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 ...

Shimla, Aug 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh Wednesday demanded that Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh resign over the corruption charges filed against him. "We are demanding the resignation ...

New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Uttarakhand Governor B.L. Joshi was late Saturday transferred and appointed as the Uttar Pradesh governor in place of T.V. Rajeshwar, whose term has expired, a Rashtrapati ...

Ranchi, July 15 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's statement that he would ask the Election Commission to hold elections in Jharkhand soon after the monsoon has been welcomed by his ...

New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Tuesday extended the President's Rule in Jharkhand by six months even as Home Minister P. Chidambaram told the house that the elections for ...

Ranchi, July 8 (IANS) The Jharkhand vigilance department Wednesday filed a criminal complaint against former state agriculture minister Nalin Soren and former director Nistar Minz for allegedly siphoning off Rs.41.6 crore (Rs.416 ...

Ranchi, July 7 (IANS) The special vigilance court here Tuesday directed the vigilance department to lodge a first information report (FIR) against former agriculture minister Nalin Soren and former agriculture director Nistar ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday extended the six-month-old President's rule in Jharkhand by six months beyond July 18. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by ...

New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to recommend the extension of President Rule beyond July 18 for second six month spell, as no party or group ...