Life in the district has been paralyzed on Tuesday as temperature touches 2 degrees Celsius. People preferred to remain indoors because of dense fog and strong wind.

Chief minister Arjun Munda today granted administrative sanctions for the construction of various bridges, roads and culverts across the state and also gave his nod for commencing actions against c

Chief minister Arjun Munda today chaired a meeting of State Wildlife Board and directed officials to conduct environment impact assessment study for nearly 13 mining projects so that a final call o

The long-awaited panchayati raj institutions are in place for nearly two years in Jharkhand, but the prerequisite for extending forest rights titles has made little difference in the tribal state.

Minister for Forest and Environment Bijayshree Routray on Tuesday said in the Assembly that Rs 62.1 lakh has been spent on development of 14 elephant corridors during between 2009-10 and 2010-11 f

Around 200 high-sensitive cameras will join the search for the hitherto “missing” big cats at the 1,129.93sqkm Palamau Tiger Reserve.

The Odisha government is yet to submit the action taken report in respect of illegal coal mining activities in the state despite repeated reminders from the Centre.

In the light of observations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on coal & steel, Coal secretary S K Srivastava has again asked Odisha chief secretary B K Patnaik to submit the action taken replies so that they can be sent to the Lok Sabha secretariat.

The government on Monday said states have detected a total of 25,519 illegal mining cases with fines worth Rs 622 crore realised, till June of the current fiscal.

The maximum number of illegal mining cases detected and fines recovered are from Maharashtra at 7,721 and Rs 131 cr respectively

The government today said states have detected a total of 25,519 illegal mining cases with fines worth Rs 622 crore realised, till June of the current fiscal. Both the maximum number of illegal mining cases detected and fines recovered are from Maharashtra at 7,721 and Rs 131.43 crore respectively, Mines Minister Dinsha Patel said in Rajya Sabha.

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