After cancelling the bidding process last year, State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (Sidcul) has now received three new bids for developing logistic hubs in the hill state.

Uttarakhand gets bids for logistic hubs 

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School children in at least 3,000 primary schools of Himachal Pradesh will get filtered water by the end of this year. This was announced by Ravinder Singh Ravi, state irrigation and public health (IPH) minister here.

Jalmani to provide 3,000 HP schools with water filters

Lafarge got a breather on Friday in a litigation related to its proposed project in the western Himalayas as the Himachal Pradesh high court set aside a year-old ruling of the national green court that quashed the environment clearance (EC) the French giant had secured in the hill state to set up a cement plant.

HC validates clearance to Lafarge Mandi plant, but sets a rider

Public sector Canara Bank is eyeing an increase in its business portfolio in Uttar Pradesh to Rs 25,000 crore in the current financial year.

Canara Bank eyes Rs 25,000-cr business portfolio in UP

State-run Maharatna Coal India Ltd (CIL) has posted a 64 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 4,143.92 crore for the first quarter of the financial year ended on June 30, as against Rs 2525.88 crore during the same period of the last financial year.

CIL posts 64 per cent rise in Q1 net profit

Nine out of 19 districts are already severely affected by flood, and the situation is worsening further yet the West Bengal government is hesitant of officially calling the situation &lsquo;flood affected&rsquo;. The state irrigation minister Manas Bhuiyan took shelter in semantics while speaking to media persons today. According to Manas Bhuiyan, &ldquo;Yes, large areas have been inundated, in some places embankments have been breached, but all these have been caused by incessant heavy rain. The root cause of this problem is heavy rain.

Flood affects nine districts in West Bengal

As the government proposes to bring all micro finance institutions (MFIs) under the ambit of the Reserve Bank (RBI), Deputy Governor KC Chakrabarty today said that the central bank needs to get equipped for the regulatory work.

RBI needs to get equipped to regulate MFIs: KC Chakrabarty

Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh will review the implementation of the Centrally-sponsored Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in seven districts of south Orissa including Ganjam on Saturday.

Jairam to review MGNREGA 

With four districts in Orissa- Nuapada, Kalahandi, Bolangir and Angul receiving less than half the normal rainfall, these districts are likely to experience crop damage if situation does not improve over the next few days.

Crop damage likely in four districts

Hyderabad-based three major microfinance institutions- Share Microfin Limited, Asmitha Microfin Limited and Spandana Sphoorty Financials- are likely to be merged.

MFIs Asmitha, Share & Spandana may merge

The lack of a mass rapid transport system and inadequate infrastructure could pose serious problems to the growing population of Bangalore. The present infrastructure network in the city will be inadequate for the projected population of over 10 million by 2030 compared to 8 million presently, a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) said.

Poor infra could be serious threat to growing population, says study

Have no doubts if want to become an entrepreneur. There is a never-ending scope for starting a venture provided you have a strong belief in your ideas and great conviction to work on it. That was the message of many of the entrepreneurs.

'Unconventional ideas become conventional down the line'

The National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011, proposes the conduct of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) before acquisition of land for any project.

Social impact studies must for land acquisition

The extensions spread around Mysore city may turn greener if the proposal of the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) is implemented.

Major efforts being made to green newer areas of Mysore

After setting up three rehabilitation colonies at Trijanga, Sansailo and Gobarghati for relocation of families displaced by its greenfield steel project at Kalinganagar in Jajpur district, Tata Steel has introduced yet another innovative approach to ensure smooth relocation.

Tata Steel developing new R&R site

The flood-like situation in West Bengal's southern districts claimed 15 lives with a fresh death reported today and destroyed more than 26,000 houses as the overall situation there remained serious with the prospect of release of more water by the DVC and the Durgapur barrage.

Flood-like situation claims 15 lives in West Bengal

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After IGiS 1.1 geomapping software, Ahmedabad-based ScanPoint Geomatics Limited (SGL) is set to develop a microwave or radar data processing and geomapping software in association with the Space Application Centre (SAC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

SGL to develop 3D geomapping software

Amidst rising input costs and slowing demand for finished steel products, the Bhavnagar-based steel rolling mills owners are facing tough time to keep their profitability intact. The units have cut down the price of finished steel products including TMT Bars by at least 15 per cent in recent weeks.

Bhavnagar's steel rolling mills in tight spot

A fluctuating cotton and other raw material costs seem to have taken a toll on bottomline of textile companies for the first quarter.

High inventory cost hits bottomline of textile cos

The Adani Group has renewed its efforts to set up a port and port-based industrial cluster, along with a thermal power project, in Andhra Pradesh.

Adani seeks 10K acres from Andhra Pradesh

Ahmedabad-based NG Realty Pvt Ltd has received a green signal from the board of approval (BoA) for special economic zone (SEZ), set up by the union ministry of commerce and industries, for denotification of its engineering SEZ at village Rajoda near Ahmedabad.

NG realty's SEZ gets nod for denotification

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