3 days ago
Court sends Shibu Soren's brother to judicial custody
Bokaro, Feb 10 - A Bokaro court Wednesday sent Lalu Soren, younger brother of Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, to 14-day judicial custody in an eight-year-old hit and run case.Lalu Soren surrendered in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate - Krishna Kumar. In 2002, Bokaro Steel Plant - employee C.M.P. Gupta died after being hit by the vehicle of Lalu Soren. Gupta's family members had filed ... read more

Ranchi | 3 days ago
Soren government to present its first budget March 5
Ranchi, Feb 10 - The Shibu Soren government in Jharkhand will present its first budget March 5, it was announced Wednesday.'The Jharkhand assembly session has been convened Feb 26 and it will conclude March 27. The government will present 2010-2011 budget in the house March 5,' Cabinet Secretary Aditya Swaroop told reporters here. This will be the first budget of the Soren government. Soren became ... read more

Ranchi | 3 days ago
Soren discharged from hospital, attends cabinet meeting
Ranchi, Feb 10 - Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Wednesday attended a cabinet meeting at his residence here, a day after he skipped a crucial meeting with Home Minister P. Chidambaram in Kolkata to draw up a blueprint for inter-state operations against the Maoists, citing ill health.Soren was admitted to Apollo hospital for blood pressure problem Tuesday morning and was discharged at night. ... read more

Kolkata | 4 days ago
Chidambaram plays down Nitish, Soren's absence at meet
Kolkata, Feb 9 - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday played down the absence of the chief ministers of Bihar and Jharkhand, Nitish Kumar and Shibu Soren, from a meeting here called to draw up a blueprint for inter-state operations against the Maoists.'I think you are drawing unnecessary inferences,' Chidambaram told a journalist who asked whether the meeting's aim to coordinate a security operati ... read more

Ranchi | 4 days ago
Unwell Soren skips Kolkata meeting with Chidambaram
Ranchi, Feb 9 - Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren skipped union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's meeting in Kolkata to discuss the proposed offensive against the Maoists because he was unwell and had to be admitted to hospital, his aides said Tuesday.'Soren could not leave for Kolkata as he fell ill early Tuesday morning,' said Soren's press advisor Safiq Ansari. 'He is suffering from a blood pr ... read more

Kolkata | 4 days ago
Meeting to chalk out plan against Maoists begins in Kolkata
Kolkata, Feb 9 - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's meeting with four state governments to chalk out a comprehensive inter-state operation against the Maoists began at the State Secretariat Writers Building Tuesday.The governments of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal were taking part in the meeting, discussing the modalities of a joint operation against the ultras who were active in the f ... read more

Ranchi | 5 days ago
Soren skips meeting with Chidambaram in Kolkata
Ranchi, Feb 9 - Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren fell ill and failed to go to Kolkata Tuesday to attend a meeting with central Home Minister P. Chidambaram to discuss the proposed offensive against Maoist rebels.'Soren could not leave for Kolkata as he fell ill early Tuesday morning. Two Deputy Chief Ministers Sudesh Mahto and Raghubar Das have left for Kolkata to attend the meeting,' Safiq An ... read more

Kolkata | 5 days ago
Chidambaram to discuss anti-Maoist steps with chief ministers
Kolkata, Feb 8 - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will sit with the chief ministers of three eastern Indian states here Tuesday to draw up the details of a joint security operation against the Maoist menace.Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren will take part in the talks being hosted by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the state secre ... read more

Ranchi | 5 days ago
Maoist strike affects marriages in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Feb 8 - The three-day Maoist strike in Jharkhand has played spoilsport with hundreds of marriages that were scheduled Sunday and Monday.The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist - called a three-day strike in four states -- Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal -- to protest the proposed government offensive against them. It being a marriage season in Bihar and Jharkhand, many weddings ... read more

Ranchi | 9 days ago
CRPF top cop reviews proposed anti-Maoist operations
Ranchi, Feb 4 - Ahead of meeting of chief ministers of the Maoist-affected states with union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Central Reserve Police Force special Director General Vijay Raman reviewed the preparation of the paramilitary force in Jharkhand.Raman held meeting with Jharkhand Director General of Police Neyaz Ahmad, special branch officers in police headquarters Thursday. The meeting disc ... read more