A recent trend of shortage of labour in Punjab has gifted multinational firms in the harvesting sector the prospect of exploring business possibilities in the state which is considered as the country&rsquo;s granary. Global conglomerates like Germany&rsquo;s Claas and America&rsquo;s Deere &amp; Company have set up operations in the state, having sensed Punjab to be the largest market for combines harvester in India.

MNCs eye harvester market space in Punjab

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Microsoft is gearing up to support more languages through Project Bhasha, an initiative aimed at accelerating local language computing in India, according to Meghashyam Karanam, product marketing manager (vision and localisation), Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft to add more languages to Project Bhasha

The Punjab National Bank (PNB), India&rsquo;s second largest bank, has done a business of Rs 14500 crore till December, 2011, registering a growth year-on-year growth of 24 per cent in Uttarakhand.

PNB shows 24% growth in Uttarakhand

Facilitating a higher role for the private sector to ensure reasonable returns to farmers will make Indian agriculture sustainable, said industry and government representatives at a seminar.

'Pvt sector should have a bigger role in agriculture'

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST-Climate Change Programme) have launched Centre of Excellence on Climate Change Research for Plant Protection (CoE-CCRPP) at the institute's headquarters at Patancheru on the city outskirts.

Research on climate change at Icrisat

&ldquo;There were about 40,000 passports pending till last year, of which 20,000 are closed due to no response from the applicants. And the rest 20,000 applications, we are trying to close by the end of March this year,&rdquo; K Srikar Reddy, regional passport officer (Hyderabad), said.

RPO-Hyd  to clear 20,000 passports by March-end

Keeping in view the expansion plan of Orissa Power Generation Corporation (OPGC), which is going to add 1320 MW (2x660) to its Ib valley power station, the state government has requested the Ministry of Coal for a tapering linkage.

State seeks coal linkage for OPGC

Lenders of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd on Monday met state Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee to discuss ways and means on how to prop up the ailing company.

HPL lenders meet WB govt

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People of rural Orissa now have a reason to smile as Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), a navratna PSU, is likely to complete rural electrification of 12 districts under the Centrally sponsored Rajeev Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).

PGCIL to complete RGGVY work in state by March

The state-run Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC), Ranchi, has made a breakthrough in manufacturing a CNC deep hole boring machine indigenously at its heavy machine tools plant (HMTP) for the ordinance factory at Kanpur for making cannon barrels.

HEC makes breakthrough in cannon barrel manufacturing

As the Budget session of the state assembly starts on Tuesday, the battlelines seem to have been drawn with the Opposition Congress and BJP ready to take the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) head on over contentious issues including the Pipili ganagrape case and more recently the liquor tragedy that has claimed 37 lives.

Budget session begins today

At least twenty persons were injured at the Paradip plant of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) as a silo shed for storage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) collapsed this morning.

20 injured as DAP silo of IFFCO unit collapses

Over half the contractual period of six years lapsed, the project to remodel, manage and maintain Mysore&rsquo;s water supply system by JUSCO continues in run in troubled waters.

JUSCO Mysore project continues to draw flak

The Union Government would review progress of the infrastructure development works in the Naxal-infested pockets of the country on Wednesday.

Centre to review development work  in Naxal pockets of Chhattisgarh

Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said it would oppose the &quot;politically motivated&quot; countrywide industrial strike called by the trade unions on February 28. &quot;It is a politically motivated strike. We will oppose it democratically and in a peaceful manner,&quot; TMC leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industries Minister, Partha Chatterjee told reporters. He said party workers would take out processions and campaigns against the strike on the day. Chatterjee said the strike was aimed at &quot;disturbing the ongoing examination schedule, the industrial climate and stalling normal life&quot;. The CPI(M)'s &quot;bandh culture&quot; had shattered the state's economy in the last 34 years, he said, adding the new government reeling under an acute financial crisis and trying to rebuild the state, would not allow development to be stalled.

TMC to oppose 28 February industrial strike

The real estate players are all ears to the upcoming union budget, as all of them are anticipating measures that would trigger a growth in the sector.

Realtors hope Budget to make business briskier

The industry in Uttar Pradesh has suggested an amnesty scheme for unaccounted/black money stashed in foreign banks.

UP industry suggests amnesty for black money

Just as the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election has crossed the halfway mark, the poll battle has come to the arid zone of Bundelkhand and the domain of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Etawah and neighbouring districts.

UP Assembly elections battle comes to arid Bundelkhand

Dairy and dairy products manufacturer Hatsun Agro Product Ltd will roll out a new brand, Ibaco, to sell ice-cream in scoops through exclusive premium outlets. &ldquo;We expect to have 70 outlets for Ibaco in Tamil Nadu by March 31, 2012. We are entering into a segment where there is no competition, in the premium segment,&rdquo; said Prasanna Venkatesh, head &ndash; marketing, Hatsun Agro Product Ltd.

Hatsun Agro to launch new brand for ice-creams

Hyderabad-based real estate company My Home Constructions is planning to build a 450-apartment residential complex at Hitec City here with an investment of Rs 500 crore.

My Home plans Rs 500 cr project in Hyderabad

The Reserve Bank of India, India&rsquo;s central bank, turned in an income of Rs 37,070 crore ($8.2 billion) last year and passed on Rs 15,009 crore ($3.5 billion) to the Government, its owner. Well, what if the RBI were listed? Well, it&rsquo;s not improbable. The Swiss National Bank, the central bank of Switzerland is 55 per cent owned by public institutions while the remaining 45 are traded in the stock market.

India's hottest stock?

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