BJP and AJSU legislators walked out of the House as headcount for voting started. The BJP-led opposition has 24 legislators of the saffron party and three of the AJSU Party
JMM legislator Stephen Marandi said the party has instructed all alliance MLAs to be present in the House and participate in the floor test
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Earlier today, Champai Soren resigned as Jharkhand Chief Minister, paving the way for Hemant Soren's return
Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Wednesday resigned from his post, following which JMM leader Hemant Soren called on Governor CP Radhakrishnan and staked claim to form the government.
Sources said Champai Soren, who had taken oath as the 12th chief minister of Jharkhand on February 2 after Hemant Soren's arrest, may resign from the post soon
The meeting has been convened by former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, who is also the executive president of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
Soren, the executive president of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), was released from jail on June 28 after nearly five months
The INDIA bloc govt in Jharkhand is hurriedly unveiling schemes ahead of the Assembly polls, even as the BJP reaches out to tribals
Soren, addressing a rally here on the occasion of 'Hul Diwas', also claimed that the saffron party has turned jittery after his release from jail and its leaders are conspiring against him again
Former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren was released on Friday from the Birsa Munda Jail after the state high court granted bail to him in a money laundering case
The former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in January over a land scam case in Ranchi
Swamy, who spent long years working among tribals in Jharkhand, died in Mumbai, hours before his appeal for bail in a case in which he was accused of being an 'Urban Naxal' was to be heard
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The court directed the ED to file a response in the matter and set June 10 as the next date of the hearing
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Your conduct tells a lot. We expected your client to come up with candour but you suppressed material facts, the bench told Sibal
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Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Arunabh Chowdhury, appearing for Soren, sought time till Wednesday to respond to the court's queries
The Supreme Court scheduled former chief minister Hemant Soren's hearing for May 17, challenging his arrest in money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam