Voting commenced at 7 am in Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi and Jamshedpur constituencies. It was peaceful in all the four constituencies, officials said.
Following checking of the vehicle, police seized 3,723 kg of poppy stuffed in 186 sacks and 40 sacks of muri (puffed rice), besides two mobile phones, two Aadhaar cards and a driving license.
Earlier in the day, the minister was produced before a PMLA court in Ranchi, amid tight security arrangements, an ED official said.
On May 3, the Jharkhand High Court rejected a writ petition by Soren challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and denied him bail, but permitted him to attend his uncle’s funeral on May 6.
Former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren requested thirteen days of provisional bail to attend his uncle Raja Ram Soren’s funeral.
A 1-kilometer radius around the place of avian flu outbreak has been banned from selling chicken, birds, and eggs.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was told by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Soren, that the high court had reserved its verdict on February 28 on his plea but still no decision has been delivered.
Budha Pahad has five polling stations with around 5,000 voters. Earlier, these booths were relocated to safe areas because of Maoist activities, the official said.
After arriving at the airport, the Indian batting legend stated that he came to Ranchi for the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation, which works with the Youth Foundation, and he’s there to encourage young women footballers.
His name was decided during the party’s parliamentary board meeting chaired by AJSU chief Sudesh Mahto in Ranchi.
The incident happened at Kalyanpur village in Chainpur police station area on Tuesday night during a party organised by their family.
Mira Singh currently serves as the police station in-charge in Tupudana in Ranchi and is considered very close to the top politicians of Jharkhand.
Sita voiced her disappointment, indicating a deviation from the party’s core values by accommodating people whose principles do not align with its ethos.
A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice S Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar issued notices to the DGP, chief secretary and the SP in this regard.
A police officer claimed that after giving the woman an intoxicating substance, three co-artists from Palamu allegedly raped her in a car.
Under the new rates, domestic consumers in rural areas will pay Rs 6.30 per unit, up from Rs 5.80, while urban consumers will pay Rs 6.65 per unit, up from Rs 6.30.
The survey, tabled in the assembly by Jharkhand Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon on Monday, estimated that the state’s economy will grow at 7.1 per cent in the current financial year of 2023-24 (FY’24).
Among the major allocations outlined in the supplementary budget, the Home, Police, and Disaster Management Department received a significant share, with an allocation of Rs 1,112 crores earmarked to strengthen security measures and disaster response capabilities across the state.
The woman, identified as Puja Mahato, was rescued by villagers and taken to a community health centre in Kharswan.
The JMM leader was on February 7 remanded to ED custody by a special PMLA (the Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court in Ranchi for five days.
According to the officials, the ED wants to question Sahu and record his statement in relation to his alleged connections with Soren and a luxury car that the agency seized from the JMM leader’s residence in Delhi during searches last month.
Former CM Hemant Soren had launched the scheme on November 15 to provide houses to the homeless and those who were deprived of the benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
The Champai Soren-led alliance government in Jharkhand will seek a vote of confidence on Monday, the first day of the two-day assembly session.
After seven hours of questioning in connection with an alleged money laundering case, the ED arrested Hemant Soren on Wednesday evening.
In a bid to take stock of preparations, Thakur and other senior state Congress leaders have been visiting different districts.
