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 …
It pays to go Dutch. Ask Rasila Kothari, 52, who took to commercial cultivation of Dutch roses in Chandwe village, near Ranchi in Jharkhand. While it has been quite some time since tech-backed farming of roses began in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi and West Bengal, it was yet …
Coal India has set itself a target of producing 520.5 million tonnes of coal for 2011-12 and 664 million tonnes for 2016-17. COAL India Limited (CIL), a Navratna company headquartered in Kolkata, is the single largest coal producer in the world. It is also one of the world
The elephants are enjoying oil massages, tigers are getting beef for lunch and the hippos are being fed mahua. Animals at Birsa Munda Zoological Park, about 22km from the state capital, are getting the royal treatment this year to shield them cope with the cold.
The Union ministry of environment and forest has given the green signal for cultivation of two varieties of genetically modified (GM) brinjal, but scholars here are sceptical. They warned that the impact of GM brinjal on human health is still not clear and it will not be wise to cultivate …
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is setting up a regional office in Ranch soon to ensure timely completion of various projects worth Rs 3,000 crore in Jharkhand, considered laggard in reaping the benefits of centrally-sponsored road revamp schemes. With as many as 12 national highways passing through the state …
The state Human Resource Development Department is revamping its midday meal scheme in order to provide a proactive role for the Saraswati Vahini responsible for cooking hygienic food for the children. Under its revised scheme the state has proposed training for mothers who make up Saraswati Vahinis in different phases …
Ranchi, Oct. 20: Thousands of farmers will soon be sent to other states to study models there and implement them here for better yield. Earlier, only politicians made similar trips at the expense of the state. As part of capacity-building exercise, the all expenses paid trip
Hazaribagh: Just a few days after the contract was signed for four-laning of the Ranchi-Hazaribagh stretch of NH-33, the much-awaited project is staring at fresh hurdles. A survey for identification of land from Barhi in Hazaribagh to Ranchi revealed that plots that need to be acquired mostly house buildings, temples …
The Chhotanagpur Catholic Mission Cooperative Credit Society is celebrating 100 years of its success by planting saplings. This year, it has distributed a loan of Rs 1 crore among villagers across the state for planting trees. About 10,000 villagers from across Jharkhand have benefited from this novel initiative. They received …
Over 100 air passengers who had arrived from New Delhi this afternoon were held up for more than an hour at the newly refurbished airport terminal as a group of farmers blocked the exit to protest against land being acquired for the Birsa Munda Airport
A dairy that produces one lakh litre of milk a day will be like drop in the ocean for Jharkhand that faces a daily shortage of eight lakh litres. But, it is a good beginning to tackle the state
You may write off cow urine as a mere excreta, but a Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) study has proved that it can help increasing reproductive capacity of hens and harden the outer shell of eggs.
The Regional Science Centre witnessed demonstration by residents who demanded compensation for the land acquired to house the new building. The upcoming centre is situated at Chiraundi on the outskirts of Ranchi. Residents gathered with traditional weapons demanding compensation outside the centre, which will be formally inaugurated on state Foundation …
Ranchi, Sept. 8: Chief executive officer (CEO) of Abhijeet Group Arun Gupta today assured Governor K. Sankaranarayanan that the power plant being set up by the company in Latehar would begin production by 2011. Gupta also gave details about the development of the steel and power projects undertaken by the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Vijayawada-Ranchi National Highway passing through 13 tribal dominated districts of the State will be completed by 2014. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reviewed the progress of different road and bridge projects at a high level meeting. Out of the 1,219 km long highway, 983 kilometre falls in Orissa …
