM-Congress allianceThe challenge to accommodate independents who have agreed to provide critical support stares the newly formed Congress-JMM alliance.
- Ex-Jharkhand minister in judicial custody
Former Jharkhand human resources development (HRD) minister Bandhu Tirkey was on Friday remanded to 14 days of judicial custody in a case o...