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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren tendered his resignation to Governor on Wednesday following his questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged land scam case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
His resignation came after the ED officials on Wednesday questioned him for over seven hours for the second time at his official residence in Ranchi. At present, it is still not confirmed whether he has been arrested or not.
After his resignation, senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and Transport Minister Champai Soren was elected leader of the legislature party. He is a five-time MLA from Saraikela and in the 1990s, he actively took part in the Jharkhand Movement along with JMM patron Shibu Soren and got the nickname as ‘Jharkhand Tiger’.
Source – https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/
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“A team of Nepali Parliamentarians and doctors will visit India to study controlling monkey populations after concerns were raised about the “monkey terror” in the Himalayan country,” a media report said on January 31.
The visit of the Members of Parliament of the Agriculture, Cooperative and Natural Resources Committee comes after Parliamentary meetings raised the issue of “monkey terror” and emphasised the need for control measures, MyRepublica news portal reported. “The visit has been supported by the Indian government,” it said.
Accompanied by ten veterinarians and five forest rangers, the Committee will travel to Himachal Pradesh to study the control of monkey populations through castration.
Members of the International Relations Committee, consisting of 11 members, eight of whom are MPs, will return to Nepal on February 7.
Source- https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/
