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Topic: Jharkhand

Alamgir Alam took ‘1.5% cut’ of tenders, Rs 32 cr recovered — ED allegations against Jharkhand minister

Rural Development Minister Alam was arrested Wednesday. In remand application, agency alleges that dept officials 'top to bottom' were involved in collection of 'commissions'.

ED arrests Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam in money laundering case

Agency had summoned Alam to appear before it on 14 May in connection with recovery of cash from a person linked to his personal secretary Sanjeev Lal.

‘Officials from top to bottom involved’ — ED raids office of Jharkhand minister’s OSD in PMLA case

Search at office of Sanjeev Lal, OSD to state's rural development minister, comes 2 days after ED recovered Rs 32.20 cr from home of his domestic help Jahangir Alam. Both are in ED custody.

‘Bribes, properties, pay-offs’ — what brought ED spotlight on Jharkhand’s politicians, civil servants

ED raided over a dozen locations Monday & recovered over Rs 25 cr in possession of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam’s personal secretary. The state votes in four phases starting 13 May. 

ED recovers huge cash haul from alleged aide of Jharkhand minister in Ranchi

Enforcement Directorate has till now recovered Rs 20 crore from residence of a household help employed by Sanjiv Lal, personal secretary to Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam.

Why ‘washing machine’ is drowning discourse in ‘Koda land’ Singhbhum in Jharkhand

Tribal seat will see fight between former CM Madhu Koda’s wife Geeta Koda & JMM’s Joba Majhi. According to analysts, JMM is trying to turn the tables on BJP by targeting Kodas.

Arjun Munda, Sita Soren in fray — Jharkhand’s 5 ST reserved seats set for high-voltage contest

Of the five Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand reserved for STs, three were won by BJP and one each by Congress and JMM in 2019.

Why opposition to BJP’s pick of Dhullu Mahto as Dhanbad candidate is boiling over in Jharkhand

District president of Marwari Sammelan has asked party to reconsider Mahto's candidature. Saryu Roy, a minister in the erstwhile Raghubar Das-led BJP government, has opposed move too.

Sita vs Kalpana — Jharkhand is witnessing battle of Soren daughters-in-law this poll season

At the root of this tussle is the political legacy of their father-in-law and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) founder Shibu Soren and the fight for tribal votes.  

NIA names CPI(maoist) cadre in third supplementary chargesheet in 2022 Jharkhand ex-MLA attack case

Fourteen people were charge-sheeted by the NIA in December 2022 in the first, and two in the second supplementary charge sheet in May 2023.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.