Giridih (cow shed) fair. Giridih has many prestigious colleges and schools. The major colleges in this town include – Khandoli Institute of Technology affiliated to AICTe Schools include – Hindi newspapers Hindustan Dainik, Dainik Bhaskar, Prabhat Khabar and Dainik Jagran are the popular newspapers as the local language is Hindi. The main English newspapers covering Giridih are The Telegraph, The Times of India and The Hindustan Times. City News (News line) channel for the cable network provides the local news from Giridih. Doordarshan Jharkhand is the official channel covering Giridih. Giridih has several religious and scenic tourist spots, including the following:
K. S. Raja the leader of EPDP. When Douglas Devanada was asked about his involvement in the murder of K. S. Raja, he did not directly deny the responsibility or answer the question, instead pointed to other journalists allegedly killed by LTTE. K. S. Raja K. S. Raja (also spelled K. S. Rajah, , full name Kanagaratnam Sriskandarajah, "கனகரத்தினம் ஸ்ரீஸ்கந்தராஜா", 8 February 1942 - 3 September 1994) was a very popular Radio Ceylon radio announcer from Sri Lanka. He was popular with his audiences in both Sri Lanka and in Tamil Nadu in India. During the course of the Sri Lankan civil war,