Inaugurating a combined daily service between Singapore and Kolkata by Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its regional wing SilkAir, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the investors from Singapore to invest in different sectors in the state.

Mamata invites investors from Singapore

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In view of the 'crop holiday' by paddy farmers in East Godavari district, chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy today asked the district collector to enumerate the labourers in the affected areas who need alternative employment.

Govt to enumerate jobless farm labour in East Godavari

Hyderabad-headquartered planetwildlife.com, a fully integrated wildlife travel portal, is planning to raise $ 5 million (Rs 22.29 crore) from private equity players this financial year.

Planetwildlife to raise Rs 22cr

Traders across Jharkhand have stopped lifting foodgrains coming from nearby states in protest against imposition of VAT on branded food items.

Jharkhand traders stopped lifting foodgrains from outside states against VAT on branded food items

Siva Sivani Institute of Management (SSIM), a Secunderabad-based autonomous business school, on Monday announced plans to achieve the &lsquo;deemed university&rsquo; status within five years.

Siva Sivani sets its sights on deemed varsity status

Convenor of NGO Samaja Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) S R Hiremath said former CM and Lok Sabha member N Dharama Singh too should be prosecuted for his role in the illegal mining in Karnataka.

Prosecute Dharam Singh: NGO

MIC Electronics Limited, a Hyderabad-based manufacturer of LED (light-emitting diode) lighting and display systems, is readying itself to take a plunge into the fast-growing LED lighting retail segment, though in a small way to start with, according to chairman and managing director MV Ramana Rao.

MIC Electronics set to enter retail Biz

Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said the court was being used as a tool to achieve political gains.

Case a tool to achieve political gains: Jagan counsel

Chevrolet Beat, a small car from General Motors specifically designed for the Indian market, is now available in a diesel version, in addition to petrol and LPG.

Beat diesel, now in AP

Financial Services provider India Infoline (IIFL) is planning to enter the educational loan segment by this financial year.

IIFL to enter educational loan segment

Infosys, the country's second largest software services provider, is planning to expand its Pocharam campus, situated on the Hyderabad-Warangal road, to 25,000 employees in two phases (14,000 in Phase-I and 11,000 in Phase-II). Already 4,000 employees of Infosys are working at this campus, while 19,000 employees work out of its Gachibowli facility.

Infosys to hire 25,000 staff

The BSE SME Exchange, which is likely to kick-start its operation from September this year, expects to list 1 million potential small and medium enterprises.

BSE SME Exchange eyes 1 mn listings

The Orissa government has presented a Rs 1,200 crore infrastructure plan to the Government of India (GoI) for providing road and rail connectivity for the minor ports coming up along the Orissa coast.

Rs 1,200 cr connectivity plan for minor ports

Cabinet approves new law, allows farmland for other use.

Uttarakhand's farm policy to ensure food security

The State Cabinet on Tuesday approved the inclusion of the Centrally sponsored Mid-Day Meal programme under the department of school &amp; mass education. The programme was earlier handled by the women &amp; child development department.

MDM programme shifted to school & mass education dept

Within a week of witnessing a massive labour unrest, the Essar Steel project near Paradip on Tuesday faced yet another agitation by the land losers who staged demonstration in front of the project office and locked its main gate demanding fulfillment of their eight-point charter of demands.

Land losers lock Essar Steel project gate

RBI, in its quarterly monetary policy last week, hiked the key repo and reverse repo rates by 50 basis points respectively. Banks are expected to follow the suit.

RBI rate hikes hit real estate industry

By embracing alliance politics, muddying the lines between party and the government and cleverly utilising Sun TV, this veteran party keeps itself alive.

Don't count the DMK out

In order to make land allotment easier for industrial houses, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday altered its land allotment policy.

Industry shield in MP land act

Even as Indian banking industry is faced with sluggish growth in low cost deposits, public sector Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched a pan-India campaign to augment its Current and Savings Account (CASA) deposits.

PNB launches low-cost deposits to boost growth

Two projects of Rs 2,000-cr investment in private hands.

Uttar Pradesh takes PPP route to build highways

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