Mysterious disease claims 8 tribal lives in Jharkhand; BJP slams Soren govt

Ranchi (IANS) Over the past 22 days, at least eight members of the 'Pahariya' tribe at Nengra Tand village in Jharkhand's Jamtara district have died due to an unidentified disease, with more than 10 others still suffering.  

Some…

Jharkhand Secretariat employees go on mass leave, work comes to standstill

Ranchi (IANS) Employees of the Jharkhand Secretariat Service have gone on a three-day mass leave starting Tuesday demanding promotions and creation of new posts at various levels.  

Their action has led to a temporary halt in operations at…

Jharkhand HC upholds death sentence in engineering student rape-murder case

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday upheld the death sentence for Rahul Raj, also known as Rocky Raj, in the brutal case of rape and murder of a B. Tech student in Ranchi.  

The CBI court had initially sentenced Raj to death for…

Growing number of Bangladeshis in Santhal area alarming, Centre tells Jharkhand HC

Ranchi (IANS) The Centre on Thursday told the Jharkhand High Court that the growing presence of illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Santhal Pargana area of the tribal state is alarming.  

Appearing for the Centre as the High Court took up a PIL…

Soon, Maaiyan Samman Yojana to include women aged 18 and above, says CM Soren

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren has said that when one is determined and works honestly towards his goal, positive outcomes are bound to follow. He was speaking at the divisional level event of the Jharkhand Chief Minister Maaiyan Samman Yojana,…

Jharkhand HC stays life sentence of three accused in Sreeleathers owner Ashish Dey’s murder

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday stayed the life sentence awarded by the lower court to the three accused Jitendra Singh, Amlesh Singh and Vinod Singh in the murder case of Ashish Dey, owner of famous shoe brand Sreeleathers, in Jamshedpur. 

JMM MLA Ramdas Soren takes oath as minister in Jharkhand cabinet

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MLA Ramdas Soren on Friday took oath as a minister in the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand. 

Ramdas Soren, 61, is a JMM MLA from the Ghatsila Assembly seat and replaced former chief minister Champai…

Champai Soren slams CM Hemant Soren, INDIA bloc for calling BJP anti-tribal

Ranchi (IANS) Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Friday hit out at CM Hemant Soren and the INDIA bloc for calling the BJP 'anti-Adivasi'. 

Speaking exclusively to IANS, Champai Soren stridently refuted the INDIA bloc's…

Former Jharkhand CM Champai Soren joins BJP

Ranchi (IANS) After ending his political journey of four and a half decades with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), former chief minister Champai Soren formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday. 

In a big public meeting organised…

Two Jharkhand Police SIs caught snooping on Champai Soren: Himanta Sarma

New Delhi (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday made an explosive claim that veteran Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and state minister Champai Soren was being snooped on by Jharkhand Police for the past five months.