Three-time Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren resigned late on Sunday night after failing to get the support of the Congress and its JVM(P) ally ahead of Monday’s scheduled confidence vote in the Assembly that might pave the way for a spell of President’s Rule in the state.

May 3: The puzzling death of Business Standard journalist Nirupama Pathak at her home in Jharkhand’s Koderma district, first reported to be a suicide, is now believed to be a case of honour killing that was triggered by opposition from the Delhi-based journalist’s well-educated family to her inter-caste love affair and pregnancy before marriage.