Centre modernising 736 dams under Rs 10,211-crore rehabilitation programmeIndia is undertaking one of the world's largest dam rehabilitation programs, DRIP, with significant progress made in improving the safety o...
16 May, 2026, 07.05 PM IST
Orange alert for thunderstorms issued for Bihar, Jharkahnd, Odisha; heavy rainfall likely in northeast India: IMD scientistSrivastava said thunderstorm activity is expected in Punjab and Haryana over the coming days, which may lead to a drop in temperatures by 2...
28 Apr, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
Alert sounded in Jharkhand after 2 suspected cases of Nipah virus detected in West BengalJharkhand has issued an alert following two suspected Nipah virus cases in West Bengal. The state's health ministry is implementing strict ...
13 Jan, 2026, 01.47 PM IST
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren allocates portfolios, keeps Home to himselfThe Jharkhand government announced portfolio allocations a day after the cabinet expansion. Chief Minister Hemant Soren retained key portfo...
06 Dec, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
India's daily COVID-19 case tally crosses 800 after 126 daysAt 5,839, the active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.80 pe...
18 Mar, 2023, 11.47 AM IST
Central teams deputed to assist Jharkhand govt to control bird flu spreadThe government on Thursday said two separate central teams have been deputed to assist the Jharkhand government to prevent the spread of bi...
23 Feb, 2023, 09.16 PM IST
Jharkhand to get WHO award for tobacco controlNTCP was launched in Jharkhand in 2012 when the tobacco prevalence rate in the state was 51.1 per cent, of which 48 per cent were smokeless...
29 May, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Scale up vaccination, cut wastage: Centre to StatesAt an all-India review of the vaccination exercise on Monday, the health ministry told the state governments that it had been assured of ov...
02 Jun, 2021, 08.20 AM IST
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, TN, MP contest Centre's vaccine wastage dataIn the vaccination review conducted by health secretary Rajesh Bhushan with all states on Tuesday the health ministry had red flagged the v...
27 May, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
States have 17.75 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in stockThis data, health ministry officials said, does not include stocks being held by private hospitals but covers doses for both 18-44 and 45-p...
27 May, 2021, 07.16 AM IST
Congress-ruled states seek clarity on funding of vaccineLast week, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking free vaccine distribution in Chha...
07 Dec, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
India only high endemic country to report malaria cases decline of 17.6% in 2019 over 2018: Government"The Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) reduced by 27.6 per cent in 2018 as compared to 2017, and by 18.4 per cent in 2019 as compared to 201...
02 Dec, 2020, 04.21 PM IST
States witness a spike in covid cases as migrants return homeMadhya Pradesh has been reporting very high numbers since May 9. It reported the highest single-day increase on May 24 at 294 cases.
28 May, 2020, 07.05 PM IST
Good news! Laggard states see huge progress in healthAll EAG states (Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, Chhatisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan, UP and Uttaranchal), and Assam have witnessed an increase of over 40 ...
25 Sep, 2019, 04.21 PM IST
Children’s deaths due to criminal negligence by BJP states: CongressThe latest example is the painful death of 49 children in Farrukhabad...Deaths in Gorakhpur have reached 357...This is deliberate & crimina...
05 Sep, 2017, 01.50 AM IST
Government proposes loan swap for discomsCentre has asked state governments to issue bonds for raising funds at 8.5-9 per cent and help the power firms swap their high-cost loans.
24 Aug, 2015, 11.43 AM IST
States demand shifting of FSSAI to Consumer Affairs MinistryCurrently, FSSAI comes under the purview of Healthy Ministry. The regulator has been in the news since the start of the Maggi controversy.
07 Jul, 2015, 08.37 PM IST