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 chief minister's office directed the Latehar administration to take measures to revive the choked water body Aloudeeya in Chandwa block. Sources said a team of officials led by SDO Kamleshwar Narain inspected the water body on Wednesday after a complaint was lodged with the Mukhiya Mantri Jan Samvad Kendra, …
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Thursday attacked NDA ally Ajsu-P over the latter's comment on JMM president Shibu Soren and his son Hemant. JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya and central spokesperson Vinod Pandey accused Ajsu-P of doing politics of self-interest in the light of the ongoing statewide protests against ordinance …
BALASORE: THE flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Jharkhand last week has submerged thousands of hectares of agriculture land in northern parts of Balasore district, ruining paddy and vegetable crops. Even as the flood water has receded, standing paddy crops and vegetable fields were damaged in Baliapal and Bhogarai …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shantanu Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/08/2016 regarding the use of fly ash as land fill to reclaim low lying areas including backfilling in abandoned mines or pitheads.
“The Centre, the State and the DVC officials can sit together and take a decision on long-term measures” Union Power minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said there was no controversy between the Centre and States over release of water from the dams controlled by Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) even as …
More than a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images. A report from the Indian Space Research Organization says land degradation -- broadly defined as loss of productivity -- is estimated at …
More than a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images. A report from the Indian Space Research Organization says land degradation - broadly defined as loss of productivity - is estimated at …
The proposal would pave way for export of surplus high-grade iron ore (with over 58% iron content) in Odisha and Jharkhand I have given states an offer they can't refuse: Piyush Goyal Mines ministry is awaiting steel ministry’s response on a proposal to remove 30 per cent export duty on …
Jharkhand becomes fifth State in the country after Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, to launch machine based PDS in the country following completion of all works related to National Food Security Act in the State. Talking to mediapersons at Project Building, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Saryu Roy …
Geologists have found evidence supporting the hypothesis that Indian subcontinent was part of Antarctica a billion years ago but were separated and re-united several times due to tectonic movement of plates before the evolution of mankind. A group of geologists from India and Switzerland researching on evolution of the Earth's …
The killing of two ‘rogue’ elephants in West Bengal over the past one month has brought the issue of growing human-elephant conflict in south Bengal to the fore. On July 5, a large team of forest officials, along with professional hunters, tracked down a tusker at Beliatore in Bankura after …
178 Districts Have Received Scanty Or Deficient Rainfall The monsoon has been normal so far, with countrywide rainfall being 1% above the long-term average, as on Thursday . But this information alone doesn't provide the full picture. An analysis of the IMD's district-wise data reveals scanty or deficient rain in …
BJP accuses Congress of denying benefits to tribals and others which it claimed would get from the passage of the Bill Tribal ministry relents over Forest Rights Act The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, with the Congress blocking proceedings …
The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has worked out a framework which envisages that no untreated sewage will be disposed in the river by 2020, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. “As per NGRBA framework, it is envisaged that no untreated sewage shall be disposed to the Ganga …
The monsoon nightmare is back to haunt Jamshedpur and its neighbours. The East Singhbhum civil surgeon's office on Tuesday issued a double alert for dengue and Japanese encephalitis in the steel city after 18 suspected cases of the vector-borne diseases were reported from Tata Main Hospital (TMH) on Monday. "A …
The Indian arm of the Amnesty International, a global NGO on human rights, on Wednesday released a comprehensive report on flip side of coal mining operations in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand, highlighting a pattern of human rights violations in open-cast mines run by different subsidiaries of the state-owned Coal India …
Coal is an important part of India’s economic growth story. However coal mining in India also has a different cost, borne by the communities affected by these mines, who are rarely meaningfully informed or consulted when their land is acquired, their forests decimated, and their livelihoods jeopardised. This report examines …
State governments have started encashing bank guarantees provided by SunEdison for various solar power projects as the world's largest renewable energy company's bankruptcy filing in the US has started to impact its projects in India. The Jharkhand government has decided to encash SunEdison's bank guarantee for a 150 MW solar …
Bokaro: A team of state forest department officials, headed by divisional forest officer (DFO) Rajender Naidu, on Saturday busted around 12 illegal stone mines and two crushers operational in a Maoist-dominated area under Nawadih block. Illegal stone mining in Kanjkiro forest area has raised concerns for the forest department. Illegal …
The recent survey of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has revealed that the ambient air quality in the city has witnessed a fall. The survey conducted last month by the Adityapur-based regional office of JSPCB shows a marginal fall in the city’s ambient air quality, due to smoke-belching vehicles …
