Jharkhand`s new Assembly building foundation laid

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 15:19

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the new state Assembly building amid protests from residents of the area.

Jharkhand looks forward to Finance Commission largesse

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 20:27

Jharkhand has urged the 14th Finance Commission to assist the state in wiggling out from its underdevelopment with adequate allocations, considering problems of unemployment and Left-wing extremism.

Jharkhand CM promises to fulfil minority community`s demands

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 00:25

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday urged Muslim religious leaders to choose a chairman for the Jharkhand Wakf Board and assured them that their demands would be fulfilled by February 15.

Jharkhand CM asks ministers, officials not to use sirens

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 23:05

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday asked his Cabinet Ministers and bureaucrats not to use siren while travelling across Jharkhand.

Arvind Kejriwal 4th youngest CM of India

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 13:04

In all ruling chief minister of India, Kejriwal is the fourth youngest after Hemant Soren (Jharkhand), Akhilesh Yadav (UP) and Omar Abdullah (J&K). Interestingly, Kejriwal’s age is far above the national average age of all CMs in India, which stands at 60.96.

JMM won`t join hands with Third Front: Hemant Soren

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 18:36

Ruling out joining the proposed Third Front, JMM leader and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said its alliance with the Congress was intact.

Jharkhand Assembly pays homage to Mandela

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 00:27

Jharkhand Assembly on Friday paid rich tributes to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, saying his death on December 5 left a void in humanity.

Open jail for rebels inaugurated in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 21:27

As a part rehabilitation of misguided people including Naxalites, an open jail was inaugurated in Jharkhand`s Hazaribagh district.

JMM, Congress renew pledge on LS seat-sharing formula

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 16:20

The Lok Sabha seat sharing formula was one of the key conditions before the two political parties forged an alliance ahead of the swearing-in of the JMM-led UPA government on July 13.

5,000 families to get land rights in Jharkhand: CM

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 13:26

About 5,000 families will get rights for one acre of land by the end of this month in Jharkhand under the Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said today.

Jharkhand govt committed to transparency: Hemant Soren

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 22:19

Pledging intolerance to corruption, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday said his coalition government had been taking action against the corrupt.

Soren asks Mamata to lift curbs on potato sales to Jharkhand

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 13:53

harkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has asked his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to lift curbs on the sale of potatoes to his state and help reduce the exorbitant price of the vegetable.