Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has raised electricity rates 12.08 per cent on an average across all categories, including domestic, industrial, commercial and agricultural pump set consumers. The state power corporation had proposed a rise of 55 per cent in electricity rates.

Electricity rates in Punjab up 12%

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Jharkhand High court has recently delivered a significant judgment to the state directing access to the service book to all employees numbering nearly two lakh which is being denied till now.

Jharkhand govt has to give access employee service book: HC

The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI) has recommended to set up a permanent National Commission on Entrepreneurship to institutionalise entrepreneurship development in the country. EDI has made recommendations in its draft of National Entrepreneurship Policy submitted to the union ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) recently.

EDI moots Commission on Entrepreneurship

Members of Chhattisgarh&rsquo;s main opposition party Congress on Tuesday created ruckus in the state legislative assembly over the attack on environment activist Ramesh Agrawal in Raigarh district.

Chhattisgarh Congress protests over attack on activist 

Goa government will amend its previous plan for the proposed sports city at Dhargal village likely to host the National Games 2014 and prepare a master plan for it, state sports minister Ramesh Tawadkar, said on Tuesday."A final decision on the sports city planned at Dhargal would be taken soon," Tawadkar told the state Legislative Assembly. The facilities He said the state government will now prepare a master plan for the sports city. In its earlier tenure as opposition, the BJP had objected to the sports city complex which is being created at the cost of a huge tree cover in Dhargal village, located alongside the national highway.

Goa to make master plan for sports city

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The problems of higher education in the country are amplified by the low level of current expenditure which is less than one per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), said Lalji Singh, Vice Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University.

Enhanced state funding of higher education stressed

Hydro power generation in the state may decline over the next couple of weeks due to erratic and deficient monsoon. This is in contrast to the sharp jump in hydro electricity generation witnessed during the past few weeks.

Erratic monsoon clouds hydro power generation

Three lessees charged with violation of Rule-37 of Mineral Concession Rules-1960 &ndash; Indrani Patnaik, KJS Ahluwalia and R P Sao- have filed petitions in the revision authority under Union ministry of mines, dealing a blow to the ongoing investigation by the state steel &amp; mines department.

Mine owners blunt state action on Rule-37 violation

The South-West Monsoon became fairly active in select parts of Karnataka over the last week. For the week-ended July 15, the state as a whole recorded an actual rainfall of 24 mm as against the normal rainfall of 61 mm, which is just 39 per cent of the normal departure. This is considered as bad rainfall compared to the corresponding period of last three years, except Malnad and Coastal areas. Thus the state as whole is classified under scanty category.

Rains disappoint many parts of state

Dharwad Zilla Panchayat CEO P A Meghannavar took the commercial and regional rural banks in the district to task and blasted them for their alleged lackluster attitude in providing loans to farmers.

Govt pulls up banks for ignoring farmers

As generic drugs are gaining currency in several developing countries, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has proposed an amendment to facilitate the availability of cheaper drugs in poorer nations.

WTO for cheaper drugs in developing countries

Reckless digging by a builder down the fragile hill side has made a 115-year-old hotel building unsafe, forcing the Oberoi Group to close their antique property in Himachal Pradesh&rsquo;s most popular tourist destination yesterday.

Shimla's famous Raj era heritage hotel shut due to fear of collapse

Taking a serious note of the situation arising out of erratic monsoon and rainfall deficiency in many district of the state the Gujarat government on Wednesday formed a high-level committee of seven senior ministers to assess the water, agriculture, irrigation and other basic issues.

Guj govt in action to counter delayed rains

Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), the most profitable state-owned resource company in the country, is sitting on a cash surplus of Rs 4,500 crore.

OMC sitting on Rs 4,500 cr cash surplus

To give a boost to electronic hardware production, the state government will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan based Hsinchu Science Park, one of the world&rsquo;s renowned hubs for semiconductor manufacturing, for exchange of information and technology.

Odisha to sign pact with Hsinchu Science Park

After abolishing the extended tax holidays for the IT units registered with Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) last year, the Central government is considering a new alternative incentive scheme.

Govt mulls incentive scheme for STPI units

After the USA, Japan and Europe, India is on course to put in place a regional satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) for civil aviation purposes by June next year, say key officials associated with the ambitious project.

India to join elite club with navigation system soon

Tata steel has got another breather as the Chhattisgarh government has renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it had signed for setting up a mega steel plant in Bastar region for the third time.

Chhattisgarh govt renews MoU with Tata Steel

The Andhra Pradesh government is trying to identify suitable land for setting up the first manufacturing and investment zone in south India, according to chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

AP govt to identify land for mfg zone

Leader of Opposition Congress in Karnataka legislative assembly Siddaramaiah on Thursday strongly criticised the ruling Bharatitya Janata Party (BJP) government for being &ldquo;irresponsible&rdquo; in tackling the drought in the state. Instead of taking adequate remedial measures, leaders of the ruling BJP were busy in securing power for themselves, he said.

State has worst drought in 40 yrs

In the first of its kind initiative aimed at positioning Bhubaneswar as a complete health destination and promoting medical tourism in a big way, Odisha plans to develop an integrated health city.

Odisha moots first ever health city

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