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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The state government found itself in a quandary in the assembly over alleged irregularities in leasing out of land to industries as the Opposition created a ruckus on the matter, accusing the government of land grabbing from innocent people.

Orissa govt in quandary over irregularities in land allotment

Business Standard

Autorickshaw strike and transportation blockades by auto-drivers demanding a rollback of hike in auto LPG price brought the city to a standstill on Tuesday.

Autodrivers protest over LPG price hike

Rail traffic was disrupted in Punjab after workers of the BJP Kisan Morcha stopped trains at several places in the state demanding a bonus for farmers and implementation of the M S Swaminathan report.

BJP Kisan Morcha protest hits rail traffic in Punjab

Nabard has sanctioned Rs 144.49 crore to the Punjab government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF-XVII) for two projects. The first project for "Construction of seven Rural Roads in six districts" of the state has a total financial outlay of Rs 82.73 crore and RIDF loan of Rs 66.17 crore.

Nabard sanctions infra projects to Punjab govt

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a deal, believed to be valued around Rs 100 crore, to launch an 800 kg satellite of Astrium SAS, a company under EADS, France.

ISRO bags Rs 100 cr deal from French firm

The tour operators and the hoteliers in Orissa feared the tourism sector in the state would be severely hit following the imposition of ban on entry of foreign tourists into two south Orissa districts-Koraput and Rayagada.

Entry ban on foreigners to hit tourism in south Orissa

HCL founder and chairman Shiv Nadar has waxed eloquent about the scheme of Uttar Pradesh government to distribute tablets and laptops to students passing standard X and XII respectively.

HCL founder lauds UP's scheme of free laptop, tablet

The government-owned State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (Sidcul) has approved plans to form joint venture (JV) with Container Corporation of India Ltd (Concor) to develop two logistic hubs in the hill state with an estimated investments of Rs 300 crore.

Sidcul board approves plans of joint venture with Concor

The revenue surplus of Paradip Port Trust (PPT), the lone major port of the state, has slumped for the second consecutive year on the back of lower iron ore and coking coal traffic earnings.

PPT profit dips 15% as iron ore, coal traffic contracts

Govt in quandary over irregularities in land allotment

Resource mobilisation drive launched by the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has begun to yield a rich bonanza.

Tax bonanza for Mysore civic body

Nabard&rsquo;s financial assistance for supporting agriculture, rural development and rural infrastructure development in Gujarat touched Rs 4340 crore during the financial year 2011-12 as against Rs 2894 crore in 2010-11.
The aid comprises Rs 3270 crore refinance support to banks for expanding farm and non-farm sector loans, Rs 780 crore loan to Government of Gujarat under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund [RIDF], Rs 205 crore direct finance to District Co-operative banks, Rs 69 crore

Nabard's financial assistance to Guj up 50%

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.

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

South Central Railway (SCR) has achieved gross earnings of Rs 8,194 crore with an additional incremental earnings of Rs 846.30 crore for the financial year ending March 2012, as against Rs 7,348 crore last year, posting a growth rate of 11.5 per cent.

SCR gross earnings up 11.5%

The Sharad Rao-led autorickshaw union on Wednesdayday announced that 7.5 lakh autos will launch an indefinite state-wide agitation from April 16 for their demands, which include hike in the minimum fare.

7.5 lakh autos in Maha to be off road

Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has ruled that IPS officer Rahul Sharma was charge-sheeted with regard to missing CD of phone-call records relating to the 2002 riots period only on the basis of his deposition before the Nanavati Commission. CAT has also stayed the proceedings against Sharma.

CAT relief for Gujarat IPS officer Rahul Sharma

The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) has surprised many by naming just two prominent companies of Hyderabad &mdash; Aurobindo Pharma and Hetero Drugs &mdash;in its much-awaited chargesheet against Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the alleged quid pro quo investments made into the latter&rsquo;s firms by them. Only last August, the CBI in its FIR had named 71 firms and individuals linking them to Jagan.

CBI may name more companies in supplementary chargesheets

Adaptation of Irrigated Agriculture to Climate Change, a multi-disciplinary Indo-French research project in the fields of agronomy, hydrology and economics, started at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

Agri research project at IISc

The state energy minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak demanded that Centre should provide subsidy to power distributing companies (discoms) for buying costlier solar power, otherwise consumers in the state would be burdened with higher electricity bills.

Orissa demands subsidy for discoms to buy solar power

Over 26,000 locals have been employed by 34 out of the 95 MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed companies that have begun either partial or full scale production from their projects in the state.

MoU signed industries create over 26,000 jobs in Orissa

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