Spouses sweat it out for bigwigs in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) Family members, mainly spouses, campaigning for candidates are a common feature in elections. In Jharkhand, spouses of political bigwigs, including Arjun Munda, Jayant Sinha and Kriti Jha Azad are sweating it out as political and actual…

Jharkhand's Maoist belt saw 7% more voting over 2014

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand witnessed seven per cent higher polling in the state's Maoist belt during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls than that recorded in 2014, according to Election Commission (EC) data

Polling for the three Lok Sabha seats -…

BJP renews its call for removal of Bangladeshi insurgents from Jharkhand

Ranchi: State BJP vice president Pradeep Verma once again has demanded that all the Bangladeshi insurgents should be removed from the state and called for the implementation of NRC in the state so that the illegal entrants do not capture the jobs…

Peaceful elections on three Lok Sabha seats is victory of democracy over Maoists: Mangal Pandey

Ranchi: Lok Sabha polls in charge for Jharkhand BJP Mangal Pandey said that peaceful conclusion of three elections on Palamu, Chatra and Lohardaga seats was a victory of democracy over Maoism and terrorism.

He said that the manner in which…

Will take retirement from politics if Nyay Yojana does not succeed: Sidhu

Jamshedpur: Star campaigner for the Congress party and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu said that he would take retirement from politics if the Nyay Yojana of the Congress party becomes unsuccessful.

Addressing a public gathering while campaigning…

NDA not to cross 150 seat mark, allies like JD(U) and Shivsena to support Congress after results: Anil Sashtri

Ranchi: Senior Congress leader and former union minister Anil Sashtri today claimed that the BJP led NDA will not be able to get more than 150 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and it will be the Congress-led coalition government that will come to…

BJP making emotional fool of people by raising the issue of nationalism: Hemant

Giridih: Leader of the Opposition and JMM’s acting president Hemant Soren today said that instead of talking about jobs and employment the BJP was making an emotional fool of the people by raising the issue of nationalism.

Speaking to…

Congress distributed liqour and pictures of Gandhiji to take votes of poor: Raghubar

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today alleged that the Congress party on some occasions distributed liquor while on others gave the pictures of Mahatma Gandhi in order to capture the votes of the poor.

Addressing a public meeting…

First phase polling begins in 3 Maoist-affected LS seats in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) Polling began at 7 am at three Maoist affected Lok Sabha seats spread over in six districts of Jharkhand on Monday, said an official.

The polling will end at 4 pm.

Polling began at total 6072 polling…

20.87% voting for 3 LS seats in Jharkhand Maoist belt till 11 a.m

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand recorded 20.87 per cent polling till 11 a.m. on Monday for three Lok Sabha seats in the state's Maoist-affected areas, according to Election Commission (EC) data.

Polls for the 14 Lok Sabha seats…