Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Dhanbad, July 19: After rehabilitating more than 270 families from the fire-affected areas of the Jharia coalfield region to Jharia Vihar colony, the Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has decided to add around 750 quarters to the existing colony. Currently, the Jharia Vihar colony has 2,352 quarters where illegal inhabitants …
Dhanbad, July 18: After presenting an action plan for pollution control in Dhanbad last week, members of the expert panel are now working overnight to prepare a revised blueprint. The revised plan is being prepared according to the suggestions of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). It will be submitted by …
Ranchi, July 16: In an immense impetus to its communication infrastructure, Jharkhand today signed a $ 200 million (approximately Rs 920 crore) loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a two-lane road stretching 311km between Govindpur near Dhanbad and Sahebganj. The road
The Tribal Advisory Council today decided to urge Raj Bhavan to ensure that funds allotted by the Centre and the state for welfare of tribals do not lapse this year. The council also vowed to gain
- Two-year programme to boost endangered four-horned antelope, Indian giant squirrel count In Numbers game: Indian giant squirrel and four-horned antelope Ranchi, July 15: Birsa Munda Zoological Park is all set to chip in to save endangered wildlife. The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has recently cleared its proposal to set …
A kilometre-long arterial link between the National Games Village and NH-33, built at a cost of Rs 2.17 crore in 2008-09, will now require more than double the amount for reconstruction, thanks to substandard quality of building material and administrative apathy. Just a subdued spell of monsoon has already rendered …
Jamshedpur, July 14: Deputy commissioner of Seraikela-Kharsawan Gauri Prasad Sinha today directed the Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) authorities to speed up the process of paying compensation to the villagers who have been displaced following the closure of Chandil dam
Ranchi, July 14: To give fresh impetus to grassroots democracy, the state has decided to gift every gram panchayat a permanent secretariat building, equipped with computers and Internet connectivity. According to sources, out of 4,564 gram panchayats in Jharkhand, the secretariats would come up for 1,610 panchayats by the end …
Bokaro, July 12: The state forest department has sanctioned Rs 91 crore for a phased build-up of security infrastructure in the forests of Bokaro, Dhanbad, Ramgarh and Hazaribagh (east) over the next five years. Largely left unmonitored due to paucity of manpower and effective gadgets, several forest areas have become …
Ranchi, July 12: Irregular supply of foodgrain is costing the Centre-sponsored midday meal programme dear. Complaints have poured in from a few state-run schools that in the absence of foodgrain, the mata samitis or mother committees are unable to cook meals with the result students are going back home hungry.
Jamshedpur, July 11: A weak monsoon has prompted Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Kanke, to draw up a contingency crop plan. It has directed farmers to sow short-duration paddy and other kharif crops such as maize, urad bean, toria, mustard and oilseeds, which can be harvested within 75-90 days.
Jamshedpur, July 8: Rotary Club of Jamshedpur in association with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd today inaugurated a rainwater harvesting system at Little Flower School, Telco, the 35th such school where the system was introduced. The project
Dhanbad, July 8: For reasons of safety, BCCL has initiated steps to relocate residents of Bastacola from its Ghanudih project after signs of more turbulence in the underground fire zone that is already spewing gas. As a first step, Bharat Coking Coal Limited have included the entire Ghanudih area under …
Bokaro, July 8: Built in the late 60s to supply water to Bokaro steel plant and the township, Tenughat dam is now looking to increase capacity by more than 40 per cent to fulfil growing demand from new industries, Dhanbad and even parts of Bengal. Tenughat dam, whose concrete canal …
SANTOSH K. KIRO Writer Ashit Kumar with his book Ranchi ka Rupantar in Ranchi. Picture by Manik Bose ? Residential areas Upper Bazar area, Lower Bazar Chutia area and Doranda in the 1900s ? First business Lohias ? Electricity Budhia family in 1934 ? Freedom link Action plan of Gandhi
