CM chairs high level meeting to review drought situation, directs officials to make plans to provide relief to workers and labourers

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren held a high-level review meeting regarding the prevailing drought situation in the state and took detailed information from the officials about the low rainfall and sowing of crops in various districts and blocks…

Chawal Diwas will be organized to provide backlog food grains to ration card holders

Ranchi: Rice Day will be organized in the coming days to provide backlog food grains to the ration card holders in the capital Ranchi. In the review meeting of food supply, Deputy Commissioner Ranchi Rahul Kumar Sinha gave necessary directions to…

Heavy rain in August fails to beat deficit in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Despite pouring heavily in August the rainfall was not enough to make up the deficit that stood at 26 per cent at the end of the third monsoon month. However, the good news is that more showers are holding up in the sky. 

According…

Jharkhand Speaker defers hearing against 3 Congress MLAs

Ranchi: Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto on Thursday deferred hearing till September 5 in the matter involving three Congress legislators-Irfan Ansari, Naman Vixel Kongari and Rajesh Kachap. They are in Kolkata after the Calcutta High…

Cabinet nod to call special Assembly session on September 5

Ranchi: Amid the ongoing political crisis in the Hemant Soren Cabinet on Thursday decided to call a special session of the state assembly on September 5. Though no reason was given for this special session, it is widely believed that Chief Minister…

UPA leaders meet Governor Ramesh Bais, say leaks from his office creating chaos in state

Ranchi: Leaders of Jharkhand’s ruling coalition comprising those from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha met Governor Ramesh Bais Thursday and submitted a memorandum urging him to “clear the air” regarding Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s disqualification by…

Hemant government’s big gift to government employees, old pension scheme will be implemented from September 1

Ranchi: The Hemant Soren government has given a big gift to about 1.25 lakh government employees as in the cabinet meeting held on Thursday approval was given on the proposal to implement the old pension scheme in the state was granted.

This…

BJP leaders are serial killers of democracy: Gaurav Vallabh

Ranchi: The case of third-degree torture allegedly by a BJP leader with a tribal woman in Ranchi is gaining momentum with Congress national spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh alleging that the BJP leader is a serial killer of democracy.

Addressing a…

Ankita Murder Case: JMM and BJP indulge in war of words

Ranchi: The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and opposition BJP on Wednesday indulged in a war of words over the heated atmosphere in the state in wake of the Ankita murder case.

JMM’s Central General Secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya in a press conference…

Residents of Hazaribagh to get receipt of the land, CM gives consent

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren addressed the Zamindari rights being enjoyed by Hazaribagh Municipality till now under the provisions of Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 and a meeting convened on 21.06.2022 under the chairmanship of Additional Chief…