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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For a Rs 500 crore-plus company specialising in just five major products, to chart a course of becoming an 'Intel Inside' of the global pharmaceutical industry there has to be a different genetic make up in its core competence apart from having a business model that promises the sky. C Krishna Prasad, managing director of Hyderabad-based Granules India Limited, tells B Dasarath Reddy that the company has it all and it is just a matter of gradual progression.

We want 30-40 per cent global market share in every product we make: C Krishna Prasad

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) reached another milestone by crossing a business level of Rs 10000 crore.

KVGB biz crosses Rs 10,000 crore

The Municipal Corporation of Vijayawada presented its 2012-13 annual budget for Rs 1084.72 crore as against Rs 1,903.66 crore in 2011-12. It projected Rs 639.72 crore from the central government through various schemes being implemented now.

Rs 1,084.72 cr budget for Vijayawada

Honda Siel Cars India Ltd (HSCI), a joint venture between Honda Motor Company of Japan and Siel Limited of India, which had seen a worst year in terms of production in India in 2011-12, is looking at doubling its sales for the year 2012-13. It is likely to close the current fiscal with sales of about 50,000 units, a decline of about 17 per cent over the last year.

Honda Siel aims to double car sales 

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 AN Yallappa Reddy was the conservator of forests (Canara and Research) and GV Sugur was Deputy Conservator of Forests (Research) 22 years ago.

Kappatagudda's medicinal forest ambition, long way ahead

Even as the Punjab government has shown unpreparedness to make direct payment to farmers for foodgrains procured for the Central pool despite direction, the farming community feels the union government&rsquo;s decision is in the favour of the community.

Punjab farmers want direct payment for produce

The domestic olive oil segment is growing by about 50 per cent per annum and the growth rate is expected to increase further.

Domestic olive oil industry growing by 50%

The Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll campaigning for penultimate phase six voting on Tuesday ended on a pleasant and sunny day this evening.

UP poll campaigning for penultimate phase ends

An assurance given by union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for setting up 400-500 small hydel projects with a capacity of 4,000 Mw in Uttarakhand has come as a surprise for many in view of environmental and religious concerns.

Shinde's assurance for small hydel projects 'surprising'

The Opposition CPI(M) in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday lashed out at the state&rsquo;s education regulator for &ldquo;becoming a proxy body&rdquo; of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and his BJP government.

Himachal education regulator is Dhumal's rubber stamp: CPM

The state Department of Energy has asked independent power producers (IPPs) such as Sterlite Energy and Arati Steel to start contributing to the Environment Management Fund, which will be utilized in protecting environment and curbing carbon emission.

State asks Sterlite, Arati Steel to contribute to climate fund

The Karnataka government is wooing investments from West Bengal by organising roadshows ahead of the Global Investors Meet 2012 to be held at Bangalore in June.

Karnataka woos investments from West Bengal

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Global beverages and snacks major PepsiCo expects the number of Indian farmers, from whom it sources different produce, to reach 30,000 by the end of next year, up 25 per cent from the existing pool.

PepsiCo eyes 30,000 farmers under collaborative farming by 2013

Delayed by several months, the Rs 4874 crore East-West Metro Corridor Project was on Sunday inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Metro line will connect IT hub Sector V in Salt Lake to Howrah across the river Hooghly.

CM inaugurates East-West Metro project in Kolkata

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has strongly condemned the Jharkhand government for carrying out anti-encroachment drive last year.

NCPCR blames Jharkhand govt for anti-encroachment drive

After a lull in the straining of ties between the two parties, the Congress in West Bengal has said that their &quot;voice does not sustain&quot; in the Trinamool Congress-led government and the party had a &quot;right to grow on its own strength.

Have a right to grow on own strength: WBPCC

The price of goods has increased many folds but the cash payment limit for the traders continues to remain old.

CCCI seeks centre's help to increase  cash payment limit

Thirteen people were injured on Sunday after police lathicharged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse stone-pelting villagers protesting the completion of a steel plant's boundary wall here, officials said. The villagers of Purushottampur, from whom land had been acquired in 2007 for IISCO Steel Plant's modernisation and expansion, were demanding jobs while objecting to the completion of the boundary wall.

Police, villagers clash over steel plant expansion

Worried over the slow pace of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) work and the possibility of the Centre's flagship scheme missing its target for completion by March 2012, the Orissa government has sought intervention of the Union ministry of power to speed up project execution.

Orissa seeks Centre's intervention to speed up RGGVY work

Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) has signed Rs 60 lakh contract with Deccan Chargers team for two matches of Indian Premium League 2012 that starts on April 4. The matches will be played on April 19 and 22 at Cuttack Barbati stadium.

OCA signs IPL contract for Rs 60 lakh

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