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: Tatanagar is set to become a green station. The A1-category railway station under Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway (SER), has set up solar panels worth over Rs 50 lakh to light up the five platforms, offices, waiting hall, retiring rooms and dormitories. Sources said a Gurgaon-based Renew Solar …
Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), which has seized 18 tonnes of banned plastic carry bags from shopkeepers in the last seven months, plans to make the city 'polythene free' by August 5. "If we are serious about protecting our environment, we have to get rid of polythene bags. So …
The Coal India Limited (CIL) is on the move to erect a thermal power unit in Bokaro and is looking for a Joint Venture for this proposed unit. Talks are on with National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) to establish two thermal power units, …
In an attempt to sensitize the people on various environmental issues and to create awareness about environment conservation programmes, government organizations and private bodies have put up stalls in a week long Environmental Conclave in the State Capital, started from May 29. Environmental Conclave has made a great initiative to …
RANCHI: The state capital has been facing a severe water crisis since Sunday when lightning struck the power supply system, affecting filtration and supply of water from Rukka dam. Officials said attempts are being made to restore water supply as soon as possible. Till Wednesday evening, the situation remained unchanged. …
Governor Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday appealed people to make optimum individual efforts to maintain balance of environment so that the coming generation could be protected from the dangers of it. The Governor, while speaking during her inaugural speech of Environment Conclave cum Paryavaran Mela at Audrey House here on Tuesday, …
New policy hopes to expand their reach and spread When the lights went on in Birgaon for the first time on a chilly winter evening late last December, it allowed the government to announce in April this year that every village in India now had electricity. Every home in Birgaon …
Ranchi is all set to host an eight-day environment conclave from May 29 which will highlight different facets of environment and minimisation of adverse impact on it. Organised by Yugantar Bharti, an outfit dedicated to environment conservation, the conclave to be held at Audrey House will see participation of various …
Ranchi: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board has decided to crack down on hotels and restaurants operating without its no-objection certificate to stop unabated poisoning of the city's air and water. In a public notice issued in vernacular dailies on Saturday, the board has asked 200-odd establishments to obtain the clearance …
It is a movement which seeks better governance and community rights over natural resources - land, water, forests - for better management It’s eerily calm in this village, located some 40 km from Jharkhand’s capital, Ranchi. Outside the village there is a massive stone, where there is a handwritten declaration …
Currently, 34 power plants with capacity of about 40,000 MW and outstanding debts of Rs 1.74 lakh crore are stressed. Dealing another blow to the government’s 2005 initiative of developing ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), Reliance Power has transferred its entire stake in the 3,960 MW Tilaiya power plant to …
The exercise covers 4,203 places; Jharkhand emerges as best performing State, Mysuru on top among medium-sized cities Jharkhand has emerged as the best-performing State in terms of cleanliness, while Indore in Madhya Pradesh was adjudged the cleanest city in the country, according to the government swachhta survey released on Wednesday. …
Ranchi: SS Memorial College - one of the oldest constituents of Ranchi University - has become the first institution arguably in the whole of Jharkhand to take a concerted decision to observe no-vehicle day twice a month to buffer rising emission levels in the city. The exemplary campaign was launched …
Ranchi: Lending a fillip to organic farming in the state, the Jharkhand government has decided to identify and develop 3,000 clusters across Jharkhand for promotion of organic farming. “Jharkhand’s organic farming plan has been approved the centre and we will be working in mission mode to promote the production of …
Ranchi: Lending a fillip to organic farming in the state, the Jharkhand government has decided to identify and develop 3,000 clusters across Jharkhand for promotion of organic farming. "Jharkhand's organic farming plan has been approved the centre and we will be working in mission mode to promote the production of …
Jusco and JNAC are launching a war against the pollutant in run-up to World Environment Day, says Animesh Bisoee Plastics are useful in small doses but a ticking time bomb for our planet. To reduce their use in Jamshedpur, which generates some 15 tonnes of plastic waste daily, Tata Steel …
Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court directed the state pollution control board on Wednesday to ensure that stringent steps are taken to check rising pollution levels in the state and send its officials to conduct on-the-spot verifications of illegal mining units before filing a detailed report. The directive was issued to Jharkhand …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/S Dinkar Bricks & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/04/2018 regarding brick kilns operating within the buffer zone of the eco sensitive zone of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Also whether the brick …
Social Welfare, Women and Child Development Minister Louise Marandi addressing a programme on ‘Nutrition’ on Tuesday said that a collective approach is required to eradicate the problem of malnutrition. The Minister further added, “Nearly 65 per cent adolescents in Jharkhand are malnourished. The problem of malnourishment cannot be tackled only …
Food and Civil Supplies Minister Saryu Roy said that the environmental conditions in Jharkhand have still not worsened to the extent that it cannot be restored, and it only needed State Government to implement the provisions of environmental conservation in an effective and efficient way to solve environmental problems. Roy, …
