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: The organic tussar silk produced in Kuchai-Kharsawan has now got patent, making Jharkhand the first state in India to obtain the same. The Jharkhand government had applied to a US-based firm, Onecert Asia, for the patent. The firm affiliated to Agriculture Produce Export Development Agency (OPEDA) gave its approval …
Ranchi, Oct. 16: The Jharkhand adviser to N.C. Saxena, Supreme Court commissioner for food security, would send his report on the alleged hunger death of eight Birhors in Chatra district to the apex court on Friday.
The inauguration of the clearing house for Coal Bed Methane (CBM) this November at Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) here would be a high-voltage affair. For, officials from the energy department of the US and the country
Ranchi: Steel major ArcelorMittal was today able to break the ice with over 200 villagers of Khunti and Gumla districts where it is scouting for land to set up mega steel and power projects with an investment of over Rs 40,000 crore. In what could be the way forward for …
People in Jharkhand resort to peaceful protests, state at its diplomatic best in several parts of Jharkhand, tribals have come out in peaceful protests against industrialization. On September 11, when three surveyors of Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (bpsl) started measuring the fields in Roladih village in East Singhbhum
Mahyco flouts rules in Bt rice trials in Jharkhand mahyco seed company was found conducting field trials of Bt rice in Jharkhand, flouting all the rules and regulations prescribed for trials of a genetically modified crop. The trials were being conducted at Saparong village in Ranchi district of Jharkhand without …
Jamshedpur, Oct. 12: People of East Singhbhum district are a proud lot. For the second consecutive year the district has bagged the Nirmal Gram Award for successful implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign. Successfully adhering to basic sanitation and cleanliness guidelines of the government, 13 panchayats of East Singhbhum district have …
Sreelatha Menon India is yet to devise a government mechanism to compensate those who live atop mineral-rich areas in Orissa, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand. If you have gold under your feet, consider yourself accursed. For there is something called the resource curse which many in this country
As India gears up for general elections, Political parties will find it hard to explain to their voters a phenomenon that is set to unfold. There seems to be no solution to the acute shortage of fuels that threatens to cripple power generation in the country. India has an installed …
Union minister of steel and fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan and chief minister Shibu Soren deliberate on the lease issue in Ranchi on Wednesday. Picture by Prashant Mitra Ranchi/Delhi, Sept. 24: Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will go ahead with plans to set up a new 12 million tonnes steel …
The see-sawing battle over the Chiria iron ore mines between state-run giant Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and the Jharkhand government, which has witnessed many tumultuous phases, is all set to get resolved with state chief minister Shibu Soren saying the PSU will be accorded due priority in the …
SAIL first claimant to Chiria mines: Jharkhand Navtan Kumar RANCHI THE Jharkhand government and Union steel ministry seem to be inching closer towards resolving the vexed Chiria iron ore mines issue. On Wednesday, the Jharkhand government for the first time officially said the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) was the
In a major attempt to salvage the Chiria iron ore mines for state-run steel giant SAIL, Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan will meet Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren soon to hammer out a solution to the vexed issue. Failing that, he is planning to write to the Prime Minister seeking …
Faced with local resistance in Potka block for acquiring land for its proposed steel and power project, Bhushan Steel has decided to make public its offer which it believes is even more lucrative than what has been specified in the state
Even with the prospect of uranium imports on the horizon, the Centre was simultaneously working to step up its domestic uranium mining effort as a hedge against possible spikes in global uranium prices and supply disruption risks in the future. News reports quoted government sources saying that the state-owned Uranium …
Ranchi, Sept. 18: Hoping to send out the right signals to investors, the state government today set in motion a plan to ensure large industries did not bypass Jharkhand in their search for the right atmosphere for setting up mega projects. At a special meeting of deputy commissioners convened by …
Jamshedpur, Sept. 15: The East Singhbhum administration has sent a proposal to the government requesting for the gradual introduction of emission norms for passenger vehicles in the steel city. The district transport department (DTD), after receiving a request from the district environment committee, recommended the implementation of Euro-III, followed in …
