In spite of a slew of initiatives by the West Bengal government to increase tax collection, the state is likely to miss the projected revenue growth.

WB govt to miss projected revenue growth

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The Orissa government has decided to file an objection petition at the revision tribunal of the Union mines ministry, which had last month stayed the state government's order of imposing Rs 6 crore penalty on JSL Stainless Ltd.

Orissa files objection petition in JSL mining case

Rampant illegal mining and increased naxal violence in the state have taken a toll on the forest cover in the state.

Mining, naxal activities take toll on state forest cover

Alleging that incidents of farmers committing suicide in West Bengal are on the rise, the CPI(M) today demanded that &quot;proper compensation&quot; be given to their families. &quot;Altogether 32 farmers committed suicide in the state. The situation is grave, peasants can't sell paddy. They are not getting work. The incidents of farmers committing suicide in the state are on the rise,&quot; CPI(M) central committee member Shymal Chakrabarty said.

Farmer suicides on the rise in WB: CPI(M)

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US-based manufacturer of medical devices and supplies, diagnostic imaging agents and pharmaceuticals, Covidien, opened its first research and development (R&amp;D) centre in India, and its 25th globally, at Hyderabad on Thursday.

Covidien sets up R&D centre

Burdened with as many as 16 portfolios, Karnataka chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Thursday said he proposed to expand his ministry &lsquo;shortly&rsquo; and would seek the party central leadership&rsquo;s nod for the exercise.

Karnataka CM to expand ministry soon

The Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) has obtained approval from the Centre to set up a special economic zone for IT/ITeS at the Kinfra Film and Video Park at Kazhakuttam, near Thiruvananthapuram.

Kinfra gets nod for IT/ITeS SEZ

The AP high court on Thursday quashed the earlier ruling in favour of preliminary CBI inquiry against former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu issued by the previous bench on Nov 14 last year. The division bench comprising Justice Rohini and Justice Ashutosh Mehta, while passing the final order on a vacate petition filed by Naidu against the earlier order said, the orders were issued against the principles of natural justice.

HC reverses order on Naidu

The Himachal cabinet released revised (double) house rent allowance (HRA) for employees of the state government from next month.

Double HRA for Himachal employees

The sugar production in Uttar Pradesh has exceeded 4.5 million tonnes (MT), which is 13 per cent higher compared to similar period last year.

UP sugar output rises 13%, exceeds 4.5 mn tonnes

With China spreading its tentacles in Tibet fearing unrest, the Indian army is moving swiftly to increase its presence in the border state of Uttarakhand and construct 13 new helipads.

Army to step up vigil in Uttarakhand

If lucre is the motivation behind dealing with land, then they have realised that selling the plot off brings bigger money that using it for their traditional occuption of agriculture. For, Punjab&rsquo;s farmers living close to the state&rsquo;s capital have for a while now maintained that farming on their land has not exactly been a financially tempting activity.

Land sales alter fortunes of Punjab's border farmers

Embassy Group, Bangalore-based real estate developer, is close to embarking on a massive 80 million square feet of integrated township development worth in the range of Rs 3,000 crore. The company which has accumulated land close to 300 acres over the years, near the Bangalore International Airport (BIA) is understood to be in talks with various players to raise equity for the project.

Embassy may tap equity for Rs 3,000 cr project

Duron Energy Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of US-based Distributed World Power, a maker of affordable off-grid solar energy solutions, is looking to raise up to $10 million (about Rs 50 crore) venture capital to fund its expansion in India.

Duron Energy plans expansion in India

With Kappatagudda in Gadag district facing serious threat from illegal mining lobby and frequent incidents of &lsquo;accidental&rsquo; fire, the need to protect the medicinal and aromatic plants is becoming crucial than ever. The state government had promised to transform Kappatagudda into a medicinal forest and keep constant vigil against the intruders. However not much has been done to make the place a medicinal plant conservation area as proposed by the department of forest. The department had sent a proposal seeking declaration of the area as a medicinal plant conservation area when A N Yallappa Reddy was the conservator of forests (Canara and Research) and G V Sugur was Deputy Conservator of Forests (Research) 22 years ago.

Kappatagudda's medicinal forest ambition, long way ahead

With investments being lined up for port expansions and new port projects along Gujarat coast, Terex India, an Indian arm of US-based Terex Corporation has set its focus on material handling and port solutions for Gujarat ports. The company is likely to initiate talks with port operators in Gujarat to supply large to small sized cranes for applications in port operations.

Terex sets eyes on port solutions for Gujarat market

With demand for market research rising by 25-30 per cent from sectors like healthcare, auto and technology, Ahmedabad-based Azure Knowledge Corporation is looking to expand its focus on the vertical.

Azure to enhance market research

The State Budget for 2012-13 may witness hike in base VAT (value added tax) rate from four per cent to five per cent, taking cue from neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh which have already raised the VAT rate.

State Budget may raise base VAT rate to 5%

Stating that the port is constantly sharing all export related data including names of exporters, year-wise exports, destination wise exports, quantity of iron ore fines exported along with FOB (free on board) value of exported quantity, the port officials have requested the state government to lift restriction on exports.

Gangavaram port urges Orissa to lift suspension on iron ore exports

Even as it triples its channel partners in India, US-based SugarCRM is in talks with Ahmedabad-based Claris Lifesciences for offering customer relationship management (CRM) software. One of the leading providers of open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, SugarCRM already offers such services for city-based manufacturing company Neptune.

SugarCRM in talks with Claris

Dharwad will play host to a Regional Science Centre at the Karnatak University premises which has been set up by the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM).

Regional Science Centre at Dharwad varsity

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