Pir Mohammad, general secretary of Hockey Jharkhand, said Hockey Jharkhand was already formed and was affiliated by Hockey India on the recommendations of JOA in December last year.

Hosts Manipur defeated Jharkhand 8-0 in the inaugural match of the 18th women's national football championship here.

Damodar Valley Corporation seems to have decided to shift its Koderma Phase II, super thermal 660X2 megawatt power project from Jharkhand to Raghunathpur in West Bengal's Purulia district.

A man was shot dead, three trucks were set ablaze by suspected extremists and a school building was blown up by Maoists in Jharkhand.

Sources say the problem aggravates because Jharkhand shares border with four Naxal hit states, Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Bihar. West Bengal in turn shares border with Orissa.