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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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

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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

With the objective to go green, Assam on Wednesday launched a unique &lsquo;Green Roads Mission&rsquo;, which envisages construction of roads with environment-friendly technology.

Road construction technology to go green in Assam

The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) has invited global bidders for setting up of its ambitious Ro-Ro ferry services in the Gulf of Cambay region of state.

GMB invites global bids for Ro-Ro ferry services

After big screen, bollywood star Ajay Devgan is now planning to show his skill in the non conventional energy sector.

Ajay Devgan to invest in solar energy sector in Chhattisgarh

Acting on a PIL, the Bombay High Court has asked a High Power Committee constituted by Maharashtra Government to look into representations made by people in regard to traffic problems in suburban Borivali.

Tackle traffic woes: HC tells Maha govt panel

The state government employees will have all the reasons to cheers during the coming Durga Puja. The state cabinet on Friday increased Dearness Allowance (DA) of its employees by 7 percent.

Bihar increases DA for govt employees by 7%

The state government has decided to step up the pace of urbanisation. It is now planning to develop 55 cities and small towns of Bihar under the proposed Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission &ndash; Phase 2 (JNNURM-II). For this, the state government has asked for New Delhi's help.

Bihar to start phase -II of JNNURM project

In a strongly worded letter to the Union railway minister, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday objected to the frequent reduction in the budgetary allocation for railway projects in Odisha and said such step would lead to discontentment among the people of the state.

Naveen objects to railway budget size cut

Mumbai Police has stepped up vigil after an anonymous letter sent to the state Secretariat 'Mantralaya' threatened to bomb important government installations in Mumbai and Nagpur.

Police alert after letter threatens to blow up Secretariat

The state government, which recently came out with new guidelines for renewal of mining leases saying that steel and aluminium plants having captive mines with excess area must return the surplus area during the renewal process, wants fast execution of the policy order.

Govt orders fast execution of new mines renewal policy

Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has slashed iron ore lump and fines prices on the back of poor demand amid fall in global and domestic rates. The prices have been cut by 12-14 per cent this time.

OMC slashes iron ore prices for Oct-Dec quarter

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