Odisha chief secretary BK Patnaik today appeared before the Supreme Court along with state steel and mines secretary Rajesh Verma and Aditya Prasad Padhee, principal secretary to Chief Minister, for contempt of court in a matter related to granting of iron ore mines to Bhushan Power &amp; Steel Ltd (BPSL).

SC asks state to reply in 3 weeks on Bhushan mining lease case

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Thriveni Earth Movers Pvt Ltd (TEMPL), a mine raising contractor active in the Joda mining belt in Odisha, has been felicitated with an &lsquo;appreciation plaque&rsquo; for commendable work and exemplary innovation in CSR (corporate social responsibility) at the Business World-Ficci CSR Award 2011-12. The plaque was presented by Sachin Pilot, Union minister for corporate affairs to Vikram Mehta, general manager-CSR and Sangram Mahapatra, senior general manager-ISD of the company, at a function

Thriveni wins appreciation plaque for CSR

The state branch of Institution of Valuers (IOV), a leading body of valuation professionals has declared the names of the newly elected office bearers for 2013-15. Subhash Chandra Chau Pattanayak, immediate past chairman, IOV has been re-elected as the chairman for the second time on the trot. G C Patra and Rajesh Agrawal have been elected as the vice chairman of IOV-northern and western Odisha respectively. Similarly, S C Sabat has been chosen as the new secretary of the state branch.

New office bearers at Institution of Valuers-Odisha

A total of 26,40,777 houses were visited by over 40,000 health workers as part of Punjab government's door-to-door cancer awareness campaign.

Campaigns for cancer awareness

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&lsquo;While the government&rsquo;s policy encourages the establishment of small ticket projects with 1-2 Mw capacity, it is desirable to attract some major industries to set up large-scale projects in the range of 50-100 Mw as the total capacity proposed under the present round is huge&rsquo;
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) today said the procedure adopted by the Andhra Pradesh government for developing 1,000 Mw of solar power projects in the private

Assocham wants AP to include large projects in solar sector

An all-party delegation from Karnataka would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh soon to plead against issuing of final notification for implementing the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award, chief minister Jagadish Shettar said on Tuesday.

Cauvery award: Karnataka delegation to meet PM 	

The Uttarakhand government is seeking a special plan assistance (SPA) of Rs 25 crore from the Centre for the expansion and modernisation of Naini-Saini airport in the hilly Pithoragarh district, mainly for tourism promotion.

Govt seeks Rs 25 cr from Centre for Naini-Saini airport

Naxals have started violence afresh in Saranda forest areas in West Singhbhum district to stall the development activities in the forest areas of Saranda. CPI (Maoist) cadres last week torched six vehicles which were engaged in road construction work at Saranda forest.

Naxals revive violence in Saranda forest 

Global advisory and consultancy firm Ernst &amp; Young is in the race for consultancy of the proposed Rs 10,500-crore Agra-Lucknow Expressway project.

E&Y in the race for post of project consultant 

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday fixed December 20 as the next date of hearing in the alleged scam in National Rural Health Mission in Lucknow CMO office.

NRHM case: HC fixes Dec 20 as next date 

Despite the sugar mills facing a loss of Rs 230 crore, the Uttarakhand government on Tuesday announced its state advised price (SAP) for sugarcane at Rs 285-295 a quintal for the year 2012-13, which is Rs 5 more than what farmers will get in neigbouring Uttar Pradesh.

Uttarakhand announces 'highest' SAP for cane in India

To offer much-needed relief to traders in the state, the government has introduced another amendment to the Value Added Tax Act, 2012. The state Assembly is debating the Bill on Tuesday and it is most likely to be cleared by tomorrow.

MP makes changes to tax law

Continuing its crackdown on non-serious players, the Ministry of Coal deallocated two more coal blocks- Baitarani West and Naini- allotted in Odisha in view of the unsatisfactory progress in development of the coal mines and end-use plants.

Coal ministry deallocates two more blocks in Odisha 

Around 40,000 fair price shops (FPS) across Odisha downed their shutters on Tuesday in protest against Central government&rsquo;s plan to transfer cash subsidy directly to the FPS consumers.

PDS retailers oppose direct cash subsidy transfer by Centre

Renewable energy potential in Odisha has been assessed at 11,820 MW, with solar energy having the highest potential at 10,000 MW among all green energy sources.

Renewable energy potential in state assessed at 11,820 MW

Such has been the market inefficiency of fruit and vegetable in Ahmedabad area that the share of a farmer in consumer rupee works out to only 37 and 48 per cent, respectively, says a working paper at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

District farmers` share in consumer Re 37% in fruits, 48% in veg

The Odisha government is scheduled to hold talks with the officials of Union ministry of steel on Friday on various issues concerning major steel makers like Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), ArcelorMittal and Posco India.

Odisha to hold talks with Union steel min officials

At a time when the progress of non-major port projects has been seemingly derailed due to pull out of original promoters from the ventures, the office of the Accountant General (AG)-Odisha has questioned the role of the state government on the matter.

Exit of original promoters delaying port projects: CAG

The Supreme Court today issued notice to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik after admitting the writ petition of Rajya Sabha MP and expelled BJD leader Pyari Mohan Mohapatra.

Supreme Court issues notice to BJD president over Pyari row

The din in the Maharashtra Assembly today following stalling of proceedings by Opposition members demanding an apology from Home Minister R R Patil over his "threatening" remarks led to the House being adjourned for the day without transacting any business.

Din in assembly forces house to be adjourned

The 1-million tonne secondary steel manufacturing industry in Andhra Pradesh has refused to pay power bills due on December 10 protesting the fuel surcharge adjustment (FSA) being levied across the consumers by the state power utilities.

AP steel units default on power bills to protest surcharge by discoms

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