Swine flu alert after death in Ranchi
Health department advisory for surgeons and district surveillance units, asking them to screen suspected cases By Our Special Correspondent in Ranchi Swine flu is stalking Jharkhand with at least eight
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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UN food programme helps village grow
Bera, a remote village in Naxalite-hit Bundu block, about 50km from Ranchi district, got enough food for thought to come out of the rebel shadow and taste self-sufficiency, thanks to the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations. The village
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Pollution test centres ail, capital breathes uneasy
Only four out of 16
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Farming with wastewater
Corporate innovation has teamed up with rural will to usher in a green revolution in Upper Dungri and Jeetpur, two adjoining villages under Jorapokhar police station, 15km from Dhanbad. Tata Steel
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Centre keeps river project afloat
Jamshedpur, May 29: The state water resources department today decided to resume work on a 113km stretch of Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP)
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Coal firms under scanner
Dhanbad, May 26: Indicating it means business, Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has pulled up various stakeholders of the coal belt, including industries and civic organisations, for not doing enough to ensure a cleaner environment as envisaged in the Dhanbad Action Plan formulated last year. Yesterday, the board distributed minutes of a review meeting it held on April 20 to Bhar
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Proposal on crop insurance
Ranchi, May 23: Chief secretary S.K. Choudhary today directed agriculture and co-operative departments to prepare proposals to extend crop insurance benefits to farmers during the current sowing season. Agriculture secretary A.K.
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Green meet to save Saranda - Panel report to go to Centre
Environmentalists and NGOs took up cudgels to conserve Saranda
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PSUs in dock for toxic river
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) today slapped cases against three coal washeries belonging to BCCL and SAIL for ignoring earlier notices and continuing to discharge effluents in the Damodar river. The cases were filed against deputy general manager of Chasnala coal washery of Steel Authority of India Limited and project officers of Sudamdih Coal washery and Madhuban Coal Washery
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Mission to save green cover
Jamshepdur, May 20: The state forest department officials are marrying modern with traditional methods of conservation to save Jharkhand
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AG word thwarts govt coal block plan
An eagerly anticipated opinion of the attorney general has boomeranged on the Arjun Munda government, which was hoping to wrest control over the contentious coal block of Banhardih in Latehar by teaming up a private player of its choice with the state electricity board for mining explorations. Attorney general Goolam E.