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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CCL third eye on explosives for mines
Use and transportation of explosives in mining areas of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) will soon be monitored online and in adherence to guidelines provided by Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (Peso), a wing of the Union ministry of commerce and industry. With several CCL mining areas located in Naxalite pockets, safety and transportation of explosives have always been a matter of
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Chas water project misses Hemant deadline
- Rs 51 crore plan to lay new pipelines from Damodar to city will take another year Residents of Chas, living through a severe water crisis, are looking at another year of hardship with the Rs 51.02 crore project to lay a new pipeline to the city staring at further delays despite assurances to the contrary by deputy chief minister Hemant Soren. The Union government funded project, okayed in 20
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Eye on organic yield warranty - State moots certification centre for fruits, medicines
The Union agriculture ministry has proposed to set up an organic certification centre in Jharkhand to fulfil the state
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Sunny news for martyr village
Ranchi, April 28: The sun will light up on Jari village even after sundown. The Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) has decided to adopt the native village of war hero Albert Ekka, starting with a solar lighting initiative.
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Panel for BPL rehab
Ranchi, April 28: The committee formed by the government to suggest a slum policy for Jharkhand has recommended rehabilitation of only BPL individuals among those displaced by the statewide anti-encroachment drive, signalling no reprieve for the other sections. The three-member panel, headed by development commissioner Debashish Gupta and including revenue secretary N.N.
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Centre grants Rs 3cr for fresh BPL survey in rural belt
Ranchi, April 26: Swamped by complaints against a not-so-exhaustive BPL list, which has also thrown a spanner in its ambitious ration card programme, the state government has decided to launch without delay a fresh survey of poverty-stricken families in the rural belt for which it has already received a corpus of Rs 3 crore from the Centre. In a related development, it has also extended the dea
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Green cause steps out of class - Eco Network in schools back after 4 years
Green cause steps out of class - Eco Network in schools back after 4 years, but more real Jamshedpur, April 19: Students of private English medium schools in the steel city will now have to step outside classrooms for a green cause. After a gap of four years, Eco Network, a group of 25 schools, has got together to re-start the Eco Network Rolling Trophy that encourages schools to initiate eco-
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Vandalism at pollution hearing - BJP protests closed-door, elite venue for public meeting
Jamshedpur, April 15: Vandalism by political workers this morning stalled a public hearing on pollution and green issues organised by Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), as protesters objected to the venue. No sooner than the hearing began at Michael John Auditorium around 8.15am, 20 protesters led by BJP worker Vikas Singh demanded that the venue be shifted to an open-air venue in
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Dam-hit villagers in 6-hour dharna
Jamshedpur, April 15: More than 100 people due to be displaced in the wake of Chandil dam
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HC steps up heat over power pangs
Ranchi, April 15: Jharkhand High Court today once again pulled up the government and the state power board for erratic supply in the capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Bhagwati Prasad and Justice Prakash Tatia, while hearing a PIL on poor power supply in Ranchi, said all government and Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) officials should be punished for their incompetence.