Raghubar with Om Prakash Mathur reaches New Delhi with list of candidates

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das along with in charge for Vidhan Sabha polls Om Prakash Mathur has reached New Delhi along with the list of probable candidates for the assembly polls in the state. The duo is also being accompanied by state BJP…

Sonia to chair CEC meeting for Jharkhand polls on Nov 9

New Delhi (IANS) With just 24 days to go for the Jharkhand Assembly polls, a meeting of the Congress Election Committee (CEC) will be held on November 9 at the residence of interim party President Sonia Gandhi to discuss the names of the candidates,…

Saryu Rai asks to bring Onion from Nafed and other states

Ranchi: Food and civil supplies minister Saryu Rai has directed his department secretary to take administrative efforts in order to bring down the wholesale and retail price of the onion in the different districts of the state. 

He has also…

For filing of nominations a candidate should be voter of any constituency: Jha

Ranchi: Additional Chief Electoral Officer Kripanand Jha said that the process of filing of nominations for the first phase has commenced in the state for 13 assembly seats.

Addressing a Press Conference here he said that as per the provisions…

Criminal cases against 62 per cent of present MLAs of Jharkhand Assembly: ADR Report

Ranchi: The Association for Democratic Reforms in its report has claimed that 62 percent MLAs have criminal cases against them and this finding is based on the affidavit which have been submitted by them.

The findings of the ADR are based on…

BJP’s election committee authorises Raghubar and Giluwa to decide on candidates

Ranchi: The election committee of the state BJP has put the onus on the shoulders of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, State BJP chief Laxman Giluwa and State Organisation General Secretary Dharampal Singh to decide on the candidates for the Vidhan Sabha…

Divyang and 80 plus voter to vote through postal ballots

Ranchi: Chief electoral officer Vinay Kumar Choubey said that Divyang and voters who are above 80 years will be casting their votes through the postal ballot system.

He gave necessary instructions to the district electoral officer through video…

Battle for Jharkhand: Notification issued for first phase of polls on 13 seats, No nominations filed on Day 1

Ranchi: With the issue of notification for the first phase of elections on 13 seats of the state the process of filing of nomination papers has commenced.

The polling on these 13 seats which included Chatra (SC), Gumla (ST), Bishunpur (ST),…

JMM will contest more than 41 seats at any cost: Hemant Soren

Ranchi: Leader of the Opposition and acting president of JMM Hemant Soren today said that his party will contest more than 41 seats at any cost during the Assembly Elections in the state.

Speaking to the press after the working committee meet…

One arrested with illegal liquor from passenger train in Pakur

Pakur: A person was arrested from a passenger train in this district with nearly 60 bottles of liquor which was being smuggled into Bihar from West Bengal.

Pakur GRP incharge Mohan Das said that the arrested has been identified as Gourav Kumar…