SEC submitted that the state govt had given repeated assurances since the high court's order of June 14 to the state to provide adequate forces as per requirement of the commission but has failed to do so in real terms

WB panchayat polls not possible without adequate forces: SEC

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Till now 12 pilgrims from the Assam have been rescued in Uttarakhand

Assam offers Rs 1cr assistance to Uttarakhand

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The mineral-rich state will produce 7.5 million tonnes of rice in the kharif season 2013 that will be a new record

Good rains to usher in record paddy harvest in Chhattisgarh

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The state has outsmarted Haryana and now stands third after Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in per hectare yield

Madhya Pradesh registers 13% agriculture growth for 2012-13

Indians prefer to access shopping websites on their smartphones. Apps are in a very nascent stage with just three per cent of smartphones user using them. On the other hand 25 per cent of smart phone users visit e-commerce websites once a month

App versus websites

Two of the largest advertisers in the country - HUL and P&G - had quite a few campaigns bagging awards at the festival this year

Clash of the titans: HUL and P&G fight for metals

The North East Mega Food Park, one of the first of its kind in the region and being implemented by a special purpose vehicle - North East Mega Food Park Limited (NEMFPL), would be ready by December this year.Around 70 per cent of work has already been completed and the park expects to attract investment around Rs. 250 crore.The project is being developed through public-private-partnership mode and the centre had provided an assistance of Rs. 50 core to the project. Assam Small Industries Development Corporation (ASIDC) and Assam Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) too have minority stakes in the project. Among the private players, the lead party is the New Delhi based Ozone group.The Mega Food Park is aimed at providing direct linkages from the farm to processing and on to the consumer markets through a network of collection centres and primary processing centres. The Park would provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for food processing and sustainable supply chain solution for

NE mega food park to be ready by December

Statements from all accused were taken by the court and all pleaded innocent, saying they were falsely implicated by the investigating agency

Verdict on fodder scam case against Lalu Prasad on July 15

Says Left Front will emerge victorious if a free and fair poll is held

TMC does not want rural poll, lest it loses: Buddhadeb

Even if a litigant gets a decree in his favour, it is a long time before he will be able to enjoy the result, as the trouble for him starts when he tries to execute it, the Supreme Court said in its recent judgment, Satyawati vs Rajinder Singh. This was the problem pointed out by the Privy Council in a 1872 case and the situation has not changed after centuries, the judgment pointed out. In this case, Satyawati won a property case in 1996, but she has not been able to get the property in Faridabad, near Delhi, till today due to the expensive and tiresome execution proceedings. She has been shunted from the executing court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court and now the Supreme Court. According to the courts below, the decree was not 'executable'. The Supreme Court has now asked the executing court to pass its order without unreasonable delay. It said, "if the decree-holder is unable to enjoy the fruits of his success his entire effort would be in vain. The delay benefits unscrupulous

Winning a suit is half the battle

The rehabilitation & resettlement (R&R) committee of the Odisha legislative assembly has raised concerns over offer of jobs to displaced persons in Tata Steel's upcoming six million tonne greenfield project at Kalinga Nagar.The committee, disturbed by contradicting figures made available by the company and the Jajpur district authorities, is planning to take up field verification to ascertain the actual employment position."In their notesheet, Tata Steel said, they have offered jobs to 10 local persons. But, according to figures available with the Jajpur collector, 200-250 persons are engaged in the construction work of the steel plant. We have to check the actual employment position at the field level. We are going to visit Kalinga Nagar in 15 days to check the implementation of the state R&R policy by the company", said Sananda Marandi, chairman of the committee.Tata Steel sources, however, said, the Kalinga Nagar project has generated 39,496 jobs including 550 as regular

Odisha assembly committee reviews Tata Steel's job offer to locals

Companies Bill, 2012, provides immunity to only those independent directors who act diligently

Independent directors are answerable to stakeholders

A typical maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract would involve replacing unserviceable parts with functioning parts so as to keep the equipment functioning.There are some unique features that relate to a typical MRO contract for the airline industry. An MRO contract, which is also recognised by the term "parts by the hour" (PBH) contracts, envisages a list of specified parts/components of the aircrafts which are contracted for replacement with an assurance that such parts/components would be exchanged within a specified TAT (turn-around time) when such part/components become defective/unserviceable on the aircraft.A PBH contract is usually entered into with the customer of the aircraft at the time of the sale of a new aircraft. The contract envisages a pre-contracted hourly rate for all the parts/components covered in the PBH contract. The consideration is paid by the customer based on number of hours flown by the aircraft i.e. number of flight hours flown during the period co

MRO contracts need proper documentation

Company faced opposition from Odisha's forest and environment dept and green activists over locating the plant close to Chandaka wildlife sanctuary

Tata Power shifts project site on environment concerns

The Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2010, is a significant reform to the Forward Contract Regulation Act, 1952 (the Principal Act), which essentially deals with commodities future markets. Once passed by both the Houses of Parliament, the amendment Bill will place the commodity futures market regulator, the Forward Markets Commission (FMC), on a par with capital markets regulator Sebi, making it an autonomous regulator which currently is overseen by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The Wajahat Habibullah Committee had recommended in 2003 that there should be a unified regulatory regime for the commodities futures market and the securities market, as is the case in most jurisdictions, whereas this Bill seeks to create a new autonomous body. The main objective of this Bill is to permit and regulate a financial instrument which enables buyers and sellers of commodities to effectively manage risk from price fluctuations and open the door for th

FCRA: A step in the 'forward' direction

The issue to look at is whether fall in SEZ investment can be addressed by partly restoring MAT and dividend distribution tax

Legal nod for SEZ incentive withdrawal

According to IT Secretary Rajesh Agrawal 6.35 crore Aadhar card enrolments have been done in Maharashtra

Maharashtra to get 15,000 micro-ATMs from Centre for rural inclusion

Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ) is planning to commission a Coal Handling Terminal of about 5 million tonnes capacity at the Mormugao Port in Goa by this fiscal.The coal handling terminal project, won by the Adani group firm in 2009, is delayed by about 2 years as it was originally planned to be commissioned during 2011-12 itself. APSEZ has the permission to operate the coal handling berth till May 15, 2040."We are developing and by the fiscal year 2014, plan to commence operations of a coal handling terminal with one berth at the Mormugao Port, where we plan to provide port services," the company said in a prospectus for a recently completed fund raising exercise.The fund raising of about ' 1,000 crore was completed by the company early this month by placing about 2.5 per cent shares to institutional investors. The Coal Handling Terminal project is part of expanding the capacity of the Mormugao Port in Goa on account of growing demand of coal in the region.During the last fiscal, coal

APSEZ's coal terminal at Mormugao Port to be operational this fiscal

While number of pending cases in the courts of the countries keep growing, amendments to the existing laws will not help, but a change in approach will, said Justice Mohit Shah, chief justice, Bombay High Court.According to Shah, pendency of cases in courts is known to all."But waiting for amendments to solve it, will not help. What is required is the change in approach and not the changes in existing laws," said Shah during his address at the National Legal Summit 2013, organised by Federation of Gujarat Industries here on Saturday."Maximum usage of lok adalats and resolution of cases through arbitration and mediation will reduce the burden of courts to a great extent," said Shah adding that all the 1800 judges in Maharashtra will be trained for mediation.

Bombay HC CJ moots for greater role of mediation

Gujarat is likely to recover from last two years slump, states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh could overtake UP in tractor sales

Good monsoons bring cheer to tractor manufacturers

Called for creation of New Bangalore to attract industrial investment

K'taka trade bodies seek cut in VAT rates, stamp duty

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