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Professor From Ranchi Flew His Aircraft Back From US. All For A Promise
Rs 35 lakh, three years of working out the permissions and navigating his single-engine aircraft through 14 counties - for 65-year-old Debashish Bannerjee, the ride wasn't easy but a promise had to be kept.
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After Carrying Bricks For 8 Years, Meera Gets Into Ranchi's Top College
A month ago, 16-year-old Meera Khoya was working at construction sites to make ends meet at home. Despite clearing her class 10 exams against tremendous odds, her future looked bleak. On Tuesday, she was admitted to Nirmala College for girls – one of the best institutions that Ranchi has to offer. The college has promised her a scholarship and a ...
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36 Dead In Jharkhand Village Of Skeletal Fluorosis
220 kilometres from Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, in Garhwa's Pratapur village, 55-year-old Ram Patiya Devi's family feels she is dying. They feel she will soon be the 37th, in a list of deaths in the village in the last decade, due to skeletal fluorosis, a disease caused by excessive fluoride in ground water that accumulates in bones and weakens the...
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In Jharkhand, Food, Not For All
For a public hearing on the National Food Security Act in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, conducted by activists in the presence of government officials, 75-year-old Jasmati Lohrain walked over four kilometres in the searing heat. The hearing, attended by over 500 villagers in Gumla’s Bharno block, was her only chance to get government officials to...
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With Football, A Girl From Jharkhand Scores A Goal In Denmark
A passionate footballer at 17, Sunita Kumari, who lives in a village outside of Ranchi, was recently the youngest speaker in Denmark amid accomplished women footballers from around the world. She plays forward at an attacking position which resonates with her attitude in life. In 2010, Sunita joined a football academy and educational facility near ...
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UPA's Job Scheme MNREGA Better Under Its Rule, Says Modi Government
Prem Dayamani, a villager living 30 km from Ranchi, had an average income of Rs 27 a day last year. That’s Rs 5 less than the minimum cost of living in rural areas, which, the Planning Commission said in 2014, was Rs 32 a day. Even so, part of the payment was only on paper. Last year, she got nothing. “I got last year’s money this year. Had I...
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For This 'Old Child' In Ranchi, School Is The Biggest Nightmare
Within their modest two room house in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, it is a normal, playful childhood for eight-year-old Anjali and her 20-month-old brother Keshav. It is when Anajli steps out for school each day that the problems take over.
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Rs 5 In A letter: Jharkhand's Unpaid Workers Return PM Modi's Wage Hike
Over a hundred letters, Rs 5 enclosed in each of them, addressed to the Prime Minister's Office in Delhi. The senders are the villagers in Jharkhand's Latehar, who say they could do without the Rs 5 wage hike under MNREGA.
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Centre's Promise To Pay MNERGA Funds Brings Hope To Jharkhand
When Jharkhand declared a drought in December, farmers like 45-year-old Karma Oraon, who lives around 45 km from state capital Ranchi and supports a family of six, hoped the losses from crop failure could be offset. The Centre's rural jobs scheme or MNREGA guarantees 100 days of employment to the rural poor.
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Wanting To Study Killed This 20-year-old Jharkhand Girl
A few months ago, she quit the life of a rebel and enrolled at a school away from her village, hoping to live a life of anonymity. Sangeeta dared to dream of education and of a career away from violence. But this is probably what killed her last week.
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Why These Girls Want to Put Their Village on the World Map
14-year-old Kusum Kumari is busy clicking photos of her village in Jharkhand, which the ace footballer plans to put up on the Wikipedia page for Hutup, the village made famous by its girl footballers.
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This 11-Year-Old Girl Carried Her Brother 8 Km to a Jharkhand Hospital
Navigating treacherous terrain, an 11-year-old girl trekked eight kilometres with her younger brother hoisted on her shoulders to the nearest hospital from her village in Jharkhand's Godda district on Monday. Doctors say the girl Malti Tudu's brave effort have saved six-year-old Michael's life.
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Jharkhand Chief Secretary Removed, Alleges Spat With Chief Minister
The Jharkhand government has removed Chief Secretary Sajal Chakraborty well ahead of the scheduled completion of his tenure.
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New Jharkhand Chief Minister Picks up a Broom, Cleans Ranchi Locality
On his way to his residence after the oath ceremony at Ranchi's Birsa Munda Football stadium, Jharkhand's new Chief Minister Raghubar Das made an unscheduled stop at Kantatoli intersection in the middle of the city. And there, in a bylane, he picked up a broom to kick off his own cleanliness mission.
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Why Jharkhand Has Not Paid NREGA Wages in Months
Launched in 2005 by the UPA government, the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act was intended to help the poor by promising 100 days of work a year to rural households at a pre-determined minimum wage rate. In the last decade, there has been mixed opinion on the success of the initiative. But in the last few months, the central government ...
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Professor From Ranchi Flew His Aircraft Back From US. All For A Promise
Rs 35 lakh, three years of working out the permissions and navigating his single-engine aircraft through 14 counties - for 65-year-old Debashish Bannerjee, the ride wasn't easy but a promise had to be kept.
-
After Carrying Bricks For 8 Years, Meera Gets Into Ranchi's Top College
A month ago, 16-year-old Meera Khoya was working at construction sites to make ends meet at home. Despite clearing her class 10 exams against tremendous odds, her future looked bleak. On Tuesday, she was admitted to Nirmala College for girls – one of the best institutions that Ranchi has to offer. The college has promised her a scholarship and a ...
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36 Dead In Jharkhand Village Of Skeletal Fluorosis
220 kilometres from Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, in Garhwa's Pratapur village, 55-year-old Ram Patiya Devi's family feels she is dying. They feel she will soon be the 37th, in a list of deaths in the village in the last decade, due to skeletal fluorosis, a disease caused by excessive fluoride in ground water that accumulates in bones and weakens the...
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In Jharkhand, Food, Not For All
For a public hearing on the National Food Security Act in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, conducted by activists in the presence of government officials, 75-year-old Jasmati Lohrain walked over four kilometres in the searing heat. The hearing, attended by over 500 villagers in Gumla’s Bharno block, was her only chance to get government officials to...
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With Football, A Girl From Jharkhand Scores A Goal In Denmark
A passionate footballer at 17, Sunita Kumari, who lives in a village outside of Ranchi, was recently the youngest speaker in Denmark amid accomplished women footballers from around the world. She plays forward at an attacking position which resonates with her attitude in life. In 2010, Sunita joined a football academy and educational facility near ...
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UPA's Job Scheme MNREGA Better Under Its Rule, Says Modi Government
Prem Dayamani, a villager living 30 km from Ranchi, had an average income of Rs 27 a day last year. That’s Rs 5 less than the minimum cost of living in rural areas, which, the Planning Commission said in 2014, was Rs 32 a day. Even so, part of the payment was only on paper. Last year, she got nothing. “I got last year’s money this year. Had I...
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For This 'Old Child' In Ranchi, School Is The Biggest Nightmare
Within their modest two room house in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, it is a normal, playful childhood for eight-year-old Anjali and her 20-month-old brother Keshav. It is when Anajli steps out for school each day that the problems take over.
-
Rs 5 In A letter: Jharkhand's Unpaid Workers Return PM Modi's Wage Hike
Over a hundred letters, Rs 5 enclosed in each of them, addressed to the Prime Minister's Office in Delhi. The senders are the villagers in Jharkhand's Latehar, who say they could do without the Rs 5 wage hike under MNREGA.
-
Centre's Promise To Pay MNERGA Funds Brings Hope To Jharkhand
When Jharkhand declared a drought in December, farmers like 45-year-old Karma Oraon, who lives around 45 km from state capital Ranchi and supports a family of six, hoped the losses from crop failure could be offset. The Centre's rural jobs scheme or MNREGA guarantees 100 days of employment to the rural poor.
-
Wanting To Study Killed This 20-year-old Jharkhand Girl
A few months ago, she quit the life of a rebel and enrolled at a school away from her village, hoping to live a life of anonymity. Sangeeta dared to dream of education and of a career away from violence. But this is probably what killed her last week.
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Why These Girls Want to Put Their Village on the World Map
14-year-old Kusum Kumari is busy clicking photos of her village in Jharkhand, which the ace footballer plans to put up on the Wikipedia page for Hutup, the village made famous by its girl footballers.
-
This 11-Year-Old Girl Carried Her Brother 8 Km to a Jharkhand Hospital
Navigating treacherous terrain, an 11-year-old girl trekked eight kilometres with her younger brother hoisted on her shoulders to the nearest hospital from her village in Jharkhand's Godda district on Monday. Doctors say the girl Malti Tudu's brave effort have saved six-year-old Michael's life.
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Jharkhand Chief Secretary Removed, Alleges Spat With Chief Minister
The Jharkhand government has removed Chief Secretary Sajal Chakraborty well ahead of the scheduled completion of his tenure.
-
New Jharkhand Chief Minister Picks up a Broom, Cleans Ranchi Locality
On his way to his residence after the oath ceremony at Ranchi's Birsa Munda Football stadium, Jharkhand's new Chief Minister Raghubar Das made an unscheduled stop at Kantatoli intersection in the middle of the city. And there, in a bylane, he picked up a broom to kick off his own cleanliness mission.
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Why Jharkhand Has Not Paid NREGA Wages in Months
Launched in 2005 by the UPA government, the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act was intended to help the poor by promising 100 days of work a year to rural households at a pre-determined minimum wage rate. In the last decade, there has been mixed opinion on the success of the initiative. But in the last few months, the central government ...
