Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of News item titled: 5 Jharkhand forest officers attacked by Stone mafia, appearing in The Times of India dated 24.03.2025. The application was taken up on the basis of a news item published in the Times of …
A strongly-worded letter from the Orissa chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, to the governor, Syed Sibtey Razi, on inordinate delays plaguing the ambitious Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP), despite the neighbouring state spending a whopping over Rs 545 crore over the last three decades, has activated the Jharkhand administration. The state development …
In a rare exercise, the state has decided to conduct energy audit of seven government buildings. The aim is to find out how much energy is being wasted by these buildings. Ways to conserve energy will also be suggested. The shortlisted buildings are two state secretariats
Ranchi, July 8: The state has decided to conduct a massive, time-bound social audit of schemes under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), no doubt prompted by Union Cabinet secretary K. Chandrashekhar
Jharkhand has finally decided to act on rehabilitating thousands of residents of Jharia, where an underground fire has been raging since three decades, announcing today that 4,650 families will be shifted within the next 100 days. The decision, taken at a high-level meeting here at the Central Institute of Mining …
Bokaro, July 6: The sting is deadlier than the bullet. As if battling Maoists was not challenging enough, security personnel, particularly CRPF jawans, posted in the coal belt have another enemy to take on
Bokaro, July 5: Leaking carbon monoxide triggered an alarm at Bokaro Steel Limited last evening. Three workers at blast furnace II of the plant accidentally inhaled the leaking gas and fell unconscious. Naresh Ekka, Nandlal Chauhan and Santosh Goswami were rushed to Bokaro General Hospital. They were contract labourers working …
Most of the plants are located in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra NEW DELHI: The Union Coal Ministry on Friday cracked the whip on power companies by cancelling coal linkages of 25 captive power plants (CPPs). These plants with a combined capacity of 1,292 MW required 5.844 million tonnes of coal …
The monsoon has brought with it several cases of malaria. Twelve persons have died of malignant malaria in Lohardaga alone, while another four deaths have been reported in the Pakur district. State officials accept that malaria cases have suddenly shot up post monsoon. However, they have confirmed the death of …
The district administration has finally woken up to the reality of the dying Harmu rivulet and has initiated steps to protect it from encroachers. Today, officials from the administration started measuring the rivulet to identify the areas where it has been encroached on. The drive, led by sadar sub-divisional officer …
In the production of coal West-Bokaro area of Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi plays a vital role. During the production of coal, it produces huge quantity of suspended particulate matter (SPM), respirable particulate matter (RPM/PM10) as well as gaseous pollutants. Which polluted the area badly.
Cerebral malaria has killed four infants in tribal-dominated Littipara block of Pakur district in the past one week. The number of the affected is on the rise. JMM MLA from Littipara Sushila Hansdak and her husband, former party MP Simon Marandi, announced today that they would demonstrate by forming human …
Ranchi Veterinary College under Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Ranchi, has issued public notices asking farmers across the state to get their cattle vaccinated against swine fever after deaths of pigs were reported from Jharkhand and Bihar.
Ranchi, June 30: National highways passing through Maoist dominated corridors of Jharkhand are set to get a major facelift, courtesy a Rs 750-crore plan approved by the Union ministry of road transport and highways. The scheme will cover about 630km of dilapidated roads, which have recently been categorised as national …
Regardless of the new ban on the Maoists, as long as the Indian government remains better at talking about local-level welfare than doing anything about it, Naxalite rhetoric will continue to find fertile ground.
Maternal mortality rate in the state: 370 per 1 lakh. Maternal mortality rate in the country: 250 per 1 lakh. These startling figures came to the fore at the ongoing leadership training programme for medical officers at XLRI today. The programme on reproductive health also threw up an infant mortality …
Tourists planning an outing at Betla National Park, Palamau, in the next few months may just do well to forgo the trip. For, the wildlife authorities have decided to close the park for three months from July 1 to provide privacy to animals to help them breed. Wildlife officials argue …
Union minister for food processing Subodh Kant Sahay today advised the state to come up with favourable policies for food processing industries. Addressing a media gathering at Tata Workers
- Farmers upbeat as Doba, a new technology, will enable rainwater harvesting Ranchi, June 29: The rain god is smiling and so are the farmers. They have to worry less about irrigation now as monsoon has finally hit the state. And using a new technology this time round to store …
Saving the greens will soon be a part of the curriculum of state-run schools. The initiative has been taken under School Chalo Abhiyan, which starts from July 1. Students will participate in environment campaigns at their respective schools. All the schools have been asked to involve their students in the …
The arrival of a weak monsoon in Jharkhand today is bringing with it additional problems for parched districts of Palamau where at least 135 cattle have apparently died due to a scarcity of drinking water. Elsewhere, the state recorded as many as 11 deaths due to lightning in the last …
