The Jharkhand Chief Minister may have termed the squabbling within the Congress as its internal matter but in election year it will keep all the stakeholders in the ruling alliance on tenterhooks and test Champai's leadership skills in keeping the flock together. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

A couple of weeks into his swearing-in, Chief Minister Champai Soren expanded his Cabinet which saw two new faces from the JMM side, including one from party patriarch Shibu Soren’s family. The Congress chose to retain its old hands. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The new Chief Minister, who has billed himself as Hemant Part-2, digitally transferred Rs 74.78 crores to 24,827 beneficiaries of JMM-led ruling alliance’s flagship housing scheme. The Indian Tribal reports

The extension of custody comes on the 18th marriage anniversary of the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. His wife termed him a brave ‘Jharkhand warrior' and pledged to be his pillar of support. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Embroiled in an alleged land scam, the former Chief Minister said he would quit politics if documents of land registered in his name are shown. The Indian Tribal reports

With 43 MLAs ‘firmly’ on its side, newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Jharkhand Champai Soren looks set to pass the floor test comfortably but the alliance he leads is still wary of the BJP’s manoeuvres as a couple of its own MLAs haven’t given the right signals. The [...]

In the meantime, taking forward their investigation in the land scam, the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested a revenue sub-inspector, who, it alleged, assisted the former CM in acquiring 'illegal land'. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

At around the same time when a new government, headed by the JMM veteran, was coming into existence, quite ironically, former Chief Minister Hemant Soren was being sent to 5-day ED custody. The Indian Tribal reports

Twenty four hours now, Jharkhand remains without a Chief Minister following the resignation and arrest of Hemant Soren, who got remanded to just a day’s judicial custody even as the Raj Bhawan too is yet to invite Champai Soren to prove his majority and form the government. The [...]

Facing heat over his alleged involvement in a money laundering case related to a land scam, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren resigned from his post after the ED took him in its custody. All eyes now await Raj Bhawan’s moves, Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports