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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As many as 27 villages of Gujarat's Narmada and Bharuch districts have been put on alert after water from the overflowing Narmada dam resulted in perennial river breaching the danger mark at Golden bridge.

27 villages of state put on alert

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With wayward monsoon taking a toll on paddy cultivation, which is now in its last leg, agriculture experts have stressed on salvaging the areas where sowing has already been completed.

Agri experts stress on salvaging paddy areas

Investments worth Rs 2500 crore are expected to flow to Odisha in the renewable energy sector during the 12th Plan Period (2012-17). The state has targeted capacity augmentation of 350 MW from solar, wind and bio-mass sources during this period.

Odisha eyes Rs 2500 cr investment in green energy

Widespread sale of counterfeit products across various sectors like electronic goods, automotive components, consumer durables, pharma, herbal medicines and cosmetic products has become so alarming as to capture a market of Rs 55,000 crore by 2013, according to an estimate by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) based on a recent study.

Loss from counterfeiting around Rs 5,000 cr: report

A senior official with the cooperative department of Chhattisgarh government has come under the scanner of Economic Offence Wing (EOW) for alleged irregularities in the housing societies.

Senior officer under scrutiny over irregularity in housing  societies

The state government has vowed to take stern action against sugar hoarders and strengthen its enforcement squad to check hoarding of the essential food commodity.

Odisha vows stern action sugar hoarders

Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has urged the state and central government to speed up the proposed inland waterway project that aims to connect several coal and iron ore mines to port areas in Odisha.

CII pitches for transport of minerals through waterways

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will visit Yavatmal district on Saturday and interact with the flood-hit villagers in Akola Bazar and Kali(Burud).

Maha CM to visit flood-hit regions in Yavatmal on Saturday

West Bengal government has decided to bring all its lower-ranked contactual staff working as civic police, home guards, National Volunteer Force (NVF) and group D staff of police under an accident insurance scheme.

Accident cover for civic police, home guards

Gearing up for hauling maximum loadings in the upcoming dedicated freight corridor (DFC), the railways have decided to procure 200 high horse power (HP) electric locomotives including import of 40 locos from Japan.

Railways to procure 200 high HP electric locos for DFC

The West Bengal government is contemplating joint operations with neighbouring states against Maoists in junglemahal. "Yes, we have a plan for joint operations in junglemahal," DGP Naparajit Mukherjee told reporters here when asked if joint operations were being planned with Odisha and Jharkhand against Maoists.

Odisha contemplates inter-state joint operations in Junglemahal

While the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) got a legal setback after it decided to regulate the compressed natural gas (CNG) prices of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), Parliament&rsquo;s Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas has supported such a price regulation. CNG prices in the capital have increased by 20 per cent in the calendar year, due to higher prices of imported gas.

Petro regulator gets House panel support on CNG regulation

India&rsquo;s premier space agency ISRO plans to undertake 58 satellite and launch vehicle missions in the 12th Five year period and sees larger role for industries in realising these ventures.

ISRO charts out 58 missions over five years

Close on the heels of waiving loans of farmers up to Rs 25,000, Karnataka Government on Friday enhanced the existing credit limit on farm loans from commercial banks and Regional Rural Banks from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh to help the farming community hit by severe drought.

Karnataka enhances cap on farm loans

The Lokayukta court on Friday ordered a comprehensive probe by Lokayukta police into a complaint against former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his son relating to alleged denotification of land in Bhadravathi.

Detailed probe ordered against Yeddyurappa

The direct seeding methodology for paddy cultivation has caught the fancy of farmers in Punjab. It is not just the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana that has been vouching for it, but the state government, corporate houses, NGOs and individual farmers are also making efforts so that the technology achieves wider acceptance among the farming community.

Punjab embraces new seeding technique

Electronic transfer of wages to bank accounts of the beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNRES) has been extended to all 22 blocks in Ganjam district. The facility was only implemented in Sheragada block of the district earlier.

E-transfer of wages to all blocks in Ganjam

On a mission to resolve the latest crisis starring the BJP Government, the central party leadership&rsquo;s emissary Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday asked the nine Ministers loyal to B S Yeddyurappa to withdraw their resignations which has thrown the D V Sadananda Ministry into a turmoil.

BJP emissary asks ministers to withdraw resignations

With rural electrification entrusted to the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) not making required progress, West Bengal government is interested in taking it over.

Bengal govt to take over rural electrification work

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday ordered an inquiry after visiting three markets here and blamed hoarders for being behind the sudden rise in prices of essential commodities and vegetables.

CM blames hoarders for price rise of essential commodities

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