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IAS at 21, arrested for MNREGS fund embezzlement, now reinstated: the highs & lows of Pooja Singhal

Jharkhand govt revoked suspension of Singhal, who will contribute to Dept of Personnel, Administrative Reforms & Raj Bhasa. Meanwhile, there's a palpable discomfort in Congress ranks.

Hemant Soren takes oath as CM of Jharkhand for the fourth time

The oath-taking took place in Ranchi's Morabadi ground, in presence of Cong President Mallikarjun Kharge, LOP Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee & AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal.

Knives out in NDA after Jharkhand defeat. JD(U) blames BJP for poor strategy, BJP blames AJSU

JD (U) leaders say Hemant Soren's arrest was a mistake; BJP says ally AJSU failed to leverage Kudmi vote, defeated BJP MLAs blame own leadership.

Hemant Soren to be sworn in again as Jharkhand chief minister on 28 November

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, led by Hemant Soren, steered INDIA bloc to victory in state polls, with 56 seats in 81-member assembly. JMM won 34 seats, Congress 16, RJD 4 & CPI(ML) 2.

After Haryana, RSS took charge of Maharashtra, Jharkhand. What results say about the Sangh factor for BJP

Unlike LS polls, RSS & BJP worked ‘tirelessly’ in Maharashtra & Jharkhand. While the BJP-led Mahayuti put on a solid show in Maharashtra, the party fell short in the other.

Jairam ‘Tiger’ Mahato makes electoral debut, damages BJP ally AJSU in 6 seats in Jharkhand

Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha chief Jairam ‘Tiger’ Mahato has emerged as a prominent OBC face in state. He had fielded candidates in 71 seats this assembly election.

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren stomps to victory in stronghold Barhait, beats BJP rival Hembrom

Defeating Hemant Soren in Barhait was expected to be challenging for BJP as JMM has held the seat since 1990 while Soren himself has won it twice, in 2014 and 2019.

Pollsters split on Jharkhand, 1 predicts INDIA bloc, 2 NDA win; 2 others forecast hung assembly

Voting for Jharkhand’s 81 assembly seats was held in two phases. Ruling JMM-Congress-RJD coalition is hoping to retain power after edge over BJP in tribal seats in Lok Sabha polls.

Time to make changes in ‘land grabber’ Waqf Board, says Amit Shah at Jharkhand rally

Shah also accused the JMM-led coalition of making infiltrators its vote bank, claiming ‘trainloads of illegal immigrants’ would be sent back to Bangladesh if BJP came to power.

BJP can’t win Jharkhand with just catchy ‘roti-beti-mati’. It needs reserved tribal seats

Hemant Soren's release is likely to garner sympathy from the Adivasi community. The JMM has recieved 41 per cent credit for the state's formation.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

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.