The World Bank will be assisting the Assam government in improving public service delivery and governance of government departments

World Bank to assist Assam in public service delivery

BS Reporter

State govt has already conveyed its willingness to provide land free of cost and share cost of construction of the projects on 50:50 basis

Karnataka urges Railways to sanction 11 projects

Press Trust of India

In an order that could impact entire Coal India Limited (CIL), a two-judge bench of Orissa High Court has directed the Central chief labour commissioner to verify the membership claims of working trade unions in Mahanadi Coalfield Limited, a subsidiary of CIL through secret ballot.

HC directs secret ballot to verify trade union membership in MCL

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The Ahmedabad-based drug maker Cadila Pharmaceuticals on Monday said its Ethiopian joint venture has become the first pharmaceutical company to bag the current Good Manufacturing Practises (cGMP) certificate.

Cadila's Ethiopian arm bags cGMP certificate

Edelweiss Housing Finance Ltd (EHFL), the housing finance arm of Edelweiss Group, has launched its operations in Pune and by 2015 is targeting a loan book of Rs 1000 crore from the city.

Edelweiss Housing eyes Rs 1000 cr loan biz

The lacklustre approach of the urban local bodies in the state in managing solid waste coupled with the lack of effective measures to curb water pollution has pushed down Orissa to the 11th slot on the Environmental Performance Index prepared by the Planning Commission.

Urban Development & Housing dept rapped for poor waste management

This raises concerns about the efficacy of the recently introduced corporate governance norms, which are aimed at increasing the diversity in the director pool, it says.

Small group of industrialists control 66% mkt cap of NSE cos: study by IIMs

Prices expected to remain stable for coming months.

Kolkata property prices move up

Central govt had levied a 10% excise duty on branded garments this year.

Discounts unlikely to arrest fall in apparel demand

The Centre and the state governments must allow certified Chartered Accountants to audit the financial expenses of social welfare schemes and cooperative societies, said G Ramaswamy, president, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

CAs should audit social welfare schemes: ICAI

Symbiosis International University (SIU) has selected SunGard Higher Education, a provider of higher education software and technology services, to help develop and maintain global standards of excellence in teaching and learning.

Symbiosis-SunGard tie up for technology services

Staff Selection Commission (SSSC). But the former DGP had offered to quit the post owing to inordinate delay in the appointment of members of the commission and framing the rules of recruitment.

Jharkhand to outsource recruitment

IDBI Bank is planning to float an infrastructure debt fund soon for funding projects in the country.

IDBI Bank plans infrastructure debt fund

To overcome the problem of labour shortage, which has been &ldquo;pinching&rdquo; it hard of late, the tea industry of Assam will soon knock the doors of IIT-Guwahati to help it introduce more mechanisations into its activities.

Tea industry to seek IIT-G help to overcome labour shortage

Incessant rains lashing West Bengal caused largescale inundation and affected train service with the weatherman forecasting heavy showers in Gangetic areas.

Heavy rains lashing West Bengal

Four days after he took oath as chief minister of Karnataka, D V Sadananda Gowda on Monday expanded his cabinet with the induction of 21 new ministers drawn from both factions of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Gowda expands cabinet 21 ministers take oath

A Lokayukta court on Monday issued summons to former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and two others to appear before it on August 30 in connection with a complaint against them for the alleged illegal grant of mining licence and land to a private housing society.

Kumaraswamy gets Lokayukta court summons

After setting up skill upgradation centres (SUCs) in the state, Mumbai-based Core Projects and Technologies Limited has bagged a Rs 124 crore computer aided learning (CAL) project from the Gujarat government.

Core Projects bags Rs 124 cr order

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the petition of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) demanding withdrawal of cases pending against it in the Orissa and Calcutta High courts and transferring them to the apex court. The cases relate to the unilateral extension of Kolkata port limits.

SC rejects KoPT petition on withdrawal of cases

Sterlite Energy, which is setting up a 2,400 MW power plant near Jharsuguda in Orissa with Independent Power Producer (IPP) status, is all set to commission its second unit of 600 MW by the end of December this year.

Sterlite Energy to add another 600 MW unit by Dec

Gujarat government-promoted, Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) has registered a net profit of Rs 137.36 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 showing a rise of over 30 per cent over Rs 105.09 crore in the corresponding period last year.

GSPL net up 30%

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