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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Hopes for better roads as NHAI comes closer home
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is setting up a regional office in Ranch soon to ensure timely completion of various projects worth Rs 3,000 crore in Jharkhand, considered laggard in reaping the benefits of centrally-sponsored road revamp schemes.
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Auto hub worries over toxic cleaner
- Adityapur units unhappy with substitutes, pollution board awaits orders Jamshedpur, Oct. 28: Auto component manufacturer of Adityapur are on a mission to search for a cleaning agent, as the solvent they have been using for long has been banned for its toxic qualities. Prolonged use of the solvent, Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC), has been found to be
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Moms to train for midday meal
The state Human Resource Development Department is revamping its midday meal scheme in order to provide a proactive role for the Saraswati Vahini responsible for cooking hygienic food for the children.
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Villagers say no steel plant in Chandil
- Squat protest by 200 at pollution board public hearing Over 200 villagers voiced their opposition to an integrated steel plant at a public hearing organised by the state pollution control board at a village in adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district today, in yet another indication of local residents
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Tech firm finalised for auto cluster
Jamshedpur, Oct. 26: The state-run Jharkhand Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation will provide required technical assistance to the proposed Adityapur auto cluster
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JNNURM deal inked
Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Oct. 21: After three years of wait, Jamshedpur can finally reap benefits under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). A memorandum of agreement to this effect was signed in Delhi today. The JNNURM funds will, however, come with a rider. Only an urban conglomerate, excluding Tata Steel command areas, will be entitled to harness the money.
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Bamboo MoU to end weavers woe
- Industry and forest departments join hands to utilise resource Jamshedpur, Oct. 20: The industries department will work with the forest department to utilise bamboo resources to the hilt, in a bid to save the weavers in Manusmudia village in East Singhbhum district from penury.
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Crop study tour for farmers
Ranchi, Oct. 20: Thousands of farmers will soon be sent to other states to study models there and implement them here for better yield. Earlier, only politicians made similar trips at the expense of the state.
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Governor largesse for villagers
About 47,523 villagers of Gumla, Khunti, Simdega and Ranchi reaped benefits today when Governor K. Sankaranarayanan distributed assets, both individual and community, worth Rs 865.38 crore during the fifth and last Vikas Mela of the season at Morabadi grounds in Ranchi.
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Gujarat zoo refuses lion exchange
- Asiatic Lion Re-introduction Project spurs numbers supremacy game Jamshedpur, Oct. 14: Tata Steel Zoological Society