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.

Ministry of Railways and the Government of Jharkhand on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the pending Railway projects in the State.

SAMBALPUR: The trouble seems far from over. Drought, untimely rain, flood and now hailstorm, the vegetable growers of western Odisha cannot but blame their fate.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday formally implemented one of the major recommendations of Justice Wadhwa Committee, the abolition of Storage Agent chain in order to streamline the Publ

BHUBANESWAR: Over a million people in at least 19 districts of Orissa have been hit by flood in the Mahanadi river systems which, with increased volume of water reaching the deltaic head of the Sta

Ranchi, Aug.

Ranchi, Aug.

- Centre-sponsored dairy entrepreneurship changes face of tribal hamlet
Joba Murmu (35) had to watch her husband Chako die of a chest ailment last year, as there was no money for treatment. But now, she sends her daughter Dulari (14) to a private Hindi medium school in Jamshedpur by bus.

Gosai Baskey (55) was almost on the verge of starving when monsoon played truant in 2009 and 2010.

Dumka, Feb.

Ranchi, Aug. 20: A Comptroller and Auditor General

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