Ranchi, March 6 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday expressed grief over the deaths of two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots who lost their lives after a Sukhoi Su-30MKI crashed in Assam.The deceased officers have been identified as Squadron Leader Anuj and Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar.In a message posted on social media, CM Soren said he was deeply pained by the tragic incident.“Deeply pained by the news of the Su-30 crash in Assam and the loss of our bravehearts, Sqn Ldr…
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Ranchi, March 2 (IANS) A man was killed on Monday after a wild elephant strayed into a residential area under the Ratu police station limits on the outskirts of Ranchi. The incident has triggered panic among residents of nearby areas.The incident occurred in Pali village, where the pachyderm attacked and fatally injured Subodh Khalkho.Villagers said the animal was first sighted early in the morning near Chittarkota Patra village before it moved towards Pali. Both are densely populated areas.This…
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Feb 26 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu is set to arrive in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, on Thursday to lay the foundation stone for a Rs 100 crore Shri Jagannath Temple project along Marine Drive in Kadma.During her visit, the President will also tour the Manipal TATA Medical College in Jamshedpur and interact with students.Preparations have been intensified at Marine Drive ahead of her arrival. Authorities and organisers have erected seating enclosures, installed barricades an…
Ranchi, Feb 23 (IANS) Voting for the elections to the posts of mayor-chairperson and ward councillors in 48 municipal bodies across Jharkhand concluded at 5 p.m. on Monday amid sporadic reports of violence, clashes and allegations of bogus voting.The State Election Commission has not yet released the final voter turnout figures, but the preliminary estimates suggest participation ranged between 45 and 60 per cent across the state.Polling began at 7 a.m. for nine municipal corporations — Ranchi,…
Ranchi, Feb 21 (IANS) The issues of increasing the retirement age of government employees and filling long-pending backlog vacancies dominated discussions in the Jharkhand Assembly on Saturday.Clarifying the government’s position, Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore said there is no proposal under consideration to raise the retirement age of state employees. At the same time, he assured the House that backlog vacancies would be filled on a priority basis through a transparent recruitment pr…
Ranchi, Feb 20 (IANS) Responding to a two-day discussion on the Governor’s address during the Budget Session of the Jharkhand Assembly, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday announced that the state government will enact a comprehensive and effective law on organ donation.He said that there are policies and legal provisions at the central level on this issue, but the desired outcomes have not been fully realised on the ground.The state government, he said, will strengthen the legal framework a…
Ranchi, Jan 25 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Central government for announcing the conferment of the Padma Bhushan on veteran tribal leader and former Union Minister Shibu Soren, popularly revered as ‘Dishom Guruji’. Shibu Soren and Hemant Soren share a father-son relationship, with Hemant being the political successor to the JMM party founder, Shibu Soren. Shibu is known as ‘Dishom Guru’In a statement shared on social media p…
Ranchi, Jan 15 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren arrived in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, where he will showcase investment opportunities in the state on a global platform.The Chief Minister was received at Zurich Airport by India’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Mridul Kumar. He is accompanied by an official state delegation, which will travel from Zurich to Davos a day later.Sharing the update on social media…
Ranchi, Jan 15 (IANS) In a setback for Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the High Court on Thursday allowed the trial to proceed in a case related to the defiance of summonses issued by the ED in an alleged land scam.A single-judge Bench of Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary dismissed Soren’s petition seeking to quash the proceedings pending before the MP-MLA special court. However, the High Court granted him exemption from personal appearance before the court.The MP-MLA court had initiated jud…
Ranchi, Jan 15 (IANS) A major political controversy has erupted in Jharkhand after police started a probe into allegations of assault on Santosh Kumar, an accused in a money-laundering case at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Ranchi.A team of senior Jharkhand Police officers, accompanied by a large police force, reached the ED’s regional office on Airport Road as part of the investigation into an FIR lodged by Santosh Kumar in the matter.The police presence at the central agency’s …