Dead fish floating on the Ranchi Lake, commonly known as Bada Talab, are a common sight which has raised environmental concerns.

Locals say the fish are dying because of depleting water levels, while others believe that rising pollution levels is the reason.
The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) admits that the pollution levels have risen alarmingly. "We are worried. We have asked for the contaminated water samples," said S K Sinha, member secretary of JSPCB.

कोल्ड ड्रिंक्स और मार्केट में मिलने वाले पानी की बोतल का इस्तेमाल आदमी को बीमार बना सकता है। जिन बोतल को दोबारा इस्तेमाल फ्रिज में पानी भरकर पीने के लिए किया जाता है, वह सेहत के लिए नुकसानदेह है। र

One man’s celebration is another man’s poison in revelling Ranchi.

Batty as it may sound, it takes around 50 carcasses to prove that a protected species exists, if one is to go by the logic of forest department officials.

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.