Can the BJP wrest Jharkhand from the JMM? Here’s a SWOT analysisBJP seeks to regain power in Jharkhand, spotlighting corruption charges against Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The JMM-Congress alliance coun...
15 Oct, 2024, 07.38 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections as good as rigged: Development economist Jean DrezeDreze said five years ago, Arundhati Roy had described the 2019 elections as a race between a Ferrari and a few bicycles. "The metaphor is ...
14 Apr, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
Post-pandemic disaster: Upper primary attendance in Jharkhand schools down to 58%, finds survey"The survey showed that underprivileged and tribal children were left abandoned by the Education Department. The schools were closed for tw...
19 Dec, 2022, 06.00 PM IST
'CM Hemant Soren most popular in Jharkhand, his wife too understands politics'Jharkhand's embattled chief minister Hemant Soren got a vote of support from neighbouring tribal dominated Mayurbhanj in Odisha where his i...
29 Aug, 2022, 03.03 PM IST
2 Indian teachers specialising in English and Math shortlisted for 2021 Global Teacher PrizeThe prize money for the honour has been doubled to $100,000.
10 Sep, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
Jharkhand extends lockdown-like restrictions till June 10 with some relaxations"The Health Safety Week now stands extended till June 10. Some relaxations have been given, including the opening of all shops in 15 distri...
03 Jun, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
Sampark Foundation pledges Rs 10 crore to ensure online classes for government school childrenBaithak provides access to teaching resources in Hindi. This app allows users to download the content for free and view without internet.
16 Apr, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
CPI (Maoist) scouting for urban and intellectual youth to fill ranksThe CPI (Maoist) has failed to build its second-rung of leaders due to lack of educated youths in its ranks.
09 Sep, 2018, 07.07 PM IST
Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammed used children in J&K says UN reportNoting "grave violations", it said three incidents of recruitment and use of children by the two terror outfits were reported in Jammu and ...
28 Jun, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
Gujarat tops composite water management index, Madhya Pradesh secondThese include various aspects of ground water, restoration of water bodies, irrigation, farm practices, drinking water, policy and governan...
14 Jun, 2018, 11.57 PM IST
Over 1 lakh schools in India have just 1 teacherA solitary teacher is running the show in as many as 1,05,630 government elementary and secondary schools in the country, with MP emerging ...
09 Aug, 2016, 12.29 PM IST
Forces flood Jharkhand to keep Maoists at bayWith the districts also bordering Bihar, the first phase will prove a testing ground for RJD chief Lalu Prasad and former Bihar CM Nitish K...
25 Nov, 2014, 11.49 AM IST
Will Jharkhand finally get a stable government 14 years after it became a state?Bihar, which was largely left an agrarian state after the creation of Jharkhand, has outperformed it. Jharkhand also lags Uttarakhand and C...
23 Nov, 2014, 07.04 AM IST
Yashwant Sinha sent to jail in JSEB official assault caseSinha had admitted before the media yesterday that he had "instructed" the party's women activists to tie up Jha using a rope.
03 Jun, 2014, 03.04 PM IST
Yashwant Sinha, BJP workers arrested for 'assaulting' JSEB officialIncidentally, Sinha admitted before the media of "instructing" the party's women activists to tie-up JSEB's Hazaribagh branch General Manag...
03 Jun, 2014, 12.14 AM IST
- UP's naxal-affected districts: Flush with funds but no progress
UP’s three Naxal-affected districts , Sonbhadra , Chandauli and Mirzapur , limping out of the shadow of the menace have again slipped into ...
14 Feb, 2012, 12.51 PM IST
Politics beyond partiesMainstream political parties must wake up as Indian democracy is facing a challenge from the extreme Left and extreme Right.
24 Oct, 2009, 03.35 AM IST