Debashish Sarkar is a special correspondent based in Jamshedpur. He has been covering government, administration, politics and crime among other things.
Articles by Debashish Sarkar
BJP, JMM cadres clash in J’khand over booing of CM
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and BJP workers clashed on Saturday after the former waved black flags at Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar in protest against the booing of chief minister Hemant Soren in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's presence on Thursday.
Updated on Aug 23, 2014 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepak Mahato/Debashish Sarkar, Ranchi/jamshedpur
While candidates lose deposits EC laughs all the way to the bank
Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party may have run into the Election Commission (EC) quite a few times during the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections, but the poll panel now has only the Modi wave to thank for raking in the mullah worth a few crores.
Updated on May 21, 2014 04:18 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
An extraordinarily ordinary man laid to rest
It was the wish of Russi Modi, a former chairman and managing director of Tata Steel, to be laid to rest beside the tomb of his mother, Lady Jerby Mody, at the Parsee cemetery in the city, and so his ashes were laid here on Monday morning.
Updated on May 20, 2014 12:59 AM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Subsidised food grain to 11 lakh BPL families in J'khand to stop by June end
Hunger pangs loom large over 11.15 lakh additional families living below poverty line (BPL) in the state, after the Union government informed the state government that it would not provide food grains at central issue price (CIP) for these families beyond June this year.
Updated on May 10, 2014 11:32 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Rights panel summons CS after death of another silicosis patient
Another silicosis patient, Ram Bagal, died on his way to Musaboni Public Health Center (PHC) even as the Jharkhand government is yet to act on National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) notice seeking detailed report on silicosis related deaths, patients and compensation so far paid to them.
Updated on May 02, 2014 11:32 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Now, dairy farmers can insure newborn calves for just Rs 60
This is music to the dairy farmers and may perhaps also lead to a white revolution in Jharkhand
Updated on Apr 27, 2014 04:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Ex-super cop Ajoy Kumar to come alive on celluloid soon
Randeep Hooda of Murder 3 and Highway fame will play Ajoy Kumar in the untitled movie to be directed by Prawaal Raman, who has also directed Gayab, Darna Mana Hai and Darna Zaroori Hai, 404 and others.
Updated on Apr 16, 2014 11:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Ajoy Kumar drops ‘video’ bomb on Vidyut Baran Mahato
Barely 48 hours ahead of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rally here, the Rajya Sabha horse-trading scams of 2012 and 2010 came back to haunt the party and its claim of corruption-free good governance.
Updated on Apr 08, 2014 11:41 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
State fails to act on SEBI order for checking Ponzi schemes
Jharkhand has not yet complied with an order of the Securities and Exchange Board of India which was intended to check Ponzi schemes
Updated on Apr 03, 2014 04:35 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Seraikela-Kharsawan to vote for three LS seats
Residents of Seraikela-Kharsawan district will vote for three Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming general elections.
Updated on Mar 24, 2014 05:17 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
EVM: J'khand voters won’t be able to verify if they pressed the right button
Voters in Jharkhand will not be able to verify if their votes went to the chosen candidates or not after casting their votes in the parliamentary elections.
Updated on Mar 23, 2014 04:36 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Plan to give satellite phones to securitymen in Maoist-hit areas
To ensure free and fair parliamentary polls in Maoist -hit areas, the government plans to provide satellite phones to security personnel in remote areas and also to form anti-sabotage units
Updated on Mar 15, 2014 05:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
This pink brigade gives hiccups to bootleggers in Jharkhand
Pramila Patro, 32, appears to be a simple housewife. But, her name strikes terror among the bootleggers across 52 villages along Jharkhand-Odisha border, about 125km from Jamshedpur.
Updated on Mar 10, 2014 05:45 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jindal Steel’s projects worth `22,000-cr get green signal in East Singhbhum
Paths have been cleared for setting up of Jindal Steel and Power Limited’s (JSPL’s) proposed 6 million tonne integrated steel plant and 1320 MW captive power plant projects worth around `22, 000 crore at Asanboni in Potka Block of East Singhbhum.
Updated on Mar 09, 2014 04:33 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Man with Silicosis stares at death, NHRC awaits report
Basudev Bhagat (55) is languishing in a private nursing home — the Singh Nursing Home — in Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. He is yet another silicosis patient staring at death.
Updated on Mar 04, 2014 05:34 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
More toilets than BPL families in East Singhbhum
The East Singhbhum district has more toilets than the total number of below poverty line (BPL) families here. While this may please Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi — both championing the cause of building toilets to prevent open defecation — the matter calls for a thorough scrutiny.
Updated on Feb 26, 2014 03:24 PM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jharkhand: struggling on Rs 200 pension, octogenarian teacher goes back to school
At a time when a kilo of onions cost Rs 100, Raj Kishore Das has been forced to live on a Rs 200 pension. With no other avenue open and a daughter to support, the 87-year-old was recently forced to take up teaching again. Debashish Sarkar reports.
Updated on Oct 30, 2013 08:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur, Midnapore face floods as Odisha opens 4 dam gates
Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and low-lying areas of West Midnapore district in West Bengal were staring at the grim prospect of flash floods, as Odisha opened four gates of Byangbil and Kharkai dams on Tuesday morning following continuous rains there for the last few days. Debashish Sarkar reports.
Updated on Jul 30, 2013 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Former Ranji player, STF DIG want JSCA poll put on hold
Getting murkier by minutes, Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) was on boil on Tuesday over sudden popping up of about 50 lady voters in the voting list finally issued after much demands and complaints.
Updated on May 21, 2013 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Why no work yet? Jharkhand questions stalling investors
The Jharkhand Government has served notices on 22 prospective industrial investors asking them why the MoUs should not be cancelled, reports Debashish Sarkar.
Updated on Apr 19, 2010 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
‘Koda parked funds in 5 offshore accounts’
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and his aides parked a major portion of the money raised through the Rs 4,000-crore laundering scam in five foreign bank accounts in three cities.
Updated on Mar 13, 2010 01:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Maoists on run as joint Op ends
The four-day joint anti-Maoist operation in the border areas of Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum districts, West Bengal’s West Midnapore and Purulia and Orissa’s Mayurbhanj was almost over on Thursday after the forces located and demolished a CPI(Maoist) training camp in a hilly area near Belpahari in Bengal.
Updated on Mar 12, 2010 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar and Probal Sanatani, Jamshedpur
Madhu koda scam: CD implicates ‘guruji’
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Saryu Rai on Monday released a CD that allegedly has statements linking the money laundering scam in which former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda is involved with one “Guruji”.
Updated on Feb 22, 2010 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Kid wants death, suffer says life
A deadly debate has pitched the steel city into the global morality club. For the first time, it is splitting hair over euthanasia.
Published on May 25, 2006 02:32 AM IST
None | Debashish Sarkar, Jamshedpur