Karnatak University in Dharwad will take some stringent measures to reduce expenditure in order to overcome the financial crunch. As a first step the university has decided to do away with non-teaching staff who have been appointed on temporary basis in the last two years.

KU to take stringent measures to cut spend

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National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday accused the Assam government of not taking adequate steps for rehabilitation of riot victims of Kokrajhar and other places, saying most of them have not got monetary assistance and were living in overcrowded camps.

NHRC faults Assam govt in relief to riot victims

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CBD is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity. With 193 Parties, the convention has near universal participation among countries.

Biodiversity meet may lay emphasis on resource mobilisation

Uttar Pradesh announced its Micro, Small &amp; Medium Enterprise (MSME) Township Policy 2012 last week, to promote private participation in developing service sector oriented industrial townships.

UP unveils policy to boost MSME townships

The Madras High Court has vacated a stay it issued earlier restraining GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd (GSKCH) from marketing and distribution of Horlicks Nutribic biscuits.

HC vacates stay on marketing of Glaxo's Nutribic biscuits

The Odisha government has decided to impose levy of Rs 1 per tonne on mineral transported through the electronic route.

Odisha to impose levy on e-permits for minerals

As the recently decided debt restructuring scheme for state-owned power distribution companies (discoms) is not applicable for Odisha, which was the first state to privatise the distributiion business in 1996, the state is mulling a proposal to write to the Centre on inclusion of its power trader Gridco Ltd in the scheme.

Odisha to ask Centre to include Gridco in debt-restructuring scheme

The state government has stepped up efforts for establishment of a branch of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in the state with assistance of the Union Human Resources Development (HRD) ministry and a private partner.

Odisha steps up effort to establish IIIT

The Centre has decided to shift the venue of its annual Global Partnership Summit 2013, an event jointly organised between the commerce ministry and the Confederation of Indian Industry, from Kolkata to Agra in Uttar Pradesh, in what could be a prelude of losses for Bengal.

CII summit falls victim to Mamata-Centre split

Odisha will shortly submit the detailed project report (DPR) on setting up of an industry cluster under the National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) scheme of the Centre.

Odisha to submit DPR to Centre soon on NIMZ

West Bengal government will soon decide on its next course of action on alleged irregularities in selling of land by Hindustan Motors, as the empowered committee of secretaries has submitted its report on the issue.

Decision on Hindustan Motors' land sale issue soon

Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress will bring a motion in West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday to register its protest against FDI in multi-brand retail and hike in prices of diesel and fertiliser.

TMC for motion against FDI in WB Assembly today

The Uttar Pradesh government has urged the railways for better infrastructure to facilitate hassle-free offloading of chemical fertilisers at stations ahead of the coming rabi season.

UP asks railways to ease fertiliser offloading

This year, the Himachal Pradesh hill station of Dharamsala, the seat of the Dalai Lama, received the second highest rainfall since records were first kept 110 years ago, a weather official said on Wednesday.

Dharamsala gets second-highest monsoon rainfall in 110 yrs

The World Bank has invited Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan to make an address at its headquarters in Washington. Chauhan, who will be on a tour of the US from September 30 to October 7, will also address the Ross School of Business in Michigan.

Shivraj Chauhan to address World Bank

The Supreme Court has issued notice to Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) while admitting an appeal of GAIL (India) Limited challenging the award of Rs 7,000-crore Mallavaram-Bhilwara-Vijaipur gas pipeline project to a consortium led by state-run Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL).

SC notice to PNGRB over pipeline project to GSPL-led consortium

Files in all government departments in Odisha are expected to be processed faster as all transactions within a department would be done electronically by the end of this month, cutting down on cumbersome paper work.

Electronic transfer of govt files in state from Oct 1

The decks seem to be clearing for the information technology investment region (ITIR) proposed in Odisha with the High Powered Committee of the Centre recommending the project to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for approval.

Odisha's IT investment region awaits CCEA nod

The Railways have decided to run 20 special trains on Hazrat Nizamuddin--Nagpur route to manage passenger rush during upcoming festive season on this route.

Railways to run 20 special trains

Next time if an HIV patient in Goa misses his monthly drug regimen, he will get an SMS alert reminding him about the dosage. The state-run Goa State AIDS Control Society (GSACS) has worked out an arrangement with various mobile service providers in the coastal state to launch this unique facility.

Goa govt launches SMS alert facility for HIV patients

West Bengal along with Orissa and Chattisgarh are opposed to price-pooling in coal, a top official of the West Bengal Power Department said on Thursday.

Bengal, Orissa & Chhattisgarh against coal price-pooling

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