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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The Tamil Nadu Planning Commission has achieved an outlay of Rs 85,344 crore during the 11th Five-Year Plan that ended on March 31, 2012, an increase of 113 per cent over the outlay for the 10th Plan.

TN achieves Rs 85,344 cr outlay in 11th Plan

Microsoft co-founder and co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, on Wednesday met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and offered to work closely on health and development related issues.

Bill Gates meets UP chief minister

Summer closing educational institutions will now have a 36 day monsoon break from June 25 to July 30 every year in Himachal Pradesh .

HP schools, colleges get new vacation schedule

Andhra Pradesh Wineries and Distilleries Association (APWDA) has urged the state government to take over the retail operations in the state from the new excise year beginning July 2012, as an effective remedy to eliminate the problems associated with the retail liquor trade, including violation of the maximum retail price (MRP) and the sale of non-duty paid liquor.

Industry body urges AP govt to take over retail liquor trade

The Karnataka government has proposed to offer land to South Korean steel major Posco in Bagalkot or Yadgiri districts in north Karnataka to set up their 6 million tonne per annum steel plant. The decision comes after the stiff opposition put forward by farmers of Halligudi in Gadag district last year from acquiring their land for the proposed steel plant.

K'taka to offer Posco land in Bagalkot

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has come down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for higher cost of tax collection when compared to the national average.

CAG raps UP for high cost of tax collection

Orissa is set to get power allocation of up to 50 per cent from the second and third Ultra Mega Power Plants (UMPPs) proposed in the state, Union minister for power Sushilkumar Shinde said here.

Orissa to get 50% power from two UMPPs

With three Ultra Mega Power Plants (UMPPs) proposed to be set up in the state, Orissa is poised to be the power hub of the country, supplying electricity to various parts of the nation, said Union power minister Sushilkumar Shinde.

Orissa poised to be nation's power hub: Shinde

The Chhattisgarh government is planning to take up extensive work of building Railway Over Bridge (ROB) and Railway Under Bridge (RUB) in the state in this financial year.

Chhattisgarh govt to take up ROB, RUB projects

Gujarat government has transferred 50 IPS officers, including Satish Verma, a member of special investigation team which probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

50 Guj IPS officers transfered

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The Union Government is considering Tamil Nadu's request for additional power of 200 Mw from the Central grid to help the state tide over the severe power crisis it faces now, said V Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office.

South India may get additional power from Centre

Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda at weekend said he planned to lead an all-party delegation to the Centre by this month end to seek Rs 2,200 crore financial assistance to tackle severe drought conditions in the state.

CM to lead delegation to Centre for relief

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here that India&rsquo;s manufacturing sector needs to be strengthened in order to revive the economy from the present crisis and improve the GDP position.

Mukherjee for stronger manufacturing sector

While the quality of regulation and governance is a key factor to rebuild business confidence in India, the deficiencies in these areas are even more alarming than the inadequacies of the country's physical infrastructure, Raghuram G Rajan, well-known for his critique on the American economic and financial crisis, said on Saturday.

India needs to rebuild business confidence: Raghuram Rajan

Tourism in Punjab will be promoted from a commercial angle so that it can become a vehicle for boosting the state economy, the state&rsquo;s tourism minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur, said on Sunday. Phillaur, who had come here to inaugurate a heritage hub, told reporters that he had recently met Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal regarding the need to give a boost to tourism in the state.

Tourism in Punjab to be given a boost, says tourism minister

The allocation of Rs 25 crore for the facelift of the iconic Mysore Palace in chief minister Sadananda Gowda&rsquo;s Budget 2012-13 will pave the way for the first major makeover of the palace which is celebrating its centenary year.

Mysore Palace to get facelift a century after restoration

Calling the Act &ldquo;anti-trade, anti-reform, which will encourage licence and inspector raj in the country,&rdquo; all retail outlets and eating joints will remain closed for three days starting tomorrow (9th, 10th and 11th April), in protest of the Act.

Three-day bandh in MP from today

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna appears to have put his foot down in the face of intense lobbying by various party MLAs for the lone vacant Cabinet berth in the state. Congress sources said Bahuguna has not yet decided who should be given the Cabinet berth since there are a lot of aspirants who want to become ministers in the hill state.

Intense lobbying for vacant Cabinet berth in Uttarakhand

Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday set aside the order of the state government to impose entry tax on as many as 63 goods which were brought into the state, citing the toll was unwarranted.

Jharkhand High Court sets aside entry tax notification

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