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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Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) heaved a sigh of relief with the recent movement of coal from the mines of the Panem Coal Mines Limited in Pakur district of Jharkhand.

Jharkhand resumes coal supply to Punjab power plants

Left Front members today walked out of the West Bengal Assembly demanding revocation of the suspension of three CPI(M) MLAs.

Left Front members demand revocation of suspension

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Karnataka chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has hinted at undoing the damage done by the letter sent by the state government taking exception to some of the provisions made in the proposal to amend Article 371, which provides special status to Hyderabad-Karnataka region.

Shettar yields to Centre's stand on status for Hyd-K`taka region

Fearing insecure after yesterday's violence inside the West Bengal assembly, Congress legislators including women members today entered the house wearing helmets.

Congress MLAs enter WB Assembly wearing helmets

The Comptroller and Auditor General has rapped the B S Yedyyurappa and H D Kumaraswamy governments for &ldquo;rampant&rdquo; illegal denotification of land benefiting builders and companies during the 2007-11 period.

CAG raps former Karnataka CMs over land denotification

The illegal mining committed during 2006-11 in three districts of Karnataka has resulted in the state losing a revenue of Rs 3,414.45 crore and the government could recover only Rs 7.22 crore, a report by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said.

Illegal mining during 2006-11 led to loss of over Rs 3,414 crore

The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has intensified its efforts to dissipate the message over garbage disposal across the city.

MCC ups garbage disposal efforts

The Karnataka government has spent around Rs 1.37 crore under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to control dengue this year, Health and Family Welfare Minister Aravind Limbavali said today.

Rs 1.37 cr spent to control dengue in Karnataka

Illegal mining led to loss of over Rs 3,414 cr in Karnataka

The investments made by the Odisha government on PSUs in 2011-12 have yielded lacklustre returns.

Govt investment on PSUs yield tepid returns: CAG

Union coal ministry has directed the state government to expedite processing of pending coal mining lease (ML) applications while replying to a letter forwarded by Odisha Chief Secretary B K Patnaik seeking the ministry&rsquo;s view over granting ML to companies which had been allotted blocks without auction.

Centre asks Odisha to expedite pending coal mine lease applications

BIFR has directed FCI to submit all audited accounts- balance sheets and profit &amp; loss accounts along with auditor accounts from the date of sickness to the present period.

BIFR hearing on Talcher fertiliser plant next week

The Odisha government has urged the Union ministry for communications and information technology for setting up STPI (Software Technological Parks of India) centre at Balasore, the economic hub of northern Odisha.

State urges Centre to set up STPI facility at Balasore

Goa health ministry is miffed over some files missing from the department and has accused a former health minister of being responsible for holding back the files even after relinquishing the office. Former Health Minister Vishwajit Rane in the then Congress-led government has held back six files pertaining to various purchases in the ministry, state health minister Laxmikant Parsekar alleged, a charge denied by Rane. Parsekar said that despite several reminders, Rane was reluctant to give back the files. The government will initiate appropriate steps to recover these files from the former minister's office, he said.

Goa health ministry miffed over missing files

A voluntary organisation here is protesting the proposed amusement park at the Gangapur dam here claiming that it would affect the arrival of migratory birds. If the proposed boating club and amusement park come up at the dam, the birds will cease to inhabit the place and the present bio-chain will be finished, Nature Conservation Society president Vishwarup Shah said on Thursday. He said they have brought the matter to the notice of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and if required, they will even approach the court to stop the amusement park from coming up at the dam, situated 10 kms from Nashik city. The project is of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC).

NGO opposes proposed amusement park in Nashik 

The ministry of shipping (MoS) has said it is not feasible to develop a major port at Tadadi in Uttara Kannada district as the required hinterland is still not available. The ministry has told Karnataka government that it would develop the port in phases and to begin with build a small barge-mounted port.

MoS not for major port at Tadadi

The fate of 2400 Mw coal-fired power plant proposed by Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL) now hangs in balance after both its promoters lost coal mines allotted to them.

Coal block de-allocation to hit Rs 8,000 cr power project of OPTCL

The GMR&rsquo;s proposed rail-line to transport coal to its under-construction power plant in Tilda near here had landed into controversy.

GMR's proposed rail line construction hits hurdle

The delay in starting a few irrigation projects in the state has put the Chhattisgarh government under the scanner for allegedly helping the industries in the state.

Delayed irrigation projects under scanner in Chhattisgarh

India and Bangladesh should work together to address non-tariff barriers like land customs stations management and weighment of items to bring down transaction costs, Director-General of Foreign Trade Anup Pujari said today.

India, Bangladesh should address non-tariff barriers: DGFT 

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