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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Coal tourism to rake in revenue - BCCL plans infrastructure revamp to woo visitors
Dhanbad, March 2: A holiday in the grimy coal belt? You sure shudder at the thought today. But your choice might just change tomorrow when the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), in association with the state tourism department, turns the hitherto uninviting land into a desired destination.
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Hygiene seal on rude food - RMC to begin quality management
AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, March 1: If the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has its way, you will soon be able to gorge on street food without fear. The civic body is making sincere efforts to get
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Coal pit fire fuels worries
Dhanbad, March 1: Union minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia today said that the Jharia coalfield was sitting on an atom bomb. He was referring to the inferno raging underneath. The minister, who was in the district to inaugurate the statue of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi at Koylanagar, emphasised on the need for immediate implementation of the Jharia Action Plan.
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Push for fast green clearance to mines
SUMAN K. SHRIVASTAVA Clearing hurdles Ranchi, March 1: The environment appraisal committee of the Union ministry of environment and forests today accepted that the coal industry needed fast green clearance to increase production and meet growing demands. But changes are needed in the environmental laws, it observed.
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Two firms move court on Ghatkuri
Battle zone Ranchi, Feb. 26: The battle for Ghatkuri mines is far from over. Two private firms, adversely hit by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi
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Tenughat plan on track - New blueprint submitted to tourism department
SHASHANK SHEKHAR The Tenughat reservoir in Bokaro will soon woo tourists. Picture by Pankaj Singh Bokaro, Feb. 26: Fresh life has been breathed into the dormant Tenughat Dam development project. The Bokaro district administration has prepared a new blueprint for developing the dam into a tourist spot. It was submitted to the tourism department in Ranchi last week.
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2 ill after gas leak
Bokaro, Feb. 25: Two employees of Bokaro Steel fell unconscious after a gas leak at a steel melting shop-II this morning. The condition of the two
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Dalbhum banks on lac farm drive
ANTARA BOSE Jamshedpur, Feb. 25: Here comes an opportunity for farmers of Kuchai village in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district to earn a few extra bucks.
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Varsity puts farmers on the web - BAU ready with email solutions to agricultural queries
RUDRA BISWAS New initiative Ranchi, Feb. 25: If rains or pests pose a problem for farmers, experts of Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) would immediately email them a list of precautions that need to be taken. Those with specific queries would get answers emailed to their mailboxes. And since farmers here would not be that tech-savvy, BAU will offer an alternative solution.
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From health resort to hazard hub
- Illegal mining and mushrooming sponge iron units spell pollution peril for Giridih SHAHNAWAZ AKHTAR Up in smoke: Iron and steel factory in Giridih Giridih, Feb. 24: For a getaway once famed for its uncontaminated ambience, this is a shocker. Rampant mining of coal and mica and poison fumes billowing out of sponge iron factories have left Giridih in its dying breath.