Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey has claimed that the BJP will win more than 350 Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 general elections, with Narendra Modi becoming the prime minister for another term.
Choubey, who was in Ranchi on Sunday to highlight various initiatives taken by the public distribution and environment departments, also said corrupt ...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested seven people, including a government officer, after it conducted raids in Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged land grab case, official sources said on Friday (April 14).
Those taken into custody have been identified as Afshar Ali,...
Authorities clamped prohibitory orders and deployed additional security forces in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand after the alleged desecration of a religious flag led to brick-batting and arson involving two groups.
Officials on Monday (April 10) said the situation was under control and urged Jamshedpur’s residents not to give credence to rumours float...
An idol of Lord Hanuman was vandalised in Sahibganj town of Jharkhand in the early hours of Monday and a person has been detained in connection with the incident, an official said.
The one-and-half-feet tall idol is housed in a temple under a tree in Sahibganj town police station area, 425 kms from capital Ranchi, Sahibganj Deputy Commissioner R...
The Naxal problem in Jharkhand is in its last stage with the security forces having launched a coordinated assault to wipe out the menace, said director general of police, Ajay Kumar Singh in Ranchi on Sunday (February 26).
Recently, the Naxal hotbed and training Centre in Jharkhand - Budha Pahad - on the border with Chhattisgarh, was captured b...
There has been a spike in man-elephant conflicts in Jharkhand prompting the authorities to impose prohibitory orders in certain areas under Section 144 to curb further casualties.
In the past 12 days, 16 people have been allegedly killed by a tusker in five Jharkhand districts, which has forced the administration to impose prohibitory orders und...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday (February 21) launched multiple searches in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in Jharkhand's rural development department, official sources said.
They said about two dozen locations, including state capital Ranchi, Jamshedpur, and Delhi, were being raided by the ...
Officials have reported that farmers in Jharkhand, who are still grappling with losses from the Kharif season drought, are now facing further uncertainty due to the acute deficit of winter rain, which is negatively impacting the Rabi crops.
The state received a mere 0.3mm rainfall against the normal average of 41.3mm from November 1 to February ...
An official stated that on Saturday, a fire at a nursing home in Dhanbad, Jharkhand resulted in the deaths of at least five individuals, including two doctors.
The deceased include the medical establishment's owner Dr Vikas Hazra, his wife Dr Prema Hazra, the owner’s nephew Sohan Khamari and domestic help Tara Devi. The pet dog of the doctor cou...
The raging debate over whether Shri Sammed Shikharji in Jharkhand should be designated as an eco-tourism spot or not ended on Thursday with the Centre halting all such activities in the Parasnath Hills, where it is located. The Jain community called off its protest after the decision.
It also told the state government to take strict action again...
A bill was passed in the Jharkhand assembly on Friday (November 11) to raise the total reservation offered to different categories to 77 per cent.
In a special session, the assembly passed an amendment to the Jharkhand Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services Act, 2001, raising the reservations for STs, SCs, EBCs, OBCs and Economically Wea...
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren skipped the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons on on Thursday (November 3), to avoid being questioned regarding a case of alleged illegal mining. Instead, he is going to attend a tribal programme in Chhattisgarh and threw a challenge to the ED to arrest him if he had committed a crime.
Soren was supposed t...
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has been called for questioning on November 3 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to a mining scam in the state.
ED officials on Wednesday said that Soren, 47, has been asked to appear before the federal probe agency at its regional office in state capital Ranchi at 11 am on...
A 26-year-old software engineer was allegedly thrashed and raped by around 10 men in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said on Saturday (October 22).
The woman, who works at a well-known IT company and is in Chaibasa as she is working from home, was out with her boyfriend on a two-wheeler on Thursday evening (October 20) when the incid...
Jharkhand has earned the disrepute of having the highest percentage of underage girls getting married, according to the latest demographic sample survey by the union government.
The percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand, according to the survey brought out by the office of the Registrar Gene...
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s brother Basant Soren on Thursday (September 8) gave a bizarre explanation for his absence from the state during the recent political crisis.
Basant, who is an MLA from Dumka, said he was in Delhi to purchase undergarments.
“I had run out of undergarments, so I went to Delhi to purchase them. I get them ...
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday (September 5) won the confidence vote in the Assembly amid allegations by his party against the BJP of attempting to poach MLAs of the ruling coalition.
While addressing the house before the vote, Soren alleged that the BJP was attempting to destabilise democratically elected governments in states ...
An FIR has been lodged against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari and seven others after they allegedly forced officials at Deoghar airport in Jharkhand to clear their chartered flight for take-off past sunset.
The airport, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July, is yet to be cleared for night operations. Flight services at the a...
Seema Patra, a suspended BJP leader accused of torturing her domestic help at her Jharkhand home, was arrested on Wednesday (August 31) morning. Patra is suspected to have meted out horrific torture on the domestic help, including smashing her teeth with an iron rod and starving her.
Patra was caught after her son spoke to his friend, a governme...
The ruling UPA coalition in Jharkhand is shifting its MLAs to neighbouring Chhattisgarh to prevent the BJP's alleged attempt to poach its legislators during the ongoing political crisis in the state, sources said on Tuesday.
The MLAs are seen leaving Chief Minister Hemant Soren's residence in two buses towards the Ranchi airport, where a flight ...
The Jharkhand government on Monday handed over a compensation of Rs 9 lakh to the next of kin of a teenager who was set on fire by a man in Jharkhand’s Dumka district recently, an official said.
The 17-year-old Class 12 student succumbed to burn injuries at a government hospital on Sunday. The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday sought...
With his fate as chief minister of Jharkhand hanging by a thread, Hemant Soren accompanied over three dozen MLAs of the ruling JMM-Congress alliance to Latratu village, 50 km west of Ranchi, for a daylong jamboree on Saturday (August 27).
The chief minister and MLAs of the ruling coalition were photographed enjoying a boat ride at the Latratu Da...
Amid the deepening political crisis in Jharkhand due to the uncertainty over Chief Minister Hemant Soren's fate as an MLA, preparations have been made to shift ruling coalition MLAs to "friendly states" like West Bengal or Chhattisgarh, if the need arises, to prevent poaching attempts by the BJP, multiple sources confirmed.
The development comes...
Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais is likely to send the order of disqualification of Chief Minister Hemant Soren as an MLA to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday (August 27), Raj Bhavan sources said.
Members of the state's ruling coalition will gather for the third round of meeting on Saturday (August 27) morning at the chief ministe...
