Telegraph (Ranchi)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

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 …

New township near Belgarhia - JRDA focuses on speeding up rehabilitation process

Dhanbad, June 14: More people can now look forward to safer homes. After successfully shifting more than 200 people from underground fire affected areas of Jharia Coalfield region to Belgarhia, Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has now shifted its focus towards creating another township near Belgarhia. The new township would …

Dam protest grows louder

Jamshedpur, June 13: With political parties like JD(U) and Ajsu showing solidarity with around 5,000 people residing in the villages near Chandil dam, the protest against the

Flood zones identified

Jamshedpur, June 10: The East Singhbhum district administration is gearing up to tackle probable flash floods this monsoon. The three urban civic bodies

Watershed projects on anvil in rebel stronghold

- Forest department ties up with NGO to increase water table in two blocks of Ghatshila sub-division Jamshedpur, June 9: The state forest department will soon launch projects with the aim of eradicating water shortage at Dumaria and Bahragora blocks of East Singhbhum. The project, under the Integrated Water Management …

Capital meet on auto project

Jamshedpur, June 6: The board of directors of Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL) will meet in Ranchi on June 14 to discuss the construction of the hi-tech laboratory and a common effluent treatment plant, part of a Rs 68-crore project in the industry hub. The meeting will take place at …

Low score in rural job report

Jamshedpur, June 3: West Singhbhum is lagging behind in implementation of MGNREGA projects and there are large-scale irregularities in implementation of the scheme, observed a high-level state team today. The team, which is inspecting development projects being carried out in the district, was headed by chief secretary A.K. Singh. The …

Meet push for auto cluster lab

- Adityapur body to approach dealers for equipment Jamshedpur, June 2: The newly constituted technical committee of Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL ) today decided to invite expressions of interest from dealers and manufacturers for procuring machines and other equipment for its proposed hi-tech laboratory. The committee, headed by managing …

Rural job audit from Friday

Ranchi, June 2: The second social audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) will kick off in the state from Friday. Unlike last year

Pollution protest in capital on June 5

Jamshedpur, June 1: Concerned over the rising level of air and water pollution, the Damodar Bachao Andolan Evam Jal Jagrukta Abhiyan would stage a massive dharna in front of the headquarters of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) in Ranchi on June 5 coinciding with World Environment Day. Senior BJP …

Norwester crowns coolest May in 5yrs

Jamshedpur, May 31: The month of May has stolen the thunder from April, literally. With as many as four Nor

No ostrich breeding at Tata zoo this year - Incubation attempt fails, all five eggs remain unfertilised

Jamshedpur, May 31: The Tata Steel Zoological Park will now have to wait for another year to breeding ostriches as the first attempt of the zoo authorities failed this year. The pair of ostrich, both seven-year-old, brought from the Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, last year were successful in …

Ganga drive stuck in political quagmire

Sahebganj, May 30: A Rs 800-crore master project to de-pollute the holy Ganga here is hanging in the balance, courtesy the political instability in the state. Under the project, the Sahebganj district administration had earlier proposed a sewerage system, underground huge drains and electric crematoriums both at Sahebganj and Rajmahal …

Big money for green hills

- Centre gives Rs 95cr for afforestation of 20000 hectares SANTOSH K. KIRO Keeping the woods lovely, dark and deep Ranchi, May 24: The hills of Jharkhand will soon be green again. Come monsoon, the forest department will embark upon the mammoth task of greening the hills of the state …

Bandh on June 18 for tribal rights

Jamshedpur, May 23: Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP) has called a bandh in Jharkhand and tribal-dominated areas of Orissa and Bengal on June 18 to exert pressure on the Centre for implementation of constitutional provisions protecting tribal rights. JDP national president Salkhan Murmu clarified that essential services would be kept outside …

Water helpline registers success

Ranchi, May 20: For a change, toll-free complaint numbers floated by government departments are not just functioning, but also delivering. The drinking water and sanitation department, which started a 18003456502 helpline, claims to have received 856 calls from across Jharkhand. Similarly, the social welfare department (18003456526) has received 263. On …

Fair price for forest yield - Tribals get marketing aid

Ranchi, May 19: Tribal villagers who make a living out of forest produce will no longer be at the mercy of middlemen. The government has moved to ensure a fair price for minor forest products such as tamarind, mango pulp, mahua and chiraunji this summer. Jharkhand State Minor Forest Produce …

Lizard in school meal again, 276 fall ill

Hazaribagh, May 19: As many as 276 students of a government school fell sick today after eating a midday meal of khichdi in which a lizard was found, a week after an identical episode in Deoghar where 19 children fell sick after a midday meal. Children of the school in …

Bhushan Steel offers villagers price sop for 300 acres

Jamshedpur, May 18: The foundation stone of its 3MTPA steel plant and 900MW capacity power plant in Potka now in place, Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL) has started the process of acquiring 300 acres of land directly from villagers living around the proposed site.

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