Ranchi: Chief minister Raghubar Das and agriculture minister Randhir Singh on Wednesday convened a series of meetings with the agriculture department officials and disaster management department an

Two persons lost their lives on account of the prevailing cold weather conditions in the district over the past 24 hours.

Highly ambitious water grid project on Ganga and Son rivers has received the much needed fillip since the Center had green signaled it about a month ago.

Daltonganj: Two white vultures were spotted by the officials of Palamu Tiger Reserve in Chainpur recently. They were perched on the sand bed of river Koyal, said sources.

GARHWA: At a time when illegal mining and transportation of boulders are rampant in Bhawnathpur forest areas of the district, forcing the government to incur loss of revenue tthe tune of lakhs of r

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

Garhwa on Thursday recorded minimum 4 degree Celsius, the season's lowest minimum at night. It also experienced early morning fog on Friday.

A blistering heat wave swept through North and East India on Tuesday claiming two lives in Uttar Pradesh. Delhi recorded a maximum of 43.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, and a minimum of 26.8 degrees Celsius. Two train passengers were found dead at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh where the temperature touched 42.7 degrees Celsius.

In Punjab and Haryana, the heat wave intensified further with maximum temperatures hovering in the range of 42-45 degrees Celsius.

Ranchi, Dec.

Ranchi, June 27: State government today informed Jharkhand High Court that a barrage would be constructed on Kanhar river in Garhwa, thus putting an end to the speculation of construction of a dam, which was pending for more than three decades.

The matter was brought before the high court in a public interest litigation filed by former health minister Hemendra Pratap Dehati.

Advocate-general