Vishal Kant works as an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times. He tracks developments in Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi government. Vishal has spent about a decade covering the city politics and governance, besides writing on Delhi’s civic issues, urban transport and infrastructure.
Articles by Vishal Kant
J’khand guv again returns bill to increase reservation
A senior Raj Bhawan official said that the bill has been returned to the government based on legal opinion provided by the Attorney General of India.
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:26 AM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
Jharkhand governor returns OBC reservation bill to Soren govt for review
A senior official in Raj Bhawan, however, said the bill has been returned back to the government based on the legal opinion provided by the Attorney General of India.
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 10:26 PM IST
Jharkhand governor returns quota increase bill for review
An official in the governor’s office said the bill was returned on the basis of the legal opinion from the attorney general of India
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:17 PM IST
Ranchi land scam case: ED summons IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan for questioning
The ED summon to IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan comes four days after the federal agency raided 21 locations across three states including the official and private residence of Ranjan and others on April 13
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 09:16 AM IST
Land scam case: ED arrests seven, sent to judicial custody; hearing on remand today
The ED crack down is related to money laundering probe in connection with fraudulent sale of around 4.5 acres land, in possession of the Indian army since independence, besides one acre land in Cheshire Home road in upscale Bariatu area in Ranchi.
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 10:01 PM IST
Jharkhand money laundering probe: ED raids multiple locations of IAS officer
The raids are in connection with a money laundering probe conducted by the federal agency at around two dozen locations of IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan over some land deals in Ranchi in the past few years
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 10:37 AM IST
Jharkhand: BJP workers clash with police during march to secretariat
The clash left around two dozen people, including at least two journalists and a policeman, injured. They were shifted to different hospitals and discharged after treatment.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 10:07 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
‘Neither women nor mineral resources in state are safe under Soren regime’
In an interview, Vajpayee spoke about a host of issues, including the party’s charge against the JMM-led state government and organisational issues and exuded confidence that they would emerge victorious in the upcoming elections in the state
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 10:39 PM IST
Jharkhand education minister Jagarnath Mahto passes away
Chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha working president Hemant Soren called it an “irreparable loss”
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 10:51 AM IST
Jharkhand Information Commission defunct for three years
More than 16,000 appeal applications are pending for hearing in Jharkhand Information Commission as the statutory body has been lying defunct for around three years since the last information commissioner, Himanshu Shekhar Chaudhary, retired after completing his term on May 8, 2020.
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 09:38 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
5 top Maoists killed in Jharkhand encounter
Five top Maoists, including two who were carrying a reward of ₹25 lakh each on their head, were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Monday, police said.
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 11:59 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
5 Maoists killed in encounter in Jharkhand’s Chatra: Police
The Jharkhand police said that one of the five Maoists killed in the encounter had carried ₹25 lakh reward on his head
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 03:42 PM IST
Jharkhand: PTR struggles to retain lone tiger sighted after 3 years
According to officials, the tiger is estimated to be around eight-year-old and his picture was captured on a mobile phone camera in Kutku range of the reserve by PTR (North) deputy director Prajesh Jena on March 18.
Updated on Mar 30, 2023 10:09 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
Difficult to say we are in Amritkaal or Apatkaal: Soren
Soren, who is also the working president of the JMM and leads the JMM-Congress-RJD combine government, described the court verdict on former Congress president Rahul Gandhi as unjustified.
Published on Mar 23, 2023 09:56 PM IST
‘Difficult to say we are in Amritkaal or Apatkaal’: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
In his reply to the House on the last of the day of the budget session of the Jharkhand assembly, CM Soren hit out at the BJP and the Centre over a host of issues, including Rahul Gandhi’s conviction, centre-state relationship, misuse of agencies and inflation, besides his government’s stand over the contentious domicile and employment policy of the state
Published on Mar 23, 2023 08:28 PM IST
Jharkhand infant death: 6 police personnel part of raiding team suspended, booked
The newborn died on Wednesday after a raiding police party entered the home of an accused and allegedly stepped over his four-day-old grandson sleeping inside one of the rooms
Published on Mar 23, 2023 01:00 PM IST
Jharkhand assembly: Barbs like Bangladeshi, Talibani, fly over Ramnavami ‘curbs’
The issue was raised during the question hour by Hazaribag legislator Manish Jaiswal, who alleged that the Hazaribag district administration is acting against innocents, besides putting a complete ban on operating DJ during Ramnavami procession on instructions from the state government due to “appeasement” politics.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 09:55 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
J’khand govt accuses BRO of violating Migrant Workmen Act, warns of action
In a communication to the director general of the BRO on Tuesday, state labour secretary Rajesh Kumar Sharma has urged the central agency, which has traditionally been hiring CLP from the state for its projects, to get itself registered as the ‘principal employer’ under the Act.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 09:55 PM IST
2 yrs jail, fine for assault on medical professionals in new Jharkhand bill
The bill named ‘Personnel associated with Jharkhand medical services and institutions (prevention of violence and damage to property) Bill, 2023’, is likely to be tabled in the assembly on Tuesday
Published on Mar 20, 2023 08:36 PM IST
CM Soren’s principal secy removed from charges soon after Marandi’s allegations
BJP’s Babulal Marandi had demanded removal of Ekka for allegedly being hand in glove with powerbrokers and clearing official files from the private office of one Vishal Chaudhary whose premise was raided by the enforcement directorate (ED) last year.
Published on Mar 05, 2023 10:39 PM IST
J’khand budget 2023-24: With ₹1.16 lakh cr, FM ready for ‘year of implementation’
In 2023-24, the government plans to spent the maximum ( ₹43,303.44 crore) in the social sector, followed by ₹39.736.11 crore in finance sector.
Updated on Mar 03, 2023 10:10 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
J’khand bypoll: NDA wrests Ramgarh assembly seat from Congress
The bypoll was necessitated after Congress legislator Mamta Devi, who is Mahto’s wife, was handed a five-year jail term last year following conviction in a violent protest case of 2016, which disqualified her as a member of the assembly.
Published on Mar 02, 2023 11:09 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
New job policy junked by HC, Jharkhand govt ready with ‘reworked’ old one
As per the previous policy, 50% of seats are reserved for locals by the virtue of reservations to Scheduled Tribe (ST), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories
Published on Mar 01, 2023 08:40 PM IST
Jharkhand budget session: Soren govt has zero tolerance against corruption, says Governor
Delivering the speech in English, CP Radhakrishnan also listed the achievements of the state government in the past three years, besides welfare schemes launched during the period including loan waiver, universalisation of pension and scheme to increase coverage of ration card holders
Published on Feb 27, 2023 10:36 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
Jharkhand: It’s UPA vs NDA in Ramgarh bypoll; result to set tone for general and assembly polls in 2024
The election was necessitated after Congress legislator Mamata Devi was disqualified on December 26 last year following her conviction in a violent protest case in 2016.
Published on Feb 26, 2023 10:59 PM IST
Jharkhand: ED arrests chief engineer, gets five-day demand
Veerendra Kumar Ram has been arrested in a case ED had registered on September 17, 2020, on the basis of a case lodged by Jharkhand’s ACB on November 11, 2019.
Published on Feb 23, 2023 09:42 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
ED arrests Jharkhand chief engineer for money laundering, gets 5-day remand
The arrest came after a two-day rigorous search operation conducted at multiple locations related to the chief engineer across three states
Published on Feb 23, 2023 08:46 PM IST
Jumbo kills five in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district in 24 hours
An officer said it’s almost certain that the same elephant is behind the five deaths in the district since Sunday evening.
Published on Feb 20, 2023 09:29 PM IST
5 killed in elephant attack in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga in last 24 hours
Lohardaga district forest officer (DFO) Arvind Kumar said four out of the five were killed on Monday in Kashpur village under Bhandra block, while one was trampled to death near Kuru on Sunday evening
Updated on Feb 20, 2023 06:28 PM IST
New Jharkhand Governor takes oath, visits Birsa Munda’s birthplace
Radhakrishnan, a two-time Lok Sabha member from Coimbatore, has been the Tamil Nadu president of BJP, besides being in charge of the party’s Kerala unit.
Updated on Feb 18, 2023 09:18 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi