Hemant Soren

NEW DELHI: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Draupadi Murmu is poised to become the 15th President of India, experts said as the voting concluded on Monday evening. Murmu, the former Governor of Jharkhand, will become the first tribal President of India if she manages to beat Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, which is, in all likelihood, […]

NEW DELHI: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will break ranks with the opposition as they pledged their support to NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu in the Presidential elections. Announcing the decision, JMM president Shibu Soren said, “For the first time since independence there is a chance that a tribal woman has a chance to become the President […]

NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tuesday visit to Deoghar and the upcoming Shravani Mela. During his visit, the prime minister will perform a puja at Baba Baidyanath Dham in Deoghar. He will also inaugurate Deoghar airport and launch OPD […]

RANCHI: In a bid that could boost the electricity generation in the mineral-rich state, the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government unveiled a new solar policy that aims at increasing clean energy capacity up to 4,000 megawatts in the next five years. Unveiled by Chief Minister Soren, the Solar Energy Policy 2022 will help the state transition […]

  RANCHI: In a major push towards financial inclusion, around one lakh farmers were given Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) at special camps organised in every block of Jharkhand on Thursday.  Chief minister Hemant Soren started the one-day loan distribution programme from a rally held in Latehar district.  Speaking on the occasion, CM Soren said that […]

  NEW DELHI: Anjali Munda, Salina Kumari, Sudha Ankita Tirkey, Astam Oraon, Poornima Kumari, Neetu Linda and Anita Kumari might not ring a bell to us. But theirs is a story of triumph over challenges as they dream big – to represent the country in the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in October this year. […]

RANCHI: The operation to rescue people stranded in cable cars on a ropeway at Trikut Parvat in Jharkhand’s Deoghar successfully concluded on Tuesday, two days after some of the cars collided with each other due to malfunction resulting in several deaths and injuries, Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced. At least three people were killed in separate […]