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 …
Jamshedpur, March 8: Call it a Swiss solution to a clean, green state. Cement major ACC Limited has entered into a technical collaboration with Swiss giant Holcim to offer industrial units in the state a common hazardous waste management facility at its Jhinkpani plant in West Singhbhum district. Ulhas V. …
Ranchi, March 7: As part of its social responsibility, the Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) will adopt Pithoria village and develop it as a possible tourist spot. FJCCI president Anchal Kinger said:
- Fruit creates mass market in state, higher production target set for this year ARTI SAHULIYAR Strawberry plantation at a farm owned by ICAR research institute in Ranchi on Thursday. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, March 5: Mustard fields are pass
Jamshedpur, March 4: Tata Steel added another feather to its cap by winning the coveted Golden Peacock Global Awards, 2009, for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The company was selected as the winner by the Golden Peacock Awards jury that included former Sweden Prime Minister Ola Ullsten and Justice …
- Six new water bodies to make tuskers feel at home in sanctuary ANKUSH SINGH With the onset of summer, Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is preparing for the homecoming of three tusker herds that had migrated to the jungles of Midnapore, Bengal, last November. Keen to ensure a comfortable stay for …
Jamshedpur, March 3: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to make online stack monitoring system compulsory in medium and large scale industrial units. The JSPCB authorities will issue a circular to this effect to all such units and especially to those which have smokestacks. JSPCB member secretary R.K. …
Ranchi, March 3: An agri-clinic van at the ongoing Gram Shree Mela being held at the Jaipal Singh Stadium has turned out to be a hit with farmers. An idea devised by the National Horticulture Mission, the van comes equipped with every kind of apparatus enabling one to check the …
SANTOSH K. KIRO Ranchi, March 3: Jharkhand drinking water and sanitation department will jointly work with the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) to carry out a Rs 288-crore drinking water supply project, sanctioned under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The civic body agreed to assist RMC for the …
- Sessions at Hehal institute to train 30 youths as local guides ARTI SAHULIYAR Ranchi, March 3: To remind residents of the age-old Indian belief of atithi devo bhave (guest is god), a 15-day training programme began on the south campus of the State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) in …
Giridih, March 2: Giridih is poised to become the first and the only district in the state to boast community toilets in its rural pockets. Under a programme initiated by the water and sanitation department, pay-and-use toilets will come up in five blocks of the district by the end of …
Dhanbad, March 2: A holiday in the grimy coal belt? You sure shudder at the thought today. But your choice might just change tomorrow when the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), in association with the state tourism department, turns the hitherto uninviting land into a desired destination. The BCCL has …
AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, March 1: If the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has its way, you will soon be able to gorge on street food without fear. The civic body is making sincere efforts to get
Dhanbad, March 1: Union minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia today said that the Jharia coalfield was sitting on an atom bomb. He was referring to the inferno raging underneath. The minister, who was in the district to inaugurate the statue of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi at …
SUMAN K. SHRIVASTAVA Clearing hurdles Ranchi, March 1: The environment appraisal committee of the Union ministry of environment and forests today accepted that the coal industry needed fast green clearance to increase production and meet growing demands. But changes are needed in the environmental laws, it observed. The 15-member committee, …
NEW DELHI: Arcelor Mittal has made a headway for its proposed 10-billion dollar steel project in Jharkhand as the state government has offered over 1,000 acres of land for its plant. The development comes at a time when the world's largest steel producer is facing resistance in the acquisition of …
It is being increasingly realized that the forests play a critical role in global carbon cycle and after significant potential to capture carbon and thus could play important role in climate change mitigation. In this background, based on growing stock of forest available in Ranchi district of Jharkhand state of …
