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Palamu: For the first time, tigers will be counted outside the corridors of wildlife sanctuaries across the country, as part of tiger census, conducted every four years by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of India. For the first time, tigers will be counted across Jharkhand. Apart from Palamu Tiger Reserve, counting will be done in other areas including Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Dumka, Khunti, Simdega and Jamshedpur. Palamu Tiger Reserve has imparted training to Forest department personnel of Jharkhand to count tigers and other wild animals.
Ranchi, Jun 29 (PTI) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a 'red' alert, predicting extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Jharkhand till July 1, an official said. Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, which has been experiencing light to moderate rainfall since Sunday morning, is likely to receive heavy rainfall till the morning of July 2, the IMD official added. The 'red' alert (take action), predicting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, was issued for Gumla, Simdega, Khunti, Saraikela-Kharswan, East and West Singhbhum districts till 8.30 am on June 30, according to the weather b ...Read More >
RANCHI: Tiger pugmarks found on the very first day of the tiger census have lent significant weight to forest officials' claims about the presence of big cats in the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR). The census began across Jharkhand on December 15. According to officials, it is being carried out across 31 territorial forest divisions and five protected wildlife divisions in the state, including major conservation areas such as the Palamu Tiger Reserve and the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. The exercise is part of a nationwide wildlife enumeration programme conducted once every four years to generate a ...Read More >
Ranchi: The Ranchi office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall in four districts on Monday. Ranchi-IMD scientist Abhishek Anand said, "There is a strong possibility of heavy rainfall in Gumla, Simdega, Khunti, and West Singhbhum districts on Monday due to the combined effect of unseasonal weather systems. This likelihood is arising due to the impact of a low-pressure area and the active condition of the monsoon trough.""Thunderstorms and strong winds, speeding up to 30-40 km/hr, are also likely to take place at isolated places over the ...Read More >
RANCHI/SILLI/PURULIA/KOLKATA: "Bhagwan Krishna ne aaj bacha liya (Lord Krishna has saved us today)," said farmer Puran Chand Mahto (55) of Mardu village in Ranchi district's Silli block, still unable to believe his luck at being alive to tell the tale of how he and his family - his three daughters and a relative, who is a minor - slept peacefully while a tiger silently crouched in a corner of the same room.Around 4.30am Wednesday, Puran was getting ready for the day. As he stepped out of his thre ...Read More >
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday poredicted heavy rainfall for Jharkhand and issued flash flood warning for 13 districts. Flash flood alert for 13 districts The IMD issued the warning for Bokaro, East Singhbhum, Giridih, Gumla, Khunti, Latehar, Lohardaga, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Saraikela, Simdega and West Singhbhum districts till 5.30 pm of Tuesday. "Surface runoff and inundation may occur at some fully saturated soils and low-lying areas," IMD said in its bulletin. Orange alert issued till July 17 An 'orange' alert for very heavy rainfall has been issued in parts of ...Read More >
RANCHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a 'red' alert, predicting extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Jharkhand till July 1, an official said.Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, which has been experiencing light to moderate rainfall since Sunday morning, is likely to receive heavy rainfall till the morning of July 2, the IMD official added.The 'red' alert (take action), predicting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, was issued for Gumla, Simdega, Khunti, Saraikela-Kharswan, East and West Singhbhum districts till 8.30 am on June 30, according to the weather bulletin issued by ...Read More >
Jamshedpur, Sept 14: IMD's Ranchi Meteorological Centre, has released rainfall statistics for Jharkhand covering the period June 1 to September 13, , revealing that the state as a whole has received 1,077.9 mm of rainfall against the normal 906.9 mm, marking a 19 % surplus. District-Wise Highlights East Singhbhum emerged as the wettest district with 1,564.7 mm rainfall, recording a staggering 60% excess compared to its long-term average. Ranchi, the state capital, also witnessed significant rains, notching up 1,358.7 mm, which is 47% above normal. Seraikela-Kharsawan recorded a healthy 53% ...Read More >
Ranchi, Jul 7 (PTI) A 12-year-old boy died after a mud house collapsed amid incessant rains in Jharkhand's Ranchi district on Monday, an official said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an 'orange' alert, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall in five other districts of the state. The boy died at Telwadih village under Sonahatu police station area, about 60 km from the state capital Ranchi, around 1 am. "The incident took place when the boy was sleeping with his parents inside the mud house which suddenly collapsed on them. The family members were brought out and the boy was ...Read More >
Ranchi, Jul 14 (PTI) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued flash flood warning for 12 Jharkhand districts amidst heavy rainfall forecast in parts of the state, an official said. The warning applies to Bokaro, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Gumla, Khunti, Latehar, Lohardaga, Palamu, Ranchi, Saraikela, Simdega and West Singhbhum districts till 11.30 am on Tuesday. "Surface runoff and inundation may occur in some low-lying areas," IMD said in its latest bulletin. A 'red' alert for heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Saraikela-Kharswan, East Singhbhum, and West Singhbhum district ...Read More >
Digha/Kolkata: Why were those speaking Bengali "being tortured across the country every day", CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Speaking in Digha, where she has gone to attend the first Rath Yatra of the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple, the CM spoke of Bengali-speaking migrant workers being detained at two places in Odisha.Asking Odisha "not to be jealous", Banerjee said while she respected the Puri Jagannath temple, she expected the same respect for the Digha Jagannath temple."I learnt that in Cuttack, 100 Bengali migrant workers were kept in detention camps. In Balasore, 17 are stuck. ...Read More >
Ranchi, June 30: The continuous heavy rain in Jharkhand has broken all records. Jharkhand has recorded the highest monsoon rainfall in 11 years. In the entire 11 years (from 2015 to 2025), the highest rainfall has been recorded in East Singhbhum district (Jamshedpur). 607.8 mm rainfall has been recorded in the district. East Singhbhum district has not received so much rainfall in 11 years. Ranchi is at second place, where 600.5 mm rainfall was recorded in the month of June this year. Similarly, 508.7 mm rainfall was recorded in Latehar district. 501.6 mm rainfall has occurred in Saraikela K ...Read More >
Ranchi, Jul 14 (PTI) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued flash flood warning for 13 Jharkhand districts amid prediction of heavy rainfall in parts of the state, an official said. The IMD has issued the warning for Bokaro, East Singhbhum, Giridih, Gumla, Khunti, Latehar, Lohardaga, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Saraikela, Simdega and West Singhbhum districts till 5.30 pm of Tuesday. Also Read | Archita Phukan Targeted With AI-Generated Deepfake: Dibrugarh Police Unearth Revenge Porn Angle, Arrest Ex-Boyfriend Pratim Bora for Circulating Morphed Images of Amira Ishtara Aka Ba ...Read More >
Ranchi: Ranchi, East Singhbhum and a few other districts received rain on Tuesday as cyclone Montha reached Kakinada and adjoined areas in Andhra Pradesh.The Ranchi office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded yellow alert for Jharkhand till October 31 stating that several pockets of Jharkhand will witness heavy rain accompanied by lightning and thunderstorm.Ranchi received 12mm rain, Khunti 10mm, Bahragora (East Singhbhum) 8mm, Chaibasa (West Singhbhum), Latehar, and Lohardaga 1.5mm each, and Jamshedpur 27.5mm.Senior scientist at IMD, Ranchi, Abhishek Anand, said, "On Octob ...Read More >
Ranchi/Daltonganj: A male tiger, which had sneaked into a family's bedroom in Ranchi's Silli area on Wednesday morning, was soft released back into its original habitat, the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR), on Thursday around 7 am after a 13-hour rescue operation.The deputy director of the PTR (north), P K Jena, said, "The five-year-old Quila was first sighted and camera trapped at Palamu fort in October 2023. Since then, it has been camera trapped several times in and around the area. That's why we named it Quila. It had ventured into Chatra, Hazaribag, and Gumla between October 2023 and December ...Read More >
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow alert' for heavy rainfall in several districts of Jharkhand from July 13-15. Intermittent rainfall is expected to continue across the state, influenced by a monsoon trough. While the state has recorded a 69 per cent surplus in rainfall overall, some districts are still facing a deficit. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow alert' for heavy rainfall in parts of Jharkhand from July 13-15, a weather department ...Read More >
Ranchi: The Ranchi office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in four districts and orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in nine districts for Monday.Red alert was issued for Gumla, Khunti, Simdega, and West Singhbhum while orange alert was issued for Palamu, Latehar, Lohardaga, Chatra, Hazaribag, Ranchi, Ramgarh, Seraikela-Kharsawan, and East Singhbhum districts."The south-western and adjoining central parts of the state are likely to experience extremely heavy rainfall on Monday. Very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isola ...Read More >
Daltonganj: The five-year-old male tiger which was soft released into the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) on Thursday after being rescued from a house in Silli block in Ranchi, bordering Purulia district in West Bengal, spent a quiet and uneventful day loitering in the bushes, officials here said on Friday."It had a calm and cool first day. It spent its day sitting in bushes and shrubs," said deputy director (south) of PTR, Kumar Ashish, on Friday. The PTR on Friday said it is studying the tiger's stripe patterns and scat samples to ascertain whether it was present in the PTR before. Ashish said le ...Read More >
Ranchi: The Ranchi office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued a yellow alert for four districts including Gumla, Simdega, Khunti and West Singhbhum on Wednesday forecasting the possibility of heavy rainfall in the areas.Ranchi IMD scientist Abhishek Anand said that due to the combined effect of unseasonal weather systems, there is a strong possibility of heavy rainfall in the districts on Wednesday."Due to the ongoing weather systems, heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over south-western parts of the state, in districts including Gumla, Simdega, Khu ...Read More >