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Himachal collects toll tax worth Rs 82 cr

Giving a break up of the toll barriers, Chaudhary said Baddi alone had 12 toll barriers, while Sirmaur had 11, Nurpur had 11 and Una had 15, among other places

Nabard sanctions Rs 68-cr loan to Punjab

Once completed, the project is expected to benefit 2.3 million people residing in 616 villages across 20 districts of Punjab

Land Bill: Punjab industry worry of slowdown in business

Punjab missed the investment proposals of a couple of corporate giants in textiles and automobile sector in the past few years due to unviable land cost

UP to utilise vacant govt land to meet demand

The proposal seeks to use unutlised land for infrastructure and industrial development

Kerala transport corporation to shut unviable routes

TN to get 100Mw more from KNPP

'Facebook getting inclusive'

This inclusiveness will grow further when people across economic strata able to access internet

ICAI expects 2,000-plus job offers for its annual campus placements

Average salary package to be offered by domestic companies this time expected to be around Rs 8 lakh

GVK family scion to launch e-commerce site

As name suggests, everything about site, to be launched on Saturday, is Indian

NCC Limited to sell BOT assets to reduce debt

NCCL is also reported to have decided to exit from the two joint venture power projects in which it had made investments

New scheme for SME

Once approved, units based in these clusters would also be given special rebates and tax exemption by the state govt

SoA opens new institute for agricultural sciences

There are 65 agricultural universities in the country at present, but the demand for agricultural science was on the rise

Power connections to be barred for unauthorised constructions

Similarly, in case of buildings with up to two floors, the distribution companies must ask for building plan or permission for construction of the premises for which the supply is sought

Cesu to get R-APDRP funds from 2013-14

Since electricity distribution was privatised, discoms were bereft of any funding under original APDRP scheme

Face-off with locals hits iron ore supply from Gandhamardana

About eight bidders are yet to lift iron ore fines from the mine

Honda Cars targets Rs 800 crore exports in FY14

In 2012-13, the carmaker had exported Rs 232 crore worth of components and 2500 cars valued at Rs 85 crore

Odisha counters CAG claim on land allotment to industries

Allotment was made to MoU signed companies without assessing availability of land

Mega projects in Odisha not to be hit by new Land Act

These projects have suffered delays due to proctracted agitations over land issue

Newsmaker: K V Thomas

Politically engineering food for all

Removal of FDI cap fails to enthuse telcos

The only gainers may be debt-ridden incumbents who have got the opportunity to raise equity capital