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The number of women candidates in the Jharkhand Lok Sabha elections has increased from 25 in 2019 to 31 in the current polls. This rise indicates a potential increase in women's participation in the lower house of Parliament. Additionally, the voter turnout among women has been significant, with 87.11 lakh women voters out of 1.7 crore total voters in the state. Stay updated with the latest updates on women candidates and voters in Jharkhand elections.

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) questioned IAS officer Manish Ranjan for around 11 hours in the tender commission scam and money laundering case. Ranjan, the secretary of the revenue, registration, and land reform department, was grilled by the ED for the second time in relation to these cases.

The CJM court transfers the ED case against former CM Hemant Soren to the special MP/MLA court for non-compliance of summons related to a land scam in Ranchi. Next hearing on June 15. Soren had received 10 summons from ED in connection with alleged illegal possession of land and money laundering.

JMM claims that the INDIA bloc parties are well placed to win between eight and 10 seats out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand. They criticize the Election Commission of India for alleged partiality and demand proper counting procedures.

Officials of the state department of forests, environment and wildlife in Ranchi placed earthen pots filled with water at its headquarters in Doranda as part of the World Environment Day celebrations. PCCF Jharkhand (HoFF) Sanjay Srivastava appealed to residents to offer food and water to birds.