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 …
The spectre of protests over land acquisition has reared its ugly head again, as around 50,000 settlers on land earmarked for Greater Ranchi project are united in their stand against even a topographical survey, going to the extent of taking two surveyors hostage on Tuesday for three hours as part …
An ambitious plan to set up a one lakh litre milk processing plant in Hotwar, Ranchi, has remained a non-starter for two years in a state that has a history of stillborn projects. The government had identified around an acre for the proposed Rs 19-crore plant, proudly labelled the Jharkhand …
The recent 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Sikkim, which claimed more than 100 lives, was different from most temblors that had rocked the Himalayan region. It did not occur on the well-known thrust faults formed due to under-thrusting of the Indian plate below the Eurasian plate as in 95 per cent of …
A jurisdictional war between Ranchi district administration and Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) is threatening to take a toll on proper implementation of guidelines for a peaceful and eco-friendly Durga Puja. While the JSPCB, which has released a host of pollution control directives to Puja organisers, wants deputy commissioners …
Ranchi, Sept. 28: The Jharkhand and Bengal governments have agreed to set up a joint committee to monitor the release of Subernarekha and Kharkai waters and minimise flood threats. The Bengal government is also ready to pay its share of funds, around Rs 19.5 crore, for the interstate Subernarekha Multipurpose …
The steel city, which has been recently stung by Japanese encephalitis, is yet to get the medical kit from National Institute of Virology (NIV) for conducting confirmatory tests. The district surveillance office has written thrice to the Pune institute, which had sent teams to Jamshedpur twice after the outbreak of …
Ranchi, Sept. 20: The animal husbandry department has asked all district animal officials (DHO) to constantly monitor poultry in their respective areas following a central alert on a bird flu outbreak in Assam’s Dhubri region. Unconfirmed reports also indicated a possible flu threat in Bengal’s Nadia district. “We aren’t sure …
Ranchi, Sept. 15: The state’s power regulator has issued a showcause notice to Jharkhand Electricity Board for not complying with its directives on timely responses to consumer grievances and threatened to slap prescribed fines amounting to Rs 1 lakh or more. Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) has given JSEB …
Around 100 polio victims were operated upon at a medical camp, which kicked off at Marwari Bhavan on Harmu Road in Ranchi on Friday. State tourism and social welfare minister Vimla Pradhan inaugurated the free two-day camp, organised by Sri Krishna Pranami Janakalyan Trust, which has been playing a pivotal …
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh will arrive in Ranchi tomorrow on a three-day visit of the state to review execution of development schemes, including a blighted MGNREGS, in Jharkhand’s 14 left-wing extremism (LWE) affected districts. In his first tour of Jharkhand after taking over the rural development ministry with …
One unit of blood can save three lives, but at Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), 699 precious units were allowed to go waste between 2006 and 2009, the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report tabled in the Assembly on Monday said. The public funds monitor dedicated 25 pages …
Ranchi, Aug. 29: A Comptroller & Auditor General’s report, tabled in the Assembly today, has pulled up the state for poor implementation of a central government scheme for rural roads, pointing to substandard work, fraudulent payments to unscrupulous contractors and serious financial irregularities. Only nine per cent of rural habitations …
Five years after it was first proposed as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), chief minister Arjun Munda on Thursday kicked-off the process of constructing dwelling units for the urban poor in Ranchi. He laid the foundation stone for 400 dwelling units at Rugrigarha, while another …
Chief minister Arjun Munda has strongly objected to possible de-allocation of three coal blocks allocated to state power entities by the Union coal ministry. Munda today wrote a letter to Union coal minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal listing steps taken by the state government in respect to three coal blocks — …
The state government has promised to help members of the panchayati raj brush up their financial acumen with a training programme focused on utilisation of MGNREGS projects. The elected representatives, down to mukhiyas, will get tips on how to draw annual plans for the rural employment scheme in their respective …
Ranchi, Aug. 21: Arjun Munda has set his eyes on adopting a scientific approach involving experts for optimal use of natural resources, remodelling of the Jharkhand cadre and according a proactive role to the state planning board, as his government gets ready to submit proposal for the Twelfth Five Year …
Ranchi, Aug. 5: Nine districts of Jharkhand will have an annual earning of over Rs 1,151 crore with the local population reaping most of the benefits if a 26 per cent profit sharing clause under a draft Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill 2011, to be tabled in Parliament …
Ranchi, July 31: A joint committee of the Federation of Jharkhand Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) and Indian Medical Association (IMA) will meet state health minister Hemlal Murmu to press for rollback of taxes on medicines, to make them easily affordable to people with meagre resources. A meeting of …
Ranchi, July 31: Children of Nagri-based Rajkiyakrit Government Middle School have not let the dreams of a woman’s quest for the unknown crash into nothing. A garden, situated around 18km from the state capital, is Jharkhand’s link to Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, one of the seven crew members killed in …
