Campaigning for first phase of elections in Jharkhand ends todayRANCHI - Campaigning for the first phase of the five-phased polling for the Jharkhand Assembly would come to an end this evening. Jharkhand police foil Maoist attempt to disrupt assembly pollsRANCHI - Police here have foiled a Maoist attempt to disrupt the Assembly polls in Jharkhand as they have arrested three people with electronic material used in landmine plants. Maoist triggered landmine kills two troopers in JharkhandRANCHI - Two troopers were killed and nine injured Sunday when Maoist rebels blew up their vehicle by detonating a landmine in poll-bound Jharkhand, police said. Jharkhand violence rages, train blast kills two (Second Lead)RANCHI - Maoist guerrillas Friday continued their violence spree in Jharkhand, after blowing up a passenger train overnight that left a woman and an infant dead, police said. Maoists call for a shutdown in JharkhandRANCHI - The Maoists on Friday called for a shutdown in Jharkhand to protest against the police operation against them. One killed in Jharkhand train blast, bus and mine targetedRANCHI - One passenger was killed when a train was blown up while those on a bus miraculously escaped a gun attack and a 20 kg bomb was defused at a SAIL iron mine, police in Jharkhand said Friday as Maoist guerrillas enforced a 24-hour strike in the state. One killed, 25 injured as Maoists blow up train in JharkhandRANCHI - One passenger was killed and 25 others injured when Maoist guerrillas blew up a train in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a railway official said Friday. 12 injured as train derails after Maoists blast trackRANCHI - Nearly a dozen passengers were injured when six coaches of a passenger train derailed Thursday night after Maoist rebels blew up a stretch of railway track in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a railway official said. Koda denies receiving any summonsRANCHI - Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda on Thursday denied receiving any summons from the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department. ED to question Madhu Koda in Ranchi todayRANCHI - The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will question former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda here today over an alleged Rs 2,000 hawala transaction case. Jharkhand ex-chief ministers campaign hard for top postRANCHI - All of Jharkhand’s former chief ministers have hit the campaign trail in right earnest for the forthcoming assembly polls, with most of them eyeing the top post once again. The list includes scam tainted Madhu Koda, who faces charges of laundering Rs.2,500 crore. Several jailed and tainted ex ministers in Jharkhand poll frayRANCHI - The 2009 Jharkhand assembly poll will be different from the previous elections. It has former chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, campaigning hard for his supporters, while six of his tainted ex-cabinet colleagues are also in the fray. Koda dares investigators, kicks off poll campaignRANCHI - Former chief minister Madhu Koda Saturday kicked off his campaign for the Jharkhand assembly polls, telling hundreds of supporters who turned up to welcome him that he would quit politics if charges against him in a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam were proved. I am being falsely implicated: KodaRANCHI - Former chief minister Madhu Koda said Saturday that people jealous of him were conspiring to keep him away from the Jharkhand assembly polls by implicating him in the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam. Koda tries to skip income tax interrogationRANCHI - Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda who is facing charges of money laundering and illegal investments today avoided further questioning by income tax sleuths by going to his hometown Chaibasa. NDA to field Advani, Rajnath Singh in Jharkhand poll campaign
‘Missing’ Madhu Koda surfaces in hometownRANCHI - Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, surfaced at his home town Chaibasa hours after Income Tax officials said he had “disappeared” from his home in the state capital Friday. Koda pressed for contracts to Sinha’s firm: ex-mines secretaryRANCHI - A former Jharkhand bureaucrat has claimed that in 2007 then chief minister Madhu Koda had pressurised him to push files recommending iron ore mine contracts to close associate Vinod Sinha’s company. Maoists release abducted Jharkhand RJD legislatorRANCHI - A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator from Jharkhand and his aide who were abducted by Maoists in Latehar district a day ago were released Friday, police said. Koda recommended mines for Vinod Sinha’s company: former bureaucrat (Interview)RANCHI - A former Jharkhand bureaucrat claims that in 2007 then chief minister Madhu Koda had pressurised him to push files recommending iron ore mines to a company belonging to his close associate Vinod Sinha. Maoists abduct RJD legislator in JharkhandRANCHI - Suspected Maoist rebels abducted a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator and his six supporters in Latehar district of Jharkhand when he was returning home after attending a party, police said Friday. Jharkhand, a fertile ground for scamsRANCHI - Mineral-rich Jharkhand - where 54 percent of the population lives below the poverty line - continues to be exploited by a small section of people. If the scams in recent years were put together, then the value may cross Rs.7,000 crore. Rs.23 lakh in cash seized from Koda and aides, IT tells courtRANCHI - The Income Tax (IT) department Thursday told the Jharkhand High Court that it had made a recovery of over Rs.23 lakh and a few thousand US dollars in cash during searches at 69 places of former chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates. Congress shielding Koda and his associates: BJPRANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday alleged that the Congress was trying to shield former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is facing charges of laundering Rs.2,500 crore, and his associates. Jharkhand CID issues alert to arrest Koda’s aidesRANCHI - The Jharkhand Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Thursday sounded an alert to various state and district police chiefs to arrest Vinod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary, associates of former chief minister Madhu Koda who is facing charges of laundering Rs.2,500 crore. Arrest warrants issued against Koda’s aidesRANCHI - The Income Tax (IT) department Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Vinod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary, close associates of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is faced with charges of laundering Rs.2,500 crore. Six former Maoists to fight Jharkhand assembly pollsRANCHI - Six former Maoist rebels have decided to shun violence and join the political mainstream by contesting the coming Jharkhand assembly elections. Koda bought 600 vehicles to please supportersRANCHI - Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who was Wednesday interrogated for his role in a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, distributed hundreds of vehicles to supporters and used the mines department and electricity board to expand his financial empire, officials here said. Koda’s interrogation resumesRANCHI - The Income Tax (IT) department Tuesday resumed the interrogation of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who faces charges of laundering Rs.2,500 crore in ill-gotten wealth. He has also been asked to come to New Delhi Nov 15 for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate. Maoists blow-up school building in JharkhandRANCHI - Maoists have blown-up a school building in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Tuesday to prevent the security forces from using it as a temporary camp during the upcoming assembly elections due on November 25. |