According to CBI chargesheet the MLA (Sita Soren) had allegedly accepted money from one of the candidates to vote in his favour at the time of biennial election in 2012

CBI files chargesheet against horse trading case in RS poll

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Indicating that privatisation of Kolkata and Chennai airports' management should not be permanent, a global airport expert has said such a move by the government should be intended only to give a "breather" to the Airports Authority of India which has modernised them

Airport privatisation may not be forever: ACI chief

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The met office confirmed the onset of monsoon late Saturday evening in southern parts of the state and has predicted increase in rainfall in next two to three days

Monsoon arrives ahead of schedule

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The Odisha government's decision to hold gram sabhas in only 12 villages of Niyamgiri hill slopes to decide the fate of bauxite excavation there, has drawn flak from the Union ministry of tribal affairs (MoTA)

Centre raps Odisha for limiting Niyamgiri gram sabha scope

BoA may clear two SEZ extension proposals from state

Inaugurating India's first international conference on travel technology at Kovalam, he said India had to travel a long way to realise its full potential in the field of tourism

'Make use of tech to reach global tourism market'

The company plans to set up 60 schools in the next four years

Birla Edutech starts first school in AP

Software exports from the SEZ likely to touch Rs 2300 cr in 2 yrs

25 new firms plan units at Vizag IT SEZ

The project aims to transform quality of education being imparted across government schools in the state

KEF Holdings to expand Project Prism in Kerala

Interview with Managing  Executive, Sanlam India

Ready to invest more in Shriram group: Steven Mostert

Research over the past 20 years has produced hybrid chillies with high colour high and low capsaicin

New Byadgi hybrid chillies could make it more 'attractive'

This is contrary to reports in a section of the media that the departments would be closed down

Karnatak University battles to ease crisis

GMR Infrastructure, the Bangalore-based publicly-held infrastructure developer, has written off Rs 453 crore on two of its global assets in coal mines and airports

GMR writes off Rs 450 cr on coal, airport assets

With the tourist season at its peak in the hills of Himachal Pradesh SpiceJet has started flights between Delhi and Dharamsala.The first 68 seater flight landed in Dharamsala from Delhi Friday.Later the state's transport and food minister GS Bali flagged off the flight back to Delhi ."Permission has  been given by the DG civil aviation to allow daily flights to Dharamsala," SpiceJet vice- president Kama Hinorani said .The flight takes off from Delhi at 5.55 am and will land at the Kangra airport at 7.30 am and will fly back to Delhi at 7.50 am .The ticket costs Rs 3000 but is soon expected to go up. Dharamsala is Spicejet's 46th destination in India , the airlines now operates to 54 airports.The airlines soon plans to travel via Chandigarh which falls midway.Last month Air India resumed its flights from Delhi to Dharamsala and Kullu airports in Himachal Pradesh.

Jet starts flights to Dharamsala

The Africa Lead programme, sponsored by USAID, has given a mandate to ZFS to train its highly-placed resource persons in this sustainable agriculture model

USAID, ZFS to initiate development in Africa

Hooda said this while participating in a panel discussion on "Future of Chandigarh"

Punjab-Haryana  to ease project load of Chandigarh

Justifying  the recent hike in power tariff, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said it was necessary as the power department was running into losses."The power department is in loss. We want the (power) situation to improve. The hike will affect heavy power users and poor will be take care of," Yadav told reporters.Holding the previous BSP regime responsible for the power crisis, Yadav said his government was working to increase power production. The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission had on May 31 approved a new power tariff structure, effecting a significant hike for domestic and commercial consumers.Asked about the distribution of laptops to students who recently cleared standard 12 examinations, Yadav said these would be given as soon as the state receives the supply from the company engaged for the purpose.On the other hand, Punjab and Haryana  High Court has stayed orders by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (DCDRF) and a civil court in c

UP hails power tariff hike; HC stays power theft case hearing

With Punjab and Haryana looking to diversify into other crops, both states aim to reduce acreage under water-guzzling paddy by 1.65 lakh hectares during the current kharif season

Punjab, Haryana plan cut in paddy acreage

In past one year, shares fall by over 35%, closes at Rs 215, lowest since November 2009

Gujarat Gas share prices tumble after heavy selling by investors

To attract investments State is in talks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to open a special investment zone in the state

Maharashtra govt seeks Chinese investment

The news of Modi's anointment was greeted with the bursting of fire crackers and drumbeats at the Gujarat BJP office

Guj BJP celebrates Modi's anointment

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