New Delhi, Feb. 7 (PTI): The world’s largest steel maker ArcelorMittal, which was unable to get regulatory approvals for its proposed $30-billion investments, has for the time being put on hold its India business plans. “It is very difficult to say any thing... When will we start the construction, when we will really make progress. We are not even counting them in our business plans for the next few years,” ArcelorMittal chief L.N. Mittal said while announcing the results for 2011 in a conference call.

Ranchi, Aug. 29: A Comptroller & Auditor General’s report, tabled in the Assembly today, has pulled up the state for poor implementation of a central government scheme for rural roads, pointing to substandard work, fraudulent payments to unscrupulous contractors and serious financial irregularities.

For more than six months a year, vast swathes of land in the rain-dependent rice belts of Jharkhand remained barren, forcing farmers to migrate to other cities in search of livelihoods.

The trend has reversed at least in one place, in the Maoist-infested Bishunpur block in Gumla district

Ranchi, May 16: The king of fruits has finally conquered Lohardaga, Latehar, Gumla and West Singhbhum.

For the first time this year, mango trees planted by the state government under National Horticulture Mission (NHM) have borne a large number of fruits, promising a bumper crop.

ArcelorMittal says it is awaiting Jharkhand government

Ranchi, April 28: The sun will light up on Jari village even after sundown.
The Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) has decided to adopt the native village of war hero Albert Ekka, starting with a solar lighting initiative.

Contractor-Babu-Maoist Nexus Puts Rural Jharkhand

Fear gripped those having bad memories of crop destruction in Jharkhand as hundreds of elephants are about to return on their annual migration sojourn. In November, a herd of elephants attacked a Jharkhand village in the morning and trampled a woman and her son to death.

Steel giant ArcelorMital today said it will cut the investment and size of its proposed Rs 50,000-crore Jharkhand plant to half for now.

L N MittalHowever, it maintained that in the