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

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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  

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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

The Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry investigating into cases of alleged illegal mining is likely to visit Odisha yet again in early November for further investigation. The panel in its nine-day probe scrutinized records of 81 mining leases of the total of 186 iron ore and manganese mines lease records provided by the state government.

Shah Commission may visit Odisha again in early Nov

The state congress committee on Thursday demanded a bonus of Rs 300 per quintal to the paddy farmers, over and above the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,250 a quintal announced by the Centre.

Congress demands Rs 300 per quintal bonus for paddy farmers

Sridhar Swain, executive officer, Dhinkia panchayat who is under alleged threat of anti-Posco activists has sought the intervention of Jagatsinghpur district collector and block development officer for postponement of gram sabha scheduled for October 17-18. Even, he has expressed his unwillingness to act as nodal officer at the gram sabha as he is under pressure from anti-Posco activists to include their proposal to reject diversion of forest land for the project. Swain alleged that anti-Posco activists had snatched palli sabha register and other project lists at Gobindpur palli sabha after they failed to reject the forest diversion proposal for Posco steel project.

Dhinkia panchayat officer faces threat from anti-Posco activists

Khaira objected to Badal&rsquo;s &ldquo;doling out Rs 1 crore to a Himachal public school, when the economy of Punjab is in a shambles, has a colossal debt of Rs 80,000 crore, is unable to pay salaries and pensions to its staff, and is not able to honour welfare schemes ,&rdquo; said Sukhpal. &ldquo;He is clearly acting like a feudal despot and has no regard for the tax-payers&rsquo; money and is ready to defy all norms. Giving a grant out of Punjab&rsquo;s development funds to a school in Himachal will only make us a laughing stock,&rdquo; Khaira said .

Badal slammed over Lawrence School 'donation' plan

Kanpur is hosting what will arguably be Uttar Pradesh&rsquo;s first auction of coins, banknotes and medals tomorrow.

Lucknow presents 2,000 years of numismatic history

Amritsar is all set to get a new look with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal approving projects worth Rs 2,951 crore projects for the city and its peripheral towns.

Amritsar set for Rs 2,951-crore makeover

With the government on Thursday hiking retail prices of urea by Rs 50 to Rs 3,360 per tonne, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she has lost count on how many times the price has been raised and condemned it.

Mamata protests rise in price of fertiliser

The Cauvery Hitarakshana Samithi on Thursday slammed the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) direction to Karnataka to release 8.75 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu and declared &ldquo;we will not allow the government to release water&rdquo;.

Farmers outfit decry release of Cauvery water

Observing land was required for widening of highways, WBPCC President Pradip Bhattacharya on Thursday said this was imperative for development.

Land needed for highways expansion:  WBPCC

Lalit Bhasin, founder and managing partner, Bhasin &amp; Co., has been elected as the Regional President of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) for the term 2012-13. Bhasin&rsquo;s association with IACC goes back more than two decades.

New office bearer for IACC

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