Jharkhand Govt

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  In Tourist Gang-Rape Case, Survivor Gets 10 Lakh Compensation

  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.

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  Jharkhand Schools, Colleges Closed Till January 15; Govt Announces New Covid Curbs

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

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  'Don't Want To Go To Jail': Jharkhand Minister Saryu Rai Opposes His Own Government

  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".

• JMM meets Jharkhand Governor, seeks time to form next govt; Congress silent on support

  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.

• Arjun Munda resigns as Chief Minister; Jharkhand Govt set to fall

  Jharkhand plunged into political crisis today after Chief Minister Arjun Munda submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmad. Mr Munda took the step hours after his coalition partner, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), decided to withdraw its support from the 28-month-long BJP-led coalition government.

• Jharkhand: Arjun Munda resigns as Chief Minister; JMM says it'll try to form new Govt

  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.

• Shibu Soren's JMM formally withdraws support; Arjun Munda Govt recommends dissolution of Jharkhand Assembly

  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.

• Govt issues notices to 30 firms for coal block development delay

  Of the 218 blocks allocated, 25 have been taken back by the government.

• Naxal violence claimed 137 lives this year: Govt

  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.

• Election Commission writes to Govt for CBI probe in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls

  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.

• Union Budget: Govt proposes service centres for weavers, mega clusters

  The government proposed to set up three Weavers Service Centres at Jharkhand, Mizoram and Nagaland

• Anna-giri: People visit Jharkhand govt offices with roses

  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 govt recommends CBI probe into land scam

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

• Jharkhand: 7 diarrhoea deaths in 7 days; Govt response nil

  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...

• One Jharkhand, two Deputy Chief Ministers

  On Saturday, Jharkhand will see its new chief minister being sworn in. "We met the Governor and I told him I wish to take oath at 11 am," said the BJP's Arjun Munda who will head the latest version of a BJP-JMM combine in the state.Their last coalition collapsed in May after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Shibu Soren betrayed the BJP by voting for th...