Reliance Power led by Anil Ambani has entered into an agreement with Germany’s RWE Power International for technical assistance in extracting coal from its captive mines of the Tilaiya ultra-mega power project in Jharkhand.

RWE Power is the biggest coal miner in Germany and is among the biggest energy utility companies in the whole of Europe. RWE will assist the Indian company in designing and planning engineering aspects for its captive mine and will also help in acquiring equipment.

Ranchi, Sep 19 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Monday visited
victims of a bus accident, which took place near Bundu, about 50 km from
Ranchi.

Talking to reporters here, Munda said: "Many people got injured in this
incident. I have come here to see the injured and to look after their
treatment facilities. It was a front collision. It was a big incident."

"Families of deceased will get Rs. two lakh as compensation and injured will get good treatment," he added.

"I was sleeping when this incident took place. Suddenly a loud sound
took place and I saw a lot of injured decrying. I tried to save some
victims and to take out bodies of the deceased," said Ram Davey Singh, a
passenger.

Ranchi, Sep 13 : The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is tight-lipped over the fresh controversy which has arisen in the 1993 bribery case to save the government of then prime minister P. V. Narasimha Rao.

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ruled that the JMM MPs did not have to pay tax "on donations" received from the Congress for the 1993 confidence vote in parliament, according to the case documents made available Monday.

Ranchi, Feb 12 - The 34th National Games will open here Saturday evening with Bollywood stars Vivek Oberoi, Amisha Patel and Sameera Reddy performing for the 33,000-strong audience.

Jharkhand's ace archer Deepika Kumari will light the Games' flame, to be followed by a march past by the participating teams.

Shweta Tiwari, winner of reality show "Big Boss 4", will anchor the show while singer Sukhwinder Singh will croon his way with popular songs.

The 37-year-old Rahat Tasneem has become the first participator to win a whopping Rs one crore in the fourth season of popular game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' (KBC) hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

Tasneem, who hailed from Jharkhand's small town 'Giridih', stated that she played really well and used different lifelines 'phone a friend', 'double dip', 'expert advice' and 'audience poll' very smartly.

She also said that she was confused at first and had to make use of the lifelines.

Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni alsong with his newly-wed wife Sakshi Singh Rawat reached Ranchi on Wednesday amidst tight security.

MSD did not dishearten the buffs in Ranchi, as he came out with Sakshi and waved to the excited admirers from a gallery.

Dhoni shocked all his followers by tying the knot within 24 hours of his engagement to Sakshi.

The wedding ceremony took place on July 4 at Vishranti resorts on the outskirts of Uttarakhand's Dehradun city.

Hemant Soren, the JMM leader will have a meeting with Mr. Nitin Gadkari, BJP president tonight to find out a solution of the current impasse in the Jharkhand assembly. They will have a discussion over the stalemate in the state and the formalities of formation of the Government.

Hemant had been to Delhi with his father and Shibu Soren the Jharkhand Chief Minister and leader of JMM and some other party leaders.

Latehar (Jharkhand), Mar 21 : Maoist rebels released nine hostages in Jharkhand''s Latehar district on the pretext of reaching their demands to the Government.

Maoists released the nine hostages, who were abducted from Menaka police station area on Saturday morning unharmed.

"A team had gone to investigate the complaint received with respect to various government programmes. Unfortunately in the villages where the team went was a local representative of the Maoists there," said Palamu Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Prashant Singh.

Posco is looking to set up a new project in Jharkhand. The South Korean steel giant Posco is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding soon with the Steel Authority of India.

Though, in Orissa it is still facing lot of trouble in setting up its 12 MT steel plant at Paradeep. The Rs 54,000 crore project has been delayed in Orissa. Still the company is eying for fresh investments in a separate location.

Two students from Jharkhand and one from Bihar studying at Annamalai Engineering College were found dead during a student agitation inside the campus on Monday.

“The students, while being chased by the police, jumped into the canal and got drowned,” Principal Home Secretary Aamir Subhani said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on Tuesday, called Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi asking for protection for students from Bihar studying in deemed universities in that state and said that ‘anti-Bihari’ sentiments should be nipped in the bud.

This week's raids on current Chief Minister Shibu Soren's aide M. L. Pal, which reportedly unearthed undisclosed assets worth Rs. 65 crore has further cemented the belief that becoming a private secretary to a chief minister is an easy route to riches in Jharkhand.

Vivek, another ex-personal secretary of Soren, still moves around with the chief minister carrying files, though he does not have any official post as Pal continues in his post as the chief minister's personal secretary.

Ranchi, Jan 9 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Saturday expanded his cabinet, inducting nine ministers and taking its total strength to 12 - the maximum allowed.

The nine new ministers - all of cabinet rank - were sworn in by Governor K. Sankaranarayanan at the Raj Bhavan.

Of the nine, three were from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) - Hemlal Murmu, Hussain Ansari and Mathura Prasad Mahto, three from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - Baidyanath Ram, Barkuwar Gagrai and Nilkanth Singh Munda, two from All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) - Chandra Prakash Chaudhary and Umakant Razak. Sudha Chaudhary is from the Janata Dal-United (JD-U). She is the only woman in the cabinet.

Ranchi, Jan 9 - Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das said the government was concerned about the delay in the Arcelor Mittal steel project and would help in setting up its plant in the state.

"We are concerned about the steel projects, including that of Arcelor Mittal. Government will find out ways to help Mittal steel to set up their plant in the state (in Khuti and Gumla districts)," Das told IANS.

"The present government is concerned about industrialisation and at the same we are also concerned about the villagers whose land would be acquired for mega projects."

Ranchi, Jan 9 - A senior police officer in Jharkhand has been transferred for allegedly shielding the guilty following a death in police custody.

Palamau Superintendent of Police (SP) Jatin Narwal was transferred and made SP of Special Task Force (STF) in Ranchi Friday night, state government officials said here. He was replaced by Ramgarh SP Anup T. Matthew.

On Dec 30, police arrested Rajendra Yadav from Telari village of Palamau district. He died under mysterious circumstances the following day.

Ranchi, Jan 8 : Jailed legislator-elect Harinarayan Rai Friday took oath of office in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly.

Rai, who has been booked by the Jharkhand vigilance department in a graft case for allegedly amassing wealth of Rs 1.60 crore, was brought to the state assembly from the Birsa Munda central jail here for the swearing-in ceremony.

"These are just allegations and investigation is on. I have full faith in the judiciary," Rai told reporters after taking the oath.

Ranchi, Jan 8 : Jharkhand Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Friday said his government would adopt the policy of zero tolerance towards corruption. He also appealed to the Maoists to give up violence and join the mainstream of society.

"Corruption will not be tolerated in any way in the state. The vigilance system will further be strengthened so that it can function in a more effective way," Sankaranarayanan said in his address to the state assembly.

Ranchi, Jan 7 : With reports of Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren all set to seek a vote of confidence in the assembly on Thursday, the opposition parties in Jharkhand staged a protest accusing the government of favouring the Maoists.

Congress and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) party activists raised slogans and held posters against the state government for allegedly favouring Maoists and for the failed law and order situation in Jharkhand.

Ranchi, Jan 7 : The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Thursday boycotted the trust vote of the Shibu Soren government in Jharkhand, blaming the Congress for tacitly allowing the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to form government with support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The boycott by the RJD, which has five legislators in Jharkhand, has given an easy sail to Shibu Soren on the trust vote.

Ranchi, Jan 7 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren will seek a vote of confidence in the Assembly today.

The JMM Chief heads a coalition government that includes the NDA and other small parties and claims to have the support of 46 MLAs.

Besides his 18-member JMM, the other supporting MLAs are the NDA with 20, the AJSU-5, the Jharkhand Jan-adhikar Manch-one, the Rashtriya Kalyan Paksh with one and one Independent MLA - Bidesh Singh.

The new government is the seventh in Jharkhand since its creation nine years back. (ANI)

Ranchi, Jan 7 - The new Jharkhand government headed by Shibu Soren Thursday sought a trust vote in the assembly to prove its majority.

The trust vote was moved by Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das as Soren continues to be Lok Sabha MP. He has six months within which to get elected to the assembly.

Soren, who became Jharkhand's seventh chief minister Dec 30, had been asked by Governor K. Shankaranarayan to prove his government's majority on the floor of the house by Jan 8.