Everything you need to know about Mukti: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Mukti: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Ranchi, May 22 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Wednesday ruled out any pre-poll tie-up in the state assembly and Lok Sabha polls in 2014.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A total of 13 short films, based on of litterateur, composer and artist Rabindranath Tagore's poems, were released here Thursday to commemorate his 152nd birth anniversary.
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) He is playing Rishi Kumar for about one-and-a-half-year in "Hitler Didi", but Sumit Vats says there is no montony on the show as each scene has something new to offer.
Ranchi, March 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday demanded dissolution of the Jharkhand assembly and early polls.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The BJP should take lessons from the UPA in managing coalition governments, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said in the Lok Sabha Wednesday.
New Delhi, Feb.19 (ANI): Bangladesh is churning once again, 43 years after breaking away from Pakistan with the help of India and the indigenously created Mukti Bahini. In 1970-71, the struggle was for creating an independent country for what were then minority Bengali and Sunni Muslims out of what was then East Pakistan. Now, in 2013, the revolution, if we may term it that, is against fundamentalist groups, most notably led by the Jamaat-e-Islami, that are seeking to derail what a majority see as a fair and just trial against 1971 war criminals.
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) TV actor Siddharth Arora, currently seen in "Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha", wants to become an actor first. He takes inspiration from the likes of Manoj Bajpayee and Aamir Khan, known for their high voltage performances.
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Friday said president's rule in Jharkhand should be the last option and urged for exploring ways of finding an elected government.
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Jharkhand was placed under president's rule Friday with President Pranab Mukherjee formally signing the order, official sources said here.
Ranchi, Jan 17 (IANS) The cabinet's decision to recommend president's rule in Jharkhand and keep the state assembly in suspended animation Thursday invited sharp criticsism from the BJP and other parties.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday decided to recommend president's rule in Jharkhand, where no party has staked claim to form the government after Arjun Munda resigned as chief minister following the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha withdrawing support, an official source said.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday decided to recommend president's rule in Jharkhand, where no party has staked claim to form the government after Arjun Munda resigned as chief minister following the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha withdrawing its support, an official source said.
New Delhi, Jan. 13 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in Jharkhand and efforts from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to form a new coalition government with the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said that election is the only way to solve the problem in Jharkhand.
New Delhi, Jan. 12 (ANI): Amid ongoing political crisis in Jharkhand, the Congress Party is looking forward to form a coalition government with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and some independent MLAs.
Ranchi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Saturday sought more time for forming an alternative government in the state.
Ranchi, Ja.12 (ANI): Leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) met Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmad on Saturday and staked a claim to form the next government in the state.
Ranchi, Jan 12 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Saturday sought more time for the formation of an alternative government in the state.
The Governor of Jharkhand Syed Ahmed Wednesday evening finally recommended the president's rule in the state after Arjun Munda led Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) government came into minority as it's previous ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew its support from the government....................
Ranchi, Jan. 9 (ANI): Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmed has recommended President's rule in the state.
Ranchi, Jan 9 (IANS) Governor Syed Ahmad is yet to decide on the dissolution of the Jharkhand assembly even as the JMM met Congress leaders to explore the possibility of forming a new government.
Ranchi, Jan. 8 (ANI): Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) chief Pradip Balmuchu on Tuesday said that his party would decide the future course of action only after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which has finally withdrawn support to the BJP-led Arjun Munda Government, comes forward with its proposal.
Ranchi, Jan 8 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda resigned Tuesday after recommending the dissolution of the assembly following the withdrawal of support to his government by the JMM.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Tuesday resigned from his post when after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) formally withdrew support to his government, reducing BJP led government in the minority..............
Ranchi, Jan 8 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda resigned Tuesday after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) formally withdrew support to his government.
Ranchi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Jharkhand cabinet Tuesday recommended the dissolution of the state assembly just before the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) formally withdrew its support to the BJP-led government.
The political crisis in Jharkhand has deepen Monday as the state cabinet recommended to dissolve the assembly as government has come in the minority after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew support from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led Arjun Munda government....................
Ranchi, Jan 8 (ANI): The Jharkhand Cabinet, which met today, has recommended dissolution of the Assembly in wake of the ongoing political crisis in the state.
Ranchi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Jharkhand cabinet Tuesday recommended the dissolution of the state assembly a day after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew its support to the BJP-led government, said an official.
Ranchi, Jan 8 (ANI): The legislators of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha will meet Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmad on Tuesday to formally withdraw support to the BJP-led government in the state.
Ranchi, Jan 7 (IANS) The JMM Monday withdrew support to the BJP-led government in Jharkhand, reducing it to a minority in the 82-member house and plunging the state into a political crisis.
New Delhi, Jan. 7 (ANI): The Congress party on Monday termed the current political crisis in Jharkhand as an internal issue between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and said that the party has no role to play till the state government does not fall formally.
Ranchi, Jan. 7 (ANI): Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Arjun Munda Government on Monday evening.
Ranchi, Jan 7 (IANS) The JMM Monday withdrew support from the BJP-led Arjun Munda government here over the issue of "rotation of power", reducing it to a minority in the 82-member house and plunging the state into a political crisis.
Ranchi, Jan. 7 (ANI): Chief Minister Arjun Munda met Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren here on Monday to defuse the ongoing political crisis over the issue of rotation of power.
New Delhi, Jan. 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday downplayed Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren's threat to withdraw support to the Arjun Munda-led coalition government in Jharkhand, saying it is the democratic process that matters and no compromise will be made with the principles and promises.
Ranchi, Jan 7 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda met Jharkhand Mukti Mocha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren to defuse the crisis over the issue of "rotation of power" between the coalition partners in the state government.
Ranchi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) met here Sunday to decide whether or not to keep supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in the state.
Ranchi, Jan 4 (IANS) After Chief Minister Arjun Munda denied any agreement on rotation of power, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Friday said it will take a decision at a party meeting on whether to continue in the BJP-led Jharkhand government or pull it down.
Ranchi, Dec 10 (IANS) The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday dared the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to withdraw support to the BJP-led Arjun Munda government in the state.
Ranchi, Dec 9 (IANS) The JMM Sunday dared the BJP to walk out of the Jharkhand government after the former sided with the UPA and voted for FDI in retail in parliament.
Mumbai, Dec 9 (IANS) A Mumbai NGO which had conferred an honour on Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai managed to recently deliver this to her in Britian, outsmarting the tight security blanket around her family members.
Ranchi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Jharkhand assembly was adjourned twice Wednesday after most members boycotted the proceedings of the house over delay in releasing of local area development funds.
Purulia (West Bengal), Nov.23 (ANI): The Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP) in West Bengal's Purulia District organised a tribal rally to promote political awareness.
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Liquor and real estate baron Ponty Chadha and his estranged brother Hardeep, both killed in a bloody gun battle Saturday, were cremated here Sunday night after a five?hour delay from the scheduled time.
Guwahati, Nov.8 (ANI): Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare lashed at the Centre for formulating policies, which are aimed at protecting the interest of foreign companies and considered it as the biggest threat to the nation.
Ranchi, Nov 7 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Wednesday repeated his demand for a change in leadership after the BJP-led Jharkhand government completes 28 months in power in January.
Ranchi, Nov 7 (IANS) Leaders across the political spectrum, except those of the Congress, have raised their pitch for a special status for Jharkhand after the demand was made by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at his "Adhikar rally" in Patna Nov 4.
Ranchi, Nov 5 (IANS) About a week after JMM chief Shibu Soren said there would be a change of guard in Jharkhand after the Arjun Munda government completes its 28 months in power, the chief minister Monday urged the officials to stay focused on development work in spite of political developments in the state.
New Delhi, Oct. 24 (ANI): Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh will launch a two-month-long nationwide anti- manual scavenging movement that will highlight the need for doing away with what he sees as an inhuman practice that needs to be banned immediately.
New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): Mukti Bahini, the army of freedom fighters who fought against the Pakistan Army, must be given the due credit for liberating their country, according to Lt. General J.F.R. Jacob, the unsung hero of the 1971 India-Pakistan war over Bangladesh.
New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): Mukti Bahini, the army of freedom fighters who fought against the Pakistan Army, must be given the due credit for liberating their country, according to Lt. General J.F.R. Jacob, the unsung hero of the 1971 India-Pakistan war over Bangladesh.
Deoband, Oct 11 (ANI): Lashing out at the new set of economic reforms announced by the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari tried to woo the members of the farming community by making tall promises of loan waiver, better minimum support price and drawing ethanol from molasses in an endeavor to gather massive public support ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The famed Harvard Business School (HBS) has done a case study on Indian film production company Excel Entertainment, the banner behind movies like "Dil Chahta Hai", "Rock On!!" and "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara".
Ranchi, Sep 8 (ANI): Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay on Saturday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for targeting him in connection with the coal blocks allocation scam.
Ranchi, Aug 7 (IANS) Posters put by an outfit in the Jharkhand capital have threatened acid attacks on girls and women who wear jeans or do not wear a dupatta. The police said it could be a case of mischief.
New Delhi/Bangalore, July 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party was stunned Sunday as around 16 of its legislators in the faction-ridden Karnataka unit and some in Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand seem to have voted for UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential poll.
Ranchi, July 22 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Sunday congratulated Pranab Mukherjee for being elected the 13th president of India, while the state Congress also celebrated the victory of the former finance minister.
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Counting of votes for the presidential poll began here Sunday with the ruling UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee holding a clear winning edge over his rival P.A. Sangma.
Ranchi, June 24 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Sunday authorised party chief Shibu Soren to decide the party's stand for the July 19 presidential poll even as it called for a consensus.
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive meets in Mumbai Thursday-Friday with plenty on the agenda, a key issue being how to bring order to its own house.
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, who has been on a fast-unto-death since May 19 against the building of dams in the northeastern region, Tuesday won the support of the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM).
Ranchi, May 22 (IANS) The CBI Tuesday searched the house of Sita Soren, a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislator and daughter-in-law of party leader Shibu Soren, official sources said. The agency is probing horse-trading charges in the countermanded March 30 Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls.
Varanasi, May 22 (ANI): Activists in Varanasi have slammed the Central Government for failing to adopt concrete measures to clean the River Ganges.
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) Assam's farmer leader and anti-dam activist Akhil Gogoi Saturday started an indefinite hunger-strike near Dighalipukhuri in Guwahati.
Ranchi, May 18(ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided residences of at least 15 Jharkhand legislators here, to probe allegations of horse-trading and corruption in the recent Rajya Sabha elections.
Ranchi, May 13 (IANS) BJP President Nitin Gadkari Sunday met Jharkhand Chief Minister and party leader Arjun Munda who is recovering after being injured in a chopper accident here.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Model-turned-actress Sheena Chohan, who has been trained by former beauty queen Sushmita Sen for her participation in the 2010 Miss Universe competition, says she doesn't have any godfather in the industry.
Ranchi, May 4 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Friday counted the political consequences after party colleague S.S. Ahluwalia lost the Rajya Sabha election.
Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday said it was sad that senior party leader S.S. Ahluwalia could not be re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand.
Ranchi, May 3 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader S.S. Ahluwalia has lost the Rajya Sabha election in Jharkhand.
Ranchi, May 3 (IANS) The Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) won a Rajya Sabha seat each from Jharkhand Thursday while the ruling BJP faced a humiliating defeat in the elections for two seats from the state.
Ranchi, April 23 (IANS) Jharkhand's ruling alliance partners - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) - and the opposition Congress have fielded candidates for the May 3 polls to two Rajya Sabha seats.
Ranchi, April 23 (IANS) Amid the CBI investigating the March 30 countermanded Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand, a Congress legislator alleged Monday that his own party's upper house MP Dheeraj Sahu had offered him Rs.25 lakh in 2010 to vote in his favour, a charge that has been denied.
Ranchi, April 21 (IANS) Ahead of a fresh Rajya Sabha election in the state on May 3, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) has accused the Congress of trying to win its legislators' votes by offering top central government posts.
New Delhi, Apr 19 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced the candidature of S S Ahluwalia for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election from Jharkhand.
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Expressing concern over instances of "police excesses" in West Bengal, a section of human rights activists and intellectuals Tuesday said people were fast losing trust on the Mamata Banerjee government.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) After recommending re-polling in the Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Jharkhand over allegations of "horse-trading" last week, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi has said he would do so "again if any evidence was found".
Ranchi, March 31 (IANS) Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) have sought review of the Election Commission's move to recommend to President Pratibha Patil for cancellation of two Rajya Sabha polls held Friday.
New Delhi/Ranchi, March 30 (IANS) Amid reports of horse trading in the Rajya Sabha polls, the Election Commission Friday stopped the counting of votes for two seats from Jharkhand after money was seized from a car belonging to an independent candidate's relative and recommended to President Pratibha Patil that the poll notification be cancelled.
Ranchi, March 30 (IANS) Backtracking from its stand that it would abstain, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday voted in favour of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls.
Ranchi, March 26 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Monday expressed hope that alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would vote for its candidate in the Rajya Sabha poll scheduled March 30.
New Delhi, Dec.16 (ANI): December 16th brings back many memories. For me, that day in 1971, was culmination of a journey I started early in the year by train from Delhi to Calcutta wondering as to how I was going to cover the crackdown by General Tikka Khan's army in East Pakistan.
New Delhi, Dec 7(ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today invited a group of tribal girls from West Bengal at her official resident in New Delhi, and lauded them for opposing child marriage.
New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): Five girls from West Bengal's Purulia District, who resisted child marriage met President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
Dhaka, Sep.6 (ANI): Indian officials accompanying the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on his two-day official visit to Bangladesh, the first by an Indian head of government in twelve years, revealed that there is tremendous potential for enhancing bilateral trade between the two countries.
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): The Union Cabinet will be meeting here today to decide on a draft proposal of the Lokpal Bill that is to be tabled in Parliament during the upcoming monsoon session.
Bagdogra (West Bengal), July 10 (ANI): Gorkhaland Jana Mukti Morcha (GJMM) General Secretary Roshan Giri has said that territorial status has been identified and achieved for Gorkhaland presently.
Guwahati, Jun 28 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday claimed that farmers' leader and anti-corruption activist Akhil Gogoi had links with the Maoists and militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
Jalpaiguri (WB), Mar 29 (ANI): Mukti Jodhas (liberation fighters) from Bangladesh, who were among those who played a pivotal role in the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, took a time machine ride when they revisited the spot which was used as their training camp then.
Ranchi, Mar 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has said the party would soon launch a countrywide campaign 'Sangharsh Abhiyan' against corruption committed by the ruling Congress Government.
Raipur, Jan 31 (ANI): Activists of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha Labourer's Committee carried out a protest rally here demanding the release of Human Rights activist Binayak Sen who is convicted under sedition charges.
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Kolkata, Dec 30 (ANI): Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren has termed the Maoist movement as a people's movement and said that he supports the rebel's cause.
Agartala, Nov 9 (ANI): Over 200 surrendered militants staged a silent protest outside the Police Headquarters in Agartala demanding immediate implementation of rehabilitation packages promised to them by the State government for laying down their arms.
Ranchi/New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arjun Munda took oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister on Saturday for the third time, heading a BJP- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) - All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) coalition.
New Delhi, Sep 10 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani may skip the swearing-in-ceremony of Arjun Munda as Jharkhand Chief Minister on September 11 with reports coming in that the BJP is a divided house over its alliance with Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
Ranchi/New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP leader Arjun Munda will take oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister on September 11 along with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren's son Hemant Soren and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) leader Sudesh Mahato, who will be sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers.
New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved revocation of President's Rule in Jharkhand.
Ranchi, Sep 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today decided to stake claim to form a government with the support of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the All Jharkhand Student's Union (AJSU) in Jharkhand, which is currently under President's rule.
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): The Election Commission on Friday derecognised national party status to five parties following their poll performance, which included the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Samajwadi party.
