The drinking water and sanitation department (DWSD) is working on a plan to garner the support of corporate houses operating in the state to ensure potable water supply in places where they have th

As many as 345 solar street lamps are being installed in Tata Steel’s 39 leasehold villages in Jharia division under the company’s corporate social responsibility programme.

Chairman of JSPCB Manishankar, who met BCCL officials in Dhanbad today, asked them to carry out a water sprinkling drive along coal routes to contain air contamination.

Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) is cracking its whip on factory owners in Giridih, Koderma and Dhanbad districts for flouting environmental guidelines.

Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has planned a major drive to rein in polluting companies in the state and prepare a database that will help maintain a continuous check on violation

More than 50 tribal farmers, including women, were detained for over six hours on Tuesday at the Sundarpahari police station in Godda, a kilometre from the venue where President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation for a thermal power plant to be set up by Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL).

Farmers from 11 villages in Nimpaniya and Goiarijor blocks said they had gathered in Sundarpahari to oppose land acquisition by the JSPL. At 10 a.m. they were detained by the police and kept in the station premises till evening.

The state government on Monday decided to constitute a high-powered committee comprising secretaries of land reforms and revenue, mines and forest departments to resolve the problems faced by publi

Forest fire is one major reason behind the depleting forest cover in the state, claims environmentalist and forest activist. And such fires are frequent with the onset of summer.

A well-building project in Jharkhand has fallen flat on its face with more incompleteor collapsed wells and unpaid wages.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the state administration to take immediate corrective steps and submit an action taken report within six weeks after taking strong exception