Actor-turned-politician Vijaykant’s party DMDK has decided to explore alliances with like-minded parties with an eye on the 2011 assembly elections.
In a meeting held here Saturday, the DMDK authorised Vijaykant to carry out alliance negotiations with other parties.
In the recent by-polls held for the state assembly, the DMDK suffered serious defeats with its candidates failing to [...]
Rajvir Singh, son of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, Thursday said their newly formed Jan Kranti Party (JKP) would not discriminate against any religion while distributing tickets and would nominate youths as candidates.
Rajvir, who at the time of launching the party had categorically said his party would follow the Hindutva ideology, told reporters [...]
Gandhinagar, Jan 2 (IANS) A straight fight between traditional rivals the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress is on the cards in the Jan 20 by-election in Gujarat’s Chotila assembly constituency.
While the Congress has fielded Nirantbehn Dhoriya, the BJP has put up Bharat Khorani, the son of the sitting member Vashram Khorani, whose death [...]
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Asserting that the government had done ‘no flip-flop’ over separate statehood to Telangana, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday said the Jan 5 meeting of eight political parties from Andhra Pradesh had been called to devise a ‘mechanism’ and ‘lay a road map’ on resolving the controversial issue.
‘There is no [...]
Ranchi, Dec.27 (ANI): Jharkhand Mukti Morcha President Shibu Soren is confident of forming and running a coalition government in the State, as he today cherishes the support of Bharatiya Janata Party and All Jharkhand Students Union.
Addressing media persons here on Sunday, Soren said: “Apt ideology has to be followed by everyone, and nobody would [...]
Mumbai, Dec 27 (ANI): The newly elected President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nitin Gadkari, has said that his party would be a part of the government in Jharkhand.
BJP supporters gathered in large numbers to welcome Gadkari at he Santacruz [...]
Ranchi, Dec.23 (ANI): The final election results for the Jharkhand State Assembly elections on Wednesday indicated the electorate pushing the State towards a hung assembly with no single party being in a situation to form government on its [...]
Ranchi, Dec 23 (IANS) Jharkhand speaker and Congress leader Alamgir Aalam Wednesday lost in the Jharkhand assembly elections.
Aalam was defeated by Aquil Akhtar of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
Ranchi, Dec 23 (IANS) Counting of votes polled in the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections began Wednesday morning amid heavy security.
There are about 30,000 security forces and 5,200 officials at the 31 counting centres in the state.
The staggered polls to the 81-member Jharkhand assembly was held between Nov 25 and Dec 18. A total of 1,511 [...]
Ranchi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements to ensure speedy counting of votes cast in the recently concluded Jharkhand assembly elections, an official said Tuesday.
‘We have made elaborate arrangements for counting of votes in the districts. Adequate security forces will be deployed during counting,’ joint chief electoral officer (CEO) Ashok [...]
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday said the healthy voter turnout in the just concluded Jharkhand assembly elections was a ’stinging rejection’ of the Maoist rebels’ call for boycott of the polls.
‘This is a stinging rejection of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and other militants who attempted to terrorise the [...]
New Delhi, Dec 21 (ANI): Home Minister P. Chidamabaram today said that the 58 per cent overall turnout in the Jharkhand assembly elections should be seen as a stinging rejection of the Maoists.
In a statement issued here, Chidamabaram said: ” I [...]
Ranchi, Dec 18 (IANS) The fifth and final phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections Friday saw 58.12 percent voter turnout, an election official said. The polling was marred by incidents of violence with two security personnel killed and two others injured, while two schools were blown up by Maoist guerrillas.
Ranchi, Dec 18 (ANI): Over 35 per cent voting has been recorded in the fifth and final phase of assembly elections in Jharkhand so far.
16 seats are going to poll in this round of the five-phased elections amidst tight security. he officials of [...]
Medininagar (Jharkhand), Dec 18 (ANI): As Jharkhand geared up for the fifth and final phase of the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections on Friday, a policeman got injured at Mahur here in a landmine blast detonated by suspected Maoists.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Jatin [...]
Ranchi, Dec 18 (ANI): Polling for the fifth and final phase of the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections began amidst tight security on Friday morning.
A total of 290 candidates are in the fray with nearly 3.5 million voters to cast votes between 7 am to 3 pm.
The constituencies going for polls are Chatra, Latehar, Simaria, Panki, [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Election Commission Wednesday sent a senior official to the Bihar capital Patna to monitor security for the last phase of assembly elections in adjoining Jharkhand.
‘With a view to establish adequate security network for the last phase of polling in Jharkhand, the ECI (Election Commission of India) has deputed its [...]
Latehar (Jharkhand), Dec 12 (ANI): The increasing Maoist menace in Saryu village of Jharkhand’s Latehar district is dissuading villagers from casting their votes in the ongoing assembly elections.
Earlier on Wednesday, Maoists had set posters and banners of the candidates on fire and bombed [...]
Ranchi, Dec 12 (ANI): Polling for the fourth phase of the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections began amidst tight security on Saturday morning.
A total of 233 candidates are in the fray with more than 24 lakh voters to cast votes between 7 am to 3 pm.
Voting will take place in fourteen constituencies.
Former State Deputy Chief Minister [...]
Ranchi, Dec 11 (IANS) Security has been enhanced for the fourth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections Saturday as all the 14 seats that go to the hustings are in areas where the Maoist wield considerable influence, police said Friday.
‘We will provide security to both polling officials and people. Since the first phase, we are trying [...]
Ranchi, Dec 9 (IANS) The lady might have been missing but members of her party, including union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, duly celebrated Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s birthday by cutting a cake and wishing her all the best.
Amongst those wishing her on her 64th birthday were union Food Processing Minister and Ranchi Lok Sabha MP [...]
Ranchi, Dec 8 (ANI): Polling for the third phase of the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections began amidst tight security on Tuesday morning.
A total of 25,41,042 voters to exercise their franchise in Hazaribagh, Dhanwar, Bagodar, Jamua, Bermo, Bokaro, Chandankiari, Shikaripara, Dumka, Jama and Jarmundi constituencies.
In all 237 candidates, including 115 Independents, are in the [...]
Jammu, Dec 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday announced that unemployed youth between 20-37 years of age would get a monthly stipend ranging between Rs.500 and Rs.1,000.
There would be different grades for youth who have studied up to class 10 and above, he said while unveiling state’s employment policy here. The [...]
Ranchi, Dec 5 (IANS) Arrested former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 money laundering scam, will face interrogation by the state vigilance bureau and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) separately, officials said Saturday.
Koda was arrested by the Jharkhand vigilance bureau Nov 30 and has been lodged in the Birsa [...]
Ranchi, Dec 5 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas blew up the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter in Chatra district of Jharkhand, police said Saturday.
The rebels belonging to outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) late Friday raided Jogiara village of Chatra, around 190 km from Ranchi.
‘The Maoists asked the family members of BJP supporter Santosh [...]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Jharkhand Wednesday recorded 54.3 percent voting in the second phase of assembly elections, Deputy Election Commissioner Alok Shukla said here.
Balloting took place in 14 of the state’s 81 constituencies. A total of 259 candidates were in the fray.
‘Overall the poll has been very satisfactory barring one incident of violence in [...]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) As many as 48 candidates with a criminal record are contesting in the second phase of Jharkhand assembly elections scheduled Dec 2, an analysis by a voluntary organisation said.
The study was conducted by National Election Watch (NEW). Of the 259 candidates contesting for 14 seats in the second phase of [...]
Ranchi, Nov 26 (IANS) Writer and theatre personality Deepak Ranjan Chatterjee was shocked when officials at a polling booth in Jharkhand told him that he could not vote because he was dead — in their records!
A day after the first round of assembly elections in the state Wednesday, Chatterjee related what he underwent in Jamshedpur [...]
Ranchi, Nov 26 (IANS) Call it his commitment to democracy, a 60-year-old man walked 25 long km to vote in the Jharkhand assembly elections.
‘I walked for 25 km (Wednesday) to vote despite threats from Maoists,’ Bhagwandas Kumhar of Hatia near Ranchi told IANS.
Das, who is from the potters community, was threatened by Maoists Monday not [...]
Ranchi, Nov 25 (ANI): First phase of polling for 26 assembly seats in Jharkhand passed of peacefully on Wednesday.
State Joint Chief Electoral Officer A. K. Sinha said that approximately 53 percent electorates cast their votes in the [...]
