Palamu (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): In a brazen show of might, a Congress candidate KN Tripathi has brandished a pistol after a scuffle broke out between BJP and Congress supporters in Palamu area on Saturday during the first phase of polling for the assembly elections in the state.
Jharkhand [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The voter turnout in thirteen Assembly constituencies in Jharkhand stood at 46.83 per cent till 1 pm on Saturday, according to the Election Commission of India.
Gumla (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Naxals blew up a bridge in Bishnupur here as the voting began for the first phase of Jharkhand assembly elections on Saturday.
Lohardaga/Daltonganj (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): As the first of the five-phase polling began in 13 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand on Saturday, voters in Lohargada and Daltonganj are concerned on the issues of development and unemployment.
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday appealed the voters to vote for a "stable decision-making government" in poll-bound Jharkhand so as to defeat corruption and Naxalism and also to maintain the pace of development in the state.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday appealed the voters, especially the youth, to vote for "new Jharkhand" and urged them to turn out in large numbers to exercise their adult franchise so as to set a record.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The first phase of polling in 13 constituencies spread across six districts of Jharkhand commenced on Saturday morning.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Thirteen constituencies spread across six districts of Jharkhand are set to head for Assembly polls in the first phase on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday alleged that units of Missionaries of Charity in Jharkhand were indulging in religious conversions and said that there should be a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into organisations getting foreign funding.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): A 25-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by at least 12 men near a brick kiln in a Ranchi village here, police said.
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM working president Hemant Soren filed his nomination papers from Dumka Assembly constituency on Friday.