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Jharkhand: JMM-led govt completes one year in office
By Gautam Mazumdar | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 29, 2020 10:47 AM IST
Hemant Soren on Monday met top officials, including chief secretary Sukhdev Singh, to prepare an outline of key achievements of his government

JMM youth wing chief Basant Soren to fight Dumka bypoll
By Gautam Mazumdar | Hindusatn Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON OCT 01, 2020 07:11 PM IST
Basant Soren was nominated, said party general secretary, after the JMM received multiple requests and feedback from various quarters.

Shibu Soren tested negative for coronavirus, released from Gurugram hospital
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON SEP 07, 2020 12:09 PM IST
The septuagenarian leader had breathing problems and was admitted to Medanta, Ranchi, on August 24 after he tested positive for coronavirus on August 21.

Jharkhand agriculture minister Badal Patralekh tests Covid-19 positive
By Asian News International | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | Ranchi
UPDATED ON AUG 23, 2020 10:09 AM IST
Jharkhand minister Badal Patralekh took to Twitter to announce the news and urged those who came in contact with him in the recent days to get tested for the coronavirus disease.

JMM chief Shibu Soren, wife Roopi Soren test positive for Covid-19
By Bedanti Saran | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON AUG 22, 2020 11:39 AM IST
Samples of the former chief minister Shibu Soren and his wife Roopi Soren were collected on Friday and their test reports came late evening.

Rajya Sabha polls: JMM chief Shibu Soren set to enter upper house, advantage BJP on second seat from Jharkhand
By Gautam Mazumdar | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON JUN 19, 2020 12:37 PM IST
The BJP leadership, however, is cautious, as the party is short of one vote (lawmaker) against the required 27 first preference votes in the Rajya Sabha polls.

3 candidates including Shibu Soren in fray for 2 Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand
By Press Trust of India | Posted by: Shivani Kumar | Ranchi, Jharkhand
UPDATED ON JUN 10, 2020 07:55 PM IST
Shibu Soren, Congress candidate Shahzada Anwar and BJP state president Deepak Prakash had filed their nomination papers in March after the Election Commission had issued the notification for the two Rajya Seats.

First non-tribal Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das loses first election in 24 years; Saryu Roy wins from Jamshedpur East
By Debashish Sarkar | Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur
UPDATED ON DEC 23, 2019 10:48 PM IST
Das has in past served as president of Jharkhand BJP twice. The party had contested the 2009 assembly and Lok Sabha elections under his leadership.

‘I dedicate victory...’: Hemant Soren’s first reaction as JMM plus leads on 45 seats
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 23, 2019 05:08 PM IST
Hemant Soren had pulled down the Arjun Munda government in 2013 to become the chief minister, then the state’s and the country’s youngest.

With photographs, Chief Minister-in-waiting Hemant Soren messages he has arrived
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON DEC 23, 2019 06:53 PM IST
The final outcome still uncertain, Hemant Soren who has inherited his father Shibu Soren’s political legacy, drove down to the senior Soren’s residence less than a kilometre away to seek his blessings. Hemant Soren’s family accompanied him.

Campaigning ends for final phase of polling in Jharkhand
By Sanjoy Dey | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2019 12:55 AM IST
Sixteen assembly seats, including seven reserved for tribal candidates, will go to polls in the final phase on Friday.

Jharkhand polls: In Santhal region, JMM fights for ex-CM Shibu Soren’s pride
By Chetan Chauhan | Hindustan Times, Dumka
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2019 12:46 AM IST
Locals and experts say the ageing Shibu Soren’s influence has waned in the past five years. Soren rose to prominence after his 1972 agitation against local money lenders, called mahajans, who lent money by keeping tribal land as mortgage.

Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019: JMM manifesto promises loan waiver, 50% quota for women
By Gautam Mazumdar | Hindustan Times, Ranchi, Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON NOV 27, 2019 12:06 PM IST
The JMM manifesto for Jharkhand Assembly Election also promised to restart the UPA government schemes of 2014 that has been stopped in the NDA regime.

Guruji humbled, his ex-aide has the last laugh in JMM bastion
By Bedanti Saran | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2019 09:15 AM IST
An intermediate pass out, Sunil had joined the BJP in 2004 after having differences with late Durga Soren, Shibu’s elder son. He had successfully contested the 2005 assembly elections from Jama seat and trounced Durga.

‘Shibu Soren should have taken retirement from active politics’
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2019 08:58 AM IST
Mangal Pandey played a key role as the party in-charge in its emphatic victory in Jharkhand, where the BJP won 12 out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats while fighting a united Opposition

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Close shave for BJP on tribal seats of Jharkhand
By Sanjoy Dey | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 24, 2019 05:35 PM IST
Even though BJP sees Dumka as a big ticket win where its candidate Sunil Soren defeated JMM supremo Shibu Soren by 36,815 votes, it faced neck and neck fight in Khunti and Lohardaga.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Dumka denies Shibu Soren his record ninth term
By Gautam Mazumdar | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON MAY 24, 2019 04:27 PM IST
Shibu Soren, the eight-time MP from Dumka, who was in the contest to secure a record ninth term, lost by a margin of over 47,000 votes to BJP’s Sunil Soren.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Shibu Soren eyeing record 9th term from Dumka
By Gautam Mazumdar | Hindustan Times, Dumka
PUBLISHED ON MAY 19, 2019 10:51 AM IST
If JMM chief Shibu Soren pulls off a win in Dumka Lok Sabha seat, it will be a record ninth term from the seat for the 75-year-old former Union minister. The undisputed Santhal leader has been winning from this parlimentary seat since 1980.

Once a political foe, Marandi seeks votes for Shibu Soren
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON MAY 18, 2019 08:37 AM IST
Soren and Marandi are the two tallest tribal leaders of the state and had been adversaries all their political life before the two parties came together to become part of the grand opposition alliance of four parties in the state.

‘Can’t see any Modi wave in Jharkhand’: Former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren
By Gautam Mazumdar | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
UPDATED ON MAY 14, 2019 09:29 AM IST
‘There were pushes and pulls in the alliance formation, which is natural. But all parties in the coalition are serious’ said Shibu Soren, leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and former chief minister.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: These elections will shape the future of 3 former CMs of Jharkhand
By Vishal Kant | Hindustan Times, RANCHI
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2019 03:35 PM IST
BJP leader and three-term chief minister Arjun Munda is in the fray from Khunti, in an attempt to take the legacy of party veteran Karia Munda forward.

JMM names candidates for 4 states; Shibu eyes 9th term from Dumka
By Gautam Mazumdar | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON APR 04, 2019 01:41 AM IST
The JMM president will take on Sunil Soren of Bharatiya Janata Party, whom he had defeated twice, in 2009 and 2014. However, Shibu Soren had also lost from Dumka twice, in 1984 and 1998, when the seat was within undivided Bihar.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: ‘Grand alliance meet after Holi will decide on seat-sharing’: Hemant Soren
By Kumar Uttam | Ranchi
UPDATED ON MAR 18, 2019 06:25 AM IST
The claim came after he attended a meeting with Congress leaders RPN Singh and Ajoy Kimar, and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) leader Babulal Marandi at Madhya Pradesh Bhawan in New Delhi.

‘Grand alliance meet after Holi will decide on seat-sharing’: Hemant Soren
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON MAR 17, 2019 08:11 AM IST
Hemant Soren spoke to Kumar Uttam on the possibility of Opposition parties coming together, the role of Left parties and the impact of the post-Pulwama air strikes. Edited excerpts:

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: JMM eyes Odisha with Congress alliance
By Gautam Mazumdar | Hindustan Times, Ranchi, Ranchi
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2019 06:38 PM IST
Shibu Soren’s daughter Anjali is Mayurbhanj LS poll candidate; party also eyes assembly seats

JMM might contest alone if ‘respectable’ seat share is denied in GA: Shibu Soren
By Subhash Mishra | Hindustan Times, Dhanbad, Dhanbad
PUBLISHED ON JAN 07, 2019 12:16 PM IST
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, JMM had won two seats — Dumka (Shibu Soren) and Rajmaha (Vijay Kumar Hansda) — out of 14, while it was in second position in the Giridih seat

Former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Suraj Mandal joins BJP
By Sanjoy Dey | Hindustan Times, Ranchi, Ranchi
UPDATED ON OCT 15, 2018 03:59 PM IST
Once a close confidante of JMM chief Shibu Soren, Mandal was the vice-chairman of the Jharkhand Area Autonomous Council in 1995 when Soren was its chairman. Mandal was, however, expelled from JMM for his alleged anti-party activities in 1999. He, then, formed the JVD on December 6, 1999.