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 …
Chief secretary Rajiv Gauba on Thursday directed the health department and Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) to expedite the process of setting up biomedical waste management facilities in the state. In a review meeting attended by the officials of the health department and JSPCB, Gauba asked both parties concerned …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Environics Trust Vs. Union Of India & Ors. dated 29/10/2015 regarding scientific closure of asbestos mines in India. It appears that mines were not scientifically closed before being abandoned. NGT had asked the Counsel appearing for the State of Rajasthan, …
National Mission for a Green India (GIM) under the environment ministry has approved annual plans for Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Jhakhand. Its National Executive Council (NEC), which met recently, approved the Perspective Plans (PP) and Annual Plan of Operations (APOs) for these states. GIM, one of eight Missions outlined under …
Ranchi: Chief minister Raghubar Das and agriculture minister Randhir Singh on Wednesday convened a series of meetings with the agriculture department officials and disaster management department and appointed a task force at district-level to submit block-wise drought report by October 15. The government has admitted around 20% loss of paddy …
To create irrigation infrastructure at the ground level, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a World Bank supported National Watershed Management project worth Rs 2,142 crore. Under the project titled ‘Neeranchal’, check dams would be created across nine states — Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya …
Ranchi: The statewide monitoring system for dengue has not been very effective with private hospitals providing no real time data of the suspected dengue patients coming to them. Late on Monday night, a middle-aged woman died of dengue like symptoms at a private nursing home in Ranchi. The state health …
State Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Saryu Roy said that distribution of rice and wheat under the recently rolled out National Food Security Act in Jharkhand would start October 11. Talking to mediapersons here on Sunday, Roy said that a decision in this regard was taken on Saturday. …
Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand, a state that remains largely rural, but is urbanising fast. The use of personal motor vehicles is expanding rapidly in Ranchi, leading to congestion in central areas and safety challenges. Ranchi lacks a formalised public transport system and people are largely dependent on paratransit …
Despite the immense potential, Jharkhand has lagged behind in the tourism scenario. But within one year, the mineral capital of the nation will emerge as the go-to place for tourists from India and abroad. To this end, State Tourism Department released its ‘Jharkhand Tourism Policy-2015’ on Sunday. This new tourism …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/S Tata Steel Ltd. Vs State of Jharkhand & Others dated 24/09/2015 regarding transfer of land by the State of Bihar to Tata Steel Ltd. measuring 350 acres at Adityapur, Bihar for a period of 99 years. It appears …
The forest department has started building a team of forest ambassadors to promote forest and wildlife conservation among natives of the villages around Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. On October 2, the forest department will kick off a week-long programme where teenage boys and girls of the 85 villages in the surroundings …
Ranchi: The state government on Tuesday cleared the decks for bringing out its new eco-tourism policy.The state cabinet, led by chief minister Raghubar Das, approved the draft new policy that aims to develop eco-tourism in specific pockets, like national parks, sanctuaries and forests. "The policy will prepare framework for promoting …
The Jharkhand Food Processing Industry Policy 2015 aims at creating favorable atmosphere for setting-up of Food Processing Units in the State through the creation of infrastructure facilities, encouragement of capital investment and technology up-gradation, development of marketing network, development promotion, grants and concessions. To ensure balanced economic development of the …
The State Agriculture Department deliberated over the draft of a novel Jharkhand Agriculture Policy 2015 in presence of Minister Randheer Kumar Singh on Thursday. This draft was centred on increasing agricultural growth rate in the State with an eye to sustainable growth in the sector. The foremost of the objectives …
Ranchi: The division bench of Jharkhand high court comprising chief justice Virendra Singh and justice P P Bhatt has concluded hearing one half of the Noamundi iron- ore mines lease renewal case involving Tata Steel on Wednesday and reserved its order for a later date. The steel major filed a …
Ranchi: The first nationwide survey by Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on leopards states that there are just 29 leopards in the state. The survey has not been made public yet but has put the spotted cat population at close to 8,000 in the country, except the northeast. Jharkhand, which …
RANCHI: Adani Group is planning to set up a 1000MW capacity solar plant in the state at a net investment worth Rs 7000 crore. This comes after the global conglomerate announced an Rs 50,000-crore investment in June for urea, methane, power and substitute natural gas (SNG) in the state. The …
The cabinet today approved the much-awaited Jharkhand Food Processing Policy-2015 and Jharkhand Industrial Park Policy-2015 to provide an impetus to the state's growth. The cabinet also approved the Jharkhand Film Shooting Regulation-2015, a move aimed at improving revenue earnings and promoting the state as a favoured destination among filmmakers. The …
DEOGHAR: The temple town of Deoghar has reduced usage of coal-based power and resorted to solar energy to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to Baba Baidyanath Dham and its adjacent areas, especially during the month-long celebrations in the holy month of shravan. The district administration, to tide over power crisis in …
The 12 mineral producing states will put 82 mining blocks containing minerals such as iron ore, bauxite, limestone under the hammer by October-November this year, a top government official said today. "With amendment of the MMDR Act, now there are 3-4 things that we have to do. First, as per …
