A kilometre-long arterial link between the National Games Village and NH-33, built at a cost of Rs 2.17 crore in 2008-09, will now require more than double the amount for reconstruction, thanks to substandard quality of building material and administrative apathy.

Ranchi, July 13: Mecon Limited, Ranchi, has come out with an eco-friendly invention

Ranchi, July 12: Irregular supply of foodgrain is costing the Centre-sponsored midday meal programme dear.

Complaints have poured in from a few state-run schools that in the absence of foodgrain, the mata samitis or mother committees are unable to cook meals with the result students are going back home hungry.

Ranchi, July 7: Spurred by recent successes, Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI), a

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Inaugurating the national seminar on

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Ranchi, June 9: If a city-based NGO has its way, the capital will soon get a rain centre to act as an information hub on water conservation and its benefits.

Rohini Science Club is planning to set up the centre in association with the Centre for Environment and Science, Delhi, by December-end.

Ranchi, Aug. 13: The National Bank for Rural and Agriculture Development (Nabard) has decided to introduce and promote cultivation of noni (morinda citrifolia)

"Will I get rights to my ancestral land inside the forests?' asks Sur Suti from Sonebhadra district in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The second convention of the National Forum of Forests People and Forest Workers (nffpfw), held from October 31 to November 3 in Ranchi, tried to answer this question while addressing the issue of granting forest-dwellers their rights over local resources.