Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said the state would soon ink investment agreements with several automobile and auto component makers and would come out with a series of industry-specific policies.

TN to come out with industry-specific policies soon

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A team of three students of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University in Hyderabad has won the World Rounds of the Monroe E Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition for 2012, held at Oxford University, London. This is the first time an Indian team ever won the competition. Another team comprising three students of the university also won the Moot Court Competition in arbitration held in Vienna, Austria, by beating 287 teams from over 80 countries.

Nalsar team wins award

The Karnataka HC on Wednesday reserved its verdict on the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the media and police for alleged attacks on advocates earlier last month.

HC reserves verdict on PIL against media, police

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The state government has decided to move the Odisha High Court soon, contesting the order of the revision authority under Union ministry of mines in cases of illegal mining by two lessees- Arjun Ladha and Indrani Patnaik.

State to move HC on Arjun Ladha, Indrani Patnaik cases

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said that the state would soon ink investment agreements with several automobile and auto component makers and would come out with series of industry-specific policies shortly.

Automobile sector-focussed policies on the anvil

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has kept in abeyance its permission to Vedanta Aluminium for conduct of public hearing on the company's plan to expand the capacity of Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Kalahandi district from one million tonne to six million tonne after protests from environmentalists.

MoEF keeps in abeyance Vedanta public hearing permission

The site for the second Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) in Odisha, to come up in the western part of the state, is expected to be finalized soon.

CEA team to undertake field visit for second UMPP in Odisha

After offering property tax payment on mobile phones, Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) is now set to launch 'auto-on-call' service in the city. In a bid to enhance transport facilities in the city, RMC is in talks with Nirmal Foundation to launch G-Auto, an organised auto rickshaw service in Rajkot soon.

RMC to launch 'auto on call' service

After three years into construction, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation&rsquo;s (KMRC) East-West corridor project may see a change in the proposed route. The West Bengal government has decided to rope in RITES to carry out a feasibility study for the new route, which envisages to cover an additional distance of 1.5 Km in central part of the city.

Govt mulls change of route in East-West metro

Making a break with the established tradition, the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to inaugurate the Tagore birthday celebrations on May 8 in the odd hours of afternoon. Every year people in Bengal observe Tagore's birthday with much fanfare with songs, dance, dance drama and poetry recitals etc. and beginning on the poet's birthday it continues for at least one month.

Tagore birthday celebrations: CM breaks away from tradition

Most of the 33,000 taxis plying in the metropolis kept off the roads today in response to a one-day strike called by the Bengal Taxi Association. Apart from daily office-goers, city-bound passengers at airports and at the busy railway stations of Howrah and Sealdah were affected by the strike. State transport minister Madan Mitra said he was trying to mobilise more buses to ferry passengers from the two stations.

Taxi strike hits city commuters

Launching the National Dairy Plan-Phase 1 (NDP-1), union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the government looks to increase milk procurement by co-operatives from current 30 per cent to 65 per cent in next 15 years.

NDP eyes 65% milk procurement from cooperatives

After dedicating to the nation 600 megawatts (Mw) of solar power projects in different parts of Gujarat, state chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hinted to come out with a rooftop solar power plant policy to encourage people to produce their own electricity and earn by selling the surplus power to the state grid.

Govt plans 'Rooftop' solar power policy

Seeking dismissal of the petition filed by Reliance Power Limited (RPower) against invoking bank guarantees, Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company (APCPDCL) -- one of the procurers of the proposed Krishnapatnam ultra mega power project -- has said the company's key contention of rise in Indonesian coal prices or the change in Indonesian law had no relevance to the power purchase agreement (PPA) or its force majeure clauses.

Invoking bank guarantees in compliance with PPA: AP discom

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has sought personal intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the immediate appointment of a new chairman to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. The vacancy arose by the resignation of Justice N P Singh who quit the post citing poor health.

PM asked to appoint new chairman to Cauvery water disputes tribunal

Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd (BCPL), popularly known as the Assam Gas Cracker Project, &ldquo;is likely to be completed by December 2013&rdquo;, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Friday.

Assam gas craker project 'likely' to be completed by Dec 2013: PM

With the Centre &ldquo;willing to do whatever is possible&rdquo;, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said he was confident that Assam would register 9 per cent growth rate in the 12th Plan. He added that the state was now &ldquo;on the cusp of emerging as one of the frontline states&rdquo; of India.

Assam to record 9% growth in 12th year plan

&ldquo;It is in Assam that I have finally found a home that has given me a sense of belonging&rdquo;, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Friday.

I have finally found a home in Assam: Singh

Haryana will soon become the first state to issue soil health cards to farmers, after testing the nutrient-content of the soil and quality of the sub-soil water.

Haryana farmers to get soil health cards

In yet another blow to the 12 billion dollar steel project of South Korean major Posco, the state government has initiated the process of withdrawal of notifications for acquisition of 438 acres of private land in seven villages in the project site near Paradip.

State initiates process to denotify land acquisition for Posco project

With the change of guard in Uttar Pradesh last month, the industry has been showing greater confidence in the government headed by the IT-savvy and young Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav.

Lucknow to host industry conclave in May

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