Members of families, which had donated land to set up various government projects earlier but were yet to get promised government jobs, agitated in front of the Birbhum district magistrate’s off...

The state government will launch this month technical training for youths in the area for the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine so that they can get jobs when the project starts. Officials said the g...

A delegation of around 20 persons from various political parties and social outfits from Calcutta on Friday visited at least three villages, including Dewanganj, in a bid to know residents’ opin...

Over 30 members of the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) on Tuesday visited at least 10 villages in the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine area and said they would submit a report ...

Tiwari said, “We have plans to further renovate and beautify the Martyrs' Memorial and will appeal to local residents to help the management to maintain it.” When asked about the clai...

The Birbhum administration has received the written consent of 155 villagers who are willing to give up their land for the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine project, amid protests by sections of ...

The Centre is optimistic of receiving a good response to the latest round of coal block auctions even as the Modi government has set a net zero carbon emission target by 2070 under COP26 protocol. Un...

Shyam Hazra, a resident of Raipur village, says, “No. We have been hearing about this project for 7-8 years.” A local activist who doesn’t want to be named says, “Designated me...

State Governor, Ramesh Bais who was in Dhanbad on Friday on a persoanl visit, also reached the Ena fire project, an open cast mine of Bharat Coking Coal Limited in Jharia and witnessed the mining oper...

Four persons, including a woman, are feared trapped in an abandoned coal mine for the past two days, with the local police having failed to trace them, a senior police officer said. A team of NDRF pe...