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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Iron ore exports from India are set to face tighter curbs as the Union ministry of commerce &amp; industry plans to bar shipping of high grade ore outside the country while underscoring the need for firm regulation on exports of minerals.

Commerce ministry against export of high grade iron ore

To meet the summer power need of the state, Grid Corporation of Orissa (Gridco) has finalised agreements with the central electricity grid network Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), which will provide 200 MW energy from West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL) for a month starting April 1.
As per the power banking agreement, Gridco will return five per cent more power between August and September this year to PGCIL, which in turn will pay the power cost to

Gridco to get 200 MW from West Bengal this April via power banking

A policy shift by the Maharashtra government on the redevelopment of old and dilapidated buildings has cost the exchequer Rs 9,800 crore, according to a builders' association.

Maha lost Rs 9k crore due to policy shift on redevelopment

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The Orissa government is in the process of identifying 50 hectares of land in Nuapada district for establishment of a solar park with capacity of 25 MW.

Land search for 25 MW solar park

Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said the growth of regional forces in the country caused by people&rsquo;s alienation from the Congress and the young generation's disenchantment with the BJP have created a void which the Left parties failed to fill up.

Buddhadeb regrets weakening of Left forces

Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said that the Trinamool Congress-led government was suffering from a sense of political intolerance.

Trinamool government suffering from intolerance

Uttar Pradesh, which carries the socio-economic stigma of being one of India&rsquo;s Bimaru (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh) states, has something to rejoice: it leads in availing of banking services and possessing telephone/mobile assets.

Bimaru UP ranks 1st in banking, phone services

A large number of ancient monuments remain unidentified in Karnataka, where there is no coordinated strategic approach to heritage management, according to CAG.

'Many ancient monuments unidentified in State'

Karnataka&rsquo;s Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has wasted Rs 54.53 crore by entrusting to a private company the computerisation project to digitise the data collected through a house-to-house survey and issue computerised ration cards to the eligible families.

CAG unearths wastage in ration card project

Fourteen Pakistani fishermen were apprehended on Monday for illegally entering Indian territory and two boats seized near Jakhau coast in Kutch district on Monday, Indian Coast Guard officials said.

14 Pak fishermen held off Gujarat coast

The restaurants and bars in Jharkhand have started indefinite strike in the state from Sunday in protest against the system that doubles the amount of money needed by establishments to annually renew their licence.

Restaurants, bars in Jharkhand on strike

Directors of AMRI Hospital Manish Goenka and Ravi Todi were on Monday granted bail by the Calcutta High Court in connection with the December 9 hospital fire that killed 90 persons, mostly patients.

Two more AMRI directors get bail

Cochin port has achieved a 12 per cent growth in cargo handling for the financial year 2011-12 to touch the 20-million mark in one year for the first time.

Cochin port cargo handling up 12%

Kerala State Co-operative Consumers Federation Limited (Consumerfed) on Monday announced the launch of India&rsquo;s first non-subsidised cooperative public distribution system - Nanma- under which 10 essential commodities including rice, sugar and coconut oil, will be sold at 20 per cent discount throughout the year.

Nanma stores for essential commodities launched

The Ayush park will come up on 20 acres with an investment of Rs 18 crore in the 10,000 acre LKH. It is expected to attract Rs 125 crore investment from medical players across the country and create income opportunity for 5,000 farmers in the district.

Ayurvedic park at Lepakshi Hub 

The Orissa government has bagged the &lsquo;Gold Icon Award&rsquo; under the &lsquo;Best Government Portal&rsquo; category at the National Awards for e-governance for 2011-12, organized recently by the department of administrative reforms and public grievances under Government of India. The portal adopted by the Orissa government is based on Oracle Fusion Middleware including Oracle Webcenter and Oracle WebLogic server. &ldquo;I would like to congratulate the Orissa government for winning this coveted recognition and I am delighted that Oracle was able to support them in this endeavour,&rdquo; Bikram Bedi, Vice President, Oracle Fusion Middleware (Oracle India) said in a release.

Orissa govt portal bags Gold Icon award

The Orissa government has paid interest to the tune of Rs 20,694.50 crore during 2005-06 to 2011-12 on loans taken by it from Government of India (GoI) and other institutions as its debt burden has mounted to Rs 38,090.61 crore by the end of 2011-12.
&ldquo;The state government has paid interest of Rs 3,697.10 crore in 2005-06, Rs 3,188.43 crore in 2006-07, Rs 3,169.48 crore in 2007-08, Rs 2,889.81 crore in 2008-09, Rs 3,044.17 crore in 2009-10, Rs 3061.46 crore in 2010-11 and Rs 1,644.05

State pays Rs 20,694 cr interest on loans in last 7 yrs

The Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry appointed by Government of India to probe illegal mining in states, is set to visit Orissa yet again later this month.

Shah Commission to visit Orissa again

In the backdrop of bumper wheat production estimates of over 30 million tonnes (mt), the wheat procurement season started in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

Amid bumper wheat output, UP's wheat procurement begins

Dues from electricity consumers have mounted to over Rs 6,000 crore in Karnataka, a latest CAG report has revealed.

Dues from power consumers top Rs 6,000 cr: CAG

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