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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Bokaro warning on hospital waste
Ragpickers rummage through a waste heap in Bokaro on Monday. Picture by Pankaj Singh Bokaro, Jan. 4: Bokaro civil surgeon Dr Pramod Kumar has issued fresh orders to private nursing homes in the district about safe disposal of biomedical waste.
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Kids leave for green meet
Ranchi, Jan. 4: Two students of Jharkhand State Bal Bhavan, Rishabh Raj of St Thomas School and Mohit Kumar Gupta of Holy Child School, left for New Delhi today to take part in the National Young Environment-alist Conference to be held from January 6 to 10.
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BCCL for better target
Dhanbad: Officers of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) have joined hands with the company management to motivate workers to help boost production to meet the 28.5-million tonne target and help the firm earn a mini ratna status this fiscal.
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Industry waits for new govts land policy
- Entrepreneurs wary, say JMM was behind agitations against expansion of Adityapur manufacturing hub The Adityapur industrial zone With Shibu Soren taking charge as the chief minister, industrialists based in Adityapur are now waiting with bated breath to find out what will be the new government
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Birsa zoo to boast aviary soon - around 100 species of birds to find safe haven
Ranchi, Dec. 20: Exotic birds will soon find enough space to stretch their wings at the upcoming aviary at Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park. The aviary, to measure 300ftx150ft, is located next to the old bird house at the zoo, 23km from the capital. It will have artificial nests, a water channel (pool) and two artificial waterfalls that would empty into the pool.
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Power unit faces toxicity rap
Bokaro Thermal Power Station, a subsidiary of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is under scanner for reportedly releasing hazardous ash water into the Konar river between December 10 and 12.
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Power unit faces toxicity rap
Bokaro Thermal Power Station, a subsidiary of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is under scanner for reportedly releasing hazardous ash water into the Konar river between December 10 and 12.
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Winged guests drop anchor - temperature dip delights bird lovers
Migratory birds have started flocking in large numbers to Maithon dam, Tenughat dam, Garga, Chandrapura and other water reservoirs here much to the delight of bird watchers of Dhanbad, Bokaro, Maithon, Chandrapura, Tenughat and other parts of the coal belt.
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From mines to picnic spots - forest department to develop abandoned collieries
How about giving the usual picnic spots a miss and spending the day in an abandoned mine instead? Sounds unreal? Not any longer. The district administration and the forest department are working in tandem to develop collieries and convert them into tourist hotspots. The purpose is to promote coal tourism and eco-tourism.
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Message from tribal heartland to Copenhagen
- NGO chief to highlight problems plaguing tribals because of rampant industrialisation and loss of habitat ARTI SAHULIYAR