Ranchi, Nov 20 (UNI) Over 67 percent of the total 1.23 crore electors exercised their franchise amid heavy security arrangements for 38 seats in the second and final phase of the Jharkhand Assembly election on Wednesday. According to the Election Commission data, the voter turnout was approximately 67.59 percent when polling officially drew to a…
Ranchi, Nov 20 (UNI) Nearly 43 percent of the total 1.23 crore voters registered their democratic choice amid intense security half a dozen hours into poling for 38 seats in the second and final phase of the Jharkhand Assembly election on Wednesday. State Chief Electoral Officer Ravi Kumar told newspersons here that the voter turnout…
Ranchi, Nov 20 (UNI) Amidst lengthy queues before polling booths, voting began for the second and last round of the Jharkhand Assembly election, involving 38 of the state’s total 81 constituencies at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Polling will end at 5 p.m. in all but 31 of the total 14,218 booths. In these 31 booths,…
Ranchi, Nov 13 (UNI) Amidst scenes of enthusiasm, voting began at 7 am on Wednesday in round one of the two-phase election to elect a new government in Jharkhand. People queued up before polling booths in good numbers even before the start of polling to exercise their democratic choice early in 43 constituencies which have…
Ranchi, Aug 30 (UNI) Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday. Along with Champai Soren, who resigned from the JMM and also quit as a state minister two days back, his son Babulal Soren also joined the BJP. Champai Soren was given BJP membership by Union Agriculture Minister and…
Ranchi, Aug 17 (UNI) Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Saturday said he was not aware about the rumours being spread on his joining in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of Assembly election in the state. He said presently ‘I am where I am’, indicating his current political stance. Rumours spread that Champai…
Ranchi, July 30 (UNI) Several coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail going from Howrah to Mumbai derailed near the Barabamboo station of the Chakradharpur Railway Division of South Eastern Railway in Jharkhand early Tuesday, in which seven people were injured. South Eastern Railway CPRO Om Prakash Charan told UNI here that 18 coaches of the Howrah…
Ranchi, July 8 (UNI) Hemant Soren government won the trust vote on Monday in the special session of the Jharkhand Assembly. Around 45 votes were cast in support of the government and zero votes were cast against it. During the trust vote, BJP MLAs walked out, and Independent MLA Saryu Rai remained neutral, casting no…
Ranchi, July 4 (UNI) Within a week of getting bail in an alleged corruption case, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren on Thursday took oath as Chief Minister of the state for the third time. Governor CP Radhakrishnan administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Soren at Raj Bhawan, the official said, adding…
Ranchi, June 28 (UNI) The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a land scam case, saying that prima facie he is not guilty. Justice Rangan Mukhopadhyay granted bail to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader on payment of two sureties of ₹ 50,000 each. Justice Mukhopadhyay, who had…
