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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Dig pits to wash out water woes
- Farmers upbeat as Doba, a new technology, will enable rainwater harvesting Ranchi, June 29: The rain god is smiling and so are the farmers. They have to worry less about irrigation now as monsoon has finally hit the state. And using a new technology this time round to store rainwater, farmers can look forward to better summers ahead.
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Lightning kills 11, Palamau loses cattle
The arrival of a weak monsoon in Jharkhand today is bringing with it additional problems for parched districts of Palamau where at least 135 cattle have apparently died due to a scarcity of drinking water.
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Giridih voices Rs 10cr pilot project gripe
The one-time summer getaway of the rich and famous of Bengal is today ruing its transformation into a Maoist stronghold, the gnawing bitterness aggravated by the Centre giving it the short shrift while choosing districts for a pilot project to kick-start development and give the campaign against extremism a social face.
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Cabinet secy scanner on pending projects
The Union Cabinet secretary and a battery of senior officials from New Delhi will be visiting Jharkhand on Sunday to review ongoing development programmes and the prevailing law and order situation in the backdrop of an anti-Maoist operation in neighbouring Bengal.
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Job survey to form welfare databank
- NSSO begins year-long programme in rural, urban pockets next month SANTOSH K. KIRO The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) will create a databank on
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Winning efforts to save vultures
Clawing back Hazaribagh, June 24: Vultures may be on the brink of extinction in the country, but its population continues to thrive in this district. Efforts taken by Neo Human Foundation, an NGO working for vulture conservation, has given a boost to the bird population in this region. For now, there are around 200 vultures in the town and adjoining areas.
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7000 march to save dying rivulet
Braving the heat, over 7,000 people today marched to Harmu river, vowing to bring it back to life from deathbed. Choosing the occasion of rath yatra to retrieve and de-pollute the river that runs through the state capital, they termed degradation of Harmu river as an attack on existence of nature and held selfish people responsible for it.
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Units to fund auto cluster project
Small and medium enterprises based at Adityapur Industrial Area (AIA) will contribute more than Rs 3 crore to develop the Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL). Senior AACL officials said that the entrepreneurs would provide Rs 20,000 for each acre that is being used by them to develop the proposed project. The units would be paying the amount in three instalments.
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Huddle plan for rain delay
The state agriculture directorate today held a meeting with scientists of Birsa Agriculture University to work on a contingency plan should the monsoon be delayed beyond June 30. Weather scientists have however not lost hope yet, predicting today that chances were bright for the southwest monsoon to kick in by Friday, bringing rain to large parts of the country.
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Heat on zoo inmates
If the soaring mercury has left humans gasping for breath, animals are suffering no less.