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 …
Ranchi, June 2: Villagers and activists across the state worshipped rivers today and took oaths not to pollute them. Villagers also promised to save other water bodies, which are fast drying up due to various reasons, thus contributing to the depletion of sources of ground water. Thousands of villages under …
Hazaribagh, June 2: A green flag was fluttering in the wind at the West Bokaro division of Tata Steel this morning. Hoisting the flag was Awadhesh Kumar Ojha, the general manager of West Bokaro division of the steel major, flanked by secretary of Rashtriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh S.S.P. Singh, to …
The Kaleghagh Dam is located at the Simdega district of Jharkhand. The dam was constructed in 1980 as a minor irrigation project of the irrigation department with the aim of irrigating land of the Simdega block, where three villages-Bernibera, Bara Barpani and Bhudhratoli were completely submerged for the dam. Intrestingly, …
Land purchase deals amid gunshots in Jharkhand village investigations into the murder of four security guards at a proposed power plant in Jharkhand are revealing uncomfortable truths about industrialization in the state. The company that wants to buy land in Chakla village of Latehar district called the guards martyrs and …
Jharkhand killings show the common face of industrialization in India THE corporate world knows its communications priorities. When profit hangs in balance, you have phrases like
- Aila prompts disaster review, preventive measures Aila, the speed demon that tossed and terrorised Bengal, has put Jharkhand, the cradle of many a tempest, on its toes. Governor Syed Sibtey Razi today went into a huddle with adviser G. Krishnan and senior state functionaries, including chief secretary A.K. Basu, …
The story of UCIL-Jaduguda and the struggle of the mostly Santal Adivasi People against the company is not unknown to the general public. UCIL has been operating for over four decades now. Many of the social problems like the just compensation for the land acquired, cost of medical treatment for …
Prevention better Jamshedpur, May 24: The malaria prevention programme in East Singhbhum has hit twin hurdles. With the monsoon nearly here, the district has failed to start spraying DDT and has run short of malaria medicines. Officials in the district health department maintain that the prevention programme should have begun …
Jamshedpur, May 21: The steel city, which welcomes an average of 150 foreign visitors every month, has been put on a swine flu alert. The East Singhbhum health department has set up an isolation ward at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital while the district civil surgeon
Jamshedpur: Now, kids can look forward to meeting new friends at Tata Steel Zoological Park this autumn. Zoo authorities have decided to bring in a pair of ostriches this September from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai.
Jamshedpur, May 19: In January this year, an elephant trampled a man to death in a village at Kharsawan. A few days later, a tusker was found dead in a paddy field of Kharsawan. The man-elephant conflict has been a matter of concern for the forest department for quite a …
Jamshedpur, May 19: In January this year, an elephant trampled a man to death in a village at Kharsawan. A few days later, a tusker was found dead in a paddy field of Kharsawan. The man-elephant conflict has been a matter of concern for the forest department for quite a …
