Bhagwati Prasad, the chief justice of Jharkhand state until retiring from the bench in 2011, said that judges, like anyone, are influenced by their social conditioning.

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The Bihar legislature in April passed a bill to turn 18 mineral-rich southern districts into the separate state of Jharkhand.

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In October police also arrested a husband and wife - who they said were senior Maoist leaders - in the state of Jharkhand.

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Maoist rebels planted an explosive device inside the body of a paramilitary policeman who was killed during clashes in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, police say.

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Now Naxalite and Marxist groups have threatened to target mining operations in the state of Jharkhand's mineral-rich areas, where Rotterdam-based Mittal Steel, India's Tata Steel and others have drawn up plans for multi-billion dollar plants.

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Now that may be in danger too as the committee found that of 14 mines from the nearby state of Jharkhand where Vedanta had been sourcing its bauxite from, only one had all the mandatory approvals and legal clearances.

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An initial report by the Press Trust of India which was later corrected, cited the main reason for the investigation to be the link between the developer and associates of Madhu Koda, former chief minister of the state of Jharkhand, who was arrested Dec. 1 on corruption charges.

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Samasource takes work orders from a U.S. tech company, breaks them down into simple tasks it has dubbed microwork, and sends it off to a partner in say, the rural Indian state of Jharkhand, where most of the other jobs are low-paid, backbreaking work in the coal mines.

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Manas said he was "not sure" who had carried out the attack on shepherds in Jharkhand since there were a number of splinter rebel groups in the state.

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