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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Rejecting opposition charge that the BJP government was not keen on appointment of Lokayukta, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday said the post would be filled once the Supreme Court gave its verdict on a connected petition.

Lokayukta for state after SC verdict: CM

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The Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA), a Central Sector scheme re-launched by Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India, with support from the Department of Economic Affairs and the technical assistance of the Asian Development Bank, aims at rural infrastructure development and management through PPP in the rural areas. It chiefly aims at economic re-generation activities and is the first attempt at delivering a basket of infrastructure and amenities in these regions.

Central project seeks to take most urban amenities to villages

In the wake of media reports linking Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's upcoming Japan visit to woe Suzuki Motors to expand its proposed manufacturing plant in Gujarat, the state government on Friday clarified that there was no truth in the claim of shifting parts of Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar unit to Gujarat.

Modi's Japan visit, Manesar incident not linked:Guj govt

The ban on gutkha and pan masala across Maharashtra came into effect from on Friday with the state government issuing a notification in this regard. The notification, which bans the sale and consumption of gutkha and paan masala, will be valid for a year. It will be later extended for another 12 months. The state cabinet had decided on the ban last week.

Gutkha, pan masala ban comes into effect in Maharashtra

In a bid to reduce production cost which has gone up due to the rise in gas prices, Morbi-based ceramic manufacturers have now started switching over to coal gas fired furnace from the existing gas-based furnaces.

Guj ceramic units switching to coal gas fired furnaces 

The Kalasa-Banduri Horata Samiti, which is fighting for implementation of the Kalasa-Banduri nala project that envisages diversion of water from the Kalasa and Banduri Nala to Malaprabha river, has decided to meet Goa chief minister Manohar Parikkar and appeal to him to cooperate in completing the project before 2013-end.

Farmers to seek Goa CM's intervention

With the overall rainfall deficit hovering over 20 per cent in the state despite a month into the monsoon, agri-scientists have pitched for contingency plan for the ongoing kharif season if the current situation persists.

Agri-scientists pitch for contingency kharif plan

Vedanta-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) is heading for a fresh trouble as a complain petition has been filed in the court seeking investigation into the land given to it by the Chhattisgarh government allegedly at a throw away price.

Balco heads for a land hurdle in Chhattisgarh 

Thermal coal imports rose by nine per cent during the first quarter of the current financial year at Paradip port, which handles about a third of India's coal traffic, due to lower international rates amid domestic supply problems, said traders and industry officials.

Coal imports at Paradip rise 9% in April-June

In a bid to provide social security to kendu leaf puckers, the state government has decided to bring in about 800,000 such workers under a group insurance policy in association with the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India with an initial expense of Rs 8 crore.

Pact with LIC to insure kendu leaf pluckers

The Kerala government has said it had received encouraging response from potential investors for its upcoming investors&rsquo; meet -- Emerging Kerala: Global Connect -- to be held from September 12 to 14. The government has claimed so far around 1,200 investors have registered for the event.

Kerala to roll out red carpet for investors

Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has made another arrest in the cash-for-bail scandal involving former Karnataka Minister Gali Janaradhan Reddy. Guduru Dasaratharami Reddy, a businessman who is one of the accused in the case pertaining to bribing of CBI judge Pattabhirama Rao to get bail for Janardhan Reddy in Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) scam, was arrested last night. Dasaratharami, a relative of mining baron Janaradhan Reddy, was produced before the special ACB court on Sunday.

Reddy kin arrested

Today, a day after handing over a brand new stealth frigate, INS Sahyadri, to the Indian Navy, warship builder Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) announced the formation of two joint venture companies to help address an order book too large to handle by itself.

Burdened defence shipyards embrace private sector

Production of kharif crops, mainly paddy has been adversely affected in all 24 districts of the state due to scanty rainfall. The state government has constituted district-level task forces comprising officials of agriculture, water resources and disaster management departments to visit districts to estimate the losses because of poor monsoon and suggest ways to mitigate it through alternate crops.

Jharkhand prepares to fight drought

The platform in an under-construction cooling tower in the Korba West Power Company Limited (KWPCL) in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh crashed on Saturday killing five labourers and injuring a few others.

Five killed as power plant structure collapses

The Tamil Nadu government will bring around 535 engineering colleges and 12 constituent colleges in Tiruchirapalli, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Chennai and Madurai of the Anna Universities of Technologies under Anna University, Chennai.

535 engg colleges to come under Anna University

Odisha and Kerala are set to tie up for setting up a 1,000 MW pit-head coal-fired power plant close to the Baitarani west coal block under Talcher coalfields in Angul district. The power project is estimated to cost Rs 4,500 - Rs 5000 crore.

Odisha, Kerala to jointly develop 1,000 MW coal-fired plant

The state finance department has urged all district collectors to take stock of progress made with respect to establishment of ultra small branches (USBs) by commercial banks in Odisha under &lsquo;Financial Inclusion Plan&rsquo;.

Finance dept asks district collectors to check progress of USBs

Farmers in Himachal Pradesh are a worried lot with the monsoon playing truant. Till last week, the hill state had a 51 per cent deficient rainfall this season.

Monsoon  50% deficient in Himachal

Uttar Pradesh, which has about 4,000 mines of coal, silica, bauxite and granite &ndash; mostly in Bundelkhand region, has mandated e-tendering for future allotment of mining leases in the state.

E-way to keep Uttar Pradesh mining mafia at bay

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