Jharkhand vigilance a teethless body has emerged as a pro active investigating agency writes Nityanand Shukla, Despite manpower shortage, it has commendable job and booked ex ministers, former Chief Minister, senior govt officials and others in different corruption cases and tightening noose on ex JPSC chairman and three former members in appointment of administrative officers in wrong way .   More..

Jharkhand drama exposes deep divide in BJP. BJP may be the ultimate loser in the political game that has ended on a messy note in Jharkhand. BJP in Jharkhand is split down the middle, thanks to its flip-flop over its ties with the JMM that led to a divorce writes Nityanand Shukla.  More..

Heaven of Tigers witness extinction in Hazaribagh Wild Life Sanctuary. The present generation has been deprived to have look of big cats here due to rulers who allegedly butchered big cats, writes P. Vijay Raghavan The Ramgarh palace was said to be have at least twenty skins and four stuffed tigers, he added. Apart from this the king would also gift the tiger skins to his counterparts in the country.  More..

Despite spending more than Rs 80 lakh, Computer literacy eludes Jharkhand MLAs writes Nityanand Shukla A move to make Jharkhand legislators computer-literate by providing them a free laptop each does not seem to have yielded the desired results despite more than Rs.80 lakh in public funds spent on it in the last nine years.  More..

Historical and Philosophical Perspective of Human Rights & It’s Development, writes Dr Jawahar Lal Agrawal In the past ages there were great lawmakers - the Roman, Justinian, who published his great Codex of various laws in the early 6th century -who tried to establish cohesive schemes of rights and duties  More..

Jharkhand seems to be a fertile ground for scams. The nexus of politicians, bureaucrats and contractors are virtually plundering the state, writes, Nityanand Shukla Mineral-rich Jharkhand - where 54 percent of the population lives below the poverty line - continues to be exploited by a small section of people. If the scams in recent years were put together, then the value may cross Rs.7,000 crore.   More..

“ Water is life”. The importance of drinking water is known to people of hilly state Jharkhand which lacks perennial rivers. Jharkhand has planned to adopt rain water harvesting to meet the water crisis. According to experts the water crisis is resulted due rampant use of ground water and no work done to maintain the ground water table. During summer the water level depletes 3 to 7 meters forcing people to depend on water tanker supplied by Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC). The wells, ponds and other source of water starts drying up when summer knocks the door in April  More..

No one knows when the 34 th national games will be conducted?. Jharkhand has failed to meet the deadline to complete the infrastructure work on time causing postponement of the national games scheduled in December. India Olympic Association (IOA) had come out with schedule of national games between December 1 and 13. The December date has been rescheduled in middle of February. JHarkhand sports minister Bandu Tirkey has announced that IOA has agreed to conduct games in February next year  More..

After the ongoing land dispute over global automobiles major Tata Motors' super-cheap Nano car project at Singur in neighbouring West Bengal, Indian industries planning big ticket investments in the east Indian state of Jharkhand are now facing the heat of land acquisition tussles. After Singur, land tussles now hit Jharkhand industries  More..

Jharkhand is a state less than eight years old. It has already had five governments. If Madhu Koda government, now in a minority, does not survive the confidence motion, it will mean none of the five governments has lasted more than two-and-a-half years, thanks to the plethora of coalitions, small parties and independent legislators who have propped up various governments and then withdrawn support. Thanks to the plethora of coalitions, small parties and independent legislators who have propped up various governments and then withdrawn support. None of the five governments has lasted more than two-and-a-half years.  More..