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'

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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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A team of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) led by its member Satyabrata Pal visited the Posco affected areas under Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadkujanga panchayats near Paradip on Tuesday to take stock of alleged cases of human rights violations at the site of the company's green field steel project.

NHRC team takes stock of human rights violations at Posco site

Train services were affected and normal life hit in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts on Tuesday due to a 24-hour strike called by the Dooars-Terai Joint Action Committee.

Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri hit by strike

The hostage crisis involving abduction of Laxmipur MLA Jhina Hikaka and Italian national Paolo Bosusco continues to be shrouded in mystery even as Subhashree Das, wife of top Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda was set free on Tuesday, coinciding with the deadline given by the outlawed extremists to release the abductees.

Hostages yet to be released by Naxals

Odisha has objected to a recent Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decision to increase the interest rates for loans provided under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), including past loans.

State objects to interest rate hike on RIDF loans

Odisha sounded a tsunami alert in six coastal districts hours after feeling tremors of a massive earthquake that rocked Sumatra coast in Indonesia, triggering panic among the people.

Odisha rattled by quake tremors

A 60-year-old woman died of Swine Flu here, taking the H1N1 death toll to two in Gujarat so far, health officials said on Wednesday.

Swine Flu death toll reaches 2

The opening of an integrated check-post (ICP) at Attari border off Amritsar in Punjab, slated for this Friday, is likely to raise the annual volume of trade between India and Pakistan to $8 billion from the present $2.6 billion in the next two yeas, according to a study.

New Attari post to treble India-Pak trade

Uttar Pradesh&rsquo;s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on Wednesday presented a roadmap for the development of the sector.

UP MSMEs present road map for overall sectoral development

In order to facilitate industrialists, the Punjab government will create a land bank. This was disclosed by state minister for industry and commerce Anil Joshi.

Punjab to create land bank for Industry

Metro services in Kolkata were shut down for nearly 50 minutes as a precautionary measure on Wednesday following the high intensity earthquake that hit the Sumatra coast, which was felt across the metropolis.

Metro services suspended following earthquake temor

A report titled &ndash; &ldquo;Jharkhand Human Rights Report 2001-2010&rdquo;, compiled by the Jharkhand Human Rights Movement, revealed 7,563 reported rapes, 3,398 dowry atrocities, 576 custody deaths and over 100 hunger deaths in Jharkhand in 10 years after constitution of the new Jharkhand state on November 15, 2000.
The report also cited 174 rapes on tribal women and 194 cases of atrocities on tribals Rights activist Gladson Dundung, also a member of the Jharkhand Human Rights Movement

Human rights report exposes 7,563 rapes in Jharkhand in 10 years

Mining revenue collection in Odisha has crossed Rs 4000 crore in 2011-12, beating the state's own Budgetary estimate (BE) of Rs 3050 crore.

Mining revenue collection at Rs 4517 cr in 2011-12

Mysore Division of the South Western Railway has earned Rs 156.02 crore from passenger traffic in the present year, registering a 10.57 per cent growth over the last year.

Mysore Div of Rlys to harness IT for passenger benefit

The new Uttarakhand government on Thursday decided to exempt farmers from paying stamp duty on agriculture loans up to Rs 5 lakh.

State exempts stamp duty on farm loans up to Rs 5 lakh

By bringing in service accessibility, the unique identification project will result in rural transformation, said Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman, Nandan Nilekani on Thursday.

UID will enable rural transformation: Nilekani

Six new projects involving a total investment of Rs 3,411 crore will come up at Industrial Model Township (IMT), Rohtak, as Haryana chief minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda is scheduled to participate in a string of ground-breaking ceremonies of these new projects on April 23. He will also inaugurate two projects at the IMT the same day.

Haryana CM to inaugurate six projects

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday decided to build hydropower projects in the larger interest of the hill state, with chief secretary Subhash Kumar meeting top officials in the PMO on the issue.

Government hardens pro-hydropower stand

High-velocity winds, accompanied with rain, which lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana last night may delay harvesting of wheat in the state. The winds led to damage of standing wheat crop, by flattening it in parts of the fields at certain places.

Hailstorm likely to delay wheat harvesting this year

Italian national Paolo Bosusco was freed by the Naxals on Thursday, after nearly a month of captivity bringing some relief to the state government.

Naxals release Italian hostage, BJD MLA still in custody 

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