While the demographic change due to infiltration is certainly an issue on the ground, it is restricted to the 18 seats in the Santhal Pargana region. The BJP did not raise other local issues, which ...

Dumka: There is an old saying about Santhals in local parlance -- "baang toh baang". If a Santhal says no to your proposal or request, he or she will never relent. Baang means "no" in Santhali.

The Santhal Pargana, predominantly tribal, in Jharkhand holds strategic significance for India’s national security. Long before illegal immigration changed things, Seemanchal had a considerable ...

Godda is one of the entry points to the Santhal Pargana division, which consists of Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Deoghar, Jamtara, and Godda. For Lok Sabha, this region is divided into three ...

The BJP’s aggressive campaign around the alleged infiltration of Bangladeshis in Jharkhand found no traction in the Santhal Pargana division in the Assembly elections as the party was restricted to ...

failed to capture the voters' interest in the Santhal Parganas region, resulting in no victories there. This strategic focus may have diverted attention from addressing more pressing issues such ...

Whoever won Vidarbha and Marathwada, and Santhal Parganas, had the best chance to win Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections. In the end, the result in these regions proved to be decisive Maharashtra ...

The JMM won 34 of the 43 constituencies it contested. The party swept through all divisions except North Chotanagpur — Kolhan, Santhal Pargana, South Chotanagpur, and Palamu — while securing ...

RANCHI: The BJP amped its Jharkhand poll campaign pitch raising Bangladeshi infiltrations and demographic change in Santhal Pargana, but failed to make inroads into the region. The party won only ...

As all of the votes are counted in Jharkhand, the JMM-led INDIA bloc has won 17 of the 18 seats in Jharkhand’s Santhal Pargana region in the 2024 Assembly elections, four more than its tally in ...

A day after the Mahayuti alliance trounced the MVA in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Sunday likened the opposition alliance with "daitya" and said it suffered this fate ...

Meanwhile, Jharkhand's second phase of polling saw a 68.45 percent voter turnout, covering 38 seats in the Santhal Pargana and North Chhotanagpur regions. The first phase on November 13 polled ...