Dinesh Oraon

Lower age for contesting polls should be 18: Jharkhand speaker

Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon on Tuesday stressed on the need for effective participation of youth in the governance process and said the age for contesting elections should be lowered from 25 to 18.

Nov 21, 2017, 20:55 PM IST

Jharkhand Governor Draupdi Murmu returns contentions land act amendments

The Governor returned the amendment bills with a query, local media reports said. "How the amendments will benefit the tribal people?" is the query posed to the Chief Minister Raghubar Das-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. 

 

Jun 25, 2017, 15:17 PM IST

Opposition set to corner Jharkhand government in assembly

The monsoon session of the Jharkhand assembly, scheduled to commence from Friday, is all set to be stormy with the opposition aiming to corner the government over a host of issues.

Jul 19, 2016, 15:29 PM IST

Jharkhand CM, assembly speaker appear before Ranchi court

The NHAI officials have alleged that the leaders ransacked the NHAI office during a dharna.

Dec 03, 2015, 18:42 PM IST