The Assam government is contemplating suing Jeevan Suraksha Associates Marketing Private Ltd (JSAMPL) for allegedly submitting forged documents of state&rsquo;s finance department to obtain bail for four of its top ranking executives from Gauhati high court recently in a multi-crore fraud-cum-cheating case.

Assam govt to sue JSAMPL for forgery

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Around 200 protestors demanding resumption of iron ore mining activity in Goa were arrested this morning a few metres away from the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) venue, police said.

Mining resumption demand: Protestors held near IFFI venue 

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Replying to the Opposition during the Zero Hour in the Assembly on Wednesday, she said the crisis could be over even by June next year.

Power crisis to end by 2013: Jaya

Review of allocation of coal blocks in the light of coalgate scam may benefit Karnataka, State Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Wednesday said and hoped to get coal block linkage as early as possible for its thermal plants situated here.

Review of allocation of coal blocks may benefit state: minister

The Justice M B Shah commission of enquiry investigating into cases of multi-crore illegal mining left for field visits to the mining rich Keonjhar and Sundergarh districts soon after reaching Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

Shah panel makes field trip to iron ore leases

The Parliament&rsquo;s public accounts committee (PAC) scheduled to visit Odisha from November 2 to investigate state government&rsquo;s role in recommending coal blocks, will hold talks with the top brass of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), chiefly on areas like production and the PSU&rsquo;s supply commitments to end use industries.

PAC to hold talks with MCL brass

Bangladesh plans to implement a system similar to Karnataka&rsquo;s &ldquo;Sakala&rdquo;, the state&rsquo;s guarantee of services to citizens system, Karnataka Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar said on Wednesday. &ldquo;Recognition to Sakala is not only pouring in from other states within India, but also from other countries,&rdquo; he told reporters here.

Bangladesh plans to emulate 'Sakala'

With barely few hours left for the cable TV digitisation deadline to end, consumers here who have already installed set-top boxes may also face blackout of their television sets.

Consumers with set top boxes might also face blackout

Multi System Operators in West Bengal will meet officials of the Union of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting over the October 31 deadline set for digitisation of cable tv.

MSOs to meet I&B ministry tomorrow on blackout of analog TV

Refraining from it populist stance, the West Bengal government has finally decided to hike bus and taxi fares in the state to commensurate with hike in fuel prices.

Bengal hikes bus, taxi fare

In order to fight against the Maoists more effectively in the hide-outs of Jharkhand forests, the state government has decided to build adequate infrastructures for the security forces in Jharkhand.

Jharkhand upgrades infrastructure to combat Maoists

Economy slow-down across the globe has acted as a spanner in the global investors meet of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh to organise global investors meet

Petrol in Uttarakhand will now cost Rs 2.65 a litre more. The price hike follows the state government&rsquo;s move to withdraw relief in the value added tax (VAT) in the face of October 10 Tehri Lok Sabha by-election, where Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna&rsquo;s son Saket lost at the hustings.

Petrol to cost Rs 2.65 more in Uttarakhand

Sugar mills on Wednesday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to retain state cane prices at the last year&rsquo;s level. The industry claimed any increase in cane prices by way of state advised price (SAP) for the 2012-13 crushing season would seriously impair their paying capacity.

'Freeze sugarcane prices at 2011-12 level'

The Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry on Thursday sought details on output and raising permission of Tensa iron ore mines belonging to Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) in Koira mining circle during its first day of field trip.

Shah panel seeks clarification from JSPL iron ore mines

As the digitisation deadline ending at midnight last night, many cable homes here continued receiving signals without installing the government mandated set-top boxes, apparently because of an understanding between the West Bengal government and multi-system operators (MSOs).

Homes in Kolkata continue to receive signals beyond deadline

Chhattisgarh government is considering amending its industrial policy to accommodate the downstream industries that it has now targeted for investment in the mineral-rich state.

Chhattisgarh may amend industrial policy

Rains foiled the celebration of Chhattisgarh's 12th foundation day on Thursday in Naya Raipur-the administrative capital of the state.

Rains play spoil sport to foundation day celebration

The Drug Action-Forum (DAF) of Karnataka, an NGO, has urged the Union government to take immediately take steps to regulate the price of medicines in the country.

NGO wants drug prices regulated

Paving the way for land acquisition to set up the first-ever nuclear power project in Andhra Pradesh, the state government on Thursday declared the land identified in five villages in north coastal district of Srikakulam as project-affected zone.

AP to go ahead with nuclear power project

The coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, which was hit by the cyclone Nilam on Wednesday, is slowly limping back to normal.

Coastal districts try to recover after 'Nilam'

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