Financial crunch, global recession reasons for projects not taking off, claims minister

18% VGS 2011 projects dropped: Govt

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The govt, however, made it clear that seats for the general category students would not be shrinked while implementing the reservation

Bengal to introduce  bill for reservation in higher education

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The suit has been filed by TMC general secretary Mukul Roy against Buddhadeb for his alleged derogatory comments against Mamata

HC admits civil defamation suit against Buddhadeb

Goods trade has resumed at Mehedipur, a land port in West Bengal's Malda district bordering Bangladesh, after remaining suspended since Thursday due to violence in the neighbouring country

Trade resumes along India-Bangla border

SC has taken suo-motu cognisance of the incident and asked the state government to respond by Monday

Bihar Assembly adjourned over contractual teachers row

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The revenue is not likely to be in the same proportion despite there had been sharp increase in the price of petrol

Chhattisgarh missing out on its fuel earnings

The two-year old start-up is backed by $1 mn VC funding from an undisclosed investor from India

Emkor Solutions targets 500 small and medium units

The Tirumala diety is expected to earn an interest income of Rs 490 cr

Interest income comprises one-fourth of TTD earnings

Only those businesses that understand the shared values would survive and thrive in the 21st Century, said Anand Mahindra, chairman and managing director of the $16-billion Mahindra & Mahindra group on Wednesday.

M&M's Rs 300-cr tractor plant in AP goes on stream

As many as 181 bidders have qualified the technical round for setting up solar power projects in the state, according to a list put out by the state power utility APTransco. However, the successful bidders will be known only by tomorrow as the power utility is still compiling the list of the lowest bids after opening the price bids Tuesday morning.Only three bidders failed to qualify on technical grounds while another three were allowed to take part in the process as per the court directions, it said.The government's invitation for setting up solar plants with a combined capacity of 1,000 Mw in December last year saw even big companies like Lanco, Madhucon and Alhpa Infra Property Limited joining the race.An official of APTransco said the compilation of the list of successful bidders will be completed only by tomorrow. The utility allows a maximum of 5 Mw solar capacity under each sub-station. As the lowest quoted price is determined at the sub-station level, firms and individuals will

181 solar bids pass technical qualification

Protests erupted on Friday in the Cauvery heartland over Karnataka government's decision to release water to Tamil Nadu with the issue rocking the Assembly forcing its adjournment for the day following uproarious scenes.

Protests erupt in Karnataka 

The meet is being organised by Karnataka&rsquo;s Department of Commerce and Industry, through Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries, Laghu Udyog Bharti, Karnataka Udyog Mitra, HAL, IMS Foundation and BCIC.

Global aerospace meet in Bangalore

The Karnataka High court on Friday made it clear to the civic body that it wanted the city to be cleared of garbage within a week.

Clear garbage in a week: Court to B'lore civic body

By announcing reservation list for wards, the state government has begun the process for holding municipal elections within couple of months. The draft notification for conducting the civic elections was published in the Karnataka Gazette on December 4 setting a week&rsquo;s time for filing of objections. The notification covers the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) and other civic bodies in the district.

Civic poll process in Mysore

Industries minister PK Kunhalikkutty inaugurated the IT Mission&rsquo;s ITES Habitat Centre Stage-II facility on Friday at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium complex, Kaloor, here.

ITeS Habitat Centre comes up in Kochi

In a major setback to Bihar Governor Debanand Kunwar, the Patna High Court today quashed the appointments of six Vice Chancellor (VC) and four Pro- Vice Chancellor made by him.

Patna HC quashes appointment of 6 VCs

Under orders of the Jharkhand High Court the indefinite strike -that had started on Wednesday under the leadership of the coordination committee, which represents nine unions of the state power board - has been withdrawn Friday. A division bench of the Chief Justice P C Tatia and Justice Jaya Roy on Thursday took a suo moto cognisance on the media reports over disruption of power supply across the state and issued notices to state chief secretary S K Chaudhary, Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) chairman S C Verma and to the representatives of the striking employees. During hearing on Friday, the division bench observed that severe action would be taken if the power supply was not restored within ten minutes.

Power board employees strike called off by orders of high court

The public sector National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has heaved a sigh of relief with Supreme Court condoning the delay in submission of its forest diversion proposal for renewal of bauxite mine lease.

SC clears hurdle in reopening of Nalco's bauxite mine

The Odisha government has decided to lodge protest before the Centre over de-allocate of two coal blocks meant for its public sector mining company.

Odisha protests coal block de-allocation

Despite strong reservations by Raj Bhavan and a section of Congress and BJP leaders, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has decided to go ahead with the introduction of four private university Bills in the on going session of the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha.

Uttarakhand House all set to pass private varsity Bills

&lsquo;The land of Thunder Dragon&rsquo;&mdash; Bhutan &mdash;would come to the rescue of Haryana, helping it meet its power shortage.

Bhutan to help Haryana cut energy gap

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