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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Textile traders from Andhra Pradesh plan to go on an indefinite strike from April 30 and will stop purchasing from other states from April 15 to protest against the imposition of 5 per cent VAT (value-added tax) by the state government.

AP textile traders to go on indefinite strike from April 30

Rising per capita income and growth have reduced poverty among all classes, including socially-disadvantaged classes. Though there are skeptics who argue that growth has bypassed the socially disadvantaged classes, the analysis of National Sample Survey (NSS) data proves otherwise. But, high prevalence of poverty in the states where more SC, ST populations are living still remains same.

'Poverty rate fell due to liberalisation'

The three ports in the Visakhapatnam region saw a decline in cargo handling due to a drop in iron ore exports.

Ports in Vizag region see decline in cargo handling

The sub-lease transfer issue between Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) and Rajkot-based pump industry of Rajkot has stunted the latter's Common Facility Center (CFC) project.

Sub lease issue impedes Rajkot pump industry's CFC project

With millions of residents moving into India&rsquo;s cities and even moving within a given city, there&rsquo;s a need for a manual PURE Rolls (Proper Urban Electoral Rolls) which is critical given the dynamic nature of urban voters.

Manual PURE Rolls mooted by NGO

The Centre for nanotechnology (CNT), set up recently at the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) in Mysore, has taken up two projects on nano materials and applications.

Mysore's Nano Centre takes tentative steps

The power purchase bill of Grid Corporation of Orissa Ltd (Gridco), the state owned bulk power purchaser, is set to shoot up by 25 per cent in 2012-13, compared to the previous fiscal.

Gridco's power purchase bill to surge 25% this fiscal

Improving investment climate in the country&rsquo;s north will be the key to facilitating growth and employment generation, as per the 2012-13 agenda of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

CII to strive for sustainable, inclusive North in FY13

Sivapada Swain, former Director General of Income Tax (exemption) with the Government of India has been sworn in as the new member of the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission(OERC) under section 82(5) of the Electricity Act, 2003. A 1976 batch IRS officer, Swain had held several key positions in both the Union and state government and made special contribution in the field of administration, assessments and investigations in the Income Tax department. Swain , as a Director of Finance of Orissa Power Grid Corporation, was connected with the first power purchase agreement signed with Gridco. SP Nanda, Chairman, OERC administered the oath of office and secrecy to Swain as the new member of the quasi judicial body. BK Mishra, member, OERC and G Mathvathanan, Secretary to the state energy department were also present at the oath taking ceremony.

OERC gets new member

The Centre on Monday said the Himachal Pradesh government had failed in achieving optimum growth in the tourism sector across the hill state.

Himachal needs to do a lot more in tourism : Centre

The submission of utilisation certificates (UC) against Central assistance received by the state continues to be a cause of concern with various government departments maintaining a patchy record.

State yet to submit utilisation certificate for Rs 5,380 cr

Industry representatives of Jharkhand, during a meeting on Tuesday with the industry secretary A P Singh have asked for a complete ban on export of iron ore and to open up ore linkages to ensure the raw material is readily available for manufacturing steel.

Industries in Jharkhand demand ban on iron ore export

In an unprecedented development seven newly appointed judges of Calcutta High Court took their oath on Monday without getting the routine &lsquo;nod&rsquo; from the state government.

High Court judges take oath without govt's routine 'nod'

After a lapse of eleven years since the constitution of Jharkhand state bifurcating Bihar, the state government has succeeded in finalising its energy policy.

Jharkhand's energy policy finalised

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia in Delhi tomorrow to demand a higher plan outlay for the current financial year of the state, hamstrung by a &ldquo;serious&rdquo; fund shortage.

Mamata to meet Montek in Delhi seeking higher plan outlay

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The neighbouring Bangladesh has agreed to allow erection of barbed wire fencing on zero-line of Indo-Bangla international border in some patches of Tripura, official sources said here on Tuesday.

Bangladesh allows fencing on zero-line in Tripura

After successfully running&nbsp;a bank and a business school for rural women entrepreneurs,&nbsp;Mann Deshi Bank is now all set to form its own chamber of commerce at Mhaswad in Satara district, 180 km away&nbsp;from Pune.&nbsp;It is formed coordination with Mann Deshi Foundation has formed the first Mann Deshi Chamber of Commerce for Rural Women in India (MCCRW) in partnership with 'President Clinton Foundations&rsquo; initiative - Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) based in New York, USA.

Now, chamber of commerce for rural women entrepreneurs

Tamil Nadu has drawn up a vision plan for the power sector to attract around Rs 4.50 lakh crore. The Vision 2023, which was released by chief minister J Jayalalithaa recently, envisages new power generation capacity located within the state or elsewhere, and would account for a bulk of the investments at Rs 2.80 lakh crore.

TN draws up plan to attract Rs 4.5 lakh crore in power sector

Karnataka excise minister MP Renukacharya on Tuesday said there was no shortage in production and supply of beer in the state.

'No shortage of beer in Karnataka'

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) on Tuesday said the financial support extended by it in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry witnessed a growth of 47 per cent to Rs 6,318.27 crore in 2011-12 from Rs 4,288 crore in 2010-11.
Lalitha Venkatesan, chief general manager, said the bank had sanctioned Rs 1,339.15 crore to Tamil Nadu and Rs 139.88 crore to Puducherry under its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for creating infrastructure facilities such as irrigation

Nabard support to TN, Puducherry up 47%

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