Including the Chief Minister, currently there are 18 ministers in the cabinet, whose sanctioned strength is 34.
Kadia Munda won several times from Jharkhand's Khunti Lok Sabha seat
The Congress, which criticised the amendment, walked out of Rajya Sabha saying it is dissatisfied with the Home Minister's reply on the amendment to the SPG Act.
Hedge says Fadnavis was made CM to protect central funds; Ex-CM trashes claim
What is good for the BJP may not necessarily be good for the Indian nation
The only challenge for the BJP in the state is to keep its own house in order
The term of the 81-seat Jharkhand Assembly ends on January 5 next year
The BJP is in power the state, which has a large tribal population, and an alliance of opposition parties, mainly the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, is determined to oust the govt
Counting of votes is on December 23
Earlier, Manjhi had also rejected the possibility of joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), alleging that the BJP was involved in communal politics.
Jharkhand will vote in five phases, with the first one on November 30 and the last on December 20. Results will be declared on December 23
To boost higher literacy in the state, scholarships to support higher education were also promised in the manifesto
A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna said constitutional morality is different from political morality
National Secretary and Bengal BJP leader Rahul Sinha said that the state machinery openly helped the ruling Trinamool Congress and that they will report this to the Election Commission
Giving the slogan - 'Jhase mein nahi aayenge Kejriwal ko jeetayenge' AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha questioned the BJP's intentions on bringing the bill just before the assembly elections
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in as the chief minister at a ceremony to be held at the Shivaji Park in the evening
Congress spokesperson Rajeev Gowda alleged that attempts by the ruling party to run roughshod over every other political party, including its own allies, were witnessed in the last few years
The ACB's clarification came after opposition Congress claimed Ajit Pawar was "exonerated" in lieu of his support to the BJP in forming a government two days ago
The Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) continued to guard against the poaching of their respective legislators.
The upshot is that in half-a-dozen seats or more, the BJP's old-timers-turned-dissidents have filed nominations against the party's official candidates