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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Collection of green tax from all vehicles registered outside Himachal Pradesh has begun on a choppy note on the outskirts of state capital Shimla.

Vehicles pay green tax to enter Shimla

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Perturbed over rejection of Basmati consignments by US authorities due to the presence of high pesticide content, the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA), the apex body of rice exporters, has taken an initiative to spread awareness among the farming community in Basmati-growing belts of Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh etc, as well as other stakeholders, about the prudent use of pesticides.

Perturbed over US Basmati rejection, exporters educate farmers on pesticides

For 45-year-old Dinesh Jamloki, the sound of thunder, especially at night, is very scary.

Uttarakhand reels under cloudbursts

A proposal by a group of banks to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to run the Deccan Chargers cricket team has been submitted to the Board of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) working committee, though no outcome has been announced so far.

Banks propose SPV for Deccan Chargers

The Tamil Nadu government, in an effort to support the state electricity board, has announced a package of financial assistance, including Rs 1,000 crore as advance subsidy for its operations.

TN govt offers financial support to electricity board

The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided not to join the nationwide &lsquo;bandh&rsquo; convened by anti-Congress parties on September 20 against Centre&rsquo;s decision to increase diesel price and allow FDI in retail, saying it would affect the celebration of Nuakhai festival, which falls on the same day.

BJD not to join Opposition bandh against Centre

Left parties on Sunday announced a 12-hour all-India general strike on September 20 to protest against government&rsquo;s decision on diesel price, LPG cylinders and FDI in multi-brand retail, coinciding with the agitation by other opposition parties and UPA supporter SP.

Left parties call 12-hour nationwide strike on Sept 20

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair the much-awaited meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) for the first time in nine years on Wednesday primarily to discuss Tamil Nadu&rsquo;s demand that Karnataka release water from Cauvery river to save the crops that depend on it.

PM to chair meeting of Cauvery River Authority on Sept 19

The suburban areas around Bangalore city are set to get adequate drinking water by the first week of October as the City&rsquo;s much awaited drinking water project has been completed. Over two million people would get adequate clean drinking water from river Cauvery next month with the completion of an ambitious project &mdash; Cauvery IV stage II phase &mdash; at Thorekadanahalli in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district on Friday.

City set to get additional drinking water

Farmers from Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Hassan districts, under the Cauvery catchment area, participated in the dharna. The farmers, led by KRRS President K S Puttannaiah, demanded the state panel ask CRA to evolve a distress water sharing formula between Tanil Nadu and Karnataka, based on ground realities.

Farmers protest before CRA meet

On his 62nd birthday, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced relaxation in age limits for state government jobs. The announcement comes on the same day the state Congress made a similar promise as part of its manifesto for the 2012 assembly elections.

Modi relaxes age limit for govt jobs

Taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for castigating the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's decision of FDI in retail, union minister for commerce and industry Anand Sharma on Monday charged that two crucial BJP-ruled states had given consent for the same.

FDI in retail will ensure farmers get higher price for produce: Anand Sharma

Most private buses across West Bengal stayed off the roads for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, inconveniencing thousands of office-goers and commuters.

Private buses keep off roads for second day

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, rocked Sikkim on Tuesday, the same day as last year when 63 people were killed.

Minor earthquake rocks Sikkim

The Uttar Pradesh government has recommended that big cities should have more number of railway stations for an integrated and sustainable transport system.

UP recommends more railway stations for big cities

In a bid to boost the much-needed crop diversification in the state, the Punjab government has chalked out a comprehensive plan to introduce olive cultivation in a big way.

Punjab to push olive cultivation

In a bid to do away with irritants like cumbersome procedure, typical documentation and litigation, which distract investors, the Madhya Pradesh government is learnt to have made some changes in its strategy during the forthcoming Global Investors Summit to be organised from October 28-30 here next month.

Investors summit: MP hopeful of massive investments

The Punjab Government on Tuesday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) to jointly address the issues pertaining to climate change, sustainable development, conservation and optimal use of water and other critical resources, energy conservation and efficiency.

Punjab, Teri sign MoU

With about 8,000 delegates from 193 countries expected to attend the XI Conference of Parties (COP 11) and the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held in the city from October 1 to 19, the state government is all set to project Andhra Pradesh on the world tourism map.

AP set to project itself on world tourism map

The Odisha treasury could have benefited to the tune of Rs 4 lakh crore in the form of non-tax receipts since 2003-04 had the state government cancelled the leases of mines running on deemed extension basis and handed those properties to Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), said Union minister for statistics and programme implementation and chemicals and fertilisers, Srikant Kumar Jena, here on Tuesday.

Jena alleges Rs 4 lakh cr loss to state in mining scam

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