They Promise, We Demand
RANCHI: Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi tonight released his party’s manifesto promising to enact a law in bringing back stashed away money from foreign banks and spend the funds in the nation’s development. “We will take effective steps to bring bank the black money deposited in secret foreign accounts,” Marandi said while releasing the manifesto of [...]
Big industrial houses that signed MOUs with the state government for setting up industries in Jharkhand but could not start work or delay work due to lack of land clearance and other bottlenecks coupled with political uncertainty that had gripped the state can now hope for speedy administrative action and support from the state government. “This [...]
Hemant Soren: Crown prince? Ranchi, Dec. 29: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is drawing out a long-term plan for Tamar. It is now busy convincing the electorate that Shibu Soren would never leave them. And after Soren, his younger son, Hemant Soren, would contest for the seat in the next Assembly elections — in March 2010. Soren junior [...]
RANCHI: Faced with the criticism that his Government had questioned Team India skipper M S Dhoni’s application seeking license for a prohibited weapon, Shibu Soren on Wednesday promised to gift him the cricketer a 9-mm pistol. “He is the son of the soil. We will gift him the pistol of his choice,” said the CM. [...]
While Chief Minister Shibu Soren is yet to keep his August 27 promise of providing ration cards to BPL families, this doesn’t stop him from making more such promises. On Diwali eve, he assured rice and wheat to some tribes living in the state. In fact, 45,000 families have been identified as “primitive” tribes in [...]
Chief minister Shibu Soren talks to a physically challenged girl at the janata durbar on Monday. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, Sept. 15: After hearing the problems of common masses at his maiden janata durbar, chief minister Shibu Soren today told reporters that finding “viable alternatives” might take some time, but all the grievances would be [...]
Ranchi, July 3: The state government today agreed in principle to give 20 decimal land to all the sitting and former MLAs to build houses in the state capital. This assurance was given by the chief minister at a meeting with Assembly speaker Alamgir Alam and representatives of a co-operative society formed by the legislators. The legislators [...]
The quest for iron ore is turning the state of Jharkhand into a legal minefield. In April, at least four companies with ambitions of setting up integrated steel plants and sponge iron mills moved the Supreme Court against the state and the central governments for going back on promises made in initial investment agreements and scrapping [...]
Jharkhand, May 6: State mines minister Madhu Koda speaking to FE over phone from Ranchi said Manoharpur area (near Chakradharpur) located on the banks of the Koel river was a good place for a steel plant as it had sufficient water, transportation infrastructure and that both government and private land was available there. The minister [...]
Giridih (Jharkhand): BSP president Mayawati on Jan 24 said if the BSP was voted to power in Jharkhand, it would formulate a separate reservation policy for Muslims in state government jobs. Addressing an election meeting here in support of her party candidate contesting the Giridih seat, Mayawati said the BSP would not discriminate against anybody on [...]