Many of India’s 10.4 crore Scheduled Tribes derive 20–40% of their annual income from Minor Forest Produce (MFP). Historically, tribals sold this produce to middlemen at distress prices,…
The Chhath Puja is marred by an investigation by the police indicating that the 8-year-old girl was strangled to death by three relatives. Also, interrogations of the accused have revealed that this brutal murder of a child in Chatra has…
Every year Jharkhand Foundation Day is celebrated annually on November 15, marking the day in 2000 when the state was carved out of Bihar as India's 28th state. November 15 also marks the birth anniversary of the iconic tribal freedom fighter…
In a major administrative reshuffle, the Hemant Soren government has transferred and posted as many as 39 Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officers.
The notification of this order of the Jharkhand government's Forest, Environment and Climate…
Sometimes, the biggest transformation brought by technology is not what it does to a profession, but what it changes in people's perception of those who practise it. Sharing the story of a woman from Jharkhand who is now popularly known as 'Pilot…
Thanks to the Jharkhand Rural Development Department, a pro - farmer initiative aims to revive completely dried-up borewells across the state under the Viksit Bharat G-RAM-G Scheme.
The department is learnt to have approved a plan…
A DISPUTE THAT BEGAN IN 1993
The dispute dates back to 1993, when Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (now Tata Steel), along with its shareholder Arun Narayan Singh, challenged demands relating to water charges. The Bihar government's…
The arrest of a Mumbai-based resident in Jharkhand by Railway security agencies has exposed a railway ticket black marketing racket.
The modus operandi was simple. As a ticket booking service provider, he used a mobile phone and connected with…
Rejecting the charge that he raped, assaulted, and threatened the minor victim's life, Congress MLA Bhusan Bara has said that he is innocent.
"Due to political slugfest, the false case of rape was framed against me. I am innocent",…
Naturopathy in India is gradually moving beyond its traditional association with nature cure towards a more structured ecosystem of scientific research, clinical evaluation and preventive healthcare.
With growing attention to lifestyle-related…