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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Sesa Goa seeks another chance
Ranchi, July 4: Sesa Goa Limited, whose MoU for setting up a 0.4 MTPA steel mill was cancelled by the state government in April, has approached the industry department to renew the agreements signed in
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Mobile water plants
Ranchi, July 4: People in five districts that are faced with arsenic and fluoride content will now be able to gulp down glasses of pure water for free, thanks to the first-ever mobile treatment plants
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Eco clubs to spread the green word
The Dhanbad district education department is on a green mission this monsoon. It has written to government high and middle schools to constitute eco clubs to help keep campuses clean and green. According
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Power cut in coal mines
June 11: Large parts of the state reeled under prolonged power cuts today after six units of DVC-operated thermal power plants at Bokaro and Chandrapura tripped as a result of technical snags. The disruptions
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A dam idea that changed lives - Sandbags check rivulet water to turn parched fields green in Gumla village
Residents of Gunia build a temporary barrier with sandbags on the rivulet in December last year and a paddy grower in the village. Telegraph pictures Ranchi, June 10: Some 550 sandbags, a day of labour
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GPS boost for capital clean-up
A2Z Waste Management, the agency roped in by the civic custodians to keep Ranchi clean, has found a tech route to keep a tab on vehicles used for collecting and disposing garbage and their drivers. The
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Rs 20-lakh jumbo count from today - Sanctuaries out of bounds for tourists
And it’s time to take on an elephantine challenge. Nearly 3,000 surveyors — armed with notebooks, pencils and area maps — will fan out across all the 24 districts of the state from Friday to tally the
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City turns to borewells
The demand for borewell drilling machines is at an all-time high in Ranchi as residents grapple with the dual torture of soaring temperatures and taps running dry, the civic body’s call for minimal exploitation
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Swelter claims 50 bats, kindles official interest
Batty as it may sound, it takes around 50 carcasses to prove that a protected species exists, if one is to go by the logic of forest department officials. Officials of Ranchi wildlife division (east)
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Mountain guest to delight bird buffs
The state’s maiden vulture breeding centre in Muta, 22km from Ranchi, may not have taken wing as yet, but Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park in Ormanjhi, closer to the capital, may soon boast a special winged