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Probe against Soren: No interim order from SC on plea challenging HC order

Supreme Court refused to pass any interim directions on a Jharkhand govt appeal challenging an order of the high court which had accepted the maintainability of a plea seeking a probe against Soren

Prophet row: Jharkhand CM Soren asks people not to act on impulses

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren cautioned people not to act on impulses and said that the state capital Ranchi, which witnessed violence, is not a battlefield

Violence in Ranchi due to weak leadership, CM Soren should resign: BJP

BJP on Saturday said the violence in Ranchi in which two lives were lost was the outcome of weak leadership and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Hemant Soren "in the interest of the state"

Jharkhand govt moves SC against HC order on plea seeking probe against CM

A probe against CM Soren is sought for alleged irregularities in grant of mining lease and also into the transactions of some shell companies allegedly operated by his family members and associates.

By sidelining the Congress, Hemant Soren has proved his political acumen

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader has proved politics is not just something that runs in his family but is his own passion too.

Jharkhand CM Soren gets more time to appear before EC in mining lease case

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is learnt to have been given more time by the Election Commission to appear before in a case related to a mining lease.

Deliberate illegal mining by mafia to tarnish govt image: Jharkhand CM

The chief minister asked officials to develop an effective mechanism to curb illegal mining and install CCTV cameras at the affected spots

Hemant Soren summoned by EC to explain mining lease allotment: Report

The Election Commission is learnt to have asked Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to appear before it in person or through his counsel on May 31

Jharkhand govt moves SC challenging PIL involving CM in mining lease case

Appearing on behalf of the state, advocate Kapil Sibal told the division bench that the high court should take up the matter only after it is heard by the apex court

Soren seeks 4-week extension from EC to reply to notice over mine lease

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren said he has sought a four-week extension of time from the Election Commission to reply to its notice over charges that he issued a mining lease in the state in his favour

Jharkhand mining lease row: CM Soren says plea moved to destabilise govt

A bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, while hearing the matter for the first time April 8, had said that it was "a serious matter" and had issued a notice to Soren.

BJP lashes out at Soren govt for looting public resources amid ED raids

The Soren-led government in Jharkhand specialises in theft and will make the state hollow by looting public resources, the BJP said after ED raids in connection with the MGNREGA funds fraud PMLA case

ED raids 20 locations linked to Jharkhand CM's close aide, claims BJP MP

BJP MP said that places linked with Jharkhand Mining Department Secretary Pooja Singhal in Ranchi, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Mumbai are being raided

EC issues notice to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren over mining lease

The EC had recently written to the state government to share the documents related to the mining lease

Jharkhand power crisis due to poor pre-planning by govt: Ex-CM Raghubar Das

Terming the Jharkhand government "inefficient", former chief minister Raghubar Das accused the JMM-led dispensation of not planning in advance to avoid power cuts in the state during summer.

Raghubar Das accuses Jharkhand CM of irregular industrial land allotment

The BJP leader further said Soren's political representative Pankaj Mishra had been given a lease in the name of Mahakal stone in Sahebhanj

PM Modi's silence on communal violence shocking: Opposition joint statement

This silence is an eloquent testimony to the fact that such private armed mobs enjoy the luxury of official patronage," they said in the joint statement

Jharkhand CM warns of shutting coal mines over non-payment of dues by PSUs

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has warned the coal companies of putting barricades around coal mines if due payment of worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore is not cleared to the state by Central PSUs."We have demanded payment of Rs 1.36 lakh crore (dues) to the state from the coal companies, and we will take it, this is State's right otherwise we will put barricades around coal mineral resources," the Chief Minister said in his speech in the Legislative Assembly on Friday.Soren had raised the issue of non-payment of dues by coal companies to the Centre in a letter to Union Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi dated March 2, 2022."Inspite of repeated consultations held with @CoalMinistry & @NITIAayogregarding non payment of long standing legitimate dues of Rs 1.36 lakh crores related to mining done by Central PSUs, Govt of India has paid no heed so far. I have written to @JoshiPralhad ji in this regard", tweeted Soren on Saturday.Noting that Jharkhand is a mineral-rich state and that

Female infanticide, child marriages to rise if inflation unchecked: Soren

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday said if inflation is not controlled then cases of female infanticide and child marriages will increase in the country.

Old pension scheme likely to be revived, MLA fund hiked: Jharkhand CM

The scheme for government employees was discontinued from April 1, 2004, and the new National Pension Scheme (NPS) was implemented