With no let-up in violent activities in Bodoland, indefinite curfew has been clamped in Gossaigaon and Kokrajhar sub-divisions on Thursday. In an attempt to restore peace, Army, which was called in on Wednesday evening, also staged flag-marches in the disturbed and sensitive areas.

Situation tense in Assam, curfew imposed

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday indicated that his government was not getting the &lsquo;required&rsquo; cooperation of some officials and a section of the media on improving the law and order situation in the state.

UP CM pulls up officials, media for 'lack of support'

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Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday agreed to the request made by the Centre to share the framework of Mee Seva, a scheme to provide electronic access to government services, with other states.

AP to share Mee Seva framework with other states

The Gujarat BJP has decided to make chief minister Narendra Modi's presence virtually ubiquitous using a high-end three-dimensional (3D) image technology during the assembly polls in the state.

BJP to make Modi's presence ubiquitous during polls

The BJP on Friday blamed the Congress-led UPA government for "failure" of the recently concluded auction of 2G mobile phone spectrum. It further slammed Union Telecom minister Kapil Sibal and UPA government spokesperson Finance Minister P Chidambaram for "celebrating" the flop show of the 2G spectrum auction.

2G auction: BJP slams UPA for flop show

The Bombay High Court has observed that a dying declaration cannot be the sole criteria for conviction and in case of two contrasting views, the one favourable to the accused should be adopted.

Dying declaration not sole criteria for conviction: Bombay HC

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has requested the Centre to allow export of seized red sanders in round log form to realise revenues for the state exchequer.

Andhra seeks nod to export red sanders

A week before the winter session of Parliament begins, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called on a meeting of all party MPs tomorrow to discuss the plan to bring a no-confidence motion against the government.

Mamata will meet party MPs to decide on no-trust motion

Ending all speculation, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday expelled the rebel leader and Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra from the primary membership of the party for anti-party activities.

BJD expels Pyari for anti-party activities

The Odisha government will enter into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kolkata-based MSTC Ltd for selling of key bulk minerals like iron ore, manganese and chrome ore on the e-auction platform.

Odisha to sign MoU with MSTC for e-auction of minerals

The opposition Congress party will launch &ldquo;Save City&rdquo; campaign from Monday to counter Chhattisgarh&rsquo;s government&rsquo;s city contacted programme starting from tomorrow.

Congress to launch 'Save City' campaign in Chhattisgarh

&ldquo;The Shah commission had pointed out some cases of mining beyond leasehold area and has asked us to take up field verification of such leases. The field visit is set to start from November 21&rdquo;, said a senior mining department official in the know of the matter.

Joint verification of mines by IBM, state officials soon

The state government has expedited its efforts for ensuring long term supply of raw materials to industries in the state.

Ministerial panel on raw material supply to meet on Nov 26

The second category included steel, cement and other specified end users including captive power producers who will get coal at prices to be notified separately
Clearing the air over the role of Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) to acquire land for mining projects when its primary responsibility is to buy land for industries, the state government has said, there is nothing wrong in land buying for coal mining as mineral excavation is also an industrial

Idco can buy land for coal mines, says Govt

Karnataka has asked the Centre to set up a permanent bench of the Supreme Court at Bangalore in order to help the litigant public in South India seeking justice from the apex court.

Karnataka seeks SC bench in city

The state government will appoint nodal officers to every department to ensure that the cases pending in the courts involving the government are disposed without any delays. This will be initially done on an experimental basis and depending on its results, it would be extended to all the departments and districts.

Nodal officers to facilitate speedy disposal of cases

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee called the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Sunday seeking support for bringing a no-confidence motion against the UPA government at the Centre, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said here.

Mamata calls Sushma for support

Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Sunday alleged there was a possibility that the recent flopped spectrum sale was "deliberately manipulated" to show that the CAG's calculation of presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer was erroneous.

Spectrum sale deliberately manipulated: Joshi

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated probe into the contentious joint venture pact between the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Delhi-based Sainik Mining &amp; Allied Services Ltd (SMASL) for coal mining in the state.

CBI initiates probe into OMC- Sainik coal mining deal

In the wake of allegations of transport of illegally mined ore, the mines departments of Odisha and Jharkhand have decided to restrict inter-state transportation of minerals by road.

Odisha, Jharkhand to curb cross border movement of ore

Tax revenue collected by the West Bengal government in the first half of the 2012-13 fiscal has risen by 36 per cent over the previous corresponding period. "Revenue collection in the April-September period this year was Rs 14,176 crore, a rise of 36 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Last year, the figure was Rs 10,428 crore," state finance minister Amit Mitra said here on Monday.

Bengal tax revenue in April-Sept up by 36%

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