The Odisha government has decided to set up a state museum of handicraft and handloom at Gondamunda on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar at an investment of Rs 12 crore. Spread over an area of 12.68 acres, the museum will house handloom block, handicraft block, one open air theatre, village complex, workshop block, souvenir shop, and cafeteria. For designing the museum, the state government will take the advice of Rahul Jain, Director, Prince of Wales museum-Mumbai and Sobita Punja, Head National Culture Fund.

Govt to set up handicraft and handloom museum

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China will be keen to collaborate with Odisha in the development of tourism sector, according to the leader of a Chinese delegation touring the state.

China interested in Odisha's tourism

All hurdles for the prosecution of minister of state for fisheries Pushottam Solanki in connection with an alleged Rs 400 crore fisheries contract scam have been cleared with the Gujarat Governor giving final nod for legal action against him.

Solanki to be prosecuted for fishing contract scam

The state government, which is contemplating to offload 74 per cent stake in Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC), is keen to emulate the steps of Chhattisgarh to go about it.

Odisha keen to follow Chhattisgarh model to offload stake in OTPCL

Twenty-one persons were sentenced to life imprisonment, while 61 were acquitted, by a special court in Mehsana district on Monday in connection with killing of 11 persons during the 2002 communal riots in Visnagar town of Mehsana following the Godhra train carnage incident a decade ago.

2002 riots: 21 get lifer, 61 acquitted

Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Reconstruction Mission (JNNURM), 45 solid waste management (SWM) projects at a cost of Rs 2,086 crore and 70 projects of Rs 409 crore have been approved so far in different states by the Urban Development Ministry, Government of India. JUNNURM has listed 65 mission cities for financial assistance for urban development in the country.

Waste management gets Rs 2,086 cr from Centre

Unhappy with the railways for ignoring North Karnataka, the MPs of North Karnataka region have decided to stage a dharna in front of office of the South Western Railway general manager in Hubli on Tuesday (July 31). Dharwad MP Prahlad Joshi said MPs Suresh Angadi (Belgaum), Basavaraj (Tumkur), Siddeshwar (Davanagere), Janardhan Swamy (Chitradurga), Shivakumar Udasi (Haveri), Ramesh Katti (Chikkodi), P S Gaddigoudar (Bagalkot) and Ramesh Jogajinagi along with others will participate in the dharna.

MPs to protest against Rlys

The state chief minister Arjun Munda announced a relief package to the vextent of Rs 410 crore for the relief to 39 lakh farmers in the state owing to adverse impact of lowest rainfall this year in comparison with last few years affecting sevvere drought like condition throughout 24 districts of the state.

Jharkhand sanctions Rs 410 cr relief package for kharif crop damage

Following the deployment of Army, peace is gradually returning in violence hit Bodo-heartland of Assam as no fresh incident of rioting or arson has been reported in past 72 hours.

Bodoland calm as no fresh incident of violence in past 72 hours

The high court circuit bench on Tuesday set aside the state government&rsquo;s order superseding the Belgaum City Corporation. The single judge bench comprising Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar passing the order on the writ petition filed by corporator Lateefkhan Pathan and 20 others decreed that the state government&rsquo;s decision to supersede the elected body of Belgaum City Corporation was in violation of provisions of Article 243 (U) of Constitution of India.

HC quashes order superseding Belgaum Corporation

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday reserved to tomorrow its orders on the anticipatory bail plea of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in the illegal mining case. Justice Subhash B Adi after hearing arguments from both sides, reserved the orders to tomorrow. Opposing the anticipatory bail application moved by Yeddyurappa and others, CBI counsel Ashok Bhan submitted there was a prima facie case against him and his kin in the illegal mining case which required their custodial interrogation.

HC to decide on BSY's future today in illegal mining case

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The West Bengal government has raised the budgetary allocation to state PSUs for 2012-13 by Rs 17 crore, Commerce and Industry minister Partha Chatterjee said on Wednesday.

Budget allocation to state PSUs raised

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to pass an interim stay on any proposal for transfer of shares of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) to Indian Oil or ONGC.

High Court refuses stay on share transfer of HPL

The Centre has allowed five additional items to the list of goods exempted from customs duty for import through border trade with China from Nathula in Sikkim after six years.

Five items duty-free for import via China border

An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted many parts of Gujarat in the wee hours on Wednesday but there were no reports of damage to property or loss of life.

Earthquake jolts state

Gujarat High Court has admitted a duty evasion appeal filed by the Commissioner of Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax against Dhariwal Industries Limited (DIL), a leading pan masala and gutkha (PMG) maker selling products under the brand name &lsquo;RMD&rsquo; previously known as &lsquo;Manikchand&rsquo;.

Excise duty evasion case against Dhariwal Ind admitted by Guj HC

Presenting a revenue deficit Budget, Punjab Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa proposed to generate Rs 2,000-2,500 crore by taking steps for additional resource mobilisation, cutting down unproductive expenditure, implementing other austerity measures, better tax administration and tax compliance among a host of other measures. Besides that, measures at rationalising some taxes and levies would also be taken, he added.

Punjab presents a deficit Budget hints at austerity

Annapurna International School of Film and Media (AISFM) on Wednesday tied-up with the Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU).

Annapurna school inks pact with JNAFAU

Eight foreign tourists stuck in the Pin valley of Lahaul &amp; Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh's since June 5 were airlifted Monday, a top official said here.

Himachal rescues 8 foreigners in Lahaul & Spiti district

Even as the country has around 20 port projects with a total cost of Rs 10,348 crore under public-private-partnership (PPP) in various stages of development and operations, there is a need for regulation and vigilance on the service standards, according to a report by Deloitte and the Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO).

'Regulate service standards of PPP port projects'

The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) Dharwad has introduced 15 new varieties of crops for the farming community. UAS Vice-Chancellor R R Hanchinal said here on Tuesday that the researchers and experts of the varsity were introducing the new varieties of crops for the betterment of the farming sector and to help the farmers get high yield.

UAS releases 15 new varieties of crops

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