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 …
ANKUSH SINGH Jamshedpur, Feb. 22: It will be some time before Jamshedpur gets funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Union urban development ministry has sought time to seek legal opinion before signing the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the implementation of JNNURM schemes in Jamshedpur. …
Jamshedpur, Feb. 20: The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has moved the Supreme Court staking its claim on Ghatkuri iron ore mines. Earlier, the PSU had requested the Jharkhand government to consider its application for the prospecting licence. N.K. Nanda, the director (technical) of the NMDC, in a letter to …
Jamshedpur, Feb 20: The Union urban development ministry has decided to keep the area under Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) out of the purview of funds to be allotted under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). A memorandum of agreement (MoA) will be signed tomorrow in New Delhi where …
PRADUMAN CHOUBEY Dhanbad, Feb. 20: For Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) workers associated with the Moonidih Project, living in over 300 quarters of the company, soon there will be light. Planning Commission member Kirti S. Parikh on Friday inaugurated the coal bed methane (CBM) generating unit at the Moonidih Colliery …
While natural resources are spatially located, their development is of a wider national interest. Gains from their development accrue to a large common market though the process affects local lives and environments. The distribution of powers and functions across levels of government and the way they play out determine the …
Logged on Dhanbad, Feb. 19: Aimed at ensuring greater transparency and connectivity, the Dhanbad forest division has floated a website www.dhanbadforest.org. The website, which includes information on the history and biodiversity of forests in the division, was launched last Monday and is the first of its kind in the state. …
Ranchi, Feb. 19: Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad will be getting 300 buses under a Central urban development scheme in what will be the first step towards setting up a public transportation network in the three key cities of Jharkhand. The council of the Governor
Jamshedpur, Feb. 17: In the next three years, Jharkhand will be the beneficiary of a massive World Bank lending programme that aims to focus on poverty alleviation in association with the state administration. World Bank
Jamshedpur, Feb. 17: Next time if you need to recharge your batteries but run out of electricity, make use of cow dung. Gurunanak High School students have come up with this innovative way where in spite of lack of electricity one can generate his/her own electricity through a simple method.
Jamshedpur, Feb. 16: Jamshedpur and its adjoining areas are now all set to receive funding under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) with the state having sent a fresh proposal to the Centre and officials of the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) are optimistic that a deal would be signed …
Bokaro, Feb. 16: Call it smart business. To avoid the hue and cry over land acquisition and displacement of farmers, Bokaro Steel Plant authorities have decided to appease the displaced. Managing director Virendra Kumar Srivastava has requested people
BAU vice-chancellor N.N. Singh (left) felicitates adviser to governor G. Krishnan at a convention in Ranchi on Sunday. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, Feb. 15: Here
The Ukieri team with students and staff of Kashidih High School. Picture by Bhola Prasad Jamshedpur, Feb. 12: Lessons can be learnt outside classrooms as well, as Cheer would let one know. Cheer
Mining exploration: Not an easy task Ranchi, Feb. 12: The mines and geology department had taken upon itself the task of exploring the actual quantum of mineral reserves available in the state with much elan. But ironically, the venture has bared several shortcomings of the department itself. For example, it …
Biomedical waste dumped in Sector IX, Bokaro. Picture by Pankaj Singh Bokaro, Feb. 12: Bokaro, considered to be one of the cleanest districts in the state, is fast turning into a wasteland. Private nursing homes in the city continue to dump biomedical wastes in the open, thus laying the ground …
Pits close to Grand Trunk Road set off alarm bells An abandoned pit in Dhanbad from where coal is extracted illegally. Picture by Gautam Dey Dhanbad, Feb. 12: The figure is startling. Officials in Dhanbad have spotted as many as 118 abandoned mine pits that are being used to extract …
- Firms hopeful on Day 1 of project review Razi nod to faster clearance Ranchi, Feb. 12: Investors who have pledged mega steel and power projects in the state must have been relieved today when they were promised that land acquisition, the primary bottleneck facing most, would now be put …
- New orchards planned in two districts to grow hybrid variety ANKUSH SINGH Farm fortune Jamshedpur, Feb. 11: The forest department plans to exploit the mango-farming potential of East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan. Senior officials of the department said that they had identified 128 acres in the two districts for developing …
