Cash-starved Jharkhand zoo offers animals for adoption Birsa Munda Zoological Park at Ormanjhi in Jharkhand too has launched an animal adoption scheme. The state government recently came up with the plan saying it has exhausted all funds for the upkeep of the zoo. Individuals and corporates can adopt a single animal or an entire cage. Donations will be sent to state treasury.

Battle zone
Ranchi, Feb. 26: The battle for Ghatkuri mines is far from over. Two private firms, adversely hit by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi

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.

THERE is fresh proof to back the long-held view among those familiar with affairs of West Bengal that it

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

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.

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.

- 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.

Jamshedpur, Feb. 24: They ventured into the smoky streets of Jamshedpur all for the sake of a pollution survey, also a part of a national environment awareness campaign sponsored by the Union ministry of forest and environment.

Students of Jamshedpur Women

Jamshedpur, Feb. 24: The forest department has given itself another 24 hours to contain the blaze that broke at the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday, apparently due to a devotees