Forest officer Ajinkya Bankar is convinced that an awareness campaign is the way forward in the conservation of birds for which he has identified nearly 150 avian species in the last two years in ...

The Jharkhand government today banned the sale of a book, ‘The Adivasi will not dance’, for allegedly hurting the dignity of Santhal tribal women. Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das has directed ...

Dumka, Jan. 5: The government’s decision to include Santhali in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution has prompted both celebrations and criticism. Most of the people in the state are understandably ...

Young divisional forest officer Ajinkya Bankar. Speaking to TOI, Bankar said the idea to compile the names of the birds in local language struck him after realising that locals, specially the younger ...

Hindi is the state language of Jharkhand. However, the people of the state converse in a number of languages. Most of the people converse in Hindi which has turned out to be one of the major languages ...

Ranchi: Jharkhand government on Friday banned the sale of a book, "The Adivasi will not dance", for allegedly hurting the dignity of Santhal tribal women. Legal action would also be initiated against ...