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 …
RANCHI: Many families in Pathalkudwa, a slum area, are living under constant fear of falling prey to skin diseases after high levels of arsenic were detected. Mohd. Kaleem, a resident of the area, went to a doctor for a check-up after developing a skin rash and losing 15 kg. He …
CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in granting mining permits in Saranda could limit the space for political discretion in giving green clearances The Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, has begun probing the environmental clearances given for iron and manganese mining in the Saranda forests of Jharkhand. The move, if …
It has already registered separate cases on the basis of the FIRs The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money has asked the Enforcement Directorate to track down the unaccounted money generated in cases of illegal mining unearthed by the M.B. Shah Commission of Enquiry. The Commission had earlier submitted …
CBI's initial investigation into the alleged irregularities in granting environment clearances and mining rights in Jharkhand forests to Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and JSW Steel has thrown up enough evidence to call the then environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan for questioning, top sources in the agency claimed. Sources say Natarajan …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has made it mandatory to all the industrial units in Jharkhand and other parts of the country to install mechanism for continuous online monitoring system to deal with effluents generated and discharged ill-treated into water bodies by them. The Central pollution watch dog has …
Firecracker wholesalers of the State Capital fail to ensure anti-pollution norms. However, it is claimed that popular manufacturers have assured the smoke and noise is comparatively less this year. “We cannot show you the specifications in latest form of rockets, flower pots, sparklers and reels. But, can guarantee that they …
The Government has stepped in to save the dying Harmu river which flows in a pathetic condition from the heart of Ranchi. The Cabinet on Monday granted Rs87.43 crore for the rejuvenation of the river. Cabinet Secretary JB Tubid said after the Cabinet meeting that during 2014-15, Rs15 crore would …
While environmentalists and green activists have been advocating not bursting crackers on Diwali because of the increase in air and noise pollution that it causes, patakha lovers continue to look for the latest variants in the market of the traditional anar, chakri and rocket. While there are a whole lot …
The drinking water and sanitation ministry has set a target of installing 20,000 solar power-based pumping systems in tribal and inaccessible hamlets/ habitation during this financial year to provide potable piped water to the locals. In such areas, piped drinking water is almost impossible due to non-availability of electricity. As …
The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has started cleaning of water bodies that will be used for performing rituals in Chhath but the drive is being carried in a very limited sense — clean the surface and leave the banks of the water bodies for the agencies to clean. Water bodies …
Following the zeal to revive river Ganga and blue print presented by the Centre before the Supreme Court to take forward the Clean Ganga Mission, a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the international funding agency World Bank has come up with its bit into it. Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure …
Ranchi: Jharkhand has seen a sharp rise in the number of deaths due to tuberculosis and AIDS between 2010 and 2013, shows National Aids Control Organization (Naco) data. The state has seen an increase in TB-AIDS deaths since 2000 and in the next one decade, the killer diseases killed about …
Following a huge blow from the Supreme Court, and a series of serious technical glitches, the government has quietly asked Coal India to cancel the auction of three coal blocks that were put under the hammer although some 44 parties had evinced interest in them and two had finally bid. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ram Lakhan Singh Vs State of Jharkhand & Ors dated 14/10/2014 regarding deforestation and the encroachment of the government lands, Jharkhand.
Unlike Phailin, which had hit the Odisha coast last year on October 13 and also brought major climatic aberration following heavy rainfall in Bihar and Jharkhand, cyclone Hudhud is unlikely to have any major impact in Bihar and Jharkhand. However, Met office (Patna) scientist R K Giri said on Thursday …
The Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan is gathering momentum in the schools and elsewhere in the district. The special drive for the cleanliness started on Gandhi Jayanti, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, is continuing on all school premises, offices, market places and other parts of the town and villages. Sacred Heart School, Indian Public …
The Supreme Court’s decision to cancel coal blocks is sure to pose a headache for Punjab. As the penalty on Panem, the firm operating the coal block allotted to Punjab, works out to around Rs 1,460 crore, deliberations have started in Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to deal with …
"We want to verify what you are doing and how you are going to do it," says the Court. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it wants the NDA government to give it a “commitment” that river Ganga will be cleaned in a phased manner and said the court will …
Verdict will clear cloud on whether these blocks would be re-allocated or let off the hook with penalty The Supreme Court verdict on the fate of 194 coal blocks allotted over the past two decades is expected to be out on Wednesday. In a ruling on August 25, the apex …
