Political solution to two decades-old Dimasa insurgency in Assam was arrived at on Monday in New Delhi when Dimasa militants, under the banner of Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), signed a peace accord with the Centre and Assam government to end insurgency in Dima Hasao district (earlier known as North Cachar Hills district) and tread the path of peace and democracy.

Peace deal to end Dimasa insurgency in Assam inked

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The Assam government has constituted a one-man enquiry Commission, headed by Justice (Retd.) Mutum B.K. Singh, retired judge of Gauhati High Court, to inquire into the recent riots that originated in Kokrajhar and later spread to other nearby districts in Lower Assam.

Assam forms enquiry panel to probe riots

Irked by Karnataka&rsquo;s decision to stop release of Cauvery water, Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday decided to file a contempt petition &ldquo;immediately&rdquo; against its counterpart in the Supreme Court, saying its action amounted to impeding country&rsquo;s federal structure.

TN to file contempt plea against State

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A day after Karnataka government stopped release of water to Tamil Nadu citing low storage in KRS reservoir, farmers here said they would continue their dharna till the Cauvery River Authority reviewed its earlier directive.

Farmers continue protest in Karnataka

In a significant decision that is likely to fill its coffers, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday approved sharp increase in lease rent on private properties given during the British period.

Revision in lease rents: Maha in for windfall

Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday approved compensation of Rs ten lakh to families in the core area of forest reserves willing to shift out to avoid man-animal conflict.

Compensation for families shifting out of forest reserves: CM

The Indian marine and coastal biodiversity is under serious threat from developmental projects, according to experts at the Convention on Biological Diversity.

'Development projects a threat to coastal biodiversity'

Andhra Pradesh finance minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy on Wednesday said the revenue growth witnessed in the first six months of the current financial year would not be sufficient to meet the expenditure proposed in the Budget.

Revenue growth not enough: AP Finance Minister

Fearing losing out to competition the Bangladeshi textile industry, Ludhiana&rsquo;s hosiery manufacturers have submitted a memorandum to the prime minister demanding level playing field for the industry in India.

Duty-free imports hit hosiery manufacturers

The Odisha government is poised to ink a pact with International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm of World Bank, to avail IFC&rsquo;s technical expertise for projects to be implemented on the public private partnership (PPP) mode.

Odisha to avail IFC's technical expertise for PPP projects

Illegal mining enquiry agency M B Shah Commission would take more time to submit the preliminary report on Odisha because of complexities involved in investigation of mining lease records.

Report on Odisha mining operation may be delayed: Shah panel

The three waves of devastating floods in Assam this year have left nearly 1.8 million children, along with their families, displaced, an assessment done by an NGO &ndash; Save the Children &ndash; found.

Assam floods displace 1.8 mn children in 2012

Bihar Government is planning a major push for E-Governance. The state government has now made e-tendering mandatory under major schemes. The government has also decided to make its offices paper-less.

Bihar govt makes e-tendering mandatory

Trade unions under the banner of CITU staged a demonstration here and submitted a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday drawing attention to the situation in Cachar Paper Mill under Hindustan Paper Corporation.

PM's intervention sought on Cachar Paper Mill crisis  

Union power and corporate affairs minister M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review Cauvery River Authority's September 19 order directing Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu in view of the 'disastrous situation' in the Cauvery basin in his state.

Moily urges PM to review CRA order

Denied appointment by the Prime Minister, Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday criticised Manmohan Singh for the September 19 order of Cauvery River Authority headed by him on release of water to Tamil Nadu, and said it had no basis and was an &ldquo;injustice&rdquo; to the state.

K'taka CM criticises Manmohan Singh

Cochin Port has set up an exclusive cruise passenger facilitation centre for luxury liners near BTP Jetty.

Cruise terminal comes up at Cochin port

The trial run of the 600-Mw Mettur Thermal Power Station (MTPS) in Tamil Nadu on Thursday achieved full capacity.

Mettur power plant achieves full capacity in trial run

Uncertainty over revival of mining activity in Goa in near future is forcing barge operators to scout for new locations outside the state.

Barge owners pulling out of Goa as mining ind crisis deepens 

The BJP today demanded that the Centre should step in with a financial package to ease the impending crisis in Goa due to halting of the mining industry. BJP national spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the current situation on mining front in Goa is a "matter of great concern". "The central government should give a package to Goa to ease the prevailing situation, before the mining activity begins in the state," Rudy told reporters here.

BJP wants Centre to step in with financial package

The need to look at the &lsquo;reversing incentives&rsquo; approach options to boost biodiversity conservation activities globally was discussed at the working group meeting on the fourth day of the United Nations conference on biological diversity (CBD) on Thursday.

Call for reversing incentives

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