The Shimla municipal corporation elections witnessed a decent turnout with 64 per cent voters casting their votes on Sunday, according to poll officials.

Shimla civic polls register 64% turnout

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Villagers in the remote areas of Chhattisgarh go hi-tech propelling the state government to moot a plan for increasing the capacity of solar power stations following boost in the electricity demand.

Villagers go hi-tech, cry for more power

After questioning for the third consecutive day, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested YSR Congress president and Kadapa MP, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, in the disproportionate assets case.

CBI arrests Jagan in disproportionate assets case

The state government has asked the Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL), to pay a fine of Rs 1,306 crore for mining coal without environment clearance in the Ib valley area.

Odisha slaps Rs 1306 cr fine on MCL for illegal coal mining

Deadly heat waves from the north western part of the country have claimed 80 lives so far in the state.

Heat Waves claim 80 lives in state

The delay in approval by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for the proposed 160 km long railway line between Hubli and Ankola, which connects the north Karnataka hinterland to the upcoming Tadadi port and existing Karwar ports, has resulted in cost escalation of the project by Rs 600 crore. The cost of the project is now estimated at Rs 2,200 crore, a top government official said.

Hubli-Ankola rail line turning costly as Centre delays approval

Having identified 200 acres of land in the vicinity of Guru Gobind Singh Refinery, an HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) project in Bathinda that would attract tertiary industry, the district industry department has further identified 1,500 acres to create land bank for industry. The land belongs to farmers who have expressed their consent to sell their land.

Land acquired for 'land bank' in Bathinda

Andhra Pradesh chief minister, N Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Monday said that necessary action was being taken at the department level with regard to the 26 government orders (GOs) identified by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as the source of quid pro quo deals benefiting Kadapa member of Parliament, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and his firms.

AP govt taking action on 'quid pro quo' orders

&ldquo;This is part of our entrepreneurship development initiative across the country, which requires an additional funding of around Rs 40 crore,&rdquo; CK Mishra, joint secretary, Union ministry of MSME, said.

MSME ministry sets aside Rs 40 cr to train 2 lakh students

With increased expenditure on tourism and hospitality earning laurels for the state, Gujarat has climbed two places in the India State Ranking Survey 2011 by HVS, a global hospitality consulting firm. The state rankings on tourism and hospitality are part of a recent HVS White Paper titled 'Hotel Room Supply, Capital Investment and Manpower Requirement by 2021'.

Guj ranking in hospitality up two notch

Unsatisfied with the documents provided by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), Zakia Jaffery, wife of slain former MP Ehsan Jaffery killed during 2002 riots, on Monday gave additional list of documents to a magisterial court alleging that it were crucial to the case but omitted by SIT from the voluminous set given to her.

Imp statements not included by SIT: Zakia

With the mercury going up in the hills, the momentum of protests are also going in the same direction in Uttarakhand over the issue of hydel projects.

Protests mount over hydel projects in Uttarakhand

This feat (corresponding to the current Five Year Plan 2012-17) would be achieved through the targetted increase in cane productivity from 59 tonnes per hectare to 70 tonnes per hectare.

UP targets 50% rise in sugar output by 2017

Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Monday claimed big dam projects in Assam and other northeastern states had been taken up without transparency and called for people's participation in decision making.

Kejriwal for transparency in big dam projects in northeast

Defying the presence of left-wing ultras, Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh on Monday visited the Naxal-infested Malkanagiri district in Odisha to review the implementation of different welfare programmes.

Ramesh visits Naxal citadel, stresses on fund utilisation

The heightened competition in bidding for toll road projects is expected to hit the returns for the developers and the return on equity is expected to drop to 14 per cent from the earlier 22 per cent. According CRISIL Research, the attractiveness of the projects has increased, with the government speeding up land acquisition, providing an exit option in the licensing agreement, and awarding lucrative stretches from Phase III projects (conversion of two-lane highways to four-lane) and Phase V projects (four-lane highways to six-lane) of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP).

Aggressive bidding to hit future road projects

Cement companies took the centre stage in the ongoing CBI investigation into the alleged quid pro quo deals involving Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy with the investigative agency specifically mentioning the investments made into his firms by Chennai-based India Cements Limited and Hyderabad-based Penna Cement Industries Private Limited (PCIL) in its remand report filed before the court yesterday.

Cement firms take centre stage in CBI investigation

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said that the shortage of petrol and diesel in Chennai will come to an end by tonight.

Fuel shortage in Chennai will end tonight: Jaya

The state steel &amp; mines department has urged the authorities of six ports- Paradeep, Haldia, Dhamara, Visakhapatanam, Gangavaram and Kakinada, through which iron ore produced in the state are exported, to share detailed information electronically from next month.

Six ports to share export info with Odisha from June

The Supreme Court appointed special investigation team (SIT) had 'tweaked' his statement to shield Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and other powerful persons, alleged suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in his second affidavit before the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Tuesday.

SIT 'tweaked' statement to shield Modi: Bhatt to NCM

After an ultimatum by the Supreme Court, former union finance minister, veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari on Tuesday gave his blood sample on a paternity suit filed by a 32-year-old man claiming to be his biological son.

After SC rebuke, N D Tiwari gives blood sample

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