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 …
The Campaign for Right to Education in Jharkhand (CREJ) asked political parties to make child rights a part of their election manifesto. Releasing a document
Telgaria (Bokaro): They are fed up of campaign promises. They want results. And now to ensure that one such promise made 15 years ago, that of electricity reaching their homes, is kept, this cluster of villages near Bokaro has decided to boycott elections. The
Polio has crippled Ila and has stunted her dreams of becoming a teacher. But she found a new meaning to her life when she came to the sixth polio surgery camp today organised by a charitable body, Sri Krishna Seva Dham Trust, at Marwari Bhavan in Harmu Road. Governor Syed …
Forest department officials today deliberated on ways to curb ivory smuggling in Singhbhum. The meeting, attended by principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) A.K. Singh at the forest guesthouse in Mango, primarily discussed elephant poaching in the Singhbhum Elephant Project area and on how to curb the menace. Sources in …
A polio scare was triggered in Dumka after 181 children with deformed limbs arrived in the district from Soraiyahat block last night. The children, in the age group of 1 to 12 years, were on their way to Ranchi for check-up at a free medical camp. The camp, organised by …
Jharkhand tribal welfare department, in association with New Delhi-based organisation Pradan, has decided to provide better irrigation facilities and improve economic condition of the state
First lac and silk cultivation and now state farmers will receive training to extract natural dyes from flowers. The training will start among self-help groups (SHG) in Ichagarh block of Seraikela-Kharsawan.
- Rs 2.65cr for wayside amenities, project to kick off after elections Tourist special Ranchi, April 3: Tourists in Jharkhand can look forward to a relaxing visit. The state tourism department, in collaboration with private partners, has decided to set up hotels, wayside facilities and other amenities at 28 spots. …
To undertake mining activities in Jharkhand through this JV. CH Prashanth Reddy / Chennai/ Hyderabad April 03, 2009, 0:46 IST Public sector mineral resources company NMDC is all set to form a joint venture with the Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation within a fortnight.
Shillong: A team of 7 members headed by R Jana Nongbet, president of Global Social Welfare Organisation, Shillong visited Jaduguda, Narwapahar, Turumdih and Banduburang mines, the place of uranium mining at Singhbhum district, Jharkhand on a study tour. With the help of the locals of the area, the team collected …
Jamshedpur, March 31: Elephant poachers in Saranda have found a friend in Maoists. This startling fact came to light during a probe conducted by the forest department in West Singhbhum. The report reveals that poachers killed at least four tuskers between March 2008 and February 2009 by administering poison. Saranda …
Ranchi: Specialised healthcare services will soon come within the reach of the residents of far-flung districts, courtesy Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). The space organisation will extend telemedicine network at all district hospitals of Jharkhand. Under this project, specialised doctors of reputable city hospitals will be able to treat patients …
Ranchi, March 30: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman G. Madhavan Nair today assured the management of Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) Limited, Ranchi, that the latter
House owners: Under the rehabilitation package in the master plan the head of each family will be entitled to a compensation equivalent to the assessed cost of his or her homestead land and other infrastructure on it. Cost assessment will be done by the state government or its implementing agency. …
Chairman and Managing Director of the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), T K Lahiry said tragedy can strike any time in Jharia, so tough actions are needed to shift people Why are people not shifting after so many sops and facilities? The issue of relocation has become highly politicized. We …
Alok Kumar Gupta Nearly half a million people living in and around the Jharia coalfield in Jharkhand have to be shifted to control underground fires. But the government has no sound strategy for their rehabilitation and the people have no trust in the government Kujama village in Jharkhand
Only committees for fighting fire 1922: First committee set up under the coal ministry to check the Jharia fire and prevent subsidence. No action taken on its report. 1964: Director of CMRI appointed to carry out a survey and suggest measures to save coal that had caught fire. 1976: The …
It is doubtful the master plan will see the light of the day The relocation plan would have made more sense if it was done soon after a committee set up by the energy ministry in 1976 found underground fire active in the Jharia coalfield. Then, bccl did not even …
