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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Water plan stuck in power corridor
The proposed site for the drinking water project Ranchi, June 23: Administrative dilly-dallying is once again threatening to delay the Mango drinking water project, pending for two years now.
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Drought dread
The dreaded
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Championing the green cause
- 17-yr-old son of mechanic forms squad to save environment Dhanbad, June 22: His motor mechanic father may have spent a major part of his life arranging for two square meals for the family, but 17-year-old Manibhushan Prasad has grown up with a larger mission in life: to protect the world from global warming and keep it green.
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Cloud over NH project
Only four days are left for the Centre to take a final decision on executing the Hazaribagh-Ranchi four-lane project worth over Rs 600 crore, even as its bids were decided on February 27.
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Yashwant takes up broom for a clean town
After urging the senior district officials to upgrade the basic facilities in Hazaribagh town last week, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today took to the streets for a cleanliness drive. With a broom in hand, the new Hazaribagh MP worked in tandem with hundreds of BJP workers to get rid of garbage on the roads. Sinha said that the drive would continue till the town became spic and span.
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New unit faces protest
Giridih, June 19: The villagers of Giridih are firm. They will not allow construction of any sponge iron unit in the district as past experience has shown that industrialists do nothing to check the pollution caused by the plants.
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Pledge to meet sanitation deadline
The administration today vowed to step up efforts to meet the 2012 deadline for achieving 100 per cent sanitation in the state. For this, over 37 lakh private toilets will have to be built.
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Maithon pipe leak drains Dhanbad
The coal capital and its adjoining areas is reeling under acute water crisis, aggravated by several man-made leaks in the Maithon project pipeline, bringing life to a standstill for over 2 lakh residents of urban areas since the past week.
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Water guardians for 40000 villages - Meeting today to launch sahiya drive
Inspired by the success of sahiya system in the healthcare sector, the administration is planning to replicate the model to spread awareness about sanitation and safe drinking water in villages of Jharkhand.
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Dark days ahead for industry, predicts CII
The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has painted a dismal picture of the state in its first ever survey on the vital sectors of the economy in Jharkhand. Barring agro and agro-based industries, steel, automobiles and tourism have fared poorly during October 2008-March 2009 compared to the past six months between April and September 2008.