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 …
By April 2013, expect your shopping bag to flaunt organic tomatoes, cabbages, peas, turmeric and ginger. National Horticulture Mission (Jharkhand) director Prabhakar Singh told newsmen in Ranchi on Monday that by next spring, buyers could snap up vegetables and spices grown in the state without chemicals, including fertilisers, pesticides and …
Jailed tribal activist Dayamani Barla was produced in the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court here on Monday on criminal charges for allegedly participating in a demonstration organised by Jharkhand Dishom Party (JDM) leader Salkhan Murmu on October 4 in which JDM workers are accused of burning an effigy of the High …
The main objective of the energy policy is to accelerate the pace of development of the State and bring it at least at par with other developed States. This will sub-serve the overall goals of the State in economic development and thereby reduce the level of poverty, particularly prevailing in …
To mark the 12th year of its formation, Chhattisgarh began a week-long festival, Rajyotsava, on Thursday. Being held at the new capital, Naya Raipur, the festival was inaugurated by BJP president Nitin Gadkari. It will host Global Investors’ Meet on November 2 and 3. As nearly 400 companies are expected …
The company has got the entire 2,700 acres of land near Bellary, Karnataka ArcelorMittal has finally crossed the biggest hurdle in setting up any project in India -- land. The company has got the entire 2,700 acres of land near Bellary, Karnataka, required for its steel plant from the state …
A modest yet consistent decline in the infant mortality rate, especially in six problematic states, is one of the key features of the latest data from the Sample Registration System. Nationwide, the IMR has dropped by three points from 47 infant deaths per 1,000 live births to 44, according to …
Bhubaneswar It is like carrying coal to Newcastle. Orissa, which already has a huge reserve of iron ore and bauxite, is, of late, importing the two raw materials. Realising this, the state government has now decided to put in place a mechanism to ensure raw material supply from the state …
The commission during its recent visit to the state from October 3-11 scrutinised records of 81 mines out of a total of 186 mining leases The Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry which is set to visit Odisha for the third time from October 31 will take up field …
Jamshedpur, Oct. 20: A team of senior district officials today inspected eight ghats, starting a special drive to spruce up over 12 major sites for immersion on Vijaya Dashami on October 24. The officials visited Subernarekha Ghat in Sakchi, Kapali Ghat and Domuhani (Sonari), Bodhanwala Ghat (Bistupur), Pandey Ghat (Bhuiyandih), …
The widening of NH-6 is slicing apart the central Indian forest landscape. WII prescribes flyovers worth Rs 1,200 crore to protect over 15,000 sq km of wilderness but the NHAI worries the cost is too much FIRST, THE stake: the heart of the central Indian forest landscape and the future …
Supreme Court judgement in the case of Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd. Vs. Union of India dated 26/07/2012. http://www.stpl-india.in/SCJFiles/2012_STPL(Web)_399_SC.pdf
Andhra Pradesh Uranium Mining > Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Heavy earth mining began in Andhra Pradesh in 2007 when Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) set up operations at Tummalapalle in Kadapa district. But UCIL has been eyeing the uranium deposits around Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) since early 1994 when a plan was …
On Tuesday, Bhojan Yatra, a campaign demanding a comprehensive food security bill, reached here after travelling through Bihar, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. In a rally, organised from Bistupur to Ram Mandir maidan, Right to Food (RTF) activists demanded that the proposed National Food Security Bill (NFSB) give universal access to …
Ranchi, Oct. 15: The agriculture department today became the first state government wing to delegate financial and administrative powers to panchayati raj institutions, about two years after the Arjun Munda government conducted rural polls in Jharkhand. Defining the jurisdictions of elected village bodies, the state cabinet made it clear that …
Ranchi, Oct. 15: Jharkhand is set to go big on food processing with the industry department today announcing assistance up to Rs 50 lakh for technology upgrade and establishment and modernisation of proposed and existing units. The announcement comes in the backdrop of chief minister Arjun Munda showing keen interest …
Rahul Thakur (20) died in a private hospital in the coal capital last night, minutes after he was brought in from Chirkunda, about 45km away, where he had been undergoing treatment for the last five days. Another patient from the same area, 19-year-old Pinki Kumari, is being treated for suspected …
The coal ministry has asked all the coal-bearing states to plug existing loopholes in the process of allocation and development of reserves as part of the guidelines being finalised for competitive bidding of coal blocks. This includes limiting private ownership in joint ventures (JVs) of state mining corporations to less …
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The State animal of Jharkhand, the elephant, has become a displaced creature in its own home, courtesy vanishing corridors, growing urbanisation and illegal mining. Despite having a rich pathway of six State corridors and twelve intra-State corridors, elephants face the ire of intruders. Jharkhand’s corridors are undergoing landscape changes due …
