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 …
Opposers were outside the public hearing, supporters inside a public hearing held in Jaduguda in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand has cleared expansion and lease renewal of the government-owned uranium mines amid accusations of manipulation. On May 26, the majority of the tribals present at the meeting said they wanted …
This paper analyses the intra-state disparities in government expenditure in six states, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, based on the actual treasury data on government expenditure made in the social sectors of education, health and supply of drinking water, captured from the databases of the …
The one-time summer getaway of the rich and famous of Bengal is today ruing its transformation into a Maoist stronghold, the gnawing bitterness aggravated by the Centre giving it the short shrift while choosing districts for a pilot project to kick-start development and give the campaign against extremism a social …
The Union Cabinet secretary and a battery of senior officials from New Delhi will be visiting Jharkhand on Sunday to review ongoing development programmes and the prevailing law and order situation in the backdrop of an anti-Maoist operation in neighbouring Bengal. Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar, who last visited the state …
- NSSO begins year-long programme in rural, urban pockets next month SANTOSH K. KIRO The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) will create a databank on
Clawing back Hazaribagh, June 24: Vultures may be on the brink of extinction in the country, but its population continues to thrive in this district. Efforts taken by Neo Human Foundation, an NGO working for vulture conservation, has given a boost to the bird population in this region. For now, …
Braving the heat, over 7,000 people today marched to Harmu river, vowing to bring it back to life from deathbed. Choosing the occasion of rath yatra to retrieve and de-pollute the river that runs through the state capital, they termed degradation of Harmu river as an attack on existence of …
Small and medium enterprises based at Adityapur Industrial Area (AIA) will contribute more than Rs 3 crore to develop the Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL). Senior AACL officials said that the entrepreneurs would provide Rs 20,000 for each acre that is being used by them to develop the proposed project. …
The state agriculture directorate today held a meeting with scientists of Birsa Agriculture University to work on a contingency plan should the monsoon be delayed beyond June 30. Weather scientists have however not lost hope yet, predicting today that chances were bright for the southwest monsoon to kick in by …
The proposed site for the drinking water project Ranchi, June 23: Administrative dilly-dallying is once again threatening to delay the Mango drinking water project, pending for two years now. On June 10, the governor
- 17-yr-old son of mechanic forms squad to save environment Dhanbad, June 22: His motor mechanic father may have spent a major part of his life arranging for two square meals for the family, but 17-year-old Manibhushan Prasad has grown up with a larger mission in life: to protect the …
Only four days are left for the Centre to take a final decision on executing the Hazaribagh-Ranchi four-lane project worth over Rs 600 crore, even as its bids were decided on February 27.
After urging the senior district officials to upgrade the basic facilities in Hazaribagh town last week, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today took to the streets for a cleanliness drive. With a broom in hand, the new Hazaribagh MP worked in tandem with hundreds of BJP workers to get rid of …
Giridih, June 19: The villagers of Giridih are firm. They will not allow construction of any sponge iron unit in the district as past experience has shown that industrialists do nothing to check the pollution caused by the plants. After thwarting Shivam group
The administration today vowed to step up efforts to meet the 2012 deadline for achieving 100 per cent sanitation in the state. For this, over 37 lakh private toilets will have to be built. The pledge was made today at an important meet on
In a bid to double coal production in the country by ensuring speedy environmental approvals to miners, the government is planning to limit coal mining activities to degraded forest areas. Currently, coal mining is allowed in India both on degraded as well as non-degraded land areas subject to environmental approval …
Inspired by the success of sahiya system in the healthcare sector, the administration is planning to replicate the model to spread awareness about sanitation and safe drinking water in villages of Jharkhand. The state drinking water and sanitation department, which is on a
