RJD's Jharkhand chief joins BJP, may get LS ticket

Ranchi/New Delhi (IANS) The Rashtriya Janata Dal's Jharkhand unit President Annapurna Devi on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and is likely to be fielded in the Lok Sabha polls in the state.

Annapurna Devi, a four-time legislator,…

BJP ally AJSU fields Chandraprakash Chaudhary from Giridih

Ranchi (IANS) The BJP alliance partner All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) on Monday fielded Water Resources Minister Chandra Prakash Chaudhary from the Giridih Lok Sabha seat.

Under the seat-sharing pact between the Bharatiya Janata Party…

RJD expels Annapurna Devi for 6 years citing anti party activities

Ranchi: The RJD expelled its state unit head Annapurna Devi for six years for anti-party activities. Apart from expelling her from the party the RJD has also appointed former MLA Gautam Sagar Rana as the new…

Several join membership of Congress party

Ranchi: People from different walks of life joined the membership of the Jharkhand Congress. Speaking on the occasion
Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee chief Dr Ajay Kumar said that when educated people…

CPI(ML) announces candidates for Koderma and Palamu seats

Ranchi: The CPI(ML) announced its candidates on the Koderma and Palamu Lok Sabha seats of the state. Party’s national general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya announced the names of the candidates with Rajkumar…

Parties can not release manifesto after end of campaign: EC

Ranchi: Chief Electoral Officer L Khiyangate said that the deadline for the political parties to release their manifesto has been
fixed and no party after the end of the campaigning period can bring out their manifesto.…

Congress, JMM, JVM-P announce seat sharing in Jharkhand, RJD unhappy

Ranchi (IANS) The Congress, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) on Sunday announced an alliance in the state for the Lok Sabha battle but the RJD boycotted the deal after it was given only one seat…

BJP veteran Kariya Munda denied ticket to return to farming

Ranchi (IANS) Former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and eight-time Lok Sabha member, Kariya Munda, said on Sunday that he will return to farming after the BJP denied him ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Jharkhand.

In the list of BJP…

Supporters of Ramtahal Chowdhary gherao BJP office

Ranchi: Fearing that the sitting Ranchi MP Ram Tahal Choudhary might be denied a ticket in the Lok Sabha elections his supporters gheraoed the BJP state headquarters office located on the Harmu road here. More than…

Jayant Sinha greeted on his arrival after getting ticket

Ramgarh: Union Minister of state Civil Aviation, Hazaribagh MP Jayant Sinha made BJP candidate in Hazaribagh received a warm welcome on arrival in Jharkhand. He participated in Sankalp Day along with a large…