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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The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Sunday partnered with the IIM-Shillong offering a first two-year full-time post-graduate programme in financial markets (PGP-FM) offered by an IIM, officials said.

NSE partners with IIM-Shillong

With plans for 60 missions over the next five years, ISRO will develop a third launchpad at its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh to meet the growing demand.

ISRO planning third launchpad

The CBI team that set up a camp office in Dumka a week ago, sent its teams on Friday to Deoghar, Dhanbad, Sahebganj and Latehar to search the residences of former and current government officials, most of them working in district record rooms and also the middlemen working for the land mafia.

CBI unearths land scam in Jharkhand

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Irked by misuse of subsidy, the Centre has directed state governments to take firm steps to curb illegal diversion of fertilisers like urea to non-farm sectors, especially in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Haryana.

Gujarat, Maha asked to curb illegal diversion of fertilisers

The Election Commission of Indian (ECI) on Sunday expressed concern over the excessive use of illicit money by the candidates and political parties during elections, saying that the practice vitiates democracy.

ECI concerned about use of illicit money during elections

The Maharashtra Government has launched an ambitious initiative to 'educate' farmers in modern agriculture methods by part-funding their study tours abroad.

Maha farmers embark on foreign study tours on state funding

The much-awaited Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP) is expected to be completed by June 2013. The project, which was originally conceived in 1998 at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore, has been facing delay for various reasons including rehabilitation and allotment of funds. The delay in the project has pushed the project to around Rs 600 crore.

Ennore-Manali road project to be ready by June 2013

Keeping an eye on next year&rsquo;s state assembly election, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Sunday presented Rs 9,498.90 crore budget and announced several schemes for poor people. The Finance Standing Committee Chairman K A Munindra Kumar presented the budget. The BBMP has earmarked Rs 10 crore for the supply of LPG for hundred beneficiaries belonging to the poor section of the society in each ward.

Civic body to raise Rs 1,000 cr via bonds

After making an aerial survey of flood ravaged areas in Upper Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday announced a Rs. 500 crore financial package for the state to tide over the present crisis.

Assam floods claim 81 lives, PM announces Rs 500 Cr package

Odisha has proposed to set up a world-class hardware and electronics park in the vicinity of the city on around 500 acres of land.

Odisha moots world class hardware, electronics park

Upendra Prasad Singh, joint secretary, Union ministry of steel, recently visited the plant of Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) at Kalinganagar in Jajpur district. During the visit, Singh went around the plant and took keen interest in all the operations. He appreciated JSL's plantation in and around site as a part of its green drive initiative. The central government official also visited the rehabilitation colony recently constructed by the company at Kantipur and said it could be a role model for other rehabilitation projects.

Steel joint secy visits JSL Kalinganagar unit

In what could come as a relief to many exports across the country, the Gujarat High Court on Monday held that the implementation of amendment to Section 80 HHC of the Income tax Act, 1961 cannot be made effective in retrospect. The amendment made in 2005, sought to withdraw various tax incentives granted to exporters.

Gujarat HC thumbs down to amendment in I-T Act

The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs is taking up the issual of photo-biometric ration cards after on-the-spot assessment of the economic status and other details of people in urban parts of Mysore district.

Biometric ration cards for BPL families

With three power plants in various stages of construction, the Punjab government is hopeful it would be power surplus by adding 3,920 Mw in the next two years. The state government is of the view the commissioning of these power projects in 2013-14 will not only make it self-sufficient but would also put it in a position wherein it can sell surplus power to power deficit states across the country.

Punjab aiming to produce surplus power in 2 yrs

Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy and some non-government organisations (NGOs) have decided to appeal in the second circuit court of appeals against the US court summary judgment which ruled that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman, Warren Anderson, were liable for environmental remediation emanating from one of the world's worst industrial accidents.

NGOs to challenge US court's Bhopal verdict

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused to grant stay on execution of an eviction order of Kandla Port Trust (KPT) authorities against 42 salt manufacturing units in Kutch district following expiry of their lease term.

No HC relief  to salt makers over KPT's eviction order

Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, on Tuesday demanded a special Central assistance for tackling the issue of water logging in the state. Disclosing this on Tuesday, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said Badal raised the demand while presiding over a meeting with a high-level team of the Planning Commission led by its member Mihir Shah.

Punjab seeks Centre's help to solve water logging issue

Cigarette traders in Uttar Pradesh have decried the value added tax (VAT) hike on cigarettes from 17.5 per cent to 50 per cent in the state from July.

UP cigarette traders 'fume' over VAT hike

The sowing of kharif crops in Haryana has commenced on a weaker note as the state awaits its &lsquo;date&rsquo; with monsoon in July.

Kharif crops sowing begins at a slower pace in Haryana

Iron ore exports from Odisha, the largest producing state in the country dipped by 46 per cent in 2011-12 to 12.96 million tonnes (mnt) as against 24.12 mnt in the year-ago fiscal as high export duty of 30 per cent imposed by Centre dragged exports to China, the single largest market for exporters from the state.

Odisha iron ore export shrinks 46%

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