- 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.

In 2007, former chief minister Madhu Koda

No rules to check illegal practices in iron ore-rich Jharkhand Folklore has it that when iron ore explorers first came to Jharkhand, they were surprised to find tribesmen using axes made of iron. When asked about the source of the iron, the tribesmen pointed to a hill and called it Noamundi, meaning

- 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.

AMIT GUPTA
Ranchi, Jan. 28: The state has asked Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (Jusco) to justify its claim of a rate 23 per cent higher than the estimated cost of Rs 52.50 crore for execution of the Mango water supply project.

Jamshedpur, Jan. 27: The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to serve notices to three civic bodies for polluting river Subernarekha, considered the lifeline of Singhbhum.

BHUBANESWAR: The main canals of the Subarnarekha multi-purpose irrigation project on both sides of Orissa and Jharkhand nearing completion, the State Government is hopeful of receiving water for irrigation from the project by the end of this year.

KUMUD JENAMANI

Thinking big
Jamshedpur, Jan. 22: The ancillary units of Tata Motors may have a reason to rejoice.

The automobile major has set a tentative production target of 4,000 trucks for the month of February, double the number fixed for the months of December and January.

AMIT GUPTA

Prize catch
Ranchi, Jan. 22: President