Jharkhand

In the upcoming Phase 7 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, a total of 57 parliamentary constituencies will go to polls across eight states and Union Territories will vote on June 1. The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 or general elections to select representatives of the 18th Lok Sabha is being held across seven phases and results will be announced on June 4.

In the early hours of Monday, tragedy struck at Xtreme Sports Bar in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, as a DJ known as Sandeep, or Sandy, was fatally shot by unidentified assailants.

Polling in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held on 58 constituencies across seven states and UTs. Delhi, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Jammu-Kashmir will vote on May 25.

Days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued a show cause notice to Jayant Sinha for not taking any ‘interest’ in election campaigning or organisational work, the former Hazaribagh MP hit back saying that he was being “unfairly targeted” despite his “loyalty and hard work”.

The BJP has issued a show-cause notice against him, claiming he has not been taking part in "organisational work and election campaigning" ever since Manish Jaiswal was declared a candidate from the Hazaribagh seat in Jharkhand.

The Lok Sabha Phase 5 Election 2024 will be held across several cities on May 20, Monday. The fifth phase of LS Elections will take place in Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Ladakh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar, and Jammu & Kashmir.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning for heatwave to severe heatwave conditions expected to prevail in many parts of the country today (May 18). The Met Department further said that a wet spell with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to continue over south Peninsular India till May 23.

Jharkhand's Rural Development minister Alamgir Alam was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after questioning by the probing agency in Ranchi in a money laundering case. The action against the minister has been taken in connection with a huge cash recovery from the household help.

In this phase, voters in Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal will cast their vote across various constituencies. Here's a breakdown of the regions and constituencies slated for polling:

25 seats in Andhra Pradesh, 17 in Telangana, 13 in Uttar Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, 8 in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, 5 in Bihar, 4 in Jharkhand and Odisha, and 1 in Jammu and Kashmir were among the 96 Lok Sabha seats.