Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee, who was the chief minister when the CPI(M) was decimated in West Bengal, was today retained in the state secretariat, the policy-making body of the party's state unit.

Buddhadeb retained in CPI(M) state secretariat

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Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has asked the banks in the state to work with the government for implementing the electronic systems of various government organisations and the banks to meet the goals set by the government in near future and long-term.

Jaya urges banks to join hands with govt for financial domain

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Educational Promotion Society for India (EPSI), a not-for-profit autonomous society of educationists from the private sector, has asked the government to consider issues related to the education bills pending with the central government.

EPSI asks govt to consider pending edu bills issue

While dedicating the Rs 21,500-crore Guru Gobind Singh Refinery to the nation here yesterday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the refinery would make a big contribution towards the state&rsquo;s economic development.

Punjab's industry needs revival: PM

The inauguration of the refinery is likely to play a pivotal role in attracting plastic and other industries in the state. The project is the largest investment in Punjab since independence.

New refinery to boost Punjab industries

The move by Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) to ship coal from Odisha to meet the requirement of end user power plants in its home state has come a cropper.

Odisha opposes GMDC plan to transport coal

At least one person was killed and four others got minor injuries during a fire accident in Vedanta Alumina&rsquo;s refinery at Lanjigarh, in Kalahandi district on the wee hours of Saturday.

Fire at Vedanta refinery staff campus kills one

Tea growers of Barak valley, situated in a remote corner of Assam bordering Bangladesh, are staring at a grim prospect of a record low production because of serious problems ranging from erratic power supply to bad roads.

Barak valley tea growers woe

Terming the alleged irregularities in the Tatra vehicle deal just as an aberration, scientific adviser to the defence minister and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief VK Saraswat on Saturday said that the private industry needs to play an even larger role in meeting the demands of the country&rsquo;s defence forces going forward.

DRDO to facilitate tech transfer to pvt sector

The Uttar Pradesh government will set up Urdu-medium schools at primary, middle and higher secondary levels in Muslim-dominated areas across the state.

Urdu-medium government schools to come up in Uttar Pradesh: CM

Nathpa Jhakri, the country&rsquo;s largest hydroelectric project located in Himachal Pradesh, has established a new milestone of 7,610 million units (MU) electricity generation during the last financial year, which ended on Saturday.

Nathpa Jhakri project clocks record power generation

Andhra Pradesh would incur an additional financial burden of Rs 870 crore due to decline in generation from gas-based power plants during the new financial year.

Shortfall in natural gas to put Rs 870 crore burden on Andhra Pradesh

Congress today demanded immediate withdrawal of the recent West Bengal government order asking state-sponsored and aided libraries to keep select newspapers and termed the move as &ldquo;shocking&rdquo; and &ldquo;most undemocratic&rdquo;.

Cong demands immediate withdrawal of library circular

Confusion among members of an Empowered Committee of State Finance Minister on Goods and Services Tax has torpedoed state finance minister Raghavji&rsquo;s proposal to levy value-added tax (VAT) on sugar, cloth and power distribution system.

Indecision on GST leaves MP's VAT plan in limbo

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday, demanded that the meeting of chief ministers next month should discuss only the &ldquo;sensitive&rdquo; National Counter Terrorism Centre issue and said she had written to the Prime Minister about it.

CMs meeting should focus on NCTC issue: Mamata

Janaagraha and Brown University, an Ivy League university at Rhode Island in the US, have tied up to work on developing an index to measure the quality of citizenship.

Janaagraha, US varsity to work on citizen index

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and 12 others, including a couple of Hyderabad-based pharma companies that had invested into his firms, in a case of alleged quid pro quo arrangement for obtaining largesse and benefits from the state government when his father was the chief minister.

CBI files chargesheet against Jagan

Led by Infosys Ltd. chairman emeritus NR Narayana Murthy and endorsed by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) is set to launch a seed fund for entrepreneurial ideas.

Guj govt's incubation centre to launch Spark-Up Fund

The Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench has issued notices to the Maharashtra Environment Minister, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Transport Commissioner, Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and Union Ministry of Road Transport on a petition challenging mandatory eco-friendly trucks for minerals transportation.

Rule mandating environment-friendly trucks for minerals stayed 

Steel companies skeptical about the move.

Govt plans to provide iron ore on long-term basis

In a first for Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals (NHH) , the healthcare group will set up a medical college in Ahmedabad as part of its upcoming 'Health City' in eastern parts of the city.

NHH plans its first medical college in Ahmedabad

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