Discussions were held with Deputy commissioner Rame Gowda and other officials, who briefed the principal secretary of the heavy rush at the present registration centres.

Mysore gears up for better cash transfer coverage

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Ahmedabad-based Cera Sanitaryware Limited will be making a capital expenditure of Rs 150 crore in its manufacturing capacities in two to three years, according to chairman and managing director Vikram Somany.

Cera Sanitaryware plans Rs  150-cr expansion

Amid uncertainty over its fate due to resignation of party MLAs loyal to B S Yeddyurappa, the BJP government is bracing itself to face the crucial budget session tomorrow, the last one of the 13th assembly term.

Karnataka budget session today

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Reliance on the advice of family and friends is the most persuasive source for new product information after in-store discovery and the internet, says a Nielsen study (Click on graphic)

New product awareness

    This privately held MNC is known to be most insular and secretive. It claims 200 million consumer transactions a day. Its owners (who are part of the board and management team) though officially called associates by its employees are also known as Martians.

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Reliance rediscovers voice

In a direct fallout of the depleted natural gas supplies from the K-G basin, the Andhra Pradesh power utilities have proposed to spend Rs 6,008 crore to buy power produced by the gas-based plants using reqasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) at around Rs 10 per unit in the next financial year.They would spend this amount just in the fourth quarter of the next fiscal as the LNG supplies are expected to be available along the AP coast only towards the end of the current calendar year.Cashing in on the natural gas scarcity, several players, including Petronet LNG Limited, have planned to set up land-based as well as floating LNG terminals to supply RLNG for power and industrial projects on the east coast, a bulk of them in AP. GAIL Limited earlier said it was planning to begin supplies of LNG along the AP coast by December, 2013.The utilities have proposed to purchase 6,008 million units of RLNG-based power, which accounts for just 5.80 per cent of tota

Discoms earmark Rs 6,008 cr to buy RLNG-based power next fiscal

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U R Rao is being honoured by Society of Satellite Professionals International by inducting him as a Member of highly prestigious â€˜Satellite Hall of Fameâ€™, Washington

Former ISRO chief in elite club

Official from Indian Bureau of Mines says social concerns and a sustainable growth structure is required for the industry

Don't do mining at the cost of environment, says expert

Seeks Rahul Gandhiâ€™s intervention to overturn the Odisha govtâ€™s plan to allocate alternate sources of bauxite to the project

Tribals oppose alternate mine to Vedanta

Urges party members to apprise people on the welfare measures of Centre

Naveen govt claiming Centre's funds as its own: Rahul

State govt presents budget for agriculture with an outlay of Rs 7,161.84 cr for 2013-14

Doles to farmers in first agri-budget of Odisha

A separate booklet on outlay for the agriculture sector marked the highlight of the Odisha budget for 2012-13 which, otherwise, was replete with slew of proposals for various target groups keeping an eye on the ensuing elections in the state.The assembly elections are due in early 2014 and this may be the last budget in the current third term of the Naveen Patnaik government in the state. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik later told newsmen, â€œIn the history of Odisha Budget, it is for the first time that we have placed a separate agriculture budget. In this budget, we have given emphasis on agriculture & allied sectors.â€Besides agriculture, the budget stressed on infrastructure development, social security, healthcare and education.Some of the people-centric schemes of the government which received significant allocations included Mo Kudia scheme (Rs  100 crore), Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana (Rs  225 crore), Biju KBK Yojana (Rs  120 crore), Social securi

Separate agriculture budget for Odisha

However, per capita income of the state is still one of the lowest in country

Bihar grew at an annual rate of almost 12% in last plan period

The first such expo in entire North Eastern region, over 300 participants to take part

Assam to host 'Agri-Horti Expo' in Guwahati

Of the 10 blocks, seven were allotted to pvt firms, two for public sector and one block was allotted to JV of pvt-public understanding

Production halted at 10 coal blocks in Chhattisgarh

In a bid to prevent female foeticide, a private hospital has been waiving off the entire maternity charges whenever a girl-child is born. Dr Ganesh Rak, who runs the general and maternity hospital at Hadapsar near here, celebrates birth of a girl child by waiving the entire hospitalisation bill.

Pune hospital waives maternity charges whenever a girl is born

With its recently launched division 'Build-A-Bazaar', Ahmedabad-based leading e-commerce firm Infibeam.com looks to create rural-urban linkages that the company expects will benefit farmers in the state.

Infibeam's Buildabazaar to link rural products to major products

The company looks to jointly manufacture transit mixers for Indian market

Japan's KYB Corp picks up 50% stake in Conmat Systems

Dubs as 'undemocratic' the Mamata Banerjee govt's threat to foil two-strike called by trade unions from tomorrow

CPI(M) deprecates Mamata's warning

Amul is the largest recruiter, picks up 17 candidates

Godrej, Infosys, Mahindra debut at IRMA placement

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