West Bengal Minister for Micro and Small Industries Manas Bhuniya on Wednesday asked banks to step up lending to the textiles sector in the state.

Bhuniya asks banks to step up lending to textile sector in WB

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In a bid to woo investors in automotive components manufacturing, the state industries department is mulling to come out with a dedicated policy for the sector.

Policy for auto component manufacturing on anvil

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In the first of its kind initiative in the country, Gharbari.com, an online property portal, will bring in a builder-rating system for the developers, a move expected to increase the efficiency and transparency of the players in the real estate sector based on the feedback of the existing customers.

Online rating system for realty developers

The Orissa government is implementing 10 externally aided projects (EAPs) worth Rs 5,900 crore funded by World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Orissa executing 10 EAPs worth Rs 5,900 cr

Sugarcane farmers in south Orissa&rsquo;s Ganjam district fear huge loss due to stoppage of crushing at the Aska Cooperative Sugar Industries Limited (ASIL) where a mishap claimed three lives last week.

Sugarcane farmers fear loss due to factory mishap

Dhirubhai Ambani's memorial that has been developed by Ambani family at Chorwad town in Junagadh district of Gujarat, will be thrown open for public on Friday by Kokilaben Ambani.

Dhirubhai's memorial to be opened for public

In a reprieve for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition for summoning him to the Nanavati Commission for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots, observing there was no substance in the plea.

HC rejects plea for questioning Modi by Nanavati

Somany Ceramics Limited, one of the leading ceramic tile makers in India, has formed a marketing and distribution alliance with Italy's IRIS Ceramiche and Fiorano Modenese-MO (FMG), which belongs to GranitiFiandre Group (Castellarano-RE).

Somany Ceramics partners with Fiandre Group

Top leaders of the ruling Congress-NCP combine in Maharashtra are engaged in a full-blown verbal slug-fest, amid the campaigning for local bodies polls this month.

Cong, NCP in Maharashtra in war of words

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati hit the Uttar Pradesh assembly poll trail on Wednesday, a week ahead of the first phase of elections spanning seven phases and ending on March 3.
The campaign has sparked interest among the voters and analysts alike, as Gandhi, who is also chairperson of the UPA at the Centre, and Mayawati, who is UP chief minister, have a certain charisma and verbal firepower which their respective parties believe would boost their

Sonia, Maya add heat to UP

Punjab&rsquo;s sugar production touched 15.4 lakh quintals as on January 15. The crushing season is in progress and the 16 suagr mills in the state are likley to produce 30.70 lakh quintals in the current crushing season which would last till mid March this year.

Punjab's sugar output may go up by 1.66%

Two top scientists on Thursday slammed the blacklisting of former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three others over the Antrix-Devas deal and demanded that reports of two expert committees on the issue be made public. They also warned that such action being taken without giving the scientists a fair hearing would impact on the decision-making process at ISRO and the country&rsquo;s space programmes.

Scientists slam blacklisting of Nair and three others

Hinduja Group firm Defiance Technologies is planning to tie up with a French IT company to offer design and engineering solutions through cloud platform. It would also finalise an acquisition in the US or Europe in 2012-13, said a senior executive from the company.

Defiance in talks with Dassault for  cloud solution

Seeking to mount pressure on the BJP central leadership, a group of party MLAs loyal to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday launched a signature campaign to press their demand for a &lsquo;suitable position&rsquo; for their leader.

BSY loyalists starts signature campaign

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has fixed February 22 for hearing the appeal challenging environmental clearance granted to the Posco&rsquo;s mega steel project in Orissa.

Posco hearing at Green Tribunal on Feb 22

N R Mohanty, general manager (smelter), National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), Angul has been appointed as the director (projects &amp; technical) of the company on retirement of P K Padhi from February 1. Mohanty, a graduate in mechanical engineering from National Institute of Rourkela in 1980, started his career from Larsen &amp; Toubro (L&amp;T).

Nalco gets new director

Apollo Hospitals, the country&rsquo;s biggest healthcare chain, is planning to set up a hospital in Kerala with an investment of around Rs 150 crore, said chairman Pratap C Reddy.

Apollo plans Rs 150 cr hospital in Kerala

Hinduja group company, Ashok Leyland, has reported a 55.8 per cent growth in net profit to Rs 67 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2011, as compared with Rs 43 crore during the same period a year ago. Revenues rose 29.3 per cent to Rs 2,880 crore from Rs 2,227 crore.

Ashok Leyland Q3 net up 56%

Scientists have discovered a cultivable fungus that is found to posses the powers to increase the growth and productivity of vegetables in the hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh. The mycorrhiza-like micro organism, called piriformospora indica (PFSI), can boost the yield of vegetables including cauliflower, capsicum and tomato, according to K S Bains, director general of Amity University, Noida.

Fungus boosts veg crop

Japanese construction equipment manufacturer Kobelco Cranes commenced commercial production at its plant in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.

Kobelco starts production at AP crane plant

Serene Retirement Community, the senior care venture of Coimbatore-based Covai Property Centre Limited, is planning to invest Rs 150 crore to set up a gated community villa project &ndash; Serene Pragati &ndash; in partnership with city-based Pragati Group of Companies.

Covai to invest Rs 150 cr in Hyderabad

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