Ranchi: A hearing was held in the Speaker’s court on the petition filed to abolish the assembly membership of Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Vixal Kongadi. All three MLAs appeared physically during the hearing. The counsel for the MLAs sought eight weeks’ time from the Speaker to reply. The … read more
Ranchi: Inaugurating the workshop organized for the Lokpals appointed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Mnrega Commissioner Rajeshwari B said that the post of Lokpal is not a post but an the institution where people have to register complaints as per rules and laws. She said that the impartiality … read more
Ranchi: The monsoon trough which had shifted towards the foothills of the Himalayas got restored thus increasing the possibility of rain at many places across the state going forward. Met readings suggested that the monsoon trough at mean sea level was passing through Ganganagar, Hissar, Hardoi, Gorakhpur, Patna, Jamshedpur, Digha … read more
Chaibasa/Latehar/(Agencies): Security forces demolished a large bunker of the proscribed CPI(Maoist) at Saranda forest in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district as part of the ‘Operation Octopus’ on Wednesday, a day after the recovery of a huge cache of explosive and ammunition in Latehar, a senior police officer said. The massive anti-Naxal operation … read more
Ranchi: Hemant Soren-led Mahagathbandhan government won a vote of confidence in the Jharkhand Assembly in which 48 votes were cast in favor of the trust vote while the entire opposition boycotted the vote. Responding on behalf of the government on the motion of confidence Chief Minister Hemant Soren said … read more
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister said that the State Government was going to proceed very quickly to formulate a local policy on the basis of the Khatiyan of 1932. He said that the government is also concerned about drought, the situation is not good in many districts due to scanty rainfall, better … read more
Dumka: The chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Priyank Kanoongo criticized the Hemant Soren government for not supporting the team he led to visit Dumka to take stock of the dual murder of minor girls that had taken place in the recent past. Expressing surprise … read more
Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the state government is working to provide a better future to the youth of the state. Addressing the assistant policemen he said that to improve the law and order situation they had been brought into the system and their appointment was for … read more
Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren will seek a vote of trust on Monday to prove the strength of his government in a special one-day session which is an extension of the Monsoon Session of the Jharkhand Assembly. According to a notification issued by the Vidhansabha Secretariat in the special one-day session, … read more
Ranchi: Recently three BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Kapil Mishra and Manoj Tiwari had reached Deoghar airport and had gone to Dumka to meet Ankita’s family members. The ruling JMM has termed the ruckus at the airport allegedly by BJP leaders as a political ruckus. Party leader Supriyo Bhattacharya has said that on … read more