Ranchi, May 22 (IANS) Efforts to resolve the dispute over the language policy for the Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test (JTET) failed to yield consensus at the second meeting of a five-member high-level committee of ministers held here on Friday.The final decision is now likely to be taken by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.The committee was constituted by the Chief Minister after controversy erupted over the recently approved rules for language for JTET, which excluded Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili a…
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Ranchi, May 18 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday handed over appointment letters to 336 newly recruited personnel during a state-level function held at Project Bhawan in Ranchi, asserting that the state government would fill thousands of more vacancies within the next two to four months.The Chief Minister distributed appointment letters to 319 Intermediate and Graduate-trained assistant teachers and 17 female supervisors at the ceremony.Addressing the gathering, Soren said t…
Ranchi, March 10 (IANS) The Jharkhand Assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar as opposition members created a ruckus over the state’s law and order situation and alleged corruption.As soon as the House assembled, BJP MLAs rushed to the well carrying posters and raised slogans, demanding a discussion on what they termed rising corruption and the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.The situation turned more tense when AJSU Party MLA Nirmal Mahto was marshalled out of the House on the…
Ranchi, Feb 24 (IANS) Jharkhand Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore on Tuesday presented a Rs 1,58,560 crore Budget for 2026-27 in the Assembly. He described it as the “Abua Dishom Budget” which will carry forward inclusive, sustainable, and welfare-oriented development in the state.Calling it a roadmap for “Abua Jharkhand” (Our Jharkhand), the Finance Minister said the Budget reflects the government’s resolve to wipe the tears of the poor and bring smiles to every citizen.The Budge…
Ranchi, Feb 21 (IANS) Jharkhand’s per capita income has crossed the Rs 1 lakh mark for the first time, according to the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in the Assembly on Saturday.Presenting the pre-Budget Economic Survey in the House, Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore said the state’s economy has witnessed sustained growth over the past decade, alongside a significant decline in poverty.As per the report, per capita income at current prices has risen from around Rs 60,000 in 2016-17 to …
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, Jan 5 (IANS) The Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) on Monday organised a protest march in Ranchi against the new law enacted to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), alleging that the move would weaken rural employment security.The march, led by State Congress President Keshav Mahto Kamlesh, began at Bapu Vatika in Morabadi and culminated at Lok Bhavan in Ranchi.Before the start of the march, Congress leaders and workers paid floral tribu…