Production in the Kirandul mines of the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh was affected Monday following Naxal attack that killed six Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans on Sunday night.

NMDC mines affected over Naxal attack

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Far from calling it quits, legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen on his 90th birthday on Monday said that he might just come up with another new film.

Mrinal Sen turns 90, says he has not yet retired

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A microfinance provider in Karnataka has been selected alongside seven other organisations from Peru, Indonesia, Cambodia and Afghanistan as a finalist for the Ashden Awards, the world&rsquo;s leading green energy prize.

NGO in race for global green energy award

With employment rate moderating in several cities, Ahmedabad witnessed the slowest online recruitment activity with a dip of 11 per cent, as per the latest Monster Employment Index for the month of April.

Ahmedabad sees slowest online recruitment in April 2012

In a move that can be called a first of its kind, Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna has invited suggestions from the common people for the proposed budget which is to be presented in the state assembly by the end of this month.

Uttarakhand CM invites ideas from aam aadmi on Budget

Army chief General V K Singh on Tuesday called on Himachal Pradesh chief minister P K Dhumal to discuss several important issues about the state.

Army chief meets Himachal CM

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday signed memoranda of understandings (MoUs) worth around Rs 7,850 crore with various companies including Hinduja Group&rsquo;s flagship company Ashok Leyland, Nissan, Yamaha, Daimler and Royal Enfield.

TN signs MoUs worth Rs 7,850 cr with auto majors

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Centre of not helping her government at all to overcome its financial crisis.

Centre not helping Bengal at all: Mamata

More than a million standard bags of tendu leaves have arrived at the different stock points set up by the government across Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh posts impressive tendu leaves production

Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday rejected his predecessor B S Yeddyurappa&rsquo;s strong demand for convening an emergency meeting of the BJP legislature party, saying there was no need for it.

CM rejects BSY's call for legislature party meet

Dharwad will soon have a high-tech forest training institute. The state government, responding to a proposal sent by Western Ghat Task Force, has sanctioned Rs 4 crore for setting up the institute. It will come up at Gungaragatti, 15 kms from Dharwad.

Dharwad to get hitech forest institute

The annual Plan of Punjab for 2012-13 was pegged at Rs 14,000 crore with an increase of 22 per cent over the previous year in a meeting between Planning Commission of India deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in New Delhi on Monday.

Punjab's annual Plan rises 22% to Rs 14,000 cr

The Karnataka government which aims to undertake massive infrastructure projects across the state, plans to set up an independent statutory body to fast track various projects in a time-bound manner. The new body, which will be headed by the chief secretary, will have powers to approve all mega infrastructure projects under the public private partnership (PPP) model, a top government official said.

Infra authority for PPP projects soon

After being in the works for nearly an year, the second round of private equity fund raise by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE) which is executing the much delayed Rs 4,000 crore Bangalore-Mysore expressway, is close to being finalised.

Bangalore-Mysore Expressway to get additional PE fund

The case has been registered following the directions of the Supreme Court.

CBI registers case against Yeddyurappa

CPI leader and former MLA Narayan Reddy, who was arrested in connection with violence at the Posco project site in December last year, was granted bail by the Orissa High Court on Wednesday. While one person had died, 25 others were injured in the violence.

HC grants bail to anti-Posco leader

The Union rural development ministry has deputed a team of fresh IIM and IIT graduates in Jharkhand to assist the senior bureaucrats in execution of development plans under the Centre&rsquo;s Integrated Action Plan (IAP) across 11 naxal-hit districts.

IIM, IIT graduates to assist Centre plan in Naxal-hit areas

The Tamil Nadu government will be introducing a new information and communications technology policy 2012, which will lay emphasis on attracting foreign direct and domestic investments.

Tamil Nadu to unveil new ICT policy

Nimmagadda Prasad, the high-profile investor and the founder of Matrix Laboratories Limited, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the ongoing investigation into the alleged quid pro quo deals against Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy, has been remanded to judicial custody on Wednesday.

Matrix Prasad in Jail

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday suspended the government order (GO) stopping all its advertisements to Sakshi newspaper and television channel owned by Kadapa member of Parliament YS Jaganmohan Reddy.

High court suspends GO stopping ads to Sakshi

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