China to be Jharkhand's partner country
Beijing, Sep 4 : China will be Jharkhand's partner country at the Food Processing Summit slated in November, visiting Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Tuesday.
Das is on a four-day visit to China at the invitation of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Das met Song Tao, Minister of International Department of CPC, and Huang Kunming, Politbureau Member and Head of Publicity Department of CPC.
Talking to Indian journalists here, Raghubar said he told the Chinese leaders that Jharkhand wanted China to be its partner country in the food processing event.
"They have agreed to it," Das said.
He said he wanted Chinese companies to invest in Jharkhand and told them that the state ranked fourth in the ease of doing business in the country.
"We are organising a food processing summit. The leaders directed their officers to ask all the food processing companies in Zhengzhou to participate in the event."
Das will visit Zhengzhou, the capital of China's agriculture province Henan.
"Tomato production is 3.5 million tonne out of which is two million tonnes is surplus and we don't have good food processing facilities. That's why we want Chinese companies to invest in the state," said Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Secretary to the Chief Minister.
Das also discussed issues related to bilateral relations as well as exchanged views on socio-economic development of provinces.
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LIVE | Election Results of five states 2026
New Delhi: The countdown has begun for the counting of votes for the Assembly elections in five states that have captured the attention of people across the country.
The counting of votes for the Assembly constituencies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry will begin simultaneously at 8 am, and the fate of candidates in a total of 824 constituencies will be decided shortly.
The counting of postal ballots will take place first, followed by the counting of EVM votes in several rounds.
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- TMC, BJP lead in one seat each in West Bengal
- In Tamil Nadu, DMK leads in 3 constituencies, while TVK leads in 1
- UDF leads in 5 seats in Kerala, BJP in 1, LDF in 1
- BJP leads in 2 seats, AIUDF in 1 in Assam
- AINRC leads in 1 constituency in Puducherry
- TMC leads in 5 seats in West Bengal; Mamata Banerjee’s party maintains initial lead
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin leads in Kolathur
- BJP takes early lead in Assam
- Congress-led UDF leads in Kerala
- In Tamil Nadu, TVK chief Vijay leads in the Perambur constituency, lags in Tiruchirappalli South
- BJP leads in 10 seats in Assam
- LDF candidate V.P.P. Mustafa leads in the Thrikkaripur Assembly constituency
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- Out of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, DMK is leading in 15 seats, AIADMK is leading in 5 seats, TVK is leading in 2 seats
- Out of 126 seats in Assam, BJP is leading in 31 seats, Congress in 4 seats, AIUDF in 2 seats.
- Out of 30 seats in Puducherry, NRC+ is leading in 3 seats, Congress in 2 seats, TVK in 1 seat.
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