Women voters outnumbered men by 4.8 per cent in the first phase of polling in Jharkhand for 43 of its 81 Assembly constituencies on November 13, the Election Commission of India stated on Friday.
Ahead of Jharkhand assembly elections, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday lashed out at the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) over the welfare of tribals and stated that the tribal population in Santhal has decreased from 44 per cent to 28 per c
Assam Chief Minister and BJP co-in-charge for Jharkhand polls, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Friday slammed the JMM-led government in the state, alleging that it fully looted the people and that it did not implement the poll promises.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday wrote a letter to Election Commission seeking its intervention after party leader Rahul Gandhi's chopper was delayed due to "no-fly-zone restriction" enforced "due to protocol of other leaders in vicinity".
After giving a rousing speech in the Mahagama assembly constituency in Jharkhand, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's helicopter was unable to take-off on Friday due to not having the clearance from Air Traffic Control (ATC).
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday alleged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of not allowing an illustration extending wishes to people on state foundation day to be published in the national newspapers.
Union Minister Annapurna Devi alleged that the Jharkhand government headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren is a "government of loot and therefore people are upset".
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are trying to divide the society between "Hindus and Muslims and create communal tension."
After the Congress in-charge for Jharkhand affairs Ghulam Ahmed Mir stirred controversy with his pre-poll promise of providing LPG cylinders at Rs 450 to "infiltrators," Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that Jharkhand is in danger and urged the people of the state to sav
Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged on Thursday that Rs 350 crore was recovered in the Enforcement Directorate raids from the home of a Congress MP which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sent for the youth of Jharkhand.
A day after the first phase of polling, BJP MP Anurag Thakur attacked the ruling INDIA bloc in Jharkhand and said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has promised gas cylinders to the "illegal immigrants".
As the first phase of voting for Jharkhand assembly elections concludes, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that it has been decided in the first phase of elections that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would form the government in the state and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) wo