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 …
Rajmahal, June 29: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board and Sahebganj district administration are at loggerheads over the closure of five polluting China clay mines situated on the banks of the Ganga in Rajmahal. The JSPCB, which had issued showcause notices to 11 firms in Rajmahal three months ago, sent orders …
Ranchi, June 27: The Baidyanath temple in Deoghar will soon glow with solar energy, literally. Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) is working on a noble project to provide solar power to the famous temple in Deoghar, thus putting an end to frequent power cuts. JREDA sources said they would …
Ranchi, June 27: The state forest department has plans for protecting jumbos in the tribal heartland. With incidents of human-animal conflict increasing, the Union ministry of environment and forests has decided to improve elephant habitats and corridors to prevent such conflicts under Project Elephant. Launched in 1992, Project Elephant is …
Ranchi: A public interest litigation has been filed in Jharkhand High Court to challenge e-auction of coal under the new coal distribution policy, on the grounds that it amounted to profiteering away scarce national resources and depriving the consumers of a reasonable price. The system of selling coal by an …
RUDRA BISWAS Ranchi, June 27: Former Union rural development secretary K.B. Saxena today called upon villagers to oppose moves by corporates and the state forest department to plant bamboo, eucalyptus and other exotic varieties of trees on village lands.
KUMUD JENAMANI Jamshedpur, June 24: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) may have come as a boon for villagers in the state, but industrial unit owners in Adityapur are far from happy. With the scheme opening up jobs for villagers in the vicinity of their homes, they are …
AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, June 23: The state will seek an increase in Plan outlay to Rs 9,000 crore for the 2010-11 fiscal during a crucial meeting with the Planning Commission in Delhi tomorrow. A Rs 8,600 crore Plan outlay for 35 departments was approved by the state during the budget …
Micro plans on table to clean up Dhanbad air - Pollution control board preparing digital map to identify industrial units in district Dhanbad, June 22: Scientists, environmentalists and owners of industrial units today sat together to work out ways to clean up the air of Dhanbad, the most polluted industrial …
Jamshedpur, June 22: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has decided to initiate steps to ensure better production of rice in Jharkhand through implementation of the system of rice intensification (SRI) in villages. It has decided to rope in NGOs for starting the project across the state. …
& bamboo plantation doing the trick Jamshedpur, June 22: The tusker tally in the Dhalbhum forest division has touched a new high, courtesy massive bamboo plantation and water harvesting. According to the report of a three-day survey conducted in April, the number of elephants in Dhalbhum stands at 39 now
- Ranchi deputy mayor on a mission to revive water bodies in capital Ranchi, June 18: Deputy mayor Ajay Nath Shahdeo is on a mission to revive dying water bodies in and around the state capital. With the help of local residents and without the backing of government funds, the …
Jamshedpur, June 18: The radial gates of Chandil dam will not be closed on June 30 as decided earlier. Rehabilitation officers today expressed their inability to settle the issue of the displaced persons by that time. The officers posted under the Subernarekha Multi-purpose Project (SMP), at a meeting between the …
Dhanbad, June 17: Branded one of the most of the polluted cities of the country, Dhanbad lacks even the most basic civic infrastructure. A faulty drainage system, erratic power supply, ill-planned colonies, shortage of drinking water and diminishing employment opportunities typify the coal capital. However, with Rs 4000 crore coming …
Ranchi, June 16: To gauge the seriousness of investors in a state under central rule, a review of industry proposals, particularly in the steel, power and cement sectors, is on the cards. Industry secretary A.P. Singh will hold the meeting with representatives of some 40 companies on June 19 and …
Jamshedpur, June 16: Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) today organised a seminar to generate awareness about water conservation and rain water harvesting. Deputy general manager (water management), Jusco, Pranay Kumar Sinha, who was the keynote speaker, projected the scenario 60 years from now.
The Jharkhand Infrastructure Development Corporation today submitted its preliminary report to the Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL) on the proposed common effluent treatment plant to be set-up as a part of the Rs 70-crore cluster project in Adityapur. In its report, the corporation, which functions under the state industry department, …
- Forest department to provide free saplings to private land owners Jamshedpur, June 16: The forest department will soon launch a massive plantation drive in non-forest areas across the state. The department recently issued directives to this effect to all the 28 forest divisions in the state . According to …
The Chandil dam in Seraikela-Kharsawan Jamshedpur, June 15: Ever since authorities announced that the radial gates of Chandil dam would be closed from June 30, submerging about 50 villages in the process, panic-stricken residents of Chandil and Ichagarh block in Seraikela-Kharsawan district have been mobilising support to thwart the move. …
Ranchi, June 14: Most children working in dhabas and tea stalls in the capital harbour dreams of going to school, but their poverty-ravaged families and employers discourage them, says an ongoing study being conducted by legal students of Kalinga Institute of Technology (KIT), Bhubaneswar. The KIT team comprising Vaishali Singh, …
