Govt In Jharkhand

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  In Tourist Gang-Rape Case, Survivor Gets 10 Lakh Compensation

  Jharkhand Police has handed over a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs to the husband of a Spanish woman who was allegedly gang-raped in Dumka on Friday.

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  Jharkhand Schools, Colleges Closed Till January 15; Govt Announces New Covid Curbs

  Jharkhand Lockdown News: Schools, colleges, coaching institutions and other educational institutions in Jharkhand will remain closed till January 15, the state government decided today.

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  'Don't Want To Go To Jail': Jharkhand Minister Saryu Rai Opposes His Own Government

  The ruling BJP in Jharkhand is facing an embarrassing revolt by a senior minister who walked out of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday objecting to the renewal of mining contracts and declaring "I don't want to go to jail".

• JMM meets Jharkhand Governor, seeks time to form next govt; Congress silent on support

  Efforts to form the next government in Jharkhand picked up pace on Saturday with leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress separately meeting Governor Syed Ahmad. The JMM leaders requested the Governor to give the party a chance to form the next government.

• Jharkhand: Arjun Munda resigns as Chief Minister; JMM says it'll try to form new Govt

  Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmad hours after an emergency Cabinet meeting recommended dissolution of the Assembly. The vertiginous situation arrived in the state after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or the JMM withdrew support from the BJP-led government.

• Shibu Soren's JMM formally withdraws support; Arjun Munda Govt recommends dissolution of Jharkhand Assembly

  The BJP-led government in Jharkhand convened an emergency Cabinet meeting today morning in which it recommended the dissolution of the state Assembly. This comes a day after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM threatened to withdraw support from the government.

• Naxal violence claimed 137 lives this year: Govt

  A total of 137 people have been killed in 461 incidents of Naxal violence this year, the government said on Tuesday. The maximum number of causalities have been reported in Jharkhand - 68, followed by Chhattisgarh - 22, Maharashtra - 20, Odisha - 16, Bihar - 10 and Andhra Pradesh 1, till April 15.

• Election Commission writes to Govt for CBI probe in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls

  The Election Commission (EC) today decided to write to the government seeking a CBI probe into the events that led to countermand of Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand recently. The decision comes after the Jharkhand High Court asked the Commission to constitute a probe.

• Anna-giri: People visit Jharkhand govt offices with roses

  Call it Annagiri or Gandhigiri. Government officials in the coal town of Jharkhand are being offered roses and white caps by activists of Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption (IAC) with a request to help weed out corruption.

• Jharkhand govt recommends CBI probe into land scam

  Jharkhand government has recommended CBI probe into the recently unearthed Rs 1000 crore land scam in Deogarh district.