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BJP kicks off election campaign in Karnataka

Party prefers to downplays Yeddyurappa factor affecting the party's prospects

Malnourishment, hunger biggest challenges: scientist

Director General of ICRISAT William Dar says over 1 bn people across the world go to bed hungry and millions of children in Asia are malnourished

BoM gives Rs 2.51 crore for drought relief

RPI threatens to disrupt IPL unless it funds drought relief

The Ramdas Athawale-led party has demanded that the IPL should contribute match profits for drought relief in Maharashtra

Power tariff hiked in Odisha

Marginal 10 paise hike per unit; Discoms to pay 2% less for power purchase

AP, power firms seek gas from fertiliser quota

Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, in a letter, has urged Defence Minister AK Antony to treat power generation on par with fertiliser sector

Gujarat HC dismisses PIL against APSEZ

People from villages within SEZ had objected to construction of wall along railway line

Govt to table amended Gujarat Lokayukta Bill in assembly

Amendment likely to empower council of minister, chief minister for appointment of lokayukta in the state

BoA approves denotification of Welspun's Anjar SEZ

The company had sought denotification citing non-viability of the SEZ

Newsmaker: Sanjay Dutt

Back on rocky terrain

Property sellers from 2006 under I-T scanner

Show capital gain tax by month-end or face action: I-T department

EC to deploy 500 companies of paramilitary forces

CEC to visit Bangalore for review next week

Kudankulam project cost up 14%

Construction began in Sept 2001 with estimated cost at Rs 13,600 cr; expenditure on the project at Rs 15,454 cr till Jan 2013

Ore exports from Andhra ports decline

Visakhapatnam and Kakinada ports lost 30%, Gangavaram has lost more than 80%

Supply diesel to KSRTC at subsidised rate: Kerala HC

State govt assures the court it will compensate the loss to the oil companies

TN presents tax-free, revenue surplus Budget

From a revenue deficit of Rs 2,729 cr, the govt has managed to present two successful budgets with a revenue surplus

Ruckus in HP Assembly, Opposition stages walkout

Opposition BJP created a ruckus in the Assembly over CM Virbhadra Singh's reply on a debate on 2013-14 budget

UP CM Akhilesh promises better policing in state

Says the state govt is not only increasing the strength of policemen, but also modernising and upgrading infrastructure of police dept

Auditor's report shows 'heavy' losses by Punjab PSUs

According to the report, the non-working PSUs are required to be shut down as their existence is not going to serve any purpose

CAG finds lapses in old age pension scheme

Highlights Rs 15.72-cr irregularities in disbursal of the scheme; indicates the process of identification of beneficiaries was faulty