Two contentious issues—control over mineral resources and alleged irregularities in government recruitment—are driving fresh political mobilisation in Jharkhand, with the Congress announcing a Lok Bhavan march and BJP leader Babulal Marandi…
The Jharkhand Congress has announced a fresh march to Lok Bhavan on September 26 against the amended Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, reopening a dispute over the State’s mineral rights, revenue powers and the balance of…
The latest mining accident in Dhanbad has renewed scrutiny of illegal coal extraction, with the BJP accusing the State government of failing to curb the activity and warning that the issue could become the focus of a wider agitation.
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The BJP has taken its campaign over alleged recruitment-exam irregularities and cases against protesting students to the district level, signalling that the issue remains politically active despite the State government’s earlier decisions on…
The Opposition has announced a four-day statewide mobilisation after its 48-hour deadline to the government expired, keeping the controversy over cases against students at the centre of Jharkhand’s continuing recruitment-exam dispute.
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Two -corner protests, each carrying separate demands, are unfolding in Jharkhand. One is led by student job seekers whose is bigger than one examination and raises a query in public whether the recruitment system can ever earn their trust.
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By announcing the ‘complete cancellation’ of the JSSC-CGL (Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level) exam and all recruitment tests, results, and selections handled by the outsourced private agency TDPL (TSR Data Processing…
At a time when Jharkhand students had set an August 20 deadline for a gherao of the CM’s residence, the Hemant Soren government has invited them for a fresh round of talks today- Monday (August 17, 2026).
This is going to be the sixth…
It was another Vidhan Sabha Ghero in Ranchi. On Monday, hundreds of students marched and broke three layers of barricades to reach the newly built Assembly premises, only to get water cannons, baton attack by the police, and injury to over five dozen…
Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahto (33 year old) has broken the fast by drinking water on today ( August 5, 2026).It appears to be part a move to gain political mileage.
Mahto, who hails from Silli, 60 km from Ranchi, and who…