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Tribal icon with legacy of resistance, empowerment

Ranchi, Aug. 5 -- Shibu Soren was 13 when his father, Shobaran Soren, was killed by goons employed by a local moneylender (or Mahajan as they were called). In Bihar's tribal badlands, some tribals wer... Read More


SC order paves way for 27% OBC quota in local polls

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct local body elections according to the number of wards in 2017 and the new structure of wards being... Read More


Tribal icon with legacy of resistance, empowerment

Ranchi, Aug. 5 -- Shibu Soren was 13 when his father, Shobaran Soren, was killed by goons employed by a local moneylender (or Mahajan as they were called). In Bihar's tribal badlands, some tribals wer... Read More


SC questions UP on temple ordinance

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday told the Uttar Pradesh government that it acted in a "clandestine" manner and with "tearing hurry" in bringing an ordinance to take over Mathura's Bank... Read More


Abhishek named TMC LS unit head amid Kalyan-Moitra spat

Kolkata, Aug. 5 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has handed her nephew and the Trinamool Congress' (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee charge of the party's Lok Sabha unit ... Read More


Upper House adjourned to mark Soren's death

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday to condole the passing of a sitting member and former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren, who died at a private hospital in the n... Read More


Shibu Soren, tribal icon behind creation of J'khand, dies at 81

Ranchi, Aug. 5 -- Shibu Soren was 13 when his father, Shobaran Soren, was killed by goons employed by a local moneylender (or Mahajan as they were called). In Bihar's tribal badlands, some tribals wer... Read More


Disability no licence to fire govt employees: SC

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The employer's discretion ends where the employee's dignity begins, the Supreme Court held while ruling that public sector employers cannot mechanically retire employees who acqui... Read More


Tribal icon with legacy of resistance, empowerment

Ranchi, Aug. 5 -- Shibu Soren was 13 when his father, Shobaran Soren, was killed by goons employed by a local moneylender (or Mahajan as they were called). In Bihar's tribal badlands, some tribals wer... Read More


Pollution boards can impose damages: SC

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Pollution control boards are constitutionally empowered to impose and collect restitutionary or compensatory damages under the Water and Air Acts for actual or potential harm to t... Read More