President Pratibha Patil Tuesday approved President's rule in Jharkhand, a day after the governor sent his report to the center instead of Shibu Soren in front of a confidence vote in the Assembly.

Earlier Tuesday, recommended the Union Government to the President to impose central rule in Jharkhand.The government at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to recommend to the president to keep the state Assembly in suspended animation and impose central rule.

Jharkhand Governor MOH Farooq had sent his report to the center on Monday after Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gave up efforts to form a government.The BJP took the decision after Søren voted against the reduction in motion sponsored by the opposition in Lok Sabha on 27 . April.

Soren government was reduced to a minority on May 24, 1918 when the BJP MLAs and the Janata Dal ( (JDU) and two withdrew support to it. The JMM, with 18 MLAs and supported by seven other legislators, lacked the necessary 42 of the 82-member House.

Congress, with a force of 14, and its allies JVM (P) with 11 members, said that it had to stake claim to form government.

President Pratibha Patil left China on Monday afternoon after a five-day visit that officials said has given fresh impetus two Sino-Indian ties. Patil was given a ceremonial send out by Chinese authorities here.

President Patil also sought China's support for India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council during this meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and secured a promise from Beijing's support for India's non-permanent seat in UNSC bid.

President Patil was accompanied by a 60-member business delegation comprising members of all three apex chambers of India. Apart from Beijing, she also visited Luoyang, Henan province, where she dedicated an Indian-style Buddhist temple to the Chinese.

The temple was built with the Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh as his inspiration from. The idea of the temple was proposed by the Chinese in 2003 when the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Luoyang.

He immediately accepted the IDEA, Realizing the importance of a Buddhist shrine as a means for people-to-people contact. The Indian style temple is located near the White Horse Temple was built in the first century AD in honor of two Indian monks who traveled on horseback, with the religious texts and an image of Buddha.