Govt In Jharkhand

Jharkhand Police has handed over a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs to the husband of a Spanish woman who was allegedly gang-raped in Dumka on Friday.

Jharkhand Lockdown News: Schools, colleges, coaching institutions and other educational institutions in Jharkhand will remain closed till January 15, the state government decided today.

The ruling BJP in Jharkhand is facing an embarrassing revolt by a senior minister who walked out of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday objecting to the renewal of mining contracts and declaring "I don't want to go to jail".

Efforts to form the next government in Jharkhand picked up pace on Saturday with leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress separately meeting Governor Syed Ahmad. The JMM leaders requested the Governor to give the party a chance to form the next government.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmad hours after an emergency Cabinet meeting recommended dissolution of the Assembly. The vertiginous situation arrived in the state after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or the JMM withdrew support from the BJP-led government.

The BJP-led government in Jharkhand convened an emergency Cabinet meeting today morning in which it recommended the dissolution of the state Assembly. This comes a day after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM threatened to withdraw support from the government.

A total of 137 people have been killed in 461 incidents of Naxal violence this year, the government said on Tuesday. The maximum number of causalities have been reported in Jharkhand - 68, followed by Chhattisgarh - 22, Maharashtra - 20, Odisha - 16, Bihar - 10 and Andhra Pradesh 1, till April 15.

The Election Commission (EC) today decided to write to the government seeking a CBI probe into the events that led to countermand of Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand recently. The decision comes after the Jharkhand High Court asked the Commission to constitute a probe.

Call it Annagiri or Gandhigiri. Government officials in the coal town of Jharkhand are being offered roses and white caps by activists of Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption (IAC) with a request to help weed out corruption.

Jharkhand government has recommended CBI probe into the recently unearthed Rs 1000 crore land scam in Deogarh district.

The Jharkhand government's tall claim of spending crores on rural health care doesn't mean anything for villagers in Sonua. The predominantly tribal village has seen seven diarrhoea deaths in as many days, but the only help these people have are anganwadi workers who are not trained to deal with emergencies.Not a single doctor has visited the villa...

The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs met in the Capital on Tuesday and approved President's Rule in Jharkhand after accepting Governor MOH Farook's report on the political situation. Farook had submitted his report to the Home Ministry on Monday, after meeting with leaders of major political parties in the state.  Jharkhand, which has ra...

The political crisis in Jharkhand is showing no signs of resolving.After dragging their feet for nearly a month, the BJP finally withdrew support to the Shibu Soren Government in Jharkhand on Monday as it became clear that the Chief Minister had no intention of stepping down to allow a BJP-led government to take over.Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti M...

The BJP top brass on Friday night failed to take a final call on heading a new government in Jharkhand as differences persisted who will be its chief minister.

The BJP legislature party will meet its MLA's in Ranchi today over the situation in Jharkhand. The BJP still can't make up its mind as to what it wants to do in Jharkhand. The divisions are both over who should be Chief Minister and also over the question of whether the party should ally with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) or not. With various le...

Jharkhand Police has handed over a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs to the husband of a Spanish woman who was allegedly gang-raped in Dumka on Friday.

Jharkhand Lockdown News: Schools, colleges, coaching institutions and other educational institutions in Jharkhand will remain closed till January 15, the state government decided today.

The ruling BJP in Jharkhand is facing an embarrassing revolt by a senior minister who walked out of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday objecting to the renewal of mining contracts and declaring "I don't want to go to jail".

Efforts to form the next government in Jharkhand picked up pace on Saturday with leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress separately meeting Governor Syed Ahmad. The JMM leaders requested the Governor to give the party a chance to form the next government.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmad hours after an emergency Cabinet meeting recommended dissolution of the Assembly. The vertiginous situation arrived in the state after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or the JMM withdrew support from the BJP-led government.

The BJP-led government in Jharkhand convened an emergency Cabinet meeting today morning in which it recommended the dissolution of the state Assembly. This comes a day after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM threatened to withdraw support from the government.

A total of 137 people have been killed in 461 incidents of Naxal violence this year, the government said on Tuesday. The maximum number of causalities have been reported in Jharkhand - 68, followed by Chhattisgarh - 22, Maharashtra - 20, Odisha - 16, Bihar - 10 and Andhra Pradesh 1, till April 15.

The Election Commission (EC) today decided to write to the government seeking a CBI probe into the events that led to countermand of Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand recently. The decision comes after the Jharkhand High Court asked the Commission to constitute a probe.

Call it Annagiri or Gandhigiri. Government officials in the coal town of Jharkhand are being offered roses and white caps by activists of Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption (IAC) with a request to help weed out corruption.

Jharkhand government has recommended CBI probe into the recently unearthed Rs 1000 crore land scam in Deogarh district.

The Jharkhand government's tall claim of spending crores on rural health care doesn't mean anything for villagers in Sonua. The predominantly tribal village has seen seven diarrhoea deaths in as many days, but the only help these people have are anganwadi workers who are not trained to deal with emergencies.Not a single doctor has visited the villa...

The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs met in the Capital on Tuesday and approved President's Rule in Jharkhand after accepting Governor MOH Farook's report on the political situation. Farook had submitted his report to the Home Ministry on Monday, after meeting with leaders of major political parties in the state.  Jharkhand, which has ra...

The political crisis in Jharkhand is showing no signs of resolving.After dragging their feet for nearly a month, the BJP finally withdrew support to the Shibu Soren Government in Jharkhand on Monday as it became clear that the Chief Minister had no intention of stepping down to allow a BJP-led government to take over.Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti M...

The BJP top brass on Friday night failed to take a final call on heading a new government in Jharkhand as differences persisted who will be its chief minister.

The BJP legislature party will meet its MLA's in Ranchi today over the situation in Jharkhand. The BJP still can't make up its mind as to what it wants to do in Jharkhand. The divisions are both over who should be Chief Minister and also over the question of whether the party should ally with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) or not. With various le...