Archive for March, 2009

Sold for Rs 10000, rescued after months

Ranchi, March 17: A girl from Lohardaga, who went to New Delhi in search of a job and became a victim of trafficking, was finally rescued from Jammu and Kashmir yesterday. Sunita Kumari, 18, daughter of retired army man Sukro Oraon and a resident of Mahuari village in the district, was trafficked to Srinagar, from [...]

Why tribals have good heart: By Santosh K. Kiro

Ranchi, Feb. 3: At a time when the World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that India will become the “world capital” of coronary heart disease by 2020, a Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) student in the state capital has come out with a surprising fact. His research, spanning over two years, has shown that [...]

In The Name Of Witch Hunting: By Gladson Dungdung

At the beginning of 2009, one more Adivasi woman was killed in the name of witch-hunting in Jharkhand. 45 year old Sukhmani Barla of Arhara village of Kamdara block near Ranchi was chopped by her neighbour Bagda Munda alleging her of being a witch. Bagda Munda’s daughter Saniya Munda had been suffering from illness for [...]