Jharkhand

As speculation mounted about Hemant Soren’s future, the Jharkhand Chief Minister and legislators from the ruling coalition set out for a day trip to Khunti on Saturday. Soren’s future is in doubt after the Election Commission of India’s recommendation to Governor Ramesh Bais for his disqualification for allegedly extending a mining lease to himself “violating […]

Election Commission of India (ECI) has recommended disqualification of Jharkhand Chief minister Hemant Soren from the state assembly for allegedly extending a mining lease to himself “violating electoral law”, sources told The New Indian. ECI has sent a sealed letter to Jharkhand governor Ramesh Bais expressing its opinion on the issue of CM Soren holding […]

NEW DELHI: In a crucial appointment in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal has been moved to Delhi by party president JP Nadda as national general secretary in charge of West Bengal, Telangana and Odisha. Jharkhand BJP general secretary (organisation) Dharampal has […]

NEW DELHI: In a bid to facilitate migrant workers the Government of Jharkhand has issued directives to the State Labour Department to register and publicize migrant and labour registrations on the Shramadhan site. “This shall ensure the migrants are rendered with their rights and are also connected to a host of benefits through the medium […]

NEW DELHI: Lakhs of workers benefited from Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s call to return to the state during the traumatic COVID-induced lockdowns. Millions of labourers and workers who faced the burden of migration and became trapped across the country and overseas over the past two and a half years have been guaranteed a safe […]

NEW DELHI: In a major move Jharkhand government cleared the pending wages of Rs 2 crores to the lakhs of workers that had returned to the state during the pandemic. Following the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the joint efforts made by the Department of Labour and the State Migrant Control Room not only ensured […]

NEW DELHI: A Special court here on Wednesday took cognizance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against arrested IAS officer Pooja Singhal and five other persons. The ED in a statement said that Special Court in Ranchi has taken cognizance of a supplementary charge sheet under the Prevention of Money […]

RANCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Pankaj Mishra in connection with its money laundering probe in the Sahebganj tender scam case. A senior ED official related to the probe said that the agency arrested Mishra, MLA representative of Jharkhand CM, after questioning him for over eight hours. The arrest of Mishra comes days […]

RANCHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday suspended the 2018-batch IAS officer Syed Riyaz Ahmed, three days after he was arrested over allegation of sexual harassment of an IIT Mandi student. The IIT Mandi student was serving as an intern in Khunti during Ahmed’s posting. Ahmed was arrested on Monday night following the filing of a […]

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 […]