• USIS attack: 2 Pak nationals arrested in Jharkhand
•January 23, 2002
• Attempt to blow up Ranchi jail foiled
•January 7, 2002
• Laloo Yadav ill, remand extended till Jan 15: PTI
•January 4, 2002
• Elephant tramples industrialist to death in Jamshedpur: PTI
•January 2, 2002
• Judicial remand of Laloo, Mishra extended: PTI
•December 21, 2001
• 3 cops killed in landmine blast in Garhwa district: PTI
•December 20, 2001
• Laloo again sent to jail: PTI
•December 19, 2001
• Laloo released from jail: PTI
•December 10, 2001
• SC adjourns hearing on Laloo's bail plea till Thursday: PTI
• Prabhat Kumar episode provides Congress with more ammunition against the NDA
•December 3, 2001
• 'Jailed' Laloo Yadav to be flown to Patna: PTI
•November 30, 2001
• Rabri Devi threatened me: Jharkhand DGP
• RJD accuses DGP of helping coal mafia: PTI
•November 28, 2001
• Jailed Bihar ex-CM shifted to hospital
•November 27, 2001
• Rabri Devi apprehends threat to Laloo's life
•November 26, 2001
• Special court denies bail to Laloo Yadav
•November 5, 2001
• SC directs Laloo to surrender before Ranchi court on Nov 26: PTI
•November 1, 2001
• Police casualties in Jharkhand second only to J&K
•October 31, 2001
• MCC guns down 13 cops in Jharkhand
•October 5, 2001
• SC transfers all fodder scam cases to Jharkhand
•October 4, 2001
• DSP, three constables killed in landmine blast
•August 4, 2001
• HC questions delay in sanction against fodder scam accused
•May 10, 2001
• MCC kills four; injures Samata leader in
Jharkhand: PTI
•May 6
• 4 killed in Jharkhand attack
•May 4
• Bid to blow up railway station foiled, four held: PTI
•April 15
• MCC hacks 14 to death in Jharkhand: PTI
•March 18
• CBI seeks permission to prosecute Laloo in another case: PTI
•February 28
• Transfer of fodder scam cases to Jharkhand reserved: PTI
•February 22
• Repoll ordered in five booths in Ramgarh
•February 20
• Polling begins, with Marandi, Jogi in fray
• 55 per cent vote in assembly bye-elections
•February 9
• Survivor vows to never return to mine
• Three more bodies found in mine
• Rescued miner regains consciousness
•February 8
• Little hope for survival of 38 miners: PTI
•February 7
• No survivor yet in Dhanbad mines: PTI
•February 6
• One body floats out of flooded mine: PTI
• Trapped miners' fate unknown: PTI
•February 5
• Contact established with trapped miners: PTI
• Navy divers, rescue team enter flooded mine: PTI
•February 4
• No word on trapped miners
•February 3
• Hopes of miners' survival dim
•January 9
• 10 rebels killed in Jharkhand
• December 31
• Curfew continues in Ranchi
• December 30
• Curfew imposed in Ranchi
• December 17
• Red alert in nine districts of Jharkhand
• December 15
• MCC kills four, sets Bihar ex-CM's house ablaze: PTI
• December 14
• MCC kills abducted BDO: PTI
• 12 buried alive in mine cave-in
• December 1
• Church ransacked in Bokaro
• November 25
• Jharkhand in a tizzy as ultras strike with impunity
• November 24
• Marandi wins trust vote
• November 22
• NDA's Namdhari to be Jharkhand Speaker
• November 19
• Jharkhand Party threatens fresh stir
• November 18
• Jharkhand bandh call creates tension, but little else
• November 17
• Return to NDA, Naqvi tells Soren: PTI
• November 16
• Marandi turns tables on JMM, RJD
• November 15
• Profile: Babu Lal Marandi
• November 14
• Congress not to support JMM-S: PTI
• Political uncertainty continues in Jharkhand
• Bihar to be divided for second time with birth of Jharkhand
• November 12
• Bihar chief secy to head Jharkhand admn
• November 11
• JMM plans victory/protest rally on Nov 15
•November 10
• Independent MLA rules out support to Soren: PTI
• Oppn to boycott Bihar assembly's special session
• BJP Jharkhand unit divided over CM issue
•November 9
• Soren formally seeks Congress support: PTI
• Soren will stake claim for Jharkhand CM's post
• Dissent breaks out in BJP's Jharkhand unit
• Bihar assembly's special session commences
•November 8
• Jharkhand CM issue: Soren meets Laloo
• Fifteen die in Ranchi bus accident
•November 7
• JMM to break ties with NDA
•November 6
• NDA says 'no' to Shibu Soren
•November 3
• Lenin Hall ransacked in Jharkhand
• Soren will eat humble pie before BJP
•November 2
• JMM unable to decide on ties with NDA
• Shibhu Soren's son offered deputy chief ministership
• JMM legislature party may split
•November 1
• BJP rejects JMM demand for chief ministership
• Make me CM or get lost: Sibu Soren: PTI
•November 1
• JMM threatens to snap links with NDA: PTI
•October 31
• Governors for new states announced: PTI
•October 27
• Jharkhand MLAs to stay in Russian Hostel!
•October 5
• Soren says JMM-S ready to quit NDA: PTI
•August 29
• President gives assent to new states: PTI
•August 24
• Jharkhand: BJP to insist on CM's post
• BJP's Marandi is frontrunner for Jharkhand CM
•August 6
• Jockeying begins for Jharkhand CM's post
•July 15
• Christian priest shot dead in Ranchi
• Lukewarm response to Jharkhand bandh
• Cancellation of PM's Ranchi trip leads to speculation
•April 26, 2000
• Both Houses of legislature agree to creation of Jharkhand
•April 22, 2000
• Practical problems plague creation of Jharkhand
•April 15, 2000
• Bihar seeks Rs 500bn to compensate for Jharkhand
• JMM-Soren expels Suraj Mandal
• JMM splits vertically, Soren 'expelled'
• December 16, 1999
• JMM's moment of truth
• December 14
• Jharkhand bandh peaceful
• December 10
• Jharkhand not out of Bihar alone: RJD
• Mandal's supporters claim they are the 'real JMM'
• December 9
• Mandal's expulsion will only revive JMM, says Soren
• December 1
• JMM-RJD on collision course over Vananchal
•November 30
• Delay in tabling of Vananchal bill likely to unleash storm
•November 28
• Vananchal bill to be sent to Bihar
•November 27
• BJP plans rath yatras demanding Vananchal
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