Jharkhand

During the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, voting took place for three Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand including Chatra, Hazaribagh and Koderma.

Modi also accused the Congress of denying basic amenities to people, and alleged that the condition of 18,000 villages was similar to that of the 18th century.

The former Chief Minister of Jharkhand had moved the top court challenging his arrest after the Jharkhand HC rejected his plea.

ED claimed Alamgir Alam was concealed and involved in the acquisition and transfer of the proceeds of crime, and thus actively involved in the process of money laundering.

The 70-year-old was taken into custody at the agency's zonal office here under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after about six hours of interrogation.

According to Modi, the JMM, Congress and Left parties are at the root of all issues, including corruption and nepotism.

Alam was reportedly questioned about his role in the multi-crore tender scam. The ED also summoned his Private Secretary Sanjiv Lal’s wife Rita Lal for questioning alongside the minister.

Soren was arrested on January 31 in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam after he resigned as the Jharkhand chief minister.

The money laundering investigation pertains to alleged irregularities in the state rural development department.

On May 10, the top court had disposed of Soren's plea seeking a direction to the high court to deliver its verdict on his petition challenging his arrest by the ED in a money laundering case.

RANCHI: On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered 35.23 crore cash from the residence of Jahangir Alam, the domestic help of Sanjiv Lal, who is the Personal Secretary to the Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam. Sanjiv Lal…

He had moved the top court after the Jharkhand HC had on Friday dismissed his plea.

The court had said that while attending the rituals, Soren would neither talk to the media nor hold any political discussion.

Bishunpur MLA Chamra Linda is contesting from Lohardaga against Congress’s Sukhdeo Bhagat while former JMM MLA from Gandey Jai Prakash Verma has filed his nomination against CPI (ML) candidate Vinod Singh.

However, the court gave strict instructions that while attending the ritual to be held on May 6, Soren will not talk to the media nor hold any political discussion with anybody.

RANCHI: Launching a scathing on the BJP-led Centre, the wife of jailed former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Kalpana Soren posted a photograph of her posing with a bow and arrow on the social media platform 'X' with captions targetting…

The JMM nominee for Gandey bypoll said it is not in the DNA of tribals to bow and Hemant Soren would emerge stronger.

Suspending the account, 'X' said that the action due to a legal demand.

Kalpana was accompanied by Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren, brother-in-law Basant Soren and Ministers Alamgir Alam and Satyanand Bhokta, among others, when she filed her papers.