Jharkhand's leaders across party lines voiced their unease on Saturday over the Election Commission's decision to countermand the Jharkhand Rajya Sabha poll after Rs. 2.15 crore were impounded from a vehicle.
Over Rs. 2 crore was today seized allegedly from a car owned by the younger brother of an independent Rajya Sabha candidate, a recovery which comes on a day when polls for the Upper House are being held in Jharkhand.
Jharkhand deputy chief minister Hemant Soren today appealed the Election Commission to allow counting of votes for the Rajya Sabha election.
The EC on Friday wrote to the President for countermanding of the Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand. This followed the seizure of Rs. 2.15 crore from the car of Independent candidate RK Agarwal’s relative and allegations of horse-trading. HT reports.
The Rajya Sabha election for two seats in Jharkhand reached the flash point on Thursday with the unexpected turn of events - withdrawal of nomination by NRI businessman and independent candidate Anshuman Mishra and Congress coaxing the JMM to sever ties with alliance partner BJP over the latter's decision to abstain from voting.
Hemant’s sudden rush to Delhi fans speculation about revival of JMM-Cong tie-up.
Pull out threat and subsequent parley of deputy chief minister Hemant Soren with BJP seniors in New Delhi seem to have elevated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s confidence about an easy sail through Rajya Sabha poll for its party nominee.
At a time when the nation is contemplating legislation for food security, the Jharkhand government has issued an order that could leave thousands of poor families depending on public distribution system (PDS) for free food grains to fend for themselves.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s tacit support to Independent candidate Anshuman Mishra’s Rajya Sabha nomination from Jharkhand — by sidelining SS Ahluwalia — has triggered a rift between party heavyweights.
The arrest of two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) suspects, allegedly owning allegiance to the outfit's module busted in Delhi on Wednesday, has once again exposed Jharkhand's vulnerability as a potential terrorist breeding centre. The duo, both of Kashmiri origin and in their early 20s, had been staying in Jharkhand for the past couple of years.
A suspected terrorist who was arrested in Jharkhand and on whose tip off two more terrorists were arrested in the national capital, will be handed over to Delhi Police, an officer said today.
The villagers of Nakraganj, a remote area of Jharkhand, have collectively banned hooch, curbed crime and raised the literacy bar. But it all began when they first got together to build a bridge.
Vijay Murty reports.
Two former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra appeared in a CBI court in Ranchi today to record their statements in a case related to the multi-million rupee fodder scam in which funds meant for buying cattle feed were embezzled in undivided Bihar.
Dhanbad deputy mayor has exposed documents that say Mahto and family has 18 plots of land in Dhanbad district alone, minister claims allegations baseless, dares Singh to drag him to court.
Tribal youth aspiring to display their cultural faculty at the proposed Tribal Youth cultural exchange festivals at Bangalore and Kolkata, would require the security clearance from the deputy commissioners (DC) and superintendents of police (SP) of their concerned districts.