Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Hemant Soren

Jharkhand CM urges PM Modi for special schemes for tribals

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to formulate special schemes for tribals, especially for those who have been displaced because of exploitation of mineral resources in the state. Addressing a public meeting in the...

ED summons unwarranted: Soren to Jharkhand HC

Chief Minister Hemant Soren Wednesday submitted to the Jharkhand High Court that summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of alleged money laundering are unwarranted.His advocate P Chidambaram told the bench of Chief Justice Sanjaya...

Soren skips 5 ED summons, crucial hearing on Friday

Jharkhand High Court is set to hear the plea of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who has skipped five summons of the Enforecement Directorate (ED) in the land scam case. Soren’s counsel Piyush Chitresh had mentioned the matter before a...

Hemant Soren seeks time from ED in land grabbing case

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has sought more time from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before it in connection with the land grabbing case. He was asked by the ED to record his statement in the matter on...

JMM to support AAP in opposing Central ordinance: Kejriwal

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha formally announced on Friday that it will support the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in opposing the Centre’s ordinance on control of administrative services in Delhi after a meeting between Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his...

Soren visits former Maoist hotbed ‘Budha Pahad’

Hemant Soren on Friday became the first Jharkhand chief minister to visit the ‘Budha Pahad’ – a former Maoist hotbed – situated near the border with Chhattisgarh, where he launched a development project worth Rs 100 crore, officials said.Soren...

J’khand CM writes to PM, raises objections to new forest rules

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday said he has expressed his reservations about the Centre’s Forest Conservation Rules 2022 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as they “brazenly dilute” powers of local gram sabha and “uproot” the rights of...

Jharkhand CM dismisses ED charges

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday claimed that the allegations leveled against him in a mining case are “baseless”.Addressing reporters before leaving for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Ranchi, where he is set to face questioning in...

JMM, Cong take to street against ED summon to CM, RJD skips

Differences within the ruling UPA in Jharkhand came to the fore on Saturday when its partners JMM and Congress took to the streets here against the ED’s summons to Chief Minister Hemant Soren but RJD stayed away.RJD, which has...

Jharkhand CM skips ED summons

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday skipped summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to face questioning in connection with a case of alleged illegal mining and went to Chhattisgarh to attend a “pre-scheduled” programme.He also asked the federal...