Ranchi, Aug 24 : Stalemate about formation of an alternative Government still continues as Madhu Koda after his resignation from Chief Minister''s post has refused to support JMM supremo Shibu Soren.
On Saturday, Koda submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Sibte Razi after a meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi.
Koda told reporters after submitting his resignation that his government was reduced to a minority.
"After the turn of events in the last ten-twelve days, morally and democratically, I felt I should resign and that is why I handed over my resignation to the Governor," he said.
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Aug 19 : Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Hazaribagh’s Batuka forests.
The incident occurred before the beginning of a 24-hour Jharkhand shutdown called by naxalites today.
"While one of the bodies of a Maoist was recovered, the other was taken away by the Maoists after the encounter late last night,” a police spokesperson said.
“Maoist zonal commander Krishna Yadav was leading his cadres in exchange of gunfire with security men during raids in the forests, ahead of the shutdown,” he added.
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) , Aug. 17: As the nation celebrated its 62nd Independence Day on Friday, elderly Somar Sundi of Jharkhand remained busy pulling a rickshaw to earn his daily meal. He has been a freedom fighter but cannot prove it today.
Palamau (Jharkhand), Aug. 12 : Kaushal Kishore Jaiswal of Palamau district of Jharkhand has devoted himself to the cause of expanding green cover in the region. He has made it a mission of his life to save trees and plant more and more trees here.
Palamau , a drought prone area in Jharkhand is also known as Black Shadow zone where, average rain is below normal-level.
Having taken up the plantation drive in 2001, Kaushal has planted around 1.1 million saplings in the region. He has set himself a target to plant over 300,000 saplings for
2008.
Giridih (Jharkhand), Aug 8 : Two CRPF soldiers were killed during an encounter between Maoists and police at Laxmantola in Jharkhand’s Giridih District on Friday.
The Maoists, who were observing a 24-hour north Chhotanagpur shutdown yesterday, fired at a police patrolling team, around midnight last night at Laxmantola, a senior police officer said on Friday.
The deceased have been identified as Sriram Singh of Uttarakhand and Vijendra Singh of Haryana.
Ranchi, Aug 25: JMM president S
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Aug 19 : Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Hazaribagh’s Batuka forests.
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) , Aug. 17: As the nation celebrated its 62nd Independence Day on Friday, elderly Somar Sundi of Jharkhand remained busy pulling a rickshaw to earn his daily meal. He has been a freedom fighter but cannot prove it today.
Giridih (Jharkhand), Aug 8 : Two CRPF soldiers were killed during an encounter between Maoists and police at Laxmantola in Jharkhand’s Giridih District on Friday.
