Santhal Pargana tribal village heads to meet over Bangladeshi intrusion

Ranchi (IANS) Tribal village heads of Santhal Pargana division have decided to convene a 'Manjhi Pargana Mahasammelan' under the traditional self-governance system in Hiranpur in Jharkhand's Pakur district on September 16 and BJP leader…

Tribal population in Santhal Pargana shrank from 44 pc to 28 pc, Centre tells Jharkhand HC

Ranchi (IANS) The Union government on Thursday submitted an affidavit to the Jharkhand High Court which is hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning alleged Bangladeshi infiltration in the Santhal Pargana region of the state.  

Headquartered…

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. 

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…

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…