The United States of America sees India as a stabilising force in Asia, according to Walter Russell Mead, James Clark Chase professor of Foreign affairs and humanities at Bard College and editor-at-large of The American Interest.

'US sees India as a stabilising force in Asia'

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Chhattisgarh will cater the power requirement of its parent state Madhya Pradesh from November this year if the deal takes the final shape.

Chhattisgarh may supply power to MP

Despite West Bengal banning potato export from August 1 from the state with an aim to check price, there has been no impact on price in the state market.

Bengal's potato export ban fails to ease prices

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The steering committee of the state government on small hydro power projects is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to take stock of the progress made with respect to small hydro projects in the state.

Steering committee to fast track small hydro projects

Karnataka government has decided to purchase 750 Mw from private power generation companies, Minister for Energy Shobha Karandlaje said on Tuesday. Tenders would be issued soon inviting private companies to supply power to the state grid, she told reporters here. The power supply situation would be grim if the state did not get bountyful spells of rains in the remaining days of the monsoon, Karandlaje said.

Govt moves to ease power, water woes

With violence resurfacing between indigenous Bodo tribe and suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Bodo heartland of Assam after a lull of few days, Lower Assam in on boil again and Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has called for CBI probe into the clashes.

Violence erupts again in Assam, total death toll 73

In a bid to woo international and domestic air carriers to run commercial operations from the city airport, the state government has prepared a 'Civil Aviation Roadmap'.

Odisha aviation roadmap moots air cargo hub

The Planning Commission approved Rs 16,300 crore for Jharkhand for 2012-13 against the last financial year&rsquo;s allocation of Rs 12,232 crors. The state had demanded for Rs 15,323 crore for last year which the Planning Commission had curtailed due to non-utilization of approved funds made by Planning Commission.

Jharkhand  gets approval of Rs 16,300 cr from PlanCom

The judicial commission that probed the tragic chimney collapse incident in Vedanta-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) is likely to submit its report in next few days.

Judicial commission to submit Balco report

A state government committee created for policy formulation on reservoir water use by industrial units has decided that the industries will have to pay water tax and hydro-energy output loss charges separately to the Water Resources Department and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC), respectively.

Separate levy of water tax and energy-loss charge

Worried over the uneven monsoon, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has shot off a letter to Sharad Pawar, Union minister of agriculture, urging him to extend the cut off date for applying insurance coverage under the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS) from August 14 to August 31, 2012.

Naveen seeks extension of NAIS scheme deadline

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought a relief package of Rs 600-crore for the flood-hit state.

Flood havoc: Uttarakhand seeks Rs 600-cr relief package

Even though Tamil Nadu has the second largest number of engineering graduates, and around 59 universities and 2,267 colleges, students graduating from here do not have an edge over others in terms of employability.

Just 10% graduates placed in IT firms employable in TN: Study

A rift between Karnatak University Vice-Chancellor H B Walikar and former registrar (evaluation) J S Bhat has now turned out to be a tug of war between the V-C and the department of education.

KU registrar issue turns murkier

A number of citizen-friendly steps are on the line to make passport applications, processing and issuance less cumbersome and less time consuming.

Citizen-friendly regime in passport services likely in UP

The Comptroller &amp; Auditor General of India (CAG) has raised serious concern over the arrears in accounts ranging from 4-45 years (as on June 30, 2012) of non-working PSUs in the state.

CAG glare over account arrears of non-working PSUs

In a bid to push forward the Rs 400-crore auto component park project proposed by the home grown business conglomerate RSB Group, Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha (Idco) has filed alienation proposal for 712.64 acres of land.

Idco to speed up land acquisition for RSB's auto park

After the Harangi reservoir in Kodagu district, Kabini in H D Kote taluk of Chamarajanagar district became the second reservoir under the Cauvery basin to reach its full capacity.

KRS level up 8 feet, Kabini fills up

Farmers in Odisha affected by last year's drought and floods would get compensation of Rs 657.32 crore as crop insurance. The state government on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 277.72 crore towards state's share. About 571,000 affected farmers would get the benefit. "As the state government had considered panchayat as a unit for the agricultural insurance, a large number of farmers would get the benefit," an official release issued by the Chief Minister's office said. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the cooperation department to pay the crop insurance money to the farmers affected by the last year's drought and floods within seven days. Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited's (AIC) chairman and managing director Milind A Kharathanded a Rs 110 crore to the managing director of Odisha State Cooperative Bank. The sum will be deposited to the beneficiaries' accounts through electronic transfer system.

Farmers to get Rs 657.32 cr compensation

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday visited junglemahal, the erstwhile hotbed of Maoists here in West Midnapore district,giving a message that violence would no longer be tolerated, as a hardcore ultra surrendered to her.

Maoist violence will not be tolerated: Mamata

The Uttarakhand government has decided to prepare a mega action plan for attracting big investments in the proposed new auto hub at Sitarganj and set up a knowledge hub at Kashipur.

Uttarakhand to prepare mega plan for auto, knowledge hubs

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