Widening project has hit the national highway near Ranchi
Ranchi, July 17: At least 40 road projects, ideated to improve travel experience and trade prospects within Jharkhand, are held up because of nagging land acquisition problems, prompting the departmental secretary, N.N. Sinha, putting a stop on new projects without mandatory land clearances.

The beautification plan for Line Tank can well be its death knell, too.

The irony of the project is that the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC), its custodian, was not taken into confidence about the damaging changes being effected by the Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA), the agency in charge of the beautification plan.

Ranchi, July 15: The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has identified 14 pockets in the city prone to waterlogging to facilitate steps to end monsoon worries.

At least 307 NGOs have lost their registration after they failed to respond to public notices issued by the state registration department.

Farmers of the Ranchi district are reaping rich dividends by breeding pigs, thanks to Birsa Agriculture University

Residents of Semartoli and Lupungtoli can now hope to light up their homes and have easy access to precious drops of water.

Ranchi Veterinary College under Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Ranchi, has issued public notices asking farmers across the state to get their cattle vaccinated against swine fever after deaths of pigs were reported from Jharkhand and Bihar.

The Union Cabinet secretary and a battery of senior officials from New Delhi will be visiting Jharkhand on Sunday to review ongoing development programmes and the prevailing law and order situation in the backdrop of an anti-Maoist operation in neighbouring Bengal.

- NSSO begins year-long programme in rural, urban pockets next month
SANTOSH K. KIRO

The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) will create a databank on

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