Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal stone mining in Palamu district, Jharkhand, 07/04/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of News item titled: 5 Jharkhand forest officers attacked by Stone mafia, appearing in The Times of India dated 24.03.2025. The application was taken up on the basis of a news item published in the Times of …

Wage payment delays hit NREGA work in Jharkhand

KHUNTI (JHARKHAND): The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the Union government

Malaria scheme hits twin hurdles

Prevention better Jamshedpur, May 24: The malaria prevention programme in East Singhbhum has hit twin hurdles. With the monsoon nearly here, the district has failed to start spraying DDT and has run short of malaria medicines. Officials in the district health department maintain that the prevention programme should have begun …

REGS faces delay demon in Dumka - Funds pumped in for ghost projects

An earth-mover digs out soil at Lakarbag hamlet for a plantation drive under NREGS. (Mani Keshri) Dumka, May 24: If the UPA government

Steel city sounds swine flu alert

Jamshedpur, May 21: The steel city, which welcomes an average of 150 foreign visitors every month, has been put on a swine flu alert. The East Singhbhum health department has set up an isolation ward at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital while the district civil surgeon

Dalma census takes a jumbo leap

- Elephant family records 10 new members, second highest in nearly two decades Jamshedpur, May 21: Forest officials have figured it out. Dalma

Tata Steel defers two greenfield projects

B MuthuramanLiquidity crisis and demand slowdown has forced Tata Steel, the country's largest steel maker, to put brakes on its greenfield projects in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. However, it will continue with its expansion plans at Jamshedpur and the construction of a 3-million tonne (MT) plant at Kalinganagar in Orissa, said …

Chennai guests at Tata zoo - Ostriches from TN varsity to attract more children

Jamshedpur: Now, kids can look forward to meeting new friends at Tata Steel Zoological Park this autumn. Zoo authorities have decided to bring in a pair of ostriches this September from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai.

Maoist fear disrupts bauxite supply

Gumla/Lohardaga: Dispatch and transportation of bauxite from mines in Gumla and Lohardaga districts to different units of Hindalco Industries Limited

Seminars to save Seraikela tuskers

Jamshedpur, May 19: In January this year, an elephant trampled a man to death in a village at Kharsawan. A few days later, a tusker was found dead in a paddy field of Kharsawan. The man-elephant conflict has been a matter of concern for the forest department for quite a …

Seminars to save Seraikela tuskers

Jamshedpur, May 19: In January this year, an elephant trampled a man to death in a village at Kharsawan. A few days later, a tusker was found dead in a paddy field of Kharsawan. The man-elephant conflict has been a matter of concern for the forest department for quite a …

Rs 11 lakh cr steel projects remain sticky

New Delhi: Persistent delays in promised greenfield expansion totalling Rs 11 lakh crore by both domestic and foreign steel majors have prompted the steel ministry to suggest to the government the setting up of a high-level empowered body. This may comprise officials from the Planning Commission, railway, road transport and …

Pollution unites parties

Giridih, May 18: They are political foes, but pollution friends. Putting behind the Lok Sabha election results, BJP and JMM have come together to voice concern over the rising level of pollution in the district. Leaders of both the parties today drew the attention of Giridih deputy commissioner Vandana Dadel …

Bridge hits forestland hurdle

ANKUSH SINGH The construction site of the second bridge over Kharkai. Picture by Bhola Prasad Jamshedpur, May 11: The second bridge over river Kharkai has once again hit a roadblock. The forest department has stalled construction work from the Adityapur end because of non-clearance of forestland that falls under the …

Brakes on water project

- Company stops work, administration clueless SHAHNAWAZ AKHTAR A half-built water tank at Old Jail Campus near Barganda in Giridih. (Shahnawaz Akhtar) Giridih, May 10: In these dire days when the temperature is denying to dip below 40

Animal count to begin at Dalma

ANKUSH SINGH Jamshedpur, May 7: After Sendra, it

Corporate tankers to beat water crisis

The administration today reviewed the ongoing water crisis at a meeting attended by district sub-divisional officer K.K. Prabhat and heads of civic bodies and corporate houses. Special officers of Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee, Mango Notified Area Committee (MNAC) and Jugsalai Municipality attended the meeting along with officials of Lafarge India, …

Swine flu alert across farms

Ranchi, May 4: A swine flu alert has been sounded in the state. Taking precautionary measures to prevent outbreak, the administration today asked all civil surgeons and medical colleges to be on guard. On the other hand, Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Ranchi, sent out SOS to more than 101 pig …

Spot elephant poachers, win cash prize

- Forest department plans slew of measures in three districts to check ivory smuggling Jamshedpur: The job of tracking tusker poachers could not have been more rewarding. Literally. The state forest department is planning to bestow cash prizes on those who will be able to provide specific information about elephant …

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