The Jharkhand High Court reviews appeals against the cancellation of the JSSC CGL exam, addressing allegations of widespread irregularities. Jharkhand High Court Hears Appeals Against JSSC CGL Exam Cancellation Amid Allegations of Systematic Failures
Why women in Jharkhand are running 1.6 km in saris and slippers every morning
Women from villages in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district are training every morning for the upcoming home guard recruitment, with some running 1.6 km in saris and slippers. For many, the 284 available posts represent a chance to secure their families' financial future.
ACB arrests three in Hbag illegal land deal crackdown
Bokaro DC asks officials to speed up Form-6 digitisation
L&T arm bags order worth over 5,000 crore for Jharkhand power project
L&T Energy CarbonLite Solutions has secured a limited notice to proceed for the main plant package of the 1,600 MW Chandrapura thermal power project in Jharkhand.
SC To Hear Centres Contempt Plea Over Jharkhand DGP Appointment
Centre Challenges Appointment Of Tadasha Mishra A Day Before Retirement
L&T Secures Initial Approval For 1,600 MW Chandrapura Thermal Power Project In Jharkhand
L&T gets initial nod to build main part of 1,600 MW thermal power plant in Jharkhand
The project is being developed by a joint venture of Damodar Valley Corporation and Coal India.
L&T gets nod to build main part of Jharkhand plant
IMD weather alert: Rain, thunderstorms likely in Bihar, Jharkhand, eastern UP and West Bengal
Several parts of the country are likely to see unsettled weather on Wednesday, October 7, with thunderstorms, strong winds and rain expected in multiple states. Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh may see thunderstorms, while...
JKCAG, NACM delegation meets Assembly Speaker
Srinagar, Oct 6:A joint delegation of the Jammu & Kashmir Climate Action Group (JKCAG) and National Alliance on Community Forest Resources & Minor Forest Produce (NACM) met Speaker of the J&K Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather in Srinagar on Tuesday. The delegation, led by Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, Chairman JKCAG, and Dileep Gode, National Convener NACM, presented a memorandum to the Speaker demanding enforcement of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) in J&K, as thousands of claims filed by people over the last four to five years remain undecided. The delegation consisted of members of the national-level steering committee of NACM from five states: Maharashtra, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh. The delegation raised issues of pending FRA claims in Poonch district and evictions carried out in Hari village of Surankot a few years ago by the Forest Department. The Jammu & Kashmir Climate Action Group (JKCAG) and National Alliance on Community Forest Resources & Minor Forest Produce (NACM) suggested holding training programmes and workshops for government officials, especially those from the Tribal Affairs, Revenue, Forest and Rural Development departments, as well as community-based organisations. The meeting was held immediately after the conclusion of a two-day National Workshop on the Forest Rights Act in Poonch, which brought together legal experts, environmentalists, civil society members, rights advocates and forest-dependent community representatives from Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and J&K. The JKCAG and NACM delegation discussed best practices from states such as Odisha, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, where implementation of Individual Forest Rights (IFR), Community Forest Rights (CFR) and Minor Forest Produce (MFP) governance has contributed to rural livelihoods and forest conservation. The J&K Assembly Speaker assured the delegation that he would take up the matter directly with the Chief Minister and the Minister for Forest/Tribal Affairs to prioritise FRA enforcement across all districts of J&K. He also assured the delegation of working towards organising more training workshops and seminars on the legislation. The NACM delegation requested Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to visit Maharashtra for an on-the-spot assessment of areas where FRA implementation has changed the lives of forest-dwelling tribal communities. In addition to Dileep Gode and Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, the delegation members who met the Speaker included Sandeep Minhas from Kullu, Himachal Pradesh; Advocate Virender Kumar from Ranchi, Jharkhand; Kailash Babu from Kandhamal, Odisha; Dr Kishore Moge from Yavatmal, Maharashtra; Keshav Gurnoole from Gadchiroli, Maharashtra; Dr Chitaranjan from Kalahandi, Odisha; Bharat Namdev from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; and Owais Mir from J&K.
Young Man Found Dead from Gunshot Wound in Jharkhands Palamu District
A young man was found dead from a gunshot wound in Palamu, Jharkhand, prompting an investigation by local police. Young Man Found Dead from Gunshot Wound in Jharkhands Palamu District
Forest rights groups seek FRA implementation
Srinagar, Oct 6: A delegation of the National Alliance on Community Forest Resources & Minor Forest Produce (NACM), along with members of the Jammu & Kashmir Climate Action Group, called on Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather and submitted a memorandum seeking his intervention for effective implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA-2006) in the Union Territory. The delegation comprised representatives from Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. The members apprised the Speaker of various issues and concerns related to the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in J&K. The delegation urged the Speaker to intervene and facilitate necessary measures for effective implementation of FRA-2006, stating that the legislation has contributed to transforming rural livelihoods in states where it has been implemented. The members also apprised Rather of the issues being faced by communities dependent on forest resources and sought his support in taking up the matter with the concerned authorities for appropriate consideration and resolution. The delegation emphasised the need for addressing the concerns of forest-dependent communities and ensuring that the provisions of the legislation are effectively implemented in the UT. Rather assured the delegation that he would take up the matter with the concerned authorities and seek appropriate intervention to address the issues raised by them. He further assured the members that their concerns would be conveyed to the concerned quarters for due consideration in accordance with the applicable provisions and framework.
Gajendra Singh Patel accuses Hemant Soren government of encouraging infiltration in Jharkhand
He also said that JMM, Congress and RJD formed the government by misleading innocent tribals, but the tribal community has awakened now.
NHM signs pact with Piramal Foundation
Jharkhand Chief Minister Urges Safe and Eco-Friendly Durga Puja Celebrations
CM Hemant Soren emphasizes safety and environmental awareness for Durga Puja in Jharkhand, urging committees to collaborate. Jharkhand Chief Minister Urges Safe and Eco-Friendly Durga Puja Celebrations
BJPs Jharkhand minder attacks govt over corruption, jobs, law and order
BJPs Patel Criticizes Hemant Soren Government Over Corruption and Law and Order Issues
BJP leader Gajendra Singh Patel criticizes Jharkhand government over corruption, law and order, and youth issues during press conference. BJPs Patel Criticizes Hemant Soren Government Over Corruption and Law and Order Issues
17 MGMMCH students suspended for ragging, indiscipline
Street play in Jharia to encourage relocation
HC directs immediate repairs, inspections of govt schools
Bandh call gets mixed response across 5 dists
Postgraduate student arrested for raping intern
Congress workers march to CEO office in Ranchi, scuffle with cops
Potholes on key routes raise concerns
Civic authorities, committees gear up for safe Durga Puja
HC Summons DGP, home secretary in minors detention case
IMD yellow alert raises concerns for Puja prep
Explosions in Hazaribag forest kill 3 animals
State drafts new plan to tackle malnutrition in women
Polytechnic student killed, classmate injured in NH-33 crash
UCIL plans to double uranium production by 2036; CMD allays radiation fears
Landmark Boost for Jharkhand's Premier Engineering Innovation Hub
Limited means, big dreams: Jamtara's Lakshmi and Purnima make Jharkhand U-19 team
Limited means, big dreams: Jamtara's Lakshmi and Purnima make Jharkhand U-19 team
Jharkhand: Congress, youth wing activists scuffle with police during protest outside CEO office
Agitators blackened the official name board of the Election Commission after being stopped from entering the premises, as leaders demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
Jamshedpur Public Park Falls Into Disrepair 3 Years After Opening; Locals Demand Renovation
Probe ordered after 5 boys scale school wall, walk 3km to complain of beating to BDO
Woman Murdered in Sahibganj, Jharkhand; Police Launch Investigation
A 45-year-old woman was found murdered in Sahibganj, Jharkhand, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. Woman Murdered in Sahibganj, Jharkhand; Police Launch Investigation
UCIL chief rejects link between uranium mining, health ailments in Jharkhand
UCIL) chairman-cum-managing director said the uranium ore mined in the State is of very low grade, with only 200-300 grams of uranium extracted per tonne of ore, and claimed it has little health impact
Rajya Sabha elections: All 8 BJP candidates in UP file nominations, likely to be elected unopposed
Digital Desk | Lucknow, Oct 6 (IANS) All eight Rajya Sabha candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Uttar Pradesh filed their nominations on Tuesday. The BJP announced the names of eight candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections on Monday. These include Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopikrishna Pandey, Priyanka Singh Rawat, Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan, and Shruti Gangwar. The Samajwadi Party has fielded two candidates -- Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhananjay Parimal Nathwani -- and decided to drop the third. With this, the path has been cleared for the unopposed election of eight BJP and two Samajwadi Party candidates. All eight BJP candidates reached the party's state headquarters on Tuesday, where they were welcomed with drums and trumpets by party workers. They were accompanied by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP State President Pankaj Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak during the filing of nominations. Dharampal Singh was the first to file his nomination, while Shruti Gangwar, daughter of Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar, was the last to do so. Former Barabanki MP Priyanka Singh Rawat and Gopikrishna Pandey received CM Yogi's blessings during their nominations. BJP Rajya Sabha candidate Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan said after filing papers, The party has decided to send me to the Upper House, and I will fulfil this responsibility as a party worker with full dedication. He expressed his gratitude to the party's national and state leadership. BJP candidate Prakash Pal stated that the party has generated enthusiasm among the backward classes by sending a common worker like him, the president of the OBC Morcha, to the Rajya Sabha. Long-term workers with dedication have the opportunity to reach important positions in the BJP, he said. BJP State President Pankaj Chaudhary stated that the BJP does what it preaches. All eight party candidates are party workers and are working together to complete their nomination process, he said. The Samajwadi Party (SP) was initially preparing to field a third candidate, but Akhilesh Yadav's decision not to field a third candidate has eliminated the possibility of a contest in the Rajya Sabha elections. Since the number of candidates is equal to the number of seats, the path is now open for unopposed elections on all 10 seats if no additional candidates contest. However, the scrutiny of nomination papers and the withdrawal process are still pending. Voting for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh is scheduled for October 16, with the last date for filing nominations being October 6. If no other candidate files a nomination and all nominations are found valid, voting will not be required.
Jharkhand SIR: ECI to hold camps at every polling station on October 10 for eligible voters
ECI to hold polling-station camps on October 10, 2026 in Jharkhand to assist eligible voters, including vulnerable groups, with SIR-2026 enrolment
UCIL Chief Rejects Link Between Uranium Mining, Health Problems in Jharkhand
The UCIL operates seven uranium mines in Jharkhand six underground mines at Bagjata, Jaduguda, Bhatin, Narwapahar, Turamdih and Mohuldih, and an open-pit mine at Banduhurang
Jharkhand B.Sc Agriculture Round 3 Seat Allotment 2026 Scheduled for October 6
Jharkhand B.Sc Agriculture Round 3 provisional seat allotment is scheduled for October 6, 2026. Candidates allotted seats can download their provisional allotment letters and complete document verification and physical college reporting from October 6 to 10, 2026.
Three new SC judges to take oath at 3.30 pm, departure from usual morning practice
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant will on Tuesday administer the oath of office to three new judges of the Supreme Court -- Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh -- at 3.30 p.m. The swearing-in ceremony, which will be live-streamed, marks a departure from the usual practice of administering the oath to newly appointed Supreme Court judges in the morning. Newly appointed Supreme Court judges usually take the oath of office at 10.30 a.m., coinciding with the time when the top court assembles on working days to conduct hearings. However, according to an official communication issued in this regard, The Swearing-in-Ceremony of Justice Sunita Agarwal, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, shall be live-streamed from 03:30 P.M. onwards. The three Chief Justices of the High Courts were appointed as judges of the apex court after the Centre cleared their elevation on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium. Acting swiftly on the Collegium's recommendation, the Centre on Monday approved the elevation of Justices Agarwal, Upadhyaya and Singh to the Supreme Court. In a post on X, Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal announced that the President, after consultation with CJI Surya Kant, had appointed the three Chief Justices as judges of the apex court. The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 28th September, 2026 has recommended elevation of the following Chief Justices of the High Courts as Judges in the Supreme Court, the Collegium had said in a statement uploaded on the apex court's official website. Justice Agarwal, born on April 30, 1966, was appointed as a judge of the Allahabad High Court on November 21, 2011. She became the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court on July 23, 2023. Justice Upadhyaya, born on June 16, 1965, was appointed as a puisne Judge of the Allahabad High Court on November 21, 2011 and became a permanent Judge on August 6, 2013. He became the Senior Judge of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on March 28, 2023. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and took oath on July 29, 2023, before being transferred as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, where he took oath on January 21, 2025. Justice Singh, born on July 7, 1965, was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court on January 24, 2012 and was confirmed as a Permanent Judge on January 16, 2014. He served as Acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court from December 20, 2022, to February 19, 2023. He took oath as Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court on April 17, 2023, and was subsequently transferred as Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, where he took oath on July 19, 2025. The appointments will further strengthen the Supreme Court's judicial strength following the Centre's decision earlier this year to increase the sanctioned strength to 37, excluding the CJI.
FRA workshop in Poonch calls for wider awareness, community participation
Srinagar, Oct 5: A two-day national workshop on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, in Jammu and Kashmir concluded in Poonch , with experts and forest-dependent communities calling for greater awareness of statutory rights and stronger community participation. The workshop was organised by the J&K Climate Action Group in collaboration with the National Alliance on Community Forest Resources & Minor Forest Produce (NACM). Rights advocates, legal experts, environmentalists, civil society representatives and forest-dependent community members from Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra and Jharkhand participated in the workshop along with local stakeholders and government representatives. Discussions focused on the implementation of Individual Forest Rights (IFR), Community Forest Rights (CFR) and rights over Minor Forest Produce (MFP) in J&K. J&K Climate Action Group Chairman Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat expressed concern over the absence of district administration officials from the workshop and urged the Tribal Affairs Department to undertake extensive awareness campaigns in rural and forest-adjacent areas. He said local NGOs and civil society organisations should be involved as partners in informing forest-dependent communities about their rights under the law. The workshop also provided a platform for affected families from Hari in Surankote to raise grievances over the alleged damage to their homes during a Forest Department action several years ago. The families alleged that the action violated protections under the FRA and sought justice and rehabilitation. Local speakers included Sikender Noorani from Surankote, Lokesh Sharma, social and political activist and district coordinator of the J&K Climate Action Group, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, retired principal, and Sabir Hussain Bittu. NACM delegates from different parts of the country shared field experiences and examples of FRA implementation, including community forest resource management and Minor Forest Produce rights. The speakers included Dileep Gode of Nagpur, Maharashtra; Sandeep Minhas of Kullu, Himachal Pradesh; Advocate Virender Kumar of Ranchi, Jharkhand; Kailash Babu of Kandhamal, Odisha; Dr. Kishore Moge of Yavatmal, Maharashtra; Keshav Gurnoole of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra; Dr. Chitaranjan of Kalahandi, Odisha; and Bharat Namdev of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Speakers said community forest management and MFP rights had helped strengthen livelihoods and local governance among tribal and traditional forest-dependent communities in states including Odisha, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. They urged J&K to study and adopt relevant models. Advocate Badrul Duja, Ajaz Sofi, Advocate Shakir Parray and Mir Mushtaq coordinated the workshop proceedings and facilitated discussions between national experts and local participants. The workshop concluded with participants pledging to continue advocacy and capacity-building efforts on forest rights across J&K. Participants also thanked the J&K Climate Action Group and its chairman, Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat, for organising the workshop.
Festive demand drives grocery prices higher across Jamshedpur
Dumka Police probe Rs 25L jewellery theft from shop owners home
Security firms office gutted in Hinoo
Man held for cousins murder over old dispute in Sahibganj
CISF, CCL seize 5 trucks with 250 tonnes of coal in Latehar
Cong plaint against voter data irregularities
SIR: Alternate checks rolled out for inclusion of vulnerable voters
Elephant found dead in Garhwa forest
Welfare of Jkhand tribals topmost priority, says new state BJP minder
Minister orders blacklisting of negligent JJM contractors
On Diamond Jubilee Year, UCIL plans mining projects in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh
64 students fall ill in Khunti after school trip
JBVNL to set up district control rooms, deploy staff at puja pandals
Shooting trainer held for filming woman in changing room
Psychology trainee alleges rape by fellow student in Ranchi, police register FIR
Digital Desk | Ranchi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Jharkhand Police have registered a case of alleged rape of a psychology trainee at the prestigious Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP) in Ranchi's Kanke area and launched an investigation, officials said on Monday. According to the complaint lodged with Kanke police station, the woman said she was working as a trainee in clinical psychology at the institute and was residing in the institute's postgraduate hostel. A fellow hostel resident, identified as Sarthak Choudhary, was pursuing an M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology and staying in Room No 54 of the same hostel. The complaint states that hostel regulations permitted students to visit each other's rooms. According to the allegations, on the night of June 28, at around 10 p.m., the woman trainee allegedly visited Choudhary's room for study and practice related to psychological assessment exercises. The survivor alleged that after spending some time studying in the room, she suddenly felt dizzy. During this period, the accused reportedly offered her water from a steel bottle. She initially hesitated to drink it but eventually did so after repeated insistence from him, she said in the complaint. According to the FIR, her condition deteriorated shortly after consuming the water. The accused then allegedly advised her to rest on the bed. The survivor alleged that when she resisted and attempted to leave the room, he raped her. Following the incident, she approached the police seeking justice. Based on her complaint, Kanke police registered an FIR and initiated an investigation into the matter. Police are questioning the accused and examining available evidence. Investigators are also recording the survivor's statement and scrutinising the scene of the alleged crime and other relevant material. Police said further legal action will be taken after completion of the investigation.
BIT Mesra students crack AI, deepfake challenges at hackathon
NPU convocation postponed after Lok Bhavan order
Tobacco sales continue near educational institutes despite 100-metre ban
BJPs UP Rajya Sabha List Out: Oil Minister Hardeep Puri Dropped, 8 Candidates Named
The BJP has announced eight candidates for the October 16 Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, including two women. Former Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Singh Rawat and Shruti Gangwar, daughter of Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar, are among the nominees. Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey and Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan are the other candidates. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, whose Rajya Sabha term is ending, has not been included in the list. Party insiders say his omission could signal a reshuffle in the Union Council of Ministers. Ten Rajya Sabha seats are falling vacant in Uttar Pradesh, with eight currently held by the BJP, one each by the SP and BSP.
AIIMS Deoghar prepares for convocation, Vice-President to attend
Ramgarh silver jewellery cluster gets tools, training and market push
Hazaribag completes land acquisition for Varanasi-Kolkata expressway
Fans queue for hours at stadium to get India-West Indies T20I tickets
2 food delivery boys arrested in Bokaro for motorcycle theft
Getalsud floating solar plant starts full 100 MW supply to city
1.5 tonnes of stolen iron plates recovered in Latehar
Man with failing eyesight loses way, drowns near home in Latehar
SC seeks Centre, states' response on vacancies, functioning of State Human Rights Commissions
The Supreme Court has requested responses from the government and various commissions about the staffing issues of State Human Rights Commissions. The petition highlights the defunct status of certain commissions in states like Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Jharkhand. It calls for timely appointments to vacant positions and adequate infrastructure for the commissions. Additionally, the petition seeks compliance reports until the issues are resolved.
Jharkhand High Court Questions Detention of Acquitted Woman Amid Rape Allegations
The Jharkhand High Court demands clarity on the detention of a woman acquitted in a criminal case amid serious allegations. Jharkhand High Court Questions Detention of Acquitted Woman Amid Rape Allegations
Jharkhand: 30 students report vomiting, diarrhoea after educational trip
The students from Karra block began developing symptoms on Sunday evening, with several more cases reported by Monday morning. Several students were admitted to the Karra Community Health Centre for treatment
Thirty students fall ill after educational trip in Jharkhand's Khunti
Digital Desk | Khunti (Jharkhand), Oct 5 (IANS) At least 30 students of PM Shri High School, Tilmi, in Jharkhand's Khunti district have fallen ill after they returned from an educational trip. Several students reported vomiting, diarrhoea, high fever, and stomach pain, officials said on Monday. The students from Karra block began developing symptoms on Sunday evening, with several more cases reported by Monday morning. A number of students were admitted to the Karra Community Health Centre for treatment. According to the health department, the illness may be linked to an educational trip undertaken by the students on October 3. The school had taken the students to a gurukul at Dodma and Rani Falls in the Torpa block. During the trip, the students reportedly prepared food. Health officials have also received information that some students consumed food purchased from roadside stalls operating near the picnic site. However, officials have not yet established whether contaminated food was responsible for the illness or whether the students developed the symptoms because of an infection. The health department has initiated an investigation to determine the cause. The highest number of affected students is reportedly from Tilmi village. Some children from nearby Masko and Barwadag villages have also reported illness, according to officials. Following the reports, the health department has increased surveillance in the affected villages to identify any additional cases and monitor the health of residents. On the directions of Civil Surgeon Dr Lalit Ranjan Pathak, medical teams were sent to Tilmi, Masko and Barwadag villages. Health workers are conducting door-to-door visits to assess the health of children and other residents and identify suspected cases. The teams are also providing medicines to those requiring treatment, while officials are monitoring the situation for any further spread of illness. At the Karra Community Health Centre, doctors are keeping a close watch on the students admitted there. Their condition is currently reported to be stable, officials said. The district hospital has also been placed on alert as a precautionary measure. Officials said that if the condition of any affected child deteriorates, arrangements have been made to shift the child to the district hospital for further treatment. Health authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the illness. No official confirmation has so far been given that contaminated food was the cause, and further medical and epidemiological assessment is expected to establish the reason behind the symptoms. The incident has prompted increased health surveillance in the villages from which the affected students come, while medical teams continue to monitor the children and look for any additional suspected cases.
Piyush Mishra has taken another dig at Naseeruddin Shah, questioning him over the Flydubai incident, Lovely Professional University protest and Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Honors Asian Games Gold Medalists from States Hockey Team
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren meets and honors four hockey players from the state who won gold at the Asian Games 2026. Jharkhand Chief Minister Honors Asian Games Gold Medalists from States Hockey Team
AdiVaani: Technology for the Margins
India is home to over 700 tribal communities and more than 100 distinct tribal languages and dialects yet only a handful have a script, a dictionary or any presence online. For a Gondi speaking farmer trying to read a government health advisory or a Santhali student searching for a word in a textbook, the digital world has, until now, simply not spoken their language. AdiVaani is changing that through one sentence, one recording, one translated page at a time. AdiVaani is an AI based translation and language technology platform being developed under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) by IIT Delhi. Its mission is deceptively simple: build tools that let English and Hindi speak to tribal languages and let tribal languages speak back in text and in voice and vice versa. AdiVaani has gone live with four languages Santali, Mundari, Bhili and Gondi with Kui and Garo close behind, and a further eight languages, including Katkari, Koya, Kokborok, Betta Kuruba, Chodri, Thadou Kuki and Tangkhul, lined up for the next phase. A Full Toolkit, Not Just a Translator AdiVaani brings together a full toolkit under one roof, not merely a translator. It offers Text-to-Text Translation, converting English or Hindi text into a tribal language and back again, instantly; Speech-to-Text (ASR), which turns spoken tribal language into text and offers a lifeline for languages with few or no fluent readers; Text-to-Speech, which generates natural spoken tribal-language audio from written text so that non-literate speakers can access information aurally; and Speech-to-Speech, a cascaded pipeline that lets two people speaking different languages understand each other in near real time. The platform also carries an Optical Character Recognition feature that digitises old textbooks, folk manuscripts, primers and dictionaries existing only on paper, often the last surviving record of a dialect, alongside a public mobile App and Web Access portal carrying dictionaries, learning modules and feedback tools for continuous improvement. Bringing the Periphery to the Centre For decades, India's tribal languages have existed at the edge of the country's digital and administrative life rich in oral history, ecological knowledge and cultural memory, yet almost invisible to the internet, to AI systems and often to policy itself. AdiVaani inverts that equation. A welfare scheme notification, a health advisory or an NCERT textbook chapter that once existed only in Hindi or English can now be rendered accurately and respectfully into Santali or Bhili and read aloud to someone who cannot read at all. Government officials, teachers, and health workers can, in turn, understand what a tribal citizen is trying to communicate in their own words. The traffic runs both ways and that is the point: AdiVaani is not simply giving tribal communities access to the mainstream; it is giving the mainstream access to tribal India. The project treats tribal languages not as data sources for AI but as living knowledge systems connected to oral tradition, agriculture, ecology and community identity. Not Just for Tribal India- A Platform for Everyone AdiVaani's promise extends well beyond tribal households. Researchers and linguists gain a reproducible, benchmarked dataset for some of the world's most under documented languages. Civil servants, doctors, teachers and NGO field workers posted in tribal districts most of whom are not themselves tribal get a real time translation companion that turns awkward, error prone communication into genuine dialogue. Students of linguistics and anthropology gain digitised manuscripts and oral archives that would otherwise decay unseen in local libraries. And every Indian, tribal or not inherits a small but meaningful correction to the digital record: languages that were at risk of existing only in memory now have a searchable, speakable, teachable home online. This is what makes AdiVaani more than a translation app, it is public infrastructure for inclusion, built the way inclusion should be built: with the community at the centre, not at the receiving end. Community First, Technology Second AdiVaani's most distinctive feature may not be its models at all but its method. Native speakers, translators, field linguists and community elders are treated as knowledge partners not just annotators. Every dataset passes through a maker checker superchecker workflow, where community validators catch the subtle ways AI tends to flatten a minority language toward Hindi or English,a dropped suffix, an over normalised idiom, a lost oral register. Machine generated translations are never treated as final: they return to native speakers for correction before they re-enter the corpus. It is AI development grounded in consent, cultural respect and the recognition that a language is not a dataset it is a way a people remembers itself. This is where the State Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) become indispensable. Long before a sentence reaches an AI model, it is the TRIs in Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and elsewhere that anchor the entire corpus-building effort on the ground mobilising native speakers, verifying dialectal variations across villages and blocks, and vetting every translated or transcribed sample before it is accepted into the training data. Their field knowledge decides which recordings are authentic and which idioms have been flattened in translation, making them the frontline check between raw community language and a usable digital corpus. Without this continuous, on-the-ground vetting by the TRIs, the models AdiVaani builds would carry the very distortions the project was set up to avoid. Looking Ahead AdiVaani's work is far from finished. Over the next nine months, it plans to add ten more languages improve its speech recognition and voice technology, and build much larger collections of verified recordings reaching hundreds of thousands per language. But beyond the numbers, AdiVaani stands for something bigger: proof that technology can protect and support tribal languages instead of erasing them. In a country where languages are vanishing every few years, AdiVaani gives tribal communities a way to be heard in their own voices, on their own terms and gives the rest of India a reason finally to listen. (The Author is Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Courtesy: PIB)
SKMU accelerates convocation prep after guvs directive
Ranchi police arrest Korha gang members linked to 40 snatching cases
Ranchi drug peddler arrested with 120 cough syrup bottles, 2,295 tablets
JBVNL steps up Ranchi power maintenance ahead of festive days
2 days after Bihar girl was swept away in Damodar, body found
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Digital Desk | New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)'s 'Seva Sankalp Yatra' entered Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, after traversing through various states and also marking completion of 18 days of 'seva' (public service). The Seva Sankalp Yatra, steered by the BJYM -- the youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- is being organised across the country through awareness drives and bike rallies, to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's twenty-five years of 'seva'. Inspired by PM Modi's 'seva' for more than two decades, the Yatra seeks to transform the idea of Seva into a people-led movement, taking the message of service, responsibility and nation-building to communities across the country. According to BJYM, the Yatra progressed across 20 routes in six states today -- one in Madhya Pradesh, seven in Rajasthan, one in Chhattisgarh, six in Uttar Pradesh, two in Jharkhand and three in Gujarat, hoping to build greater public participation. Speaking about the Yatra's mission, the BJYM National President Hemang Joshi said, The energy of our Seva Yatris is growing with every passing day. Eighteen days into this journey, their enthusiasm remains as strong as it was on Day One, because they are not merely travelling a route, they are carrying forward the vision of Seva that has defined PM Narendra Modi Ji's public life. The smiles, participation and affection we are receiving from people at every halt are giving our young Seva Yatris even greater inspiration to serve and contribute towards a Viksit Bharat. The Seva Sankalp Yatra reflects the journey of PM Modi from Vadnagar to national stage, with Vadnagar representing the values, struggles and early influences that shaped his life and Varanasi representing a major chapter of his public service. At every halt, Seva Yatris are turning their commitment into meaningful action through cleanliness drives, tree plantation, water conservation, Gau Seva, service to senior citizens, Jan Samwad and community-oriented activities, the BYJM said in a statement. As the Seva Sankalp Yatra moves forward, the growing enthusiasm of Seva Yatris and the increasing participation of people along the routes are giving renewed strength to its central message the journey of Seva continues, the Sankalp grows stronger, and the vision of a 'Viksit Bharat' moves forward with every step, it said.
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