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

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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

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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

Madhya Pradesh has decided to protest against the goods and services tax (GST) by junking the Centre&rsquo;s offer for a 100-per cent sales tax compensation. The state, according to top executives, would stick to its stand. The Centre had recently offered full compensation on central sales tax if states agree on GST.

Madhya Pradesh to junk CST offer

Joint Council of Bus Syndicate, a leading bus operators association, has called an indefinite strike in the state from October nine demanding hike in fares.

Indefinite bus strike in state from Oct 9

The plantation sector in south India has asked the government to extend several concessions and allocate higher funds to bail out the sector that has been facing several challenges and obstacles in the recent years. The sector also sought government help to increase mechanisation and reduce production cost as well as tackle labour shortage.

Planters send out SOS to govt over labour shortages

Germany is emerging as a higher education destination among Indian students with a 19 per cent increase in the number of Indian students in the academic year 2011-12 over the previous year.

Germany sees 19% increase in Indian students

Protests against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu continued for the second day on Monday with authorities deciding to deploy Rapid Action Force to maintain peace in Mandya, the epi-centre of the stir, even as four JDS MLAs and an MP submitted resignations to the party state unit chief to protest the government action.

Cauvery protests continue, JD(S) MP, 4 MLAs resign

Mandya remained paralysed for the second day as protests over the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu continued in the Cauvery basin area. Besides Mandya, Mysore and Chamarajanagar too continued to witness protest demonstrations for the second day on Monday.

Mandya remains paralysed for second day

The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday expressed its inability to adopt the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions into MBBS from 2013 as notified by the health ministry citing reasons including late adoption of CBSE curriculum in intermediate.

AP seeks exemption from NEET-2013

The Indian government is in the process of ratifying the Nagoya (Japan) Protocol for a global regime and share the benefits of exploitation of biodiversity with the locals, according to MF Farooqui, special secretary, Union ministry of environment and forests.

India to ratify Nagoya Supplementary Protocol

While Gujarat is yet to have any significant big-ticket investment from Russia and neighbouring countries, a state-level delegation visited the Central European countries to woo investors for the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit (VGGIS) in January 2013. In a poll-bound Gujarat, the state government is going all out to promote its flagship investment meet.

State govt delegation woos Russian investors to Gujarat

Acting tough, the Karnataka government today sacked 3,000 trainees for taking part in the strike by employees of the state-run transport corporations which entered the second day throwing normal life out of gear.

State sacks 3,000 trainees of transport corporations on day 2

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