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  The day of Jharkhand
JHARKHAND, the 28th State of the country, was formed in the early hours of November 15, the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, the leader of Santhal rebellion.
The tally of the non-NDA front remained 36 (12 of the JMM, 11 of the Congress(I), nine of the RJD, three of the CPI and one of the MCC).
The Commission rejected the demand on the ground that the Jharkhand Party did not have a majority in the Chhotanagpur and Santhal P argana regions, and that the tribal population constituted only one-third of the total population of the region concerned and was divided into several linguistic groups.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1724/17240320.htm   (1787 words)

  
 Jharkhand (India)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The second flag cited in Nations Without States is called the flag of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the largest nationalist group.
JMM is an ally of the Indian National Congress Party and participates in the current national government.
The arrow and bow is the election symbol of JMM..
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/in-jh.html   (258 words)

  
 JHARKHAND ELECTION WATCH /
Six candidates from BJP, four from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (J.M.M.), three from JD (U), three from CPI (ML), two from Shiv Sena, five from BSP, and four Independent Candidates have declared the criminal offences they are accused of.
JHARKHAND ELECTION WATCH, a group of non government organisations, has brought out a ready reckon on candidates beside on the affidavits they have filed with their nominations.
The Jharkhand Election watch, a coalition of concerned citizens and civil society groups, has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded more candidates with criminal antecedents than the Congress and JMM for the parliamentary Election in Jharkhand.
www.adrindia.org /jpress.htm   (972 words)

  
 JMM in void, tussle to lead party - Printer Friendly Page - Politics - Telugu Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Ranchi, Dec 6 (IANS) With Shibu Soren sentenced to life for murder, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is caught in an unprecedented crisis, struggling to answer who will lead it in the times to come.
A quiet but undisguised fight has broken out in the three decades old party, between the kin of the jailed tribal leader and a faction led by Mahtos, who are classified as a "backward community".
JMM leaders are unable to believe that a man who led the struggle for a separate Jharkhand could be sent to jail, not to talk of undergoing life imprisonment.
www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=24116   (437 words)

  
 Jharkhand Latest News, Articles, Information
The Union home ministry is peeved at Jharkhand handling of left-wing extremism and has indicated that the state should first make the best of allocated resources before coming up with a new wish-list.
The JMM on staged statewide protests in Jharkhand against what it claimed was a conspiracy against party president Shibu Soren, who has been awarded life sentence by a Delhi court for the murder of his secretary.
RANCHI: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has discovered a new role model for their beleaguered leader Shibu Soren, who was recently awarded life sentence in...
www.dailyindia.com /newsc/india/jharkhand.php   (704 words)

  
 National Portal of India : Know India : State and UTs
In post-Independence era, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha started a regular agitation, which impelled the government to establish the Jharkhand Area Autonomous Council in 1995, and finally attained the status of a full-fledged State.
Jharkhand is bounded by West Bengal in the east, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the west, Bihar in the north and Orissa in the south.
Some of Jharkhand's major industries are: Bokaro Steel Plant in the public sector, and Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) in Jamshedpur in the private sector.
india.gov.in /knowindia/st_jharkhand.php   (456 words)

  
 Cong to stay out of Jharkhand govt : Jharkhand, Madhu Koda, CM, UPA, Congress, Independents : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
While the problems of the chief minister’s post have been by and large sorted out, chief minister-designate Madhu Koda is now finding it difficult to give a shape to his government.
The other five slots will be divided between the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which might get three berths, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) with two portfolios.
JMM wants home as it is the largest party of the UPA with 17 legislators.
www.ibnlive.com /news/cong-to-stay-out-of-jharkhand-govt/21596-4.html   (675 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jharkhand
After victory over Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is prestigious Dumka seat, during the last assembly polls, Marandi began preparing for the backlash with his new party.
During the early nineties, soon after expulsion from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Mandal launched the Jharkhand Vikash Dal (JVD) and Marandi announced the launch of another Jharkhand Vikash Morcha (JVM) when the panchayat election was scheduled in the state.
During the last Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Jharkhand, Mandal?s JVD might not have captured a single seat, but it created panic for the JMM in Santhal Parganas.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050809/asp/jharkhand/story_5089887.asp   (235 words)

  
 HardNews - The Jharkhand ultimatum
Hardnews investigation from the ground reveals an unedifying picture of the chaos that prevails in the control and command structure of the Congress and how the coalition government is being torn asunder by corporate pulls and pressure and vaulting ambitions of some key politicians.
The endeavour of JMM handlers was that the five independent MLAs should be liberated from the BJP's clutches by invoking the Supreme Court order.
What also rankled JMM managers was that one of the bribed MLAs refused to cross over to their side.
www.hardnewsmedia.com /apr05/insight.php   (2517 words)

  
 History of Jharkhand-webindia123.com
Jharkhand which came into being on 15 November 2000 as the 28th State of the Union is the homeland of the tribals for which they had been dreaming for centuries.
According to legend, Raja Jai Singh Deo of Orissa had declared himself the ruler of Jharkhand in the 13th century.
In post-Independence era, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha started a regular agitation which impelled the government to establish the Jharkhand Area Autonomous Council in 1995 and finally a full-fledged State.
www.webindia123.com /jharkhand/history/history.htm   (105 words)

  
 News - India - Catholic World Report - January 2001
In fact, Jharkhand has turned out to be India’s “new vocation garden,” threatening to rival the older and larger Syro-Malabar Church in the southern Kerala state in producing nuns and priests.
Although tribal political parties like the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Jharkhand Liberation Front) had been at the vanguard of the campaign for autonomy, the division among the local separatist groups has helped the BJP to win a majority of the parliamentary seats from the tribal region in recent years.
Father Alex Ekka, a tribal from Jharkhand, asserts that the tribal population of Jharkhand is in reality around 60 percent and not the 27.7 percent in the 1991 census.
www.catholic.net /rcc/Periodicals/Igpress/2001-01/india.html   (1117 words)

  
 INDOlink - India General News - Shibu Soren Finally Quits Ministry After PM’s Directive
Earlier in the day, JMM sources in Ranchi, had indicated that Soren may wait till Monday, when his bail application will be heard in the high court, before deciding whether to step down.
The JMM sources had indicated that party chief will wait for the Jharkhand high court's verdict on his bail plea before taking a decision on whether to resign from the Union council of ministers.
Earlier on Thursday, a Jharkhand High Court judge refused to hear the matter as he had recorded the Dying Declaration on the basis of which the JMM chief was charged in the 1975 Chirrudih massacre case in which 10 people were killed.
www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=072404022735   (940 words)

  
 CorpWatch : INDIA: Jharkhand tribal groups up in arms against projects
Tribal outfits and political parties in mineral-rich Kolhan region of Jharkhand are up in arms against development projects, including industries, fearing they would result in large scale displacement of inhabitants and loss of their sources of livelihood.
The outfits and parties, including Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, have launched a series of agitations and demonstrations protesting the memorandum of understanding signed between the Jharkhand government and prospective investors since the creation of the state in 2000.
A massive demonstration was organised recently by various organisations, including Bhoomi Raksha Gramin Ekta Manch, Moolvasi Adhikar Morcha, Adivasi Adhikar Morcha and Jharkhand mines area co-ordinations committee in the district head-quarters in Kolhan region comprising of east and west Singhbhum and Saraikela-Kharswan to oppose the projects.
www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=12778   (943 words)

  
 LOVE
Finally in 1973 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha was formed under the leadership of Sibu Soren.
The tribal population in the Jharkhand State will be about 54 lakh representing 27.8 per cent of the total population of the new state.
All the 18 districts of the 55 districts that go to Jharkhand are sparsely populated because of their hilly terrains.
rrtd.nic.in /Jharkhand.html   (1771 words)

  
 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B), a political party in India 1980-1990.
JMM(B) was formed when JMM leader Binod Behari Mahato, following the decision by the JMM to contest elections in alliance with Indian National Congress.
Mahato returned to JMM in 1987, after the killing of JMM president Nirmal Mahato (allegedly with Congress activists).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha_(B)   (102 words)

  
 SLOW TRAIN TO PATNA - NI 141 - Keeping up momentum
The Jharkhand is a forested, mineral-rich region covering 16 districts in four States, including all of southern Bihar.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha was formed in 1972 to unify local resistance to outside exploitation.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is certainly an inspiring example of people’s participation in a grassroots organisation.
www.newint.org /issue141/keeping.htm   (2046 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 60   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The resignation letter of Soren, a prominent tribal leader from the eastern state of Jharkhand and chief of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, was handed over by a delegation of his party colleagues to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this afternoon, Sunil Mahato, a member of the delegation, told reporters here.
Shibu Soren, who was in the forefront of an agitation for the formation of Jharkhand state in seventies, is now a member of Lok Sabha, lower house of parliament, from Dumka constituency of the state ruled by BJP.
Soren's resignation came two days before Jharkhand high court hears his petition seeking quashing of the arrest warrant issued against him by a trial court in Jharkhand, against Soren for allegedly inciting violence that killed 10 people in 1975.
www.thedailystar.net /2004/07/25/d40725130685.htm   (424 words)

  
 Jharkhand India Asia Regional
Shibu Soren was a leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a regional party that...
Criminality in politics has come into focus once again after former Coal Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shibu Soren was sentenced to life...
While Shibu Soren is called "guruji" by his followers in Jharkhand, Navjot Singh...
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Asia/India/Jharkhand   (355 words)

  
 The Hindu : JMM demands separate rly. zone for Jharkhand
A new dimension to the ongoing controversy over the bifurcation of Eastern Railway was added today with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha demanding creation of a separate zone in Dhanbad and threatening to launch an agitation in support of the move.
The JMM chief, Shibu Soren, who wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, told correspondents here that the nascent State of Jharkhand should get the separate zone.
The JMM's demand could upset the zonal reorganisation plan, which is already in a tangle, following stiff opposition from West Bengal and a counter-move from Bihar.
www.hinduonnet.com /2002/07/15/stories/2002071504791300.htm   (316 words)

  
 Jharkhand and Muslims, MG Vol. 1 No. 16
Whether it is JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) of Soren or Mandal group, AJSU (All Jharkhand Student Union), Congress or the NDA, all claim to champion the cause of these new states which have been cleverly carved out in order to benefit the BJP.
Jharkhand possesses the richest region of India in terms of natural resources and minerals.
Without such participation Jharkhand Muslims will continue to be exploited in the name of religion and even their religious rights as a minority will be curtailed.
www.milligazette.com /Archives/15-9-2000/Art7.htm   (762 words)

  
 Netguruindia News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The JMM chief said that he was in touch with Rashtriya Janata Dal, Congress and the Left parties on the formation of a new government in Jharkhand and expressed hope that he would head the new government.
Soren rued the fact that the NDA had assured him of offering the top post after receiving JMM support for the formation of the alliance government headed by Nitish Kumar in Bihar early this year but later it failed to stick to its promise.
The JMM did not have the requisite strength to claim the chief ministership, he said.
www.netguruindia.com /news/Nov00/07/NAT1.html   (274 words)

  
 JMM to revive demand for Greater Jharkhand-Patna-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
JAMSHEDPUR: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has decided to intensify its stir for Greater Jharkhand, including three districts of West Bengal.
The party also plans to hold a rally at Godda on the second anniversary of the creation of Jharkhand state on November 15.
The JMM leader scoffed at the government’s plan to invite Bollywood stars to the state function in Ranchi on November 15.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?artid=25907950   (391 words)

  
 Jharkhand : At a Glance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
The long cherished demand of people of the region was fulfilled, the celebration is on through out the Jharkhand region.
August 11 - Parliament today approved the formation of Jharkhand when the Rajya Sabha passed by voice - vote the Bihar reorganisation bill 2000 to carve out the new state out of Bihar's northern region.
October - 12 - The center has issued the gazette notification starting November 15 to be the appointed date for the formation of new Jharkhand Government.
jharkhand.nic.in /about/history.htm   (647 words)

  
 India - News - JMM Says It's Willing To Accept Karia Munda As CM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
RANCHI - In a significant political development, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) on Monday said it was willing to accept BJP MP Karia Munda as the chief minister of Jharkhand if he broke links with the BJP.
JMM (S) president Shibu Soren said it would be in the larger interest of the state that Karia Munda led a non-BJP government.
Soren said "it was not only unfortunate but also tragic that an honest and an experienced person like Karia Munda was being 'sidetracked' by the BJP in favour of a junior leader who had no role in the creation of Jharkhand".
www3.estart.com /india/news/jmm.html   (164 words)

  
 JMM rules out alliance in Chhattisgarh, to contest 45 seats - Assembly Elections 2003 - HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha will contest 45 of the 90 seats in Chhattisgarh in the coming assembly elections, party chief Shibu Soren announced on Thursday.
The names of JMM candidates for Chhatisgarh would be announced after November 10, party sources here said.
Speaking on the Arjun Munda government in Jharkhand, Soren said "corruption, unemployment and poverty have been growing.
www.hindustantimes.com /2005/May/23/6560_429875,001600290009.htm   (368 words)

  
 zeenews.com » special » Jharkhand Juggernaut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Former Chief Minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) chief Babulal Marandi should feel happy that his arch-enemy Arjun Munda has lost the battle for Jharkhand, courtesy Madhu Koda's coup, but he is not.
Jharkhand, the 28th State of India, was formed in the early hours of November 15, 2000 the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, the leader of Santhal rebellion.
1995 - Jharkhand Area Autonomous Council comprising 18 districts of Santhal Pargana and Chotnagpur was formed, and Shibu Soren became its Chairman.
zeenews.com /jharkhand/index.html   (918 words)

  
 Bhojpuria Samachar - The Exclusive News from Bhojpuria region
Chief minister-designate Madhu Koda, a minister in the Munda cabinet who was instrumental in toppling the 18-month National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, is finding it difficult to give shape to his government.
He has left everything to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren, Congress leaders and others.
The eighth independent legislator Stephen Marandi is undecided whether to join the government or not.
www.bhojpuria.com /samachar/news.php?a=1440   (444 words)

  
 Controversies haunt Jharkhand’s Guruji - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Having fulfilled his dream to become the chief minister of Jharkhand, he was set to win the confidence motion in the Assembly.
He later assumed the role of Dishom Guru (God of land) after the formation of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in 1973 and finally graduated into the centre-stage of national politics as a seasoned politician in the nineties.
Having acquired a near legendary status in the annals of the struggle for ethnic sovereignty of Jharkhand, Mr Soren came to the notice of former prime minister late Indira Gandhi and the Congress struck an alliance with the JMM before the 1980 Lok Sabha polls.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/mar132005/n10.asp   (680 words)

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