Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Shikaripara (Dumka), Dec. 4: The poll meetings of Nitish Kumar hold little meaning for the villagers of Shikaripara constituency. So do the rallies of Lalu Prasad. Rather, they are more concerned about a disease that has been stalking them
Nonihatwari (Dumka), Oct. 6: The death of a 25-year-old woman in Nonihatwari under Jama block this morning has triggered panic of a possible diarrhoea outbreak in the area. Lilabati Kumari could not be taken to Sadar hospital and she died without treatment. But Dumka civil surgeon S.N. Jha was unaware …
Former deputy chief minister Stephen Marandi today promised that 135 villages in his district would celebrate a brighter Diwali, with electricity and electric bulbs reaching every household in their area by the time of the festival. Earlier, the leader had initiated measures to provide electricity to consumers in his constituency, …
- Some Amgachi, Pokaria residents showing change of heart, claims Dumka deputy commissioner AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, Sept. 30: Calcutta Electric Supply Company (CESC), which recently organised a visit for some Dumka villagers to its Budge Budge plant in Bengal, is hoping that the trip will help clear misconceptions and ultimately …
Dumka, Sept. 30: Dumka forest department may have been successful in rescuing tame circus elephants, but has miserably failed to control increasing man-animal conflict in tribal villages. The threat of elephant attacks increase in this time, when farmers harvest their paddy and brew hadiya to celebrate several festivals. Vairabpur village …
- Relief plans for Giridih, Santhal Pargana; crop insurance extended Governor K. Sankaranarayanan today declared seven more districts as drought hit, taking the total number of parched zones to 11. According to Raj Bhavan spokesman S.N. Jha, the new districts on the drought list are Dumka, Deoghar, Pakur, Godda, Sahebganj …
Cerebral malaria has killed four infants in tribal-dominated Littipara block of Pakur district in the past one week. The number of the affected is on the rise. JMM MLA from Littipara Sushila Hansdak and her husband, former party MP Simon Marandi, announced today that they would demonstrate by forming human …
- NSSO begins year-long programme in rural, urban pockets next month SANTOSH K. KIRO The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) will create a databank on
It will be quite some time before the proposed Hurashi and Chupervita open cast mine projects, an extension of the Rajmahal Coalfield Project, finally see the light of the day as the administration has not been able to acquire land for railway lines. According to sources in Eastern Coalfields Limited …
- Massanjore reservoir dries up, management indifferent GAUTAM SARKAR Dumka, May 3: Bishnu Gorai, a farmer at Bilkandi hamlet under Raneshwar block in Dumka district, is not sure whether he can marry off his elder daughter this year. The dry spell has poured cold water on this father
- Santhal Pargana residents cry out for justice Dumka: Thousands of tribal families across six districts in Santhal Pargana still wait for financial and social justice, decades after several projects have come up on land apparently grabbed from them. This Thursday, at least 1.5 lakh villagers among the three Santhal …
Polio has crippled Ila and has stunted her dreams of becoming a teacher. But she found a new meaning to her life when she came to the sixth polio surgery camp today organised by a charitable body, Sri Krishna Seva Dham Trust, at Marwari Bhavan in Harmu Road. Governor Syed …
A polio scare was triggered in Dumka after 181 children with deformed limbs arrived in the district from Soraiyahat block last night. The children, in the age group of 1 to 12 years, were on their way to Ranchi for check-up at a free medical camp. The camp, organised by …
No land for power plant, no entry to outsiders, say villagers THIRTY kilometres from Dumka town in Jharkhand is a village where 150 families are resolute about not giving up their land for a proposed power plant. Bloodshed only made their resolve stronger when on December 6, 2008, one villager …
Bharat Jan Andolan founder and former commissioner of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Commission, Brahmadeo Sharma, justified the agitation at Kathikund in Dumka. He said it was wrong on the part of the state government to allow capitalists to start their projects in the rural areas without taking the gram sabha …
The state electricity board has proposed public-private partnership for the three new thermal power projects, with a total generating capacity of 5000 MW.
