At around the same time when a new government, headed by the JMM veteran, was coming into existence, quite ironically, former Chief Minister Hemant Soren was being sent to 5-day ED custody. The Indian Tribal reports

Twenty four hours now, Jharkhand remains without a Chief Minister following the resignation and arrest of Hemant Soren, who got remanded to just a day’s judicial custody even as the Raj Bhawan too is yet to invite Champai Soren to prove his majority and form the government. The [...]

Facing heat over his alleged involvement in a money laundering case related to a land scam, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren resigned from his post after the ED took him in its custody. All eyes now await Raj Bhawan’s moves, Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Taking his fight to the next level, the Jharkhand Chief Minister on Wednesday filed an FIR under the stringent SC/ST Act against officials of the Enforcement Directorate over the searches at his Delhi residence saying the action harassed and maligned him and his entire tribal community. The Indian [...]

With Lok Sabha and Assembly elections ahead and the ED relentlessly pursuing him, Hemant has been playing the tribal card to the hilt. Amid tight security, as ED officials quizzed him, JMM MLAs went into a huddle at CM residence and scores of armed workers gathered outside protesting [...]

Some social outfits and villagers themselves on their own have started taking initiatives to preserve this age-old traditional game that often pits the married men against unmarried youth, writes Sudhir Kumar Mishra

The sudden resignation of a JMM legislator has sparked varied speculations in the corridors of power in Jharkhand about the fate of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, whom the Enforcement Directorate has put on notice with its seventh and last summons for questioning in an alleged land scam, The [...]

A sizeable population of tribals in Jharkhand follows Christianity but most of them have now begun celebrating Christmas in their own ‘desi’ style. Sudhir Kumar Mishra tells you how

From an ambitious PM Adivasi Janjati Nyay Maha Abhiyan to a Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra to infra projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first PM to visit Birsa Munda’s birthplace, launched all. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday began his two-day visit to Jharkhand with a roadshow even as his visit to tribal icon Birsa Munda’s birthplace (the first by any PM) and the launch of the ambitious Rs 24,000-crore PVTG Mission besides several other projects are lined up, Sudhir [...]