Ranchi: A court in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district on Friday awarded 20 year imprisonment to two persons found guilty of gang-raping a girl. According to a lawyer, Additional District Judge Kamal Kumar Srivastav had found them guilty on Thursday. On Friday, … read more
New Delhi (IANS) In an implicit criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, BJP veteran L.K. Advani on Thursday said the BJP never regarded those who disagreed with it politically as “enemies” but only viewed them as … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Despite being in power for five years, most of the voters spread across the cross-section of society feel that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is best suited to tackle issues concerning the country. The latest findings of CVOTER-IANS … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Narendra Modi continues to be the popular choice to be the next Prime Minister across a wide section of society, but the gap between him and Rahul Gandhi is thinnest among housewives. An overwhelming 63.6 per cent of … read more
Ranchi (IANS) Three former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand have joined the contest for the Lok Sabha seats in the state. Arjun Munda (BJP), Babulal Marandi (JVM-P)and Shibu Soren (JMM) will be contesting the elections from Khunti, Koderma and Dumka seats, … read more
Ranchi: Senior IAS officer DK Tiwari has been appointed as the new chief secretary of Jharkhand took charge on Sunday. An IAS officer of 1986 batch Mr Tiwari would replace Sudhir Tripathi whose tenure comes to an end on March 31. Born in 1960 in Mahoba of Bundelkhand region of … read more
Ranchi: BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sameer Oraon has accused the Congress party of misleading the tribals and using them for their vote banks. Addressing a Press Conference at the party headquarters here he said that people are attacking the tradition and culture of the tribals and innocent tribals are being lured for religious … read more
New Delhi (IANS) In the run-up to the general election, lack of employment opportunities is seen by the Indian public as the biggest challenge, said a report. The Pew Research Center report said that 76 per cent of adults have said … read more
Ranchi (IANS) Tala Marandi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA in Jharkhand, is seeking a ticket from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to contest the Lok Sabha elections, JMM sources said on Friday. Marandi met JMM Executive President Hemant Soren … read more
Ranchi (IANS) Noted economist Jean Dreze was detained in Jharkhand’s Garwah district on Thursday for allegedly holding a public meeting without permission, an official said. He was later released. The Belgian-born Indian economist and activist, and two others, were taken into custody … read more