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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While Mysore district is gearing up to roll out the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme from July 1 to LPG consumers, the progress in seeding their Aadhar numbers has now progressed to reach a coverage of 80 per cent.According to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Mysore district has 501,927 LPG consumers. Dealers of the different oil companies have seeded Aadhar numbers of 403,258 consumers till June 19. During the same period, various banks in the district have seeded 302,934 Aadhar card numbers, reaching 60 per cent.Disclosing this, statistical officer M B Pandey of the deputy commissioner's office here has asked bank officers and representatives of various oil companies at a review meeting to make sure that transfer of LPG subsidy to customers' bank accounts rolls out smoothly. The DBT would come into effect from July 1 in the district as directed by the Union Ministry of Oil and Natural Gas.While the DBT has rolled out in other select districts from June 1, as

About 80 per cent of Aadhar numbers seeded in Mysore

The Grama Panchayat Hakkottaya Andolana has urged the state assembly that the Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2013, be revoked and also further urged that Legislative Council and its members, led by the 24 local self-government representatives to oppose the bill unanimously and reject it summarily.The organisation has said, a cruel blow was dealt to the Panchayat Raj System in Karnataka recently by the newly-formed Karnataka Legislative Assembly when they passed the Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2013."It is deplorable that despite strong opposition from all opposition parties and the Speaker of the House, the party in power showed great haste in passing this bill that clearly undermines the democratic mandate of the grama panchayats, the very foundation of participatory democracy in this country," Grama Panchayat Hakkottaya Andolana said in a statement.While the importance and sanctity of the grama sabhas and ward sabhas in the panchayat raj system are unquestiona

Karnataka urged to stop changes in Panchayat Raj Bill

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to contribute Rs 5-crore from the chief minister's public relief fund to the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand and added it is ready to render any other assistance as may be required by the Uttarakhand government.In a statement, chief minister J Jayalalithaa said, "the first batch of rescued 83 pilgrims had arrived in Chennai on June 21, and they were received by senior ministers and officers of the Tamil Nadu government."Thereafter,arrangements were made to transport them to their respective destinations in various districts.As on June 22,  275 pilgrims were brought to Chennai by the state and similar facilities have been extended to all of them.The state government will ensure these facilities were extended to all the pilgrims belonging to Tamil Nadu returning from the disaster zone in Uttarakhand, she said in the statement.

TN contributes Rs 5 crore to Uttarakhand

'Of late, China had been imposing about 20% import duty on Indian marine products, whereas shrimp imports from Vietnam have zero duty'

Chinese delegation to visit marine facilities in AP

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KIOCL is among the three PSUs that signed MoUs with Andhra govt for exploration and exploitation of iron ore at Nemalkal and Hiradahalu villages

KIOCL to invest Rs 1,500 crore in Anantapur

As on March, 2013, around Rs 80,000 cr has been spent on various projects after the YSR govt had announced a massive irrigation development programme in 2004

CAG finds large-scale irregularities in irrigation

Ad agencies have won 28 awards in print, design and outdoor categories; final tally yet to be announced

India's best outing at Cannes: 32 & counting

The order is in an appeal filed by the company against the decision of the Controller of PatentThe Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has asked the Controller of Patent to reconsider the patent application of German Pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH for a crystalline form of blood thinning medicine Pradaxa, used to prevent stroke and blood clots in cardiac patients.The IPAB ordered the Controller of Patents & Designs, Trademarks and Geographical Indications to decide on the matter afresh as per Law within two months from receipt of the order. When asked for a comment, the company officials in India said that it "won't be able to participate because of the short notice."The order is on an appeal filed by the company against the decision of the Controller of Patent, rejecting patent for the product pointing that the subject matter lacks inventive step. The Patent office said that the there is no inventive step since an international patent application dis

Patent office told to reconsider Boehringer's application

India has signed 15 free trade agreements and 15 more are in the pipeline. Yet, weighed down by a sluggish manufacturing sector, India's exports have not got the expected fillip

Too many FTAs, too few benefits?

Three of the most-celebrated speakers at Cannes this year show that creativity can be simple and something that anybody can aspire to

Age no bar in advertising

Indian agencies walked away with their largest haul on a single day in 60 years of the Cannes Advertising Festival sweeping more than twenty lions on Wednesday. The next awards night is on Saturday when the Film Lions, Integrated/Titanium Lions and Branded Content Lions will be celebrated. But till then the show must go on.And, Thursday came loaded with action of a different kind. I woke up early to catch the long queue outside the Palais for the 10 am morning show of the much awaited - SAATCHI NEW DIRECTORS SHOWCASE 2013: Hosted by Professor Richard Dawkins, who opens with a visual journey from genes to memes, with a showcase that had the internet as a liberator at its heart. This year's showcase was called 'JUST FOR HITS' of the Internet kind.Dawkins introduced memes as replicators or imitations copied from brain to brain or blog to blog, species to species, spreading like many other viruses of the mind. The Internet meme is mutating and hijacking the original art or image in the pre

India Day at Cannes

Strengthening dollar against the rupee has led to the rise in prices

CNG, PNG prices go up in Indore

The placement office premises suffered extensive damage, there were no reported injuries

Fire at IIM-A's placement office

Holds Central govt responsible for the plight of people in the state

Gas will be much cheaper if Centre honours HC order: Gujarat energy minister

Having courted controversy earlier for praising Narendra Modi, Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi, the ex-Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, has said that making the Gujarat Chief Minister the election campaign committee head of BJP will prove detrimental to the party."Bringing Modi forward will mean a loss of the Muslim vote bank for BJP. And by making Modi the election campaign committee head, the party itself has dug his own grave," Vastanvi told reporters here.Talking about education earlier, the 60-year-old former chief of the 145-year-old Islamic seminary stressed on people taking their own 'Taleem' (education).  In July 2011, Vastanvi was sacked for praising Narendra Modi following his remarks on the Gujarat Chief Minister's development policies and that Muslims should forget the communal riots of 2002 and move on, which had raised the hackles of the conservatives.

Guj CM would prove detrimental to BJP: Vastanvi

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Brushing aside possibility of 'Modi' factor playing any role in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party today said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's charisma is limited to his state only."Modi is not a problem for anyone out of Gujarat. 'Modi' factor will not affect the parliamentary elections," SP General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said here. On the question of formation of a Third Front, Yadav said it was only in discussion stage and such fronts emerge only after results are declared."We should take a lesson from the past. Third Front will come into existence only after the polls," he said.On power crisis in Uttar Pradesh, Yadav said the previous Mayawati government did not increase tariffs during its tenure, despite a multi-fold increase in consumption."It is the first priority of our government to increase (power) generation and by 2014, additional 5,000 units will be produced," Yadav said.

Modi factor won't play any role in 2014 polls: SP

While company would hold on to prices for now, hike likely by end of 2013

Rupee-dollar fluctuations hurting margins: Volvo MD

Alleges financial irregularities in a joint venture between the erstwhile Left Front govt and a real estate company

CID questions former CPI(M) minister

The project was today inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee

First unit of 726 MW ONGC Tripura power project inaugurated

After Vedanta Resources acquired 51% stake in Balco, the group went for a major expansion plan in the plant that had 100,000 tonnes capacity

Vedanta Resources plans major expansion in Balco

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