scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Monday, November 3, 2025
TopicJharkhand assembly election

Topic: Jharkhand assembly election

In Jharkhand polls, parties woo tribal voters with slogans, statues but don’t understand them

The slogan ‘jal, jungle, zameen’ (water, forest, land) has been central to affirming tribal identity in Jharkhand. And no local election speech omits it.

Jharkhand poll battle in Gangs of Wasseypur land is a story of murder, family feud & clout

BJP's Ragini Singh & Congress candidate Purnima Singh in Jharkhand's Jharia polls are the wives of two cousins — one was killed, the other in jail facing charges of the murder.

PM Modi accuses Congress and its allies for stoking unrest over citizenship law

Addressing a rally in Jharkhand, the prime minister lashed out at the Congress and its allies and blamed them for the unrest and arson in parts of the country over the controversial legislation.

Tribals vs non-tribals — how the Jharkhand elections are likely to be decided

BJP has played a delicate game of wooing non-tribals as well as reaching out to tribals who haven't converted to Christianity. It faces a tough challenge in Jharkhand polls.

Not just voters, Jharkhand BJP leaders too not confident of party’s Ayodhya-370 poll plank

Jharkhand voters and BJP candidates say local issues and development matter more in assembly polls, focus should be on making lives better.

3 challenges for Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das — ‘arrogance’, opposition within BJP, and tribals

Raghubar Das is leading BJP’s bid for re-election in Jharkhand, but voters as well as party workers resent his ‘attitude’. Das, though, is unruffled.

BJP only talks about Hindutva, say voters across Jharkhand towns amid job loss & slowdown

In the industrial belt of Adityapur in Jharkhand, the economic slowdown has had a spiralling effect, with most of the factories forced to shut shop, leading to job losses.

Maharashtra to Jharkhand, jobs for local youth – politics that Indian economy can’t afford

Internal mobility has a positive impact on economic growth. So why are India's politicians turning myopic in one state after another?

Jharkhand sees 62.87% voter turnout for phase 1 of assembly polls

Police said Naxalites exploded a bomb near a culvert in the forests of Gumla district, but there was no casualty or damage to voter turnout.

On Camera

I finally got to say goodbye to Zubeen Garg. ‘Roi Roi Binale’ left me in tears

I wasn't home when others could pay their respects to the singer or catch a last glimpse. The movie was my way of accessing him one final time.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.