The special court for economic offenses on Wednesday sentenced state secondary education minister K Parthasarathy to a two-month imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 515,000 in a Foreign Exchange Regulations Act (Fera) violations case, which was initiated by the Enforcement Directorate against his firm over 11 years ago.

Minister gets 2-month jail term in Fera violation case

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The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed the Central government to allocate natural gas to Ahmedabad city under APM (administered price mechanism) price which is at present applicable to cities like Delhi and Mumbai.

Allocate gas to A'bad under APM: Guj HC

After the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) and the Union mines ministry remained silent over excess mineral raising cases detected in Odisha, the state government has pulled its socks to recover the prices of the mineral raised beyond permitted quantity.

Govt seeks price recovery in excess mineral raising cases

The state energy department has sought extension of boiler operation licence of the second unit of independent power producer Sterlite Energy&rsquo;s 2,400 MW power plant amid peak power deficit hovering around 400 MW.

Energy dept seeks extension of Sterlite's boiler operation licence

Karnataka High Court on Wednesday pulled up the city corporation, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, for its inaction against illegal constructions and said &ldquo;BBMP means corruption&rdquo;.

High Court pulls up BBMP

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At least 40 people have been killed and another 2 lakh have been displaced in communal riots between two communities in lower Assam since July 18. The army and paramilitary troops have been deployed in the riot-hit areas, as arson and rioting were fast spreading to unaffected areas and state police personnel were unable to quell it. The districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri are the worst affected till now.

Assam communal riots claim 40

A PIL has been filed in the Karnataka High Court asking for the issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the state government to drop a proposed foreign trip of legislators in the wake of severe drought in the state.

PIL filed against foreign trip of MLAs

The government is committed to encouraging the involvement of the private sector in defence, especially in the strategic electronics space, said Union Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju here. He also added, this should bolster the indigenisation of defence technologies and help increase the role of SMEs and also help face any external threat.

Centre for greater role of SMEs in defence electronics

In its effort to impart quality professional courses, the state government has approved Rs 10 crore for establishing a branch of Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) at Sambalpur.

Odisha approves Rs 10 cr for XIMB's new campus

The state government has decided to wait for Supreme Court decision on Presidential reference on allocation of natural resources before granting any mining leases for coal and other minerals to user industries with whom it has signed memorandum of understanding.

Govt to wait for SC guidance over mines allocation

With the Centre giving a special assistance of Rs 800 crore for improving infrastructure in Uttarakhand, the state government is now planning to work on a series of new infrastructure related projects to enhance connectivity and boost tourism in the hill state.

Uttarakhand to boost infrastructure

After mulling a venture capital fund of Rs 2,000 crore to promote research and development (R&amp;D) in the pharmaceutical sector, the Centre government is planning to set up similar funds in textile and agro sectors too.

Centre to set up textile and agro funds

The state cabinet approved a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage and distribution of all types of gutkha and paan masala which have tobacco and nicotine content due to increased number of oral cancer patients.

Jharkhand bans some tobacco products

An agreement to restart work on the Rs 35,000 crore steel project by JSW at Salboni district on August 9, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday.

Govt, JSW to sign agreement to restart work on Aug 9

The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission on Thursday announced a steep hike in tariff across all sections of consumers.

Power tariff up 30% in Kerala

The Tamil Nadu government is expecting a central policy, which would give a boost to offshore wind energy projects. The state is also looking at various sources for renewable energy. Sudeep Jain, chairman, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), said the Ministry of Renewable Energy had set up a committee to examine the potential of offshore wind energy. The committee is expected to submit its report in 45 days.

TN awaits policy on offshore wind energy

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has welcomed the Haryana government&rsquo;s move to streamline land acquisition issues in the state by introducing a new land pooling scheme (LPS).

Haryana CII welcomes land pooling scheme

On the last day of his four-day visit to land of the rising sun, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has expressed desire to develop Dholera SIR (Special Investment Region) as a model port city on line of Kobe city in Japan.

Modi wants to develop Dholera SIR on lines of Kobe

Having complied with the Supreme Court direction by depositing Rs 1,000 crore with the Gujarat government, Essar Oil on Friday saw its frozen bank acounts being released by the state government.

Essar Oil bank accounts released by govt

Keeping in view the substantial increase in the demand for passport services, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a letter to S M Krishna, Union Minister of External Affairs has urged for establishment of two new passport seva kendras at Berhampur in southern Odisha and Sambalpur in western Odisha.

Naveen demands two more passport seva kendras

With the state receiving a good rainfall in last few days, about 64 per cent sowing has been completed for the kharif crop in Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh eyes good kharif production

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