November 03, 2018 05:10 IST
Just a day ago, media reports had claimed that Koda had joined the Congress on November 1 in the presence of state party chief Dr Ajoy Kumar and his party — Jai Bharat Samanta Party — had formally merged with it.
Sat, Nov 03, 2018October 27, 2018 05:21 IST
While the party has said that efforts are on for a seat-sharing arrangement, party chief Shibu Soren told his supporters in Jamtara Thursday that the party would contest elections alone and did not need allies.
Sat, Oct 27, 2018October 16, 2018 01:54 IST
JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharjee said, “We don’t think that him (Mandal) joining the BJP will have much impact in Santhal Pargana.”
Tue, Oct 16, 2018October 14, 2018 03:50 IST
As of now, there is an understanding that Congress would lay claim to around 50 per cent of Lok Sabha seats in the state, while JMM would claim the same percentage of seats in Assembly polls.
Sun, Oct 14, 2018October 11, 2018 04:55 IST
On October 6 evening, a group of youths from a locality close to the residential government school attacked at least 34 of its girl students for reportedly objecting to them writing lewd messages on the school walls.
Thu, Oct 11, 2018September 24, 2018 03:47 IST
Coming down heavily on the opposition, Modi said that they always looked at the poor as vote banks, throwing freebies at them only to win the elections. He also stressed that PMJAY was yet another example of the slogan Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas.
Mon, Sep 24, 2018September 04, 2018 12:10 IST
A batch of 26 farmers from Jharkhand (one each from all the 24 districts and three from Ranchi) visited Israel on a four-day visit last month to learn the best practices in drip irrigation and other technologies that make farming a profitable business.
Tue, Sep 04, 2018August 16, 2018 02:33 IST
The flag was hoisted on the flagpole — 293-ft-high and erected on a base about 200 ft-high — for the first time on January 23, 2016, and next on Independence Day that year. Thereafter, due to one reason or the other, the flag has not flown atop it.
Thu, Aug 16, 2018August 11, 2018 06:21 IST
More than 6,000 primary and middle schools have been merged in the past two academic sessions - around 1,400 in 2016-17 and around 4,600 in 2017-18.
Sat, Aug 11, 2018August 10, 2018 04:39 IST
The state government directed the Deputy Commissioner Wednesday to take steps for reverting to the old system.
Fri, Aug 10, 2018August 06, 2018 01:54 IST
The dam located in Jharkhand’s Dumka district is maintained by West Bengal’s irrigation department.
Mon, Aug 06, 2018August 05, 2018 05:19 IST
R K Srivastava, director of RIMS medical college where the post-mortem procedure was conducted, said the hospital only gives out a document saying he was ‘brought dead’. “The question of where the death has occurred is not in its (hospital’s) purview,” he said.
Sun, Aug 05, 2018August 01, 2018 17:06 IST
Here is the strategy that will help you in preparing the SBI Mains 2018 exam. The admit cards will be available at sbi.co.in/careers
Wed, Aug 01, 2018August 01, 2018 16:56 IST
NEET 2nd Allotment Result 2018: All the candidates who did not get their name in the first allotment list can check the second allotment list. The list is available on the official website, mcc.nic.in.
Wed, Aug 01, 2018July 24, 2018 05:10 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express, Prasann Mishra, BJYM’s Pakur chief and one of those named in the FIR, said: “Agnivesh has been constantly issuing statements that are against the true spirit of nationalism. He supports Naxals.
Tue, Jul 24, 2018July 23, 2018 01:31 IST
Earlier, police had said Patthalgadi supporters told them that they suspected that the women were spreading messages against the movement and they were raped to be taught a lesson.
Mon, Jul 23, 2018July 19, 2018 03:08 IST
Maintaining that “fascist tendencies are getting strong”, Agnivesh said, “It is time political parties got together and fought these tendencies at the political, and at the social, level. Otherwise, these tendencies will simply burn you.”
Thu, Jul 19, 2018July 18, 2018 04:26 IST
While Chief Minister Raghubar Das has ordered an inquiry, Agnivesh (79) said the mob included activists of the BJYM, which is affiliated to the BJP.
Wed, Jul 18, 2018July 16, 2018 01:46 IST
The police said, prima facie, it appears the children were killed by the elders before taking their own lives.
Mon, Jul 16, 2018July 13, 2018 11:08 IST
Earlier, Sinha had garlanded and offered sweets to six of the convicts released on bail by the Jharkhand High Court during the pendency of their appeal on July 4.
Fri, Jul 13, 2018July 13, 2018 05:02 IST
Acquitting the duo, the court said there was “not any iota of evidence against the children to connect them from any angle to the crime”.
Fri, Jul 13, 2018July 13, 2018 02:49 IST
While Mascarenhas condemned the action of woman staff member Anima Indwar, he was confident that Sister Concilia, who too was arrested in the case, had no role and that her statement was recorded in "duress."
Fri, Jul 13, 2018July 12, 2018 01:46 IST
Amit Shah told the gathering that “samvad (dialogue)” had become necessary because opposition parties are creating confusion among people from tribal communities, according to party leaders.
Thu, Jul 12, 2018July 08, 2018 05:48 IST
On July 4, when seven of the 11 men convicted of the 2017 lynching of Jharkhand meat trader Alimuddin Ansari walked out on bail, six of them were taken straight to Sinha’s residence in Hazaribagh, where the minister welcomed them.
Sun, Jul 08, 2018July 07, 2018 23:37 IST
In Jharkhand’s Khunti, a gangrape and a subsequent stand-off have sharpened the mutual mistrust between tribals and the State. As villages in these parts assert their identity through the Pathalgadi movement, The Indian Express looks at the circumstances that turned a centuries-old tradition into an act of tribal assertion.
Sun, Jul 08, 2018