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Two security personnel were killed and another injured in a gunfight with members of the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a CPI (Maoist) splinter group, in Jharkhand’s Palamu district. The encounter broke out during an operation in Kedal village.

Physical tests under the Jharkhand excise constable competitive examinations began in seven centres across Ranchi, Giridih, Hazaribag, Palamu, East Singhbhum and Sahebganj districts

Police in Jharkhand's Palamu district reported that four girls, aged between 6 to 8 years, drowned in a pond near a school on Friday.

A dowry-murder case has been registered and the accused and his four other family members have been arrested.