Gujarat High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Union government on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging notification giving Pune bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) jurisdiction for cases from the state of Gujarat.

High Court notice to Union govt over NGT  jurisdiction 

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The Gandhinagar Collector's office on Thursday said in a statement that land allotted to Rakshashakti University was purely government land and not grazing (gauchar) land.

Gauchar land not alloted to Rakshashakti Uni, says govt

For better maintenance and upkeep of Farakka barrage, West Bengal government would set up a Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) in consultation with the Centre and Farakka Barrage Authority. Replying to a question in the state assembly, Irrigation Minister Manas Bhuniya expressed concern over the way the gates of the barrage were being maintained by the Farakka Barrage Authority.

Bengal govt wants JCC for Farakka barrage maintenance

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Odisha, which recently approved its &lsquo;Citizen Charter Bill&rsquo;, guarantying timely services to people, will emulate the &lsquo;Sakala&rsquo; example of Karnataka government.

Odisha to follow Karnataka's 'Sakala' model

Punjab&mdash;the pioneer of Green Revolution&mdash;is facing stagnancy in agricultural growth. According to an economic survey, the share of primary sector in the gross state domestic product (GSDP) is constantly decreasing in the state while that of secondary as well as tertiary sector is increasing. Survey shows the growth in primary sector has been tardy, due to near saturation in production of wheat and paddy in the absence of technological break through.

In Punjab, future of paddy and wheat no more green

The ban on sale, storage and transport of beef or its products in the state has been challenged in the Gujarat High Court by members of the Quresh (butcher) community, claiming that the prohibition imposed by law has severely affected their business of selling meat.

Butchers want ban on trade of beef lifted, move High Court

The Goa government will auction the low grade ore piled up in its properties over last several decades causing environmental hazards, a senior official said on Friday.

Goa to auction ore dumps from govt land

The state Cabinet, which met here on Friday, has deferred a decision on adopting the proposed land acquisition policy due to lack of consensus among the ministers.

AP Cabinet defers decision on land policy

Lokayukta police on Thursday submitted all documents in connection with the chargesheet filed on a complaint against former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani accusing them of illegally ordering cancellation of an industrial site on the basis of forged documents.

Lokayukta moves ahead to corner Yeddyurappa

The Karnataka government is planning to throw open some 190 infrastructure-related projects under the public private partnership (PPP) and plans to introduce the Infrastructure Bill soon.

State to throw open 190 infra projects to PPPs

Bharat bandh called by the NDA and Left parties to protest the steep hike in petrol prices on Thursday left India&rsquo;s technology hub partially affected. Normal life was paralysed as city buses remained off the road.

Bandh paralyses normal life in tech hub

The Union finance ministry&rsquo;s decision to restructure debt worth about Rs 35,000 crore to the textile industry has offered a relief to the textile industry in Tamil Nadu, the largest in India.

Rs 17k cr debt restructuring for TN textile industry

The first phase of Kerala&rsquo;s mega IT infrastructure project, Smart City in Kochi, will be completed in 18 months, said chief minister Oommen Chandy.

Smart City Phase-I to be complete in 18 months

The special CBI court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Emaar MGF Land Limited&rsquo;s managing director Shravan Gupta in the ongoing case of alleged irregularities involving an integrated township project jointly promoted with the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC).

Court issues arrest warrant against Emaar MGF MD

Expansion of diplomatic missions in India has been a part of the new approach to the UK&rsquo;s foreign policy that takes into view the growing influence of this country in terms of trade and investments and the corresponding need to build people-to-people relations, permanent under secretary and head of the British Diplomatic Service, Simon Fraser, said here on Thursday.

Britain opens dy high commission office in Hyd

Traders in the state suffered business loss to the tune of Rs 3000 crore due to the 12 hour bandh called by the non-Congress parties on Thursday opposing the hike in petrol prices effected recently by oil marketing firms.

State traders lose Rs 3000 cr business due to strike

Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Friday ruled out the prospect of the state facing early assembly polls and asserted the BJP government would complete its full term.

No early assembly polls: CM

Even on a peak summer day in May, it is easy to notice long queue of people scrambling, outside the office of Reserve Bank of India in Kolkata, for one the most circulated commodity around &mdash;small denomination coins, of one two and five rupees.

RBI move triggers coin shortage

After organising gala celebrations for the IPL-KKR victory, West Bengal government will organise a reception for Viswanathan Anand for winning the fifth World Chess Championship.

After KKR show, Bengal likely to felicitate Anand

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here tomorrow on a brief three-hour visit to the city to attend two functions at the Bose Institute and Calcutta University.

PM on brief Kolkata visit tomorrow

The cable operators today said it was upto the government whether the deadline for digitisation of cable television will be pushed from July one despite not more than 20 per cent of the cable homes in the city had opted for set-top boxes.

Uncertainty prevails on digitisation in city from July 1 

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