Green nod crucial to ensure iron ore supply

SAIL may face iron ore shortage, if the country’s largest steel producer cannot resume production by January, at its 2.4 million tonnes a year Durgaiburu mine in Jharkhand. It is the oldest and largest mechanised (1,443 hectare) mine of the Gua complex in West Singhbum district. It was set for four-fold capacity expansion but remains closed for the past 17 months in the absence of environmental clearance.

The dengue’s deadly sting in neighbouring Bokaro district and Bengal have set off the alarm bells in Dhanbad.

Chairperson of panel for STs unhappy with State’s performance

Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Rameshwar Oraon is displeased over the tardy implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, by the State governments. In an exclusive interview with The Hindu here on Thursday, Mr. Oraon said the objective of the Forest Rights Act was to facilitate welfare of the tribal people. “The rights of tribal people should be recognised first,” he said, adding that the implementation of the Act was good in Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand.

One man’s celebration is another man’s poison in revelling Ranchi.

By April 2013, expect your shopping bag to flaunt organic tomatoes, cabbages, peas, turmeric and ginger.

Jailed tribal activist Dayamani Barla was produced in the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court here on Monday on criminal charges for allegedly participating in a demonstration organised by Jharkhand

To mark the 12th year of its formation, Chhattisgarh began a week-long festival, Rajyotsava, on Thursday.

The company has got the entire 2,700 acres of land near Bellary, Karnataka

ArcelorMittal has finally crossed the biggest hurdle in setting up any project in India -- land. The company has got the entire 2,700 acres of land near Bellary, Karnataka, required for its steel plant from the state government. Bellary is the the rich iron ore district of Karnataka where most of the steel plants, including 10 million tonne plant of JSW Steel is located. The land has been acquired by the Karnataka government through Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) and the company has deposited Rs 260 crore with the government for the same.

A modest yet consistent decline in the infant mortality rate, especially in six problematic states, is one of the key features of the latest data from the Sample Registration System.

Bhubaneswar It is like carrying coal to Newcastle. Orissa, which already has a huge reserve of iron ore and bauxite, is, of late, importing the two raw materials.

Realising this, the state government has now decided to put in place a mechanism to ensure raw material supply from the state mines to the mineral-based industries in the state. The state government has constituted a three-member ministerial panel under the chairmanship of finance minister Prasanna Acharya to formulate a policy to ensure smooth supply of minerals such as iron ore, bauxite, manganese and chrome ore to industries based in the state on a long-term basis. The other members of the committee include industries minister Niranjan Pujhari and steel & mines minister Ranjani Kant Singh.