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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Glare on polluting wheels
Jharkhand High Court on Monday directed the School Bus Owners Association in the capital to inform about the number of buses ferrying students, providing details of buses owned by respective schools and
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Crackdown on rogue mining firms - Districts told to study leases, monitor company activities
The state government has decided to tighten the noose around companies that extract ore in excess of what has been specified in their leases in violation of Indian Bureau of Mines and environmental norms.
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Villagers against waste plant bar entry
Armed villagers prevented government officials from entering the site of a proposed solid waste treatment plant in Khairbani on the outskirts of Jamshedpur on Friday, their resistance inspired by fears
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Dhanbad takes dengue guard
The dengue’s deadly sting in neighbouring Bokaro district and Bengal have set off the alarm bells in Dhanbad. The district health department has stepped up efforts to spread awareness regarding the vector-borne
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Toxins swamp festive waters
One man’s celebration is another man’s poison in revelling Ranchi. The level of pollution in water bodies across the capital has shot up dangerously following immersion of idols — many of them made of
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Toxins out of veggie basket
By April 2013, expect your shopping bag to flaunt organic tomatoes, cabbages, peas, turmeric and ginger. National Horticulture Mission (Jharkhand) director Prabhakar Singh told newsmen in Ranchi on
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Steel city begins ghat clean-up for immersion
Jamshedpur, Oct. 20: A team of senior district officials today inspected eight ghats, starting a special drive to spruce up over 12 major sites for immersion on Vijaya Dashami on October 24. The officials
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Dengue alert in Dhanbad district
Rahul Thakur (20) died in a private hospital in the coal capital last night, minutes after he was brought in from Chirkunda, about 45km away, where he had been undergoing treatment for the last five days.
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State sop for food processing
Ranchi, Oct. 15: Jharkhand is set to go big on food processing with the industry department today announcing assistance up to Rs 50 lakh for technology upgrade and establishment and modernisation of proposed
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Farming power for villages at last
Ranchi, Oct. 15: The agriculture department today became the first state government wing to delegate financial and administrative powers to panchayati raj institutions, about two years after the Arjun