Ranchi, Nov 23 (ANI): Campaigning for the first phase of the five-phased polling for the Jharkhand Assembly would come to an end this evening. The first phase of the poll will take ...

By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Nov 22 (IANS) Political parties contesting the Jharkhand assembly elections are promising a corruption free government and cheaper food grain to the poor. The manifestoes of major parties read ...

Ranchi, Nov 21 (IANS) Campaigning has gained momentum in Jharkhand where the first phase of the assembly elections is due Nov 25. Senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh hit ...

Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Nov 21 (IANS) Election freebies in Jharkhand are getting trendier, with caps, paper goggles and mobile phone covers carrying party logos and icons being freely distributed ahead of the assembly ...

Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Friday addressed two poll rallies in Jharkhand, appealing for vote for the BJP, which he promised would provide a "stable ...

Ranchi, Nov 17 (IANS) Former Jharkhand minister Enos Ekka, who has been in jail since August in a graft case, Tuesday filed his nomination papers for two assembly seats in the state. The ...

Ranchi, Nov 16 (IANS) All of Jharkhand's former chief ministers have hit the campaign trail in right earnest for the forthcoming assembly polls, with most of them eyeing the top post ...

By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Nov 13 (IANS) Mineral-rich Jharkhand - where 54 percent of the population lives below the poverty line - continues to be exploited by a small section of people. ...

Ranchi, Nov 6 (IANS) A former Maoist leader and the wife of an arrested rebel Friday joined the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and will be fielded by the party in the five-phase ...

Ranchi, Nov 2 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Monday said that supporting Madhu Koda as chief minister was a blunder and in future his party would not support any ...

Ranchi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Income Tax department (IT) and enforcement directorate continued searches in cities across the country for the second day Saturday to gather evidence of corruption against former ...

Ranchi, Nov. 1 (ANI): Income tax officials on Sunday continued raids at the addresses linked with former Jharkhand chief ministers Madhu Koda and Shibu Soren. On Saturday, the IT and Enforcement Directorate ...

Ranchi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Income Tax Department raided houses and offices of two mediapersons and personal secretaries of former Jharkhand chief ministers Shibu Soren and Madhu Koda against whom a disproportionate ...

Ranchi, Oct 30 (IANS) Eight MPs from Jharkhand, who lost their seats in the April-May 2009 general elections, will contest the coming assembly elections in the state. The Congress has prepared a list ...

Ranchi, Oct 27 (IANS) Political parties are examining their options as Jharkhand braces for the November-December elections to pick a 81-member assembly. The Congress has shut its doors for former friend Jharkhand ...

Ranchi, Oct 23 (IANS) Galvanised by the union cabinet's recommendation to dissolve the Jharkhand assembly, political parties in the state have begun gearing up for the impending elections. Following the cabinet recommendation ...

Ranchi, Oct 21 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP Hemant Soren Wednesday said his party will break its alliance with the Congress and fight the assembly elections in the state alone. "In the ...

Ranchi, Oct 14 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi started his two-day Jharkhand trip Wednesday amid talk that elections to the state assembly might be announced soon, provoking one-time ally Jharkhand ...

Ranchi, Oct 13 (IANS) With an eye to the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections, the Congress party is keen to woo the tribals and Dalits of the state who constitute a sizeable ...

By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Oct 7 (IANS) More than five years after striking up a successful alliance in Jharkhand, the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) are gearing up to fight ...

Ranchi, Sep 27 (IANS) Pradeep Mahto, the brother of former Jharkhand deputy chief minister Sudhir Mahto, has committed suicide in Jamshedpur city, police said Sunday. According to police, Pradeep Mahto, 41, committed ...

By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Sep 22 (IANS) Major political parties in Jharkhand have announced they would go it alone in the upcoming assembly elections in what promises to be a neck-and-neck contest. The ...

New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday called on Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi to hold talks on possibilities for forming an alliance between ...

Ranchi, Sep 19 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Saturday said it may break away from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and contest all seats in the assembly elections due ...

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday appealed to President Pratibha Patil for early elections in Jharkhand, which is under the President's Rule since Jan 19. "We informed ...

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Dues amounting to nearly Rs.12 million are pending against 10 sitting and former members of the Lok Sabha, a Right to Information (RTI) applicant has found out. ...

Ranchi, Sep 9 (IANS) All 22 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators in Jharkhand Wednesday resigned from the assembly and demanded lifting of the president's rule and early elections in the state. ...

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Assam Governor Syed Sibtey Razi Tuesday rubbished allegations of corruption against him as "false" and asserted that he would complete his full term as governor. However, ...

Ranchi, Aug 14 (IANS) It has been raining in Jharkhand in the last 36 hours, but that is unlikely to end the drought situation, an official of the Met Department said here ...

Ranchi, Aug 12 (IANS) Separate petitions for corruption have been filed against three former Jharkhand chief ministers in the state high court. The graft charges may affect their prospects in the upcoming ...