LS polls to wipe out JVM, JMM from Jkhand: Raghubar

RANCHI, India— The eastern state of Jharkhand is a study in contrasts: On one hand, the state is immensely rich in natural resources and contains about 40 percent of India's mines and mineral reserves, but on the other hand, the region struggles ...

Having borrowed a former JMM legislator with rural appeal to be its candidate in Jamshedpur, the BJP is counting on Modi wave in the urban area to win in its most prestigious fight in the state. The BJP, which has the opportunity to win up to 13 ...

RANCHI: Jamshedpur parliamentary constituency had always voted three major parties - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) - to power till Babulal Marandi's Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) won the seat in the ...

Democracy and derision have always been strange bedfellows in Jharkhand. And an elite Jamshedpur is no exception. As polling day nears for the coveted Lok Sabha constituency, netas and their yes-men are letting out a stream of invectives against ...

Narendra Modi thanked a crowd of 20,000 for braving near-40 temperatures on Thursday and went on to tug at steel city heartstrings by ruing its inability to become eastern India's industrial hub due to faulty policies of the UPA government. In a ...

JAMSHEDPUR: Taking a dig at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MP Ajay Kumar said the modest at the venue clearly indicates that the voters of Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency are not ...

Usually, Assembly polls are considered the semi-final before Lok Sabha elections in the country. But in Jharkhand, it is the other way round. Take for instance Jamshedpur. The election in this parliamentary constituency is being considered a litmus ...

Case#1 BJP candidate Bidyut Baran Mahto served notice for wooing Sikhs during a get-together at Dhalbhum Club in Sakchi on April 5 in the presence of former chief minister Arjun Munda and Jamshedpur East MLA Raghubar Das Case#2 Sitting JVM MP Ajoy Kumar also ...

BJP leaders are hoping that in these four tough seats, the Modi wave will see the candidates through during the three-phase election in the state. With the local leadership unhappy over the BJP's candidates in four seats in Jharkhand, the party, ...