Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Hazaribagh, April 8: Being eco-friendly is today’s mantra for a safe planet. Following the trend, Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL) has decided to put its best foot forward by starting a campaign to plant 50,000 saplings of fruit-bearing trees at the abandoned Sangam coal mine at Bhurkunda in neighbouring Ramgarh …
Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and others (“Land Acquisition and Dispossession: Private Coal Companies in Jharkhand”, EPW, 11 February 2012), touch on several important issues, but with a sophistication which is expected from academics. The piece, however, portrays only the tip of the iceberg; the grass-roots situation is much more serious and tense. …
Jharkhand wants the Centre’s go-ahead for forest diversion to set up 17 CRPF camps in Saranda, even though forest clearance authority lies with the state and the move is only expected to delay the process of setting up security hubs in the saal reserve. Sources said in a letter last …
For the first time, 500 NREGS workers have drawn their wages in January utilising the UIDAI Adhaar, a micro ATM, and biometric data. The pilot project, to ensure transparency and timely disbursal of wages, has been welcomed by villages. Launched simultaneously at Meru in Hazaribagh and Ratu in Ranchi on …
New Delhi, Jan. 3: Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has kept his promise to friend and Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda with his ministry taking an “in-principle” decision to re-allocate four out of five coal blocks taken away in May. The blocks — three of which were with National Thermal Power …
Ranchi: The Centre has sent an alert to the Jharkhand government to remain cautious about a possible poultry infection, after a mysterious bird flu-like virus is believed to have killed between 500 and 1,000 crows in Jamshedpur, Bokaro and parts of Hazaribagh. Though an official intimation from the Union animal …
The geology department of Vinoba Bhave University will host an Italian MNC-sponsored workshop on Tuesday to train young minds on energy efficiency with a thrust on helping them identify alternative sources of petroleum. As many as 100 students from 25 schools of Hazaribagh district will take part in the two-day …
Fresh milk delivered at your doorstep, minus any polluting plastic pouches. In a nod to environment conservation, the state animal husbandry department has decided to deliver fresh milk to households every morning through insulated tanks that will dispense half a litre at the press of a button, and would cost …
Ranchi, Aug. 5: Nine districts of Jharkhand will have an annual earning of over Rs 1,151 crore with the local population reaping most of the benefits if a 26 per cent profit sharing clause under a draft Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill 2011, to be tabled in Parliament …
Hazaribagh, Aug. 5: Hundreds of villagers of Keredari and Barkagaon today sowed paddy, not in their fields but on the huge potholes dotting the 14km road connecting the two blocks. Tired of pleading with the authorities to mend the dilapidated stretch without any result, the villagers, led by JVM leader …
- Officials confident of restoring water supply, farmers foresee a good yield after two years Hazaribagh, June.19: First, the bad news: the spells of rain that lashed the district in the past 48 hours have paralysed life in the town of Hazaribagh. Power supply has been hit badly and most …
Ranchi, April 7: The latest state-wide 72-hour blackout after the breakdown of Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited (TVNL) has led Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) today to ask Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for power from its upcoming Maithon Right Bank Thermal Power Project, commonly referred to as Maithon Power. In an …
Reacting to a report published in The Hindu, which told the story of illegal employment of children and their plight in the coal mines of Hazaribagh district, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Jharkhand Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Singh seeking a report within four weeks on …
A 50-year-old labourer, Subal Mahato, was allegedly beaten to death by his employer for demanding revised wages in accordance with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), in Bokaro on Saturday night. According to NREGA Commissioner Ajay Kumar Singh, Mahato, a resident of Bathua village under Chas block …
Hazaribagh, Jan. 19: The state government will open 583 foodgrain banks at villages across Jharkhand and provide grains to every below poverty line (BPL) family immediately. Food and civil supplies minister Mathura Prasad Mahto said this today after a review of the district under North Chotanagpur commissionerate, where he instructed …
Jamshedpur, Jan. 6: Patna Meteorological Office today said cold wave conditions in Jharkhand would prevail for another 48 hours, even as it sounded a severe cold wave alert for a few isolated places in the state. This is the first time in 15 years that a cold wave has lasted …
