Reacting to a New York Times report on garbage problem in the city, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday said Bangalore is a global city and anything happening here grabs international space, maintaining that government is taking steps to clear accumulated trash. The New York Times has reported that the garbage problem in the city shows the incompetence of Indian governance and the dark side of the country&rsquo;s rapid economic growth.

NYT wakes up CM to mull clearing city's garbage

Press Trust of India

Over 220 chicken and ducks have died at Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) at Hesaragatta here, where avian influenza (H5N1) had claimed over 3,600 turkeys over the last fortnight.

Over 220 chicken, ducks die of suspected bird flu

The recent order of the Joda mining circle office to 10 miners, who are waiting for renewal of their mining leases, to restrict iron ore output only to the extent of their captive plant need until the completion of the lease renewal process, is likely to result in 27 million tonne (mt) production loss per year, trade estimates said.

Odisha clampdown to wipe out 27 mt iron ore output

Business Standard

Ahead of its Odisha visit scheduled for November 2, a nine-member public accounts committee (PAC) of the Parliament has asked the state government to clarify the basis on which recommendations were made for award of coal blocks to companies.

PAC questions basis of coal block recommendations

A day after the alleged abduction of three ABG Haldia Bulk Terminals (HBT) officials, the industry and the Opposition came out in support of the company, criticising the Mamata Banerjee government for its inaction in maintaining law and order situation at Haldia.

Industry fears Singur, Manesar rerun at Haldia

After diesel price hike and bus-fare hike, consumers in Assam will have to bear another stiff hike. Power tariff in Assam will go up by Rs 1.03 from November 1, 2012. The hike will be under the Fuel and Power Purchase Price Adjustment (FPPPA) and Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) has got the green signal from Assam Electricity Regulatory Authority (AERC) to go ahead with the hike.

Power tariff to go up in Assam from Nov 1

In an attempt to achieve 20 per cent return on farming activities, farmers in Madhya Pradesh are planning to chalk out a self-regulatory mechanism. A marathon meeting in this regards is planned in November, in which ways to reduce farm input cost will be discussed.

High input cost haunt Madhya Pradesh farmers

Kerala has banned entry of poultry from other states following detection of avian influenza (bird flu) in a government farm at Hessarghatta, outside Bangalore.

Bird flu in state: Kerala bans poultry from outside

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday met Union Coal Minister Sriparkash Jaiswal to seek dedicated coal linkage for the upcoming thermal plants at Goindwaal Sahib, Rajpura and Talwandi Sabo.

Badal meets coal minister, seeks dedicated linkages

Nivesh Mitra, the single-widow online clearances system of the Uttar Pradesh government, has taken wings.

Web-based industry clearance system takes wings in UP

The Uttarakhand government has, through an initiative it hopes would improve the standard of education, decided to run its schools under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

To fight inefficiency, Uttarakhand adopts PPP model for its schools to fight

The state steel &amp; mines department is not in favour of a complete ban on export of iron ore to help curb illegal mining activities.

Odisha not keen on full ban of iron ore exports

The Odisha government has constituted a ministerial committee to formulate a policy for offering raw materials to industries in the state on a long-term basis. The formation of the committee follows a long-standing demand by end use industries that have been suffering for want of raw materials.

Panel on raw material supply to industries

Bowing to the pressure of the Odisha Private Bus Owners&rsquo; Association in the aftermath of diesel price hike, the state government on Tuesday announced an upward revision in bus fares.

Odisha hikes bus fare

The Income Tax department, on Tuesday, raided the premises of Prakash Industries Limited (PIL) as part of an investigation into alleged misutilization of coal block allotted to the company in Chhattisgarh.

I-T raids PIL premises on alleged coal block scam

The price of chicken in Kerala has increased due to the ban imposed by the state on cross border trade of chicken and poultry products.

Ban pushes up chicken price in Kerala

A CRA meeting held on September 19 had failed to produce a solution as both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had rejected the Prime Minister&rsquo;s award of 9,000 cusecs of water to save the standing crops in the delta region.

SC directs monitoring panel to advise on Cauvery water sharing

Maharashtra Government on Monday said that it wanted alcohol and smoking scenes in movies banned and would request the Centre to amend existing laws to facilitate the same.

Maha govt seeks ban on alcohol consumption, smoking in films

The activities of the State Level Enforcement Squad (SLES) on mining would be extended to monitor coal mines. The squad has been largely monitoring iron ore and manganese leases.

Coal mines to come under purview of state enforcement squad

The state government will examine the &ldquo;indigenous&rdquo; word in its resettlement and rehabilitation policy 2006 after facing opposition from the industry bodies.

Odisha govt to examine 'indigenous' word in R&R policy

Sensing an opportunity to corner the Odisha government after it decided to cancel the joint venture pact of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) with a private firm for coal mining over rule violation, the state Congress unit on Monday demanded that OMC&rsquo;s agreement with Vedanta for bauxite supply should also be scrapped.

Scrap OMC-Vedanta bauxite supply agreement: Jena

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