Jharkhand

Over 70 per cent of the 46.94 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the third of the four-phase panchayat elections of Jharkhand on Tuesday

Polling is underway for the third phase of panchayat elections in Jharkhand on Tuesday, amid tight security arrangements, an official said

The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at around seven locations in Jharkhand and Bihar in connection with its money laundering probe involving arrested IAS officer Pooja Singhal and others.

As many as 62 people, including a newly elected member, have been booked for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans at a panchayat poll procession in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, an officer said

The chief minister asked officials to develop an effective mechanism to curb illegal mining and install CCTV cameras at the affected spots

The Election Commission is learnt to have asked Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to appear before it in person or through his counsel on May 31

A court on Friday extended the ED custody of Pooja Singhal, the suspended IAS officer, by five more days in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds

Appearing on behalf of the state, advocate Kapil Sibal told the division bench that the high court should take up the matter only after it is heard by the apex court

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed concern over growing incidents of miscreants from neighbouring Jharkhand and Bihar coming to West Bengal carrying firearms.

Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal earlier arrested and remanded to the custody of the ED in a suspected money laundering case was suspended by the Jharkhand government on Thursday

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will produce her before a local court here seeking her remand.

Jharkhand Congress in charge Avinash Pande on Wednesday alleged that BJP is trying to destabilise the state government through intimidation.

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren said he has sought a four-week extension of time from the Election Commission to reply to its notice over charges that he issued a mining lease in the state in his favour

The apex child rights body in the country, NCPCR, asked the Jharkhand police on Monday to lodge an FIR against IndiGo for barring a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport.

The project envisages to provide water to irrigate 22,283 hectare of Culturable Command Area (CCA) in Dumka district of Jharkhand by way of pumping water from the Sidheshwari river

The deceased has been identified as Ratan Mahato, a BJP booth committee president

A bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, while hearing the matter for the first time April 8, had said that it was "a serious matter" and had issued a notice to Soren.

The Soren-led government in Jharkhand specialises in theft and will make the state hollow by looting public resources, the BJP said after ED raids in connection with the MGNREGA funds fraud PMLA case

The ED have conducted raids at multiple premises, including that of Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal and her family, in connection with a money laundering probe

BJP MP said that places linked with Jharkhand Mining Department Secretary Pooja Singhal in Ranchi, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Mumbai are being raided