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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216 Jharia families get keys to safety
- Rs 7,028cr fire zone rehab plan gets underway More than a decade after it was conceptualised, the Rs 7,028-crore master plan to rehabilitate 200,000-odd victims of a raging underground fire in Jharia was implemented today with the allotment of over 200 new flats at Belgarhia in Baliapur, a safe zone 10km away.
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Bokaro now a heat chamber - temperatures touch 42C, old timers say its abnormal
Bokaro: This week saw maximum temperatures touching 42 degree Celsius with accompanying hot winds turning the steel city into a heat chamber, unlike anything old timers in Bokaro recall having experienced in the first month of summer.
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A lesson to learn in organic farming
- A backward Netarhat village shows the way by making vermi-compost Bishunpur (Gumla), March 24: A sleepy nondescript village in Bishunpur block of Gumla district, inhabited by primitive tribes and otherwise looked down upon for being backward, has a lesson to teach to not only its neighbours but also to other hamlets across the country.
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Minister tips for industry
Salman Khursheed has a suggestion for industrial houses keen on setting up steel and power units in Jharkhand but cannot do so due to a number of hurdles
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Welfare on tribal doorstep
Jamshedpur, March 22: In an attempt to lure away villagers from the influence of Naxalites, the East Singhbhum district administration has decided to take welfare schemes introduced by the Centre and state government to tribal homes in rebel strongholds. Christened Prashasan Aapke Dwaar (administration on your doorstep), the special drive will start next week.
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Students aim to save trees
Several school students today joined hands to celebrate World Forestry Day and took out awareness rallies to educate masses about the increasing risks of deforestation.
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Patta power to fight rebel menace
Implementation of the Forest Act may have been dismal in Jharkhand so far, but Operation Greenhunt has made the district administrations realise that speeding up the task of distributing pattas or land documents to tribal villagers would only add teeth to the ongoing fight against Maoist rebels.
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A roof for 120 Jharia families
Dhanbad, March 18: Come March 25, 120 families, displaced by an underground fire in Jharia, will find new homes at Belgarhia in Baliapur.
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Study nails polluting units
Ranchi, March 16: A study on the environmental impact of various polluting industries, particularly sponge iron units, projects an alarming scenario in Jharkhand, blaming state agencies for their failure to monitor the seriousness of the problem.
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Foul air chokes Dhanbad - IIT study says coal capital most polluted industry hub
Foul air chokes Dhanbad - IIT study says coal capital most polluted industry hub