MLAs Irfan, Rajesh and Vixal appear in Speaker’s court, seek time of 8 weeks

Ranchi: A hearing was held in the Speaker’s court on the petition filed to abolish the assembly membership of Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Vixal Kongadi. All three MLAs appeared physically during the hearing.

The counsel…

Impartiality of Lokpal gives it the form of an institution: Mnrega commissioner

Ranchi: Inaugurating the workshop organized for the Lokpals appointed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Mnrega Commissioner Rajeshwari B said that the post of Lokpal is not a post but an
the institution where people have…

Monsoon trough gets restored, more rains in state

Ranchi: The monsoon trough which had shifted towards the foothills of the Himalayas got restored thus increasing the possibility of rain at many places across the state going forward. 

Met readings suggested that the monsoon trough at mean sea…

Maoist bunker demolished in Jharkhand

Chaibasa/Latehar/(Agencies): Security forces demolished a large bunker of the proscribed CPI(Maoist) at Saranda forest in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district as part of the ‘Operation Octopus’ on Wednesday, a day after the recovery of a huge cache of…

Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand wins trust vote in the assembly, opposition stages walkout

Ranchi: Hemant Soren-led Mahagathbandhan government won a vote of confidence in the Jharkhand Assembly in which 48 votes were cast in favor of the trust vote while the entire opposition boycotted the vote.

Responding on behalf of the government…

State Govt soon to proceed to formulate a local policy on the basis of the Khatiyan of 1932: Hemant

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister said that the State Government was going to proceed very quickly to formulate a local policy on the basis of the Khatiyan of 1932. He said that the government is also concerned about drought, the situation is not good…

NCPCR criticises Dumka district administration for not cooperating with visiting team

Dumka: The chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Priyank Kanoongo criticized the Hemant Soren government for not supporting the team he led to visit Dumka to take stock of the dual murder of minor girls that had…

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren wins trust vote, BJP stages walkout

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday won the trust vote amid a threat of disqualification in an office of profit case.

Soren got 48 votes, while the BJP walked out during the House proceedings.

Earlier in the…

Working to provide a better future to the youth of state: Hemant

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the state government is working to provide a better future to the youth of the state. Addressing the assistant policemen he said that to improve the law and order situation they had been brought into the system and…

Chief Minister to seek trust vote on Sept 5 in Special Session of Assembly

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren will seek a vote of trust on Monday to prove the strength of his government in a special one-day session which is an extension of the Monsoon Session of the Jharkhand Assembly.

According to a notification…