An all-party meeting held on Monday by the Andhra Pradesh government has demanded demolition of the contentious Babli project stating it was being used for irrigation purposes while denying the lawful share of river water to the lower riparian state.

AP demands demolition of Babli project

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The Andhra Pradesh government, in association with mobile services provider Airtel, on Monday launched the MeeSeva-Airtel money services.

AP ties up with Airtel to launch money services

Amidst the gram panchayat election, registration of voters, drought and other busy works in which the officials are engaged, preparations are on for the state-sponsored Dasara celebrations that is set to commence on October 16 in Mysore, city deputy commissioner P S Vastrad said.

Dasara preparations amidst drought, poll

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday conducted raids on residence and office of iron ore lease holder and sponge iron maker Prashant Ahluwalia at Rourkela.

Coalgate: CBI raids premises of mines owner Ahluwalia

The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) on contentious joint venture pact between the state-owned resource company Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Delhi-based Sainik Mining &amp; Allied Services Ltd (SMASL) for raising of coal from a block allotted to the former.

SC admits PIL on OMC-Sainik Mining deal

Construction work on gas-based fertiliser plant at Talcher is expected to begin in six months following the green signal given recently by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) for plant revival.

Work on Talcher fertiliser plant to begin in six months

The Centre has refuted Odisha&rsquo;s allegation of discrimination and said, it is more concerned for the development of backward states.

Minister denies raw deal to Odisha

West Bengal government has decided to grant an exemption under section 14Y of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act to four companies, enabling them to acquire land more than the ceiling limit of 24 acres for their long-pending industrial projects in the state.

WB govt clears land hurdle for four pending projects

The West Bengal government would increase the number of state-run buses in the metropolis during the five-dayDurga Puja festival to cope with the massive inflow of people to the city.

Bengal transport minister unfurls puja transport plan

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It&rsquo;s now official that a new industrial estate encompassing an area of 1,700 acres would be set up at Sitarganj in the Kumaon region, which also happens to be the Assembly constituency of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna.

Mega investment plan for Uttarakhand CM's constituency

It&rsquo;s been a sweet victory for land owners and farmers in Chandigarh who had been contesting against the union territory (UT) administration&rsquo;s decision to acquire 272 acres of land to expand the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP). After their petitions were rejected by the High Court in 2011, land owners and farmers affected by the acquisition of land approached the Supreme Court.

SC quashes Chandigarh IT park land acquisition

Union human resource development minister, Kapil Sibal, laid foundation stones of permanent campuses of three National Institute of Technology (NIT) campuses in North East, one each in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram.

Permanent campuses for three NITS in NE

Three months after a section of the road next to the Clarkes Hotel in Shimla was washed away, work to rebuild it has still not started.

Three months on, Shimla road still to see repair work start

Falling in line with the Supreme Court directive, Karnataka on Sunday began releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, setting off a wave of protests against it in the river basin districts. After repeatedly maintaining that the state itself was in a distress situation, the Karnataka government released water from Krishna Raja Sagar and Kabini dams early on Sunday to ensure flow of 9,000 cusecs of water to the neigbhouring state.

Karnataka begins release of Cauvery water to TN

Some 2,000 delegates from more than 150 countries will congregate in Hyderabad on Monday for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP 6).

Hyd spruced up for biodiversity summit

The amended rule 6 (1) will ensure the smooth execution of maintenance of canal beds and drainage networks in the state by the irrigation department.

Haryana approves amendment in mining rules

Braving police blockade, thousands of activists on Sunday forced themselves into the heart of the state capital at Necklace road, just a stone throw away from the secretariat, to take part in the march for Telangana statehood led by the Telangana Joint Action Committee.

Thousands turn up for Telangana march

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday laid the foundation stone of Bangalore-based Narayana Hrudayalaya&rsquo;s health city at Dumduma in Bhubaneswar. The specialised hospital is coming up with a 1,000 bed treatment centre at the city outskirt near Khandagiri Square, around 2 km from the Bhubaneswar branch of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS).

CM lays foundation for Narayan Hrudayalaya

To curb rising transmission and distribution (T&amp;D) losses, Bihar government is now planning to introduce smart grids. In this attempt, it has found a partner in state run transmission utility Power Grid Corporation, which recently submitted a proposal for pilot project.

Smart grids for Bihar

Sanjay Mitra, a 1982 batch IAS officer, on Sunday took over as new Chief Secretary of West Bengal, replacing Samar Ghosh who retired from the post. Mitra, who was holding the post of Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare department, would be replaced by Higher Education Secretary Satish Tewari.

Sanjay Mitra Bengal's new Chief Secretary

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi once again hit out at Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on the issue of Aakash tablets on Sunday. Modi asked him to not to resort to 'cheap gimmicks' and 'make honest effort to ensure delivery of good quality computing and access device to youth'.

Don't resort to 'cheap gimmicks', make honest efforts: Modi advises Sibal

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