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 …
It will be quite some time before the proposed Hurashi and Chupervita open cast mine projects, an extension of the Rajmahal Coalfield Project, finally see the light of the day as the administration has not been able to acquire land for railway lines. According to sources in Eastern Coalfields Limited …
The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has painted a dismal picture of the state in its first ever survey on the vital sectors of the economy in Jharkhand. Barring agro and agro-based industries, steel, automobiles and tourism have fared poorly during October 2008-March 2009 compared to the past six months …
The four-laning project of Ranchi-Jamshedpur stretch of National Highway 33, which had almost been forgotten, has got a fresh lease of life. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has finally found five bidders for the ambitious project to be executed under BOT (toll) basis. The same set of bidders …
Giridih, June 15: Villagers in Mohanpur on the outskirts of the town today opposed the new project of Swati Sponge there on pollution ground. At the first mass-level hearing on the upcoming sponge iron plant, the residents also criticised the role of the state pollution control board on the issue. …
Giridih, June 14: After the district administration gave into public protests and scrapped a sponge iron plant project in Udanabad, it is now an NGO of Dhanbad that has joined the war against pollution caused by these units. A four-member team of Green and Labour Welfare said they had conducted …
Give forest guards the slip to hunt deer on festival day heavy barricades and forest guards did not deter tribals of Jharkhand from celebrating their annual hunting festival, Sendra. The festival is an old ritual where tribals from the state and bordering areas of Orissa, Bihar and Bengal, join to …
Chiria mines is estimated to have nearly 2 bn tonnes of iron ore with ferrous content of over 62% Public sector undertaking Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), the country
PRADUMAN CHOUBEY Dhanbad, June 9: As many as 80 students of a primary school in Govindpur block, about 20km from the district headquarters, fell sick after having the midday meal served there today. While 12 students are still recovering, the condition of the rest is stable. Agitated parents alleged that …
SANTOSH K. KIRO Ranchi, June 9: It is rise of the machines to predict the unpredictable. Three months from now, the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) will have in place as many as 20 automatic weather stations (AWS) to collate data on temperature, humidity, wind speed and wind direction in all …
ARTI SAHULIYAR Ranchi, June 9: If a city-based NGO has its way, the capital will soon get a rain centre to act as an information hub on water conservation and its benefits. Rohini Science Club is planning to set up the centre in association with the Centre for Environment and …
Jean Dreze Khunti: In what is seen as a victory for workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act here in Jharkhand who had faced hardships because of delayed payment of compensation, as many as 174 of them from 10 villages of Khunti and Murhu blocks have received Rs. 2,000 …
Ranchi, June 8: Giridih showed the way. Khunti is following suit. Within a week of deputy commissioner Vandana Dadel freezing the salary of 500 Giridih officials for tardy progress of projects under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), her Khunti counterpart, Puja Singhal Purwar, today showcaused 11, including six …
SHAHNAWAZ AKHTAR Giridih, June 8: This is probably a first in the history of Giridih. Giving into public protests, the local administration today stalled the construction of a sponge iron unit by Shivam Group in Udnabad on pollution grounds. It also promised the villagers that no clearance would be given …
Jamshedpur, June 7: For Sudha Mahto, a resident of Sarjamda panchayat in Jamshedpur block, summers mean aching limbs and a painful back, thanks to the daily trips of around 10km in search of drinking water. Sudha is not alone. Women of most other families from Sarjamda, Haludboni, Parsudih, Karandih and …
Jamshedpur, June 3: The state forest department will organise a two-day seminar, starting tomorrow, to educate its employees on how to protect wildlife. The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) will hold the workshop at the forest guesthouse in Dalma. Forest officials and field staff will be educated on how to …
Gunjan Pradhan Sinha Posted: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 0006 hrs IST New Delhi: Having launched four ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) during the previous UPA rule, the Power Ministry, being headed again by Sushilkumar Shinde, is now on an overdrive with plans to launch another seven such projects in …
