Ranchi, June 29 (IANS) Rohit Oraon, son of Jharkhand Congress MLA and former Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon, did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for questioning in connection with the alleged liquor scam in the state.Rohit Oraon has written to the agency seeking additional time to appear.Meanwhile, former minister Rameshwar Oraon has been summoned by the ED for questioning on June 30.According to sources, both Rohit Oraon and Rameshwar Oraon, in separate communicat…
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Ranchi, June 18 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Maxist-Leninist-Liberation (CPI-ML) on Thursday strongly denied allegations of cross-voting in the Jharkhand Rajya Sabha elections, after the Congress accused its alliance partners of contributing to the defeat of the party’s candidate, Pranav Jha.The controversy erupted after Jharkhand Congress in-charge K. Raju alleged that legislators from the RJD and the CPI-ML had “betrayed” the Congress, resulting in the victory of NDA-backed Independent …
Ranchi, May 19 (IANS) The Congress’s Jharkhand unit on Tuesday demanded that the Centre implement a Sarna religion code in the ongoing Census to ensure a distinct religious identity for tribal communities.Addressing a press conference at the party office here, state Congress President Keshav Mahto Kamlesh and CLP leader Pradeep Yadav said that more than 1.25 crore people in the country follow the tribal Sarna faith, but there is no separate code or column for it in the Census forms.They said thi…