Indian Railways will soon take over the East West Metro Project as an inter-ministerial note in this regard has been sent to the Union Cabinet, Railway Minister Mukul Roy said here on Monday.

Indian Railways to take over East West Metro soon: Mukul Roy

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Security situation in the North Eastern states in 2011 had witnessed &ldquo;noticeable&rdquo; improvement, said the annual report of the Union home ministry.

NE witnesses 'noticeable' improvement

The Indonesian government is betting on a tax incentive for export of value-added products from the country and attract more investments from India. The country expects that the tax incentive, compared to the higher tax structure for trading of raw coal and crude palm oil from Indonesia to India, would lead the Indian importers of these products to think of setting up refineries and factories in Indonesia, said Indonesian ambassador to India, Andi M Ghalib.

Indonesia bets on tax incentive to attract investments from India

The Odisha government is in the process of formulating a comprehensive policy for coal-based thermal power projects and captive power plants (CPPs) in the state.

Policy on anvil for thermal power plants

The Uttarakhand government&rsquo;s move to develop an international airport in the hill state has not made much headway due to unavailability of land.

No headway in building international airport

The Ministry of Shipping is planning to set up two more major ports in the country. Of the two ports, one will come up on the East Coast, most likely on the Andhra Pradesh coast, and other one will be on the west coast. The two ports will attract an investment of around Rs 2,000 crore. It may be noted that the country already has 11 major ports, under the ministry.

Centre plans major port in South

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Karnataka High Court order which had quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as director general of state police, dubbing him as &ldquo;worse than Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi&rdquo;.

SC stays HC order on Bidari's appointment 

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The Tamil Nadu government is planning to develop five minor ports in the state, which will have a combined cargo handling capacity of 150 million tonne. These ports will be developed under public-private partnership (PPP).

Plans afoot for five more minor ports

Given a majority of industries in Assam are micro in nature and run by first generation entrepreneurs, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has demanded a special policy package, in line with the North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), for the micro sector.

Gogoi demands special incentive for micro enterprise

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday asked Railways Minister Mukul Roy to run three special trains from Amritsar, Ambala and Bareilly to Bidar in Karnataka for facilitating the visit of devotees to Gurdwara Sri Nanak Jhira Sahib there.

Punjab CM seeks special trains to Bidar

Having set up a major centre of excellence (CoE) in technical textiles, the Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA) has been roped in by public works departments (PWDs) of several states in the north east region.

ATIRA to help north-east states on geo-textiles

Social activist Medha Patkar appeared before a magisterial court here on Tuesday in connection with decade old atrocity case against four BJP workers, who had allegedly beaten her up while she was attending a peace meeting at Sabarmati Ashram here in 2002. Patkar appeared before the Metropolitan Magistrate KS Desai following summons issued by him last month.

Medha Patkar appears before Court in 2002 atrocity case

The industry body Assocham has expressed serious concern over the sudden drop in power availability in Karnataka. It has termed the situation as grim and called for urgent remedial measures to ensure that regular power supplies were resumed.

Assocham calls for urgent measures to improve power situation

The Karnataka government is offering a support price for turmeric cultivators in the state under the market intervention scheme.

State to buy turmeric at support price

The Tamil Nadu government is planning to bring out a new Highways Act so as to utilise the land effectively for project development across the state.

Tamil Nadu govt to bring out new Highways Act

The Union ministry of information technology and communication (IT&amp;C) has proposed to set up a standard registry to check spurious and damaged imported electronics goods, which have bad impact on human health and society.

Centre to set up registry on imported electronics

The AndhraPradesh government has proposed a 400-acre electronics hardware cluster in the Maheshwaram area, near the Fab City in Hyderabad.

AP proposes 400-acre electronics hardware cluster

In a bid to expose farmers of the state to the latest technology for better agriculture output, the Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb) of Gujarat government has organised an exhibition Agritech Asia, and extension of Agritech Israel, from September 3-6 later this year.

Agritech Asia to expose farmers to new technology

The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha on Wednesday stuck to its threat to pull out of the tripartite agreement for setting up the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA), the new hill council in Darjeeling, saying that this was being demanded by the people of the hills.

GJM warns it will pull out of tripartite agreement

The Left Front on Wednesday took a dig at the Mamata Banerjee government saying that when it had claimed to have solved the Darjeeling issue in 17 days, why was violence taking place now. "The problem was purportedly solved within 17 days of formation of the new government," Left Front chairman Biman Bose told newspersons here. He was referring to a tripartite agreement signed for setting up the new hill council in Darjeeling, the Gorkha Territorial Administration.

Left Front takes a dig at Mamata over Darjeeling violence

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday described the decision of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to decontrol diesel price regime as &ldquo;shocking and scandalous&rdquo;.

Diesel decontrol move is shocking and scandalous, says Badal

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