The government of Odisha is planning to raise the issue of imposing energy tax on private thermal power producers in the upcoming Eastern Zonal Council (EZC) meet, which will be chaired by Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

Odisha to demand levy of energy tax at the eastern states' meet

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Urban Chhattisgarh is facing more problem than rural. Literally, if the number of applications received during the government campaign is taken into account.

Urban Chhatisgarh facing more grievances than rural

A total of 15,052.57 km of roads has been constructed in Bihar in the last seven years of the Nitish Kumar government and now one can travel from any district headquarter to the state capital within six hours except for far flung Kishanganj district.

NDA govt built 15,052.57 km of road in Bihar

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Jharkhand government has requested the Prime Minister and the Union Coal Ministry not to cancel the coal blocks allotted to the state-run public sector company, Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC).

Jharkhand urges coal ministry not to cancel coal block of JSMDC

Assam government has initiated several steps to modernise the treasury offices in the state and ensure early clearance of bills.

Steps initiated to modernise treasury offices in Assam

Karnataka will build a gas-powered plant at Bidadi near Bangalore to meet the ever-increasing demand for power by the corporate giants.

Karnataka to set up gas power plant at Bidadi

The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), an expert panel of Union ministry of environment &amp; forests (MoEF), is expected to take a call by next week on granting fresh forest clearance to the Panchpatmalli bauxite mines of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) to enable the company secure temporary work permit (TWP) to operate the mine.

FAC may decide on forest clearance for Nalco mine by next week

The Odisha government has diverted 6,945.48 hectares (ha) or 17,162.65 acres of forest land for industries and development work related to energy, irrigation, railway and road in the past 12 years.

17,163 acres forest land diverted in 12 yrs

After nearly four years of dithering, the Uttarakhand government has finally notified its new public-private partnership (PPP) policy, which is expected to boost and give push to infrastructure facilities and projects in the hill state.

Uttarakhand unveils new PPP policy

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday called upon the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, and requested him to press upon the central government to put in place a proper price support mechanism coupled with value addition of maize as an alternative crop towards its crop diversification program in the state.

Badal asks President to press upon the Centre on price support for maize crop

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to draft its Disaster Management Policy within the next six months, which would help the state upgrade its preparedness in dealing with disasters and natural calamities.

Uttar Pradesh to upgrade disaster management Act

The food processing sector has emerged the fastest-growing sub-sector of the manufacturing sector during last financial year, a top official said on Tuesday.

Food processing sector fastest-growing sub-sector

The Karnataka government on Wednesday offered a slew of measures to help the Karnataka Milk Federation and Milk Producers Unions, including extending of interest subsidy.

Karnataka offers interest sop to KMF, milk unions

The first fact-finding mission of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica), which is expected to provide financial assistance to the proposed Kochi metro rail project, arrived at Kochi on Wednesday.

Jica team in Kochi to evaluate metro

Kode Blink Tech Apps LLP, a Bangalore-based start-up that has developed an app to manage traffic efficiently, is targeting a Rs 2.5-crore turnover in the next two years from the Qatar market.

Startup bullish on traffic management app

The Andhra Pradesh government has come up with this novel idea to ensure a buyer-seller link outside the state power utilities to minimise the subsidy burden.

Two-way bidding for solar power projects

At a time when the state government's tough stance on renewal of mining leases has come under attack from the mining fraternity, the lack of communication between forest and mining departments on status of mine leases has complicated the matters.

Odisha forest department kept in dark on mining lease status

The Kolkata Port Trust will go ahead with the proposed capacity expansion at Haldia dock despite a slump in cargo volumes and controversy over cargo handler Haldia Bulk Terminal&rsquo;s exit.

KoPT for capacity expansion at Haldia amid cargo gloom

Tribal chiefs in Meghalaya on Wednesday sought the Centre&rsquo;s intervention to convince Bangladesh for early opening of at least 38 border haats south of the state which have proved to be beneficial to residents of the area.

Thirty-eight border haats demanded in Meghalaya

Asserting the importance of the North-east in realising India&rsquo;s Look East policy, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday said the Centre must resolve outstanding political issues and bring political stability to the region.

Rio asks Centre to resolve political conflicts in NE

Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on ship breaking has expressed concern over the safety of workers in Asia's largest ship breaking yard in Alang Gujarat, observing that the mechanism deployed to check decontamination or detoxification of vessels was inadequate.

IMC concerned over safety of Alang workers

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