More than five lakh residents of Jharia are facing a water crisis from Tuesday because of a leak in the pipeline at Patharbangla that supplies water from Mineral Area Development Authority’s (Mada) ...

More than 2 lakh Jharia residents spent more than 10 hours without power and water on Saturday after a 10MVA transformer at Jamadoba-based substation of Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) wa...

More than 5 lakh Jharia residents will not get piped water on Thursday and Friday as the Mineral Area Development Authority (Mada) will carry out a special drive to plug the leaks in the pipelines.For...

Sindri and Katras are both townships in the same district but their destinies could not be more apart, it became more evident on polling Sunday. Under Dhanbad LS seat, Sindri residents are hopeful the...

Gaurav Agarwal, the amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court to oversee the progress of Jharia Master Plan, has suggested the appointment of a full-time nodal officer for speeding up the rehabilit...

The district administration has initiated a host of measures to improve air quality of Dhanbad district that includes two of the most polluted towns of the country, Jharia and Dhanbad. Coal-dust-belch...

For residents of Mohribandh area of Ghanudih in Jharia, less than 10km from the district headquarters, elections are all about unfulfilled promises.Around 14 families, whose houses were damaged on Aug...

Rajendra Paswan, 48, a resident of the underground-fire-hit Mohri Bandh in Jharia has not been able to sleep after hearing Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of allowing privat...

Five days of incessant rain have proved to be a boon for water reservoirs in Dhanbad, but made life difficult for residents of underground fire-hit areas where toxic smoke and gas are billowing out of...

The district health department has initiated a number of measures, including spraying of larvicide, to prevent the spread of dengue across Dhanbad after a recent scare in Jharia where a patient was su...