By replacing a Santhal with a Santhal, Chief Minister Hemant Soren has kept the caste and regional equations in the Government intact and also sought to keep the flock together in the Kolhan region following Champai’s exit. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The Assam CM and BJP’s Jharkhand election co-incharge termed it a “rarest case of surveillance” and it comes a couple of days ahead of the former Chief Minister and veteran tribal leader from the JMM scheduled to join the BJP. The Indian Tribal reports

The veteran tribal leader from the JMM and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the first time made the confirmation on his own about his plan to join the BJP, which he is scheduled to join on August 30. The impact of his move on State’s tribal politics [...]

One of the seniormost tribal leaders in Jharkhand, he has set the political temperature soaring with his arrival in Delhi amidst the buzz about his switching from the JMM to the BJP along with half-a-dozen other MLAs from his party, just ahead of the Assembly polls in the [...]

Ahead of Assembly elections in the State, the HC order has come as a shot in the arm for the BJP which has been citing the ‘alarming’ decline in tribal population in the Santhal Pargana region and targeting the JMM-led Government for “inaction”. Sudhir Kumar Mishra

The two-day Jharkhand Adivasi Mahotsav concluded in Ranchi amidst a flurry of mesmerising cultural events. The event was organised to mark the International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

On the occasion of his 49th birthday, the Jharkhand Chief Minister posted a picture of his arm stamped during his release from jail following grant of bail to him in an alleged money laundering case linked to a land scam, being probed by the ED. The Indian Tribal [...]

State’s new Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday inaugurated the two-day extravaganza in the presence of Chief Minister Hemant Soren to mark the International Day Of World’s Indigenous Peoples. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The Government of Jharkhand, which observes August 9 as a State holiday to commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, holds special two-day celebrations to mark the occasion. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The quasi-judicial tribunal, headed by Jharkhand Assembly Speaker, ordered the termination of membership of the two legislators, one a tribal and another a Kurmi. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports