Luguburu is a place for deep faith and belief of Santhals: Governor

Bokaro: Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu has described Luguburu Ghantabadi located in Lalpania of this district as a place of great faith and belief of the Santhal Tribe and asked the members of the community to remain aware towards their traditions,…

5 arrested for opium smuggling in Latehar

Latehar: Police have arrested five people including a woman for smuggling opium under Balumath Police Station area of this district.

Police said that during the vehicle checking drive on the Ranchi-Chatra main road these five people were arrested…

LJP declares candidates on 5 seats

Ranchi: The Lok Janshakti Party has declared its candidates on five Vidhan Sabha seats of the state where polls will be held in the first phase on November 30.

Earlier in the day national president of the party and Jamui MP Chirag Paswan had…

Jharkhand polls: BJP fields ‘tainted’ candidates

Ranchi/(IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which generally talks about morality in politics, seems to be going the opposite way in the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections.

A lot of candidates belonging to other parties earlier have…

BJP banks on Raghubar Das as Jharkhand CM

Ranchi (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Central leadership is banking on Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and has denied ticket to his detractors for the state's upcoming Assembly polls.

The BJP has made it clear that…

Notification issued for 2nd phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls

Ranchi (IANS) The notification for the second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections was issued on Monday and the last date for filing the nominations is November 18. In the second phase, 20 Assembly seats will go for polls on December 7.

The…

Divyang cricketer Golu Ohdar named state icon for Vidhan Sabha polls

Ranchi: State’s chief electoral officer Vinay Kumar Choubey said that booth wise campaign has been conducted to mark the eligible Divyang voters.

He said that Divyang talents who have made a name for themselves in different areas at the state…

69 nominations filed on 6th day filing of nominations for first phase of polls in Jharkhand

Ranchi: On the sixth day day of filing of nominations for the first phase of elections in the state scheduled on 13 seats a total of 69 candidates have filed their nominations taking the overall number to 76 on these seats.

On Chatra seat 3…

Dreaded Maoist Kundan Pahan gets permission to contest Vidhan Sabha elections

Ranchi: Dreaded maoist Kundan Pahan who is accused in more than 120 cases including those related to the murder of former minister Ramesh Singh Munda has been granted permission by the special NIA court to contest the Assembly Elections in the state.

Cash and other prohibited substance worth Rs 1.41 crore seized so far in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Post the declaration of assembly elections in Jharkhand the enforcement agencies have seized cash and other prohibited substance worth Rs 1.41 crore.

Addressing a press conference here state’s Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey…