Battling the odds in the fast changing political scenario in election year, the Champai Soren government in Jharkhand tabled its maiden budget on Tuesday. Tribal Welfare ranks high on agenda of the Rs 1.28-lakh crore budget for 2024-25. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The switchover of Geeta, a Ho tribal and MP from Chaibasa ST seat, is also seen in the backdrop of changed power equations in Kolhan politics after Chief Minister Champai Soren inducted JMM’s Ho MLA from the region Deepak Birua as Minister. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Coming close on the heels of the arrest of his son Hemant by the ED, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash the Lokpal proceedings against him in a case related to alleged accumulation of disproportionate assets. The Indian Tribal reports

The Jharkhand Chief Minister may have termed the squabbling within the Congress as its internal matter but in election year it will keep all the stakeholders in the ruling alliance on tenterhooks and test Champai's leadership skills in keeping the flock together. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

A couple of weeks into his swearing-in, Chief Minister Champai Soren expanded his Cabinet which saw two new faces from the JMM side, including one from party patriarch Shibu Soren’s family. The Congress chose to retain its old hands. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The new Chief Minister, who has billed himself as Hemant Part-2, digitally transferred Rs 74.78 crores to 24,827 beneficiaries of JMM-led ruling alliance’s flagship housing scheme. The Indian Tribal reports

The extension of custody comes on the 18th marriage anniversary of the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. His wife termed him a brave ‘Jharkhand warrior' and pledged to be his pillar of support. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Embroiled in an alleged land scam, the former Chief Minister said he would quit politics if documents of land registered in his name are shown. The Indian Tribal reports

With 43 MLAs ‘firmly’ on its side, newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Jharkhand Champai Soren looks set to pass the floor test comfortably but the alliance he leads is still wary of the BJP’s manoeuvres as a couple of its own MLAs haven’t given the right signals. The [...]

In the meantime, taking forward their investigation in the land scam, the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested a revenue sub-inspector, who, it alleged, assisted the former CM in acquiring 'illegal land'. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports