The State played its part in denting the BJP’s prospects of achieving the majority mark on its own. Tribal sentiments against the arrest of former CM Hemant Soren seem to have played a role in I.N.D.I.A allies JMM and Congress vanquishing the BJP on all the five ST [...]

Campaigning in tribal-dominated Dumka for the last phase of Lok Sabha polls on June 1, the Prime Minister asserted that the notorious "love jehad" first started in Jharkhand and targeted the INDIA bloc for corruption. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

These are worrying signs indicating that normalcy is far from making any early return to the troubled ethnic strife-torn northeastern State, more than a year since the clashes between the Kukis and Meiteis first started. The Indian Tribal reports

In a delayed move, JMM patriarch Shibu Soren acted against his rebellious eldest daughter-in-law and another rebel MLA for going against the party and party lines. Meanwhile, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s fate continues to hang in the balance in the Supreme Court. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The beleaguered JMM-led alliance government in Jharkhand received yet another major jolt as the Enforcement Directorate arrested the senior Congress leader and Minister in a money laundering case even as former Chief Minister Hemant Soren languishes behind the bars. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Though the apex court agreed to list the matter of the former Jharkhand CM’s challenge to his arrest by the ED on May 17, it expressed doubts about being able to hear it. It also rejected his plea of an interim bail like that given to the Delhi [...]

At the same time, the Prime Minister claimed the Congress will get seats less than its senior leader Rahul Gandhi’s age. Sudhir Kumar Kishra reports

Undeterred by the ED raids at the premises of an aide of a State party leader and Minister that yielded over Rs 35 crore in cash, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi campaigned on three ST seats in Jharkhand, just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi did. Sudhir Kumar [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (May 3) addressed an election meeting in the tribal hotbed of Chaibasa. Later, he also held a roadshow in State capital Ranchi. Sudhir Kumar Mishra brings in the key highlights

The opposition bloc, which held its maiden rally in the tribal State of Jharkhand on Sunday, alleged the ruling BJP was out to destroy the Constitution and urged the masses to overthrow the Modi dispensation from power in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Sudhir Kumar Mishra lists out [...]