Ranchi, Nov 22 (IANS) Jaleshwar Mahto, president of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Jharkhand, was arrested in a 14-year-old poll code violation case in Dhanbad district Sunday, police said. Jaleshwar Mahto was arrested ...

Bangalore, Nov 22 (IANS) Karnataka is fast becoming a state that lives on crisis, controversies and elections. Political parties are busy drawing up strategies for the Dec 18 election to fill 25 ...

Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) Former chief minister Madhu Koda said Saturday that people jealous of him were conspiring to keep him away from the Jharkhand assembly polls by implicating him in the ...

Ranchi, Nov 13 (IANS) A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator from Jharkhand and his aide who were abducted by Maoists in Latehar district a day ago were released Friday, police said. Ram Chandra ...

Ranchi, Nov 11 (IANS) Six former Maoist rebels have decided to shun violence and join the political mainstream by contesting the coming Jharkhand assembly elections. Four rebels have been given ticket by ...

Patna, Nov 5 (IANS) In an obvious attack on former ally the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has accused national level parties of trying to marginalise regional outfits ...

Patna, Nov 5 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has virtually hit out at former ally the Congress, saying national level parties were trying to marginalise regional otufits to ...

Bhubaneswar, Oct 24 (IANS) The central government's nod to a proposal by Orissa government to re-name the state as Odisha has received appreciation from people in the state. "This was a long-standing demand. ...

Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) More than 10 armed men Sunday looted cash and valuables worth Rs.2 lakh from passengers on a train in Jamui district of Bihar, police said. The passengers were ...

Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh was Sunday formally re-elected president of the Bihar unit of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U). The announcement was made by Chief Minister Nitish ...

Bofors buried Matter Q quelled 30.09.2009 11:05:21 Indian government has informed Supreme Court on Tuesday through its of withdrawing cases against Quattrochi.Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium pleaded, Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice ...

Itanagar, Sep. 22 (ANI): A physically disabled candidate has joined the Assembly election bandwagon in Arunachal Pradesh. Tami Taniang, 47, who got a National Award for his service to the physically disabled, is ...

Kochi, Sep 22 (IANS) The United Democratic Front (UDF) Tuesday got its ninth ally in Kerala after the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) faction led by prominent socialist M.P. Veerendrakumar joining it. With the ...

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi amid reports that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has recommended a Central Bureau of ...

Patna, Sept 15 (ANI): Voting has begun for the by-election to 11 of the 18 assembly constituencies in Bihar this morning. The polling will decide the fate of 99 contestants, including ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 12 (IANS) Newly appointed Kerala Transport Minister Jose Thettayil has tested positive for Influenza A(H1N1), an official confirmed Saturday. The test result came Saturday night, confirming that Thettayil is down with ...

Patna, Sep 10 (IANS) An estimated 40 percent turnout was recorded in bye-elections to seven Bihar assembly constituencies amid peaceful voting, officials said. The by-polls were peaceful and no untoward incident ...

Patna, Sep 10 (IANS) Voting was underway Thursday in by-polls for seven assembly constituencies in Bihar amid high security. It is seen as a mini referendum for the Janata Dal-United government ahead ...

Patna, Sep 7 (IANS) The widow of slain Patna businessman Satyendra Singh has demanded that a polygraph test be conducted outside Bihar on Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and former MP Vijay ...

Patna, Sep 3 (IANS) A Bihar court Thursday issued summons to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a case relating to firing in an election booth in 1991 in which one person ...

Ranchi, Aug 26 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Wednesday sentenced 19 people for fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.13.69 crore from Gumla treasury in undivided Bihar and now in Jharkhand. Special ...

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said he will examine the issue of reported unwillingness of Swiss authorities to divulge the names and other details of Indians ...

New Delhi, Aug.22 (ANI): Former Defence Minister and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) convener George Fernandes has said that as long as he is alive, he will continue to work for the removal ...

Bangalore /Patna, Aug 22 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has confirmed that his government does not propose to ban Jaswant Singh's book 'Jinnah - India, Partition, Independence'. Unlike Gujarat, which ...

Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday said he had sent an SMS to vote in favour of a dance group from the state that has reached the final ...

New Delhi, Aug.21 (ANI): The Congress and its allies on Friday won nine of the 17 seats in assembly by-polls spread over five states. In Tamil Nadu, the win for the ...

Raipur, Aug 21 (ANI): Congress General secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the State Government in Chhattisgarh of not tackling the Maoists problem. Addressing a press conference here, he blamed the ...

Patna, Aug 21 (IANS) The police will approach the court for speedy trial of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and former MP Vijay Krishna, who is the prime accused along with his son ...

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and dismissed reports of differences with her. "All talk of differences is wrong. When ...

Bangalore, Aug 18 (IANS) About ten percent of over one million eligible voters Tuesday exercised their franchise in the first four hours of polling in five assembly by-elections in Karnataka. The ...