Ranchi, Feb. 8: Anti-smoking squads formed by the state government last month to enforce Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules have swung into action, imposing fines on business establishments of the city.

Director-general of ICAR Mangla Roy inaugurates a poultry centre at BAU on Sunday. Picture by Manik Bose

Ranchi, Feb. 8: Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Ranchi, is well on the path to take its annual piglet production from 600 to over 2,000 per year, thanks to a mega seed project funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

-Govt plans processing plant, to train 500 East Singhbhum artisans
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PINAKI MAJUMDAR

An artisan at an NGO in Jamshedpur. Pix: Bhola Prasad
Jamshedpur, Feb. 6: If things begin in earnest, Chakulia in East Singhbhum will soon turn into a popular hub of bamboo products.

Over 20,000 complaints from impoverished Latehar district await Justice M.Y. Eqbal and economist and NREGS founder Jean Dr

Jamshedpur, Feb. 4: A tusker from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary has wreaked havoc in the villages of Kandra and Chowka in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district.

SHALINI SABOO

Officials of the State Pollution Control Board, CCL and students of Birsa School clean up the Kanke dam area during an awareness campaign. Picture by Manik Bose
Ranchi, Feb. 2: The state capital would soon be free of polythene bags.

- Special device filters unwanted signals from space to make room for important data
SANTOSH K. KIRO

TECH WIZARD: Srikanta Pal of BIT, Mesra
Ranchi, Feb. 2: A research scientist of Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, has done the country proud.

- IAS officers bring glory to East Singhbhum, Pakur
Puja Singhal Purwar and Nitin Madan Kulkarni

At a time when the state is plagued by controversies over the National Rural Employment Guarantee, two IAS officers have brought pride and glory.

- Birsa Munda Zoological Park allows individuals and organisations to adopt animals and birds
ANEETA SHARMA

Take your pick: A tiger and birds at the Birsa Munda Zoological Park in Ranchi. File pictures

Ranchi, Jan. 29: Like someone you saw at the zoo? Now, you can adopt them too.

ARUN KUMAR THAKUR

K.C. Shashidhar
Ranchi, Jan. 29: Jharkhand has a huge potential for absorbing credit in agriculture and allied sectors, an assessment done by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has revealed.

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