A tripartite meeting convened by the East Singhbhum administration at the district collectorate to resolve land issues plaguing those displaced by the Dimna reservoir failed to make much headway on

Nature serves well even when rivers run dry.

New Delhi The coal-rich Jharkhand state is set to get a second ultra mega power project (UMPP) soon, with the power ministry clearing a project in Deogarh district, sources said.

This will be the seventh UMPP to be launched in the country. Major industry players like Tata Power, Lanco, Adani, JSW Energy, Indiabulls, Jaiprakash Group as well as public sector generator, NTPC, are expected to participate in bidding for the project which would offer a R20,000 crore investment opportunity.

Play a dry Holi, save water — reads a newspaper advertisement put up by the state drinking water and sanitation department. But the department for one doesn’t seem to practise what it preaches.

Kolkata Government-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is close to getting two coking coal blocks, Tasra and Sitanala, in Jharkhand, which will enable the steel major to mine coal in India for the first time.

A source close to the development told Fe the two coking coal blocks have a reserve of around 45 million tonne. SAIL aims at producing 40 lakh tonne a year, for which it could invest up to R16,000 crore. SAIL chairman CS Verma, however, declined to comment on the issue, citing confidentiality norms.

A report on the condition of children in Jharkhand presented in Ranchi on Monday by Unicef has revealed alarming facts, particularly in urban areas, which if not addressed immediately threatens to

The government on Thursday decided to relocate the Rs 10,000-crore Karanpura power plant, being set up in Jharkhand by NTPC Ltd, and laid the blueprint for faster environment clearance for two coal blocks of private power producers.

The decisions were taken by a 12-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The blocks, Mahan and Chhatrasal, had been hanging fire for the past two years as they fell under the “no-go” regions demarcated by the environment ministry when it was headed by Jairam Ramesh.

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has expressed satisfaction over the progress in Jharkhand in the field of rural development.

Ranchi, Feb. 28: Eighteen villages of Ranchi district will be the first to receive community rights over local natural resources under the forest act in Jharkhand by next month.

It has taken Arjun Munda over four and a half months to persuade the mines and geology department to check illegal mining, albeit in a half-hearted manner.