Uttar Pradesh sugarcane development and sugar industry minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui today directed officials if full dues were not settled by those mills, who had recovery certificates (RC) issued against them, their owners be arrested.

Sugarcane dues: UP sets June 15 deadline for defaulting mills

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The pet project of the previous DMK government in Tamil Nadu, the Kalaignar health insurance scheme, may be scrapped after Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, in his address the 14th Assembly session last week, said, &ldquo;The new government's intention is to provide good healthcare for the people. The existing insurance scheme does not address the demand of the people fully. So it has been decided to replace it by a new scheme.

ETA group faces the heat from new govt in TN

MHS Energy Pvt Ltd, a newly launched infrastructure company offering outdoor power solutions for telecom industry, announced its joint venture with Germany-based b+w Electronics Systems to provide outdoor power solutions with low maintenance costs in India. It would invest Rs 150 crore in the initial stage to set up a manufacturing unit and to supply solar power solutions.

MHS Energy ties up with German firm

Louis Philippe and Van Heusen, menswear brands in India and West Asia, have set a sales target of Rs 850 crore for the current financial year.

Louis Philippe, Van Heusen expect 30 pc sales growth

Visakhapatnam-based Redox Laboratories, the only pharmaceutical finishing school in the country that trains science graduates from rural background, aims to train 10,000 people in the next three years.

Redox Labs to train 10,000 people

Mobile handset maker Nokia will launch &lsquo;Mobile Money&rsquo;, a mobile payment service that will enable consumers to pay directly from their Nokia mobile phones.

Nokia to launch Mobile Money

The B S Yeddyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka received yet another mild warning from Ravi Shankar Prasad, chief spokesperson of the party and Rajya Sabha MP. He felt the government&rsquo;s image needs to be further improved in the state.

Govt needs image makeover: BJP

The Karnataka government plans to hold some of its cabinet meetings at taluks to enable it know the pulse of the people in rural areas, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said here today.

Govt plans to hold cabinet meetings at taluks

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Coca-Cola India&rsquo;s Thums Up brand, in partnership with Telugu general entertainment channel Maa TV, will be launching &lsquo;Thums Up Thunder Star&rsquo;, south India&rsquo;s first stunt-based reality show. To go on air from June 10, 2011 at 9 pm, the show will see 15 contestants fighting for the title. &ldquo;This is just the beginning.

Stunt-based reality show on Maa TV

Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS), which has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court against illegal mining in Bellary district, has urged the government of Karnataka not to allow transportation of iron ore of 99 mining companies on which a fresh survey ordered by the forest bench of the SC is underway.

Ban sought on transport of iron ore in state

Even as the groundnut production has remained robust in kharif and summer season this year, the oil millers in Gujarat are crying foul on the reduced availability of groundnut for crushing. The situation has jacked up groundnut oil prices to hover above Rs 1,500 per tin of 15 kg.

Groundnut oil crosses Rs 1500 per tin in Gujarat

Harison motors, an Indo-overseas techno venture has launched four models of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) ranging from 50 cc to 200 cc, in Pune on Thursday.

Harison motors introduces all terrain vehicles in Pune

The public sector bank is planning to add another 20 branches to the current 80 in the state. While Canara Bank saw Rs 1000 crore worth advances being made to the small and medium enterprises (SME) sector out of a total business of Rs 6444 crore in fiscal 2010-11, the bank has set up a specific SME cell in Gujarat to boost further business.

Canara Bank eyes Rs 8K crore business from state

Pune-based Nichrome India Limited announced the launch of its first indigenously manufactured Spanish technology Horizontal Form Fill Seal Machines (HFFS) machine along with its high speed multi-lane sachet machine built using US technology at the INTERPACK 2011 at Dusseldorf, Germany held in May earlier this year.

Nichrome bags its first order in Germany

The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has collaborated with the Gokhale Institute of Politics &amp; Economics (GIPE) and the Symbiosis International University (SIU) to start a new course, the NSE Certified Capital Market Professional (NCCMP) course. The agreement was signed between the institutions recently.

NSE ties up with two Pune-based institutes

The man: Manoj Kohli, the affable CEO of Bharti Airtel&rsquo;s international business. The challenge: Replicate Bharti&rsquo;s low-cost operational model &ndash; so successful in India &ndash; across 16 diverse African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Congo.

Bharti Airtel's African safari

The four-day 7th Hitex international gems and jewellery expo 2011 began here today. The exhibition, one of the biggest in South India, has been organised by the Hyderabad International Trade Exposition Centre (Hitex). Exhibitors from across the country including Amritsar, Agra, Bangalore, Chennai, Haryana, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Ooty and Thrissur are participating in the expo.

International gems & jewellery expo begins

The Orissa Pollution Control Board (OPCB) has identified 21 sites in the state, where soils have been contaminated by the existing or earlier industries.

Pollution control board lists 21 contaminated soil sites

Chief minister, N Kiran Kumar Reddy, said that the state had set a target of achieving 9-9.5 per cent growth rate during the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-13 to 2016-17). In the Eleventh Plan, the state has registered a growth rate of 7.93 per cent so far.

AP targets 9-9.5% growth

With a penchant for luxury, the Ahmedabad market has been clocking over 100 per cent growth for Swiss luxury watch maker Victorinox.

A&#39bad one of the major markets for Victorinox

LG electronics India Pvt Ltd (LGEIL) will be re-entering the laptop market this October with its offering of 3D enabled laptops.

LG to re-enter laptop market with 3D

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