Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said his ministry would not grant approval to the Athirappilly hydro electric project in Thrissur district and International cricket stadium at Edakochi near here.

No nod for Athirappilly project, Edakochi stadium: Ramesh

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With Sanofi Pasteur deciding to put in place a structural management for Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotech, a part of the French global vaccine major, its founder K I Varaprasad Reddy would now be the face of the company and deal with various international agencies, including World Health Organisation (WHO), US FDA and governments, in his new role as chairman.

Varaprasad Reddy assumes new role in Shantha Biotech

Teemage Precast, a precast concrete manufacturing company floated by textile retailer Chennai Silks and its parent firm SCM Group, has announced setting up of a precast concrete production facility in the state near Erode with an investment of Rs 100 crore.

Teemage Precast sets up Rs 100 cr facility

Union Bank of India, one of the country's leading public sector banks, aims to scale up its international banking operations.

Union bank of india to expand international operations

The former BJP president and MP, Rajnath Singh today urged the Orissa government to stop land acquisition at the Posco steel project site till the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill is passed by the Parliament.

BJP urges govt to stop forcible land acquisition for Posco

The IT department of Kerala and the Finnish government are looking at forging a strong partnership and collaboration &nbsp;to foster innovation and entrepreneurship.

Kerala IT to strengthen ties with Finland

Tata Steel has introduced a scientific Rainwater Harvesting System in Joda to check the depletion of ground water level.

Tata Steel builds rainwater harvesting structure at Joda

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, will table &ldquo;The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011&rdquo;, which revokes Tata Motors' lease agreement for 997 acres citing issues of non-performance and failure to meet project goals.

Bengal govt to revoke Tata agreement with singur bill grounds of non-performance

Security personnel today hit-back at the naxalites when policemen foiled rebels&rsquo; move to attack Bhejji police station in Dantewada district.

Security personnel foil naxal attack

After being out of power for over seven years in Karnataka, Congress today announced a two-month-long programme from June 15 aimed at connecting the party with people at the grassroots and &ldquo;informing&rdquo; them of the B S Yeddyurappa-led government&rsquo;s series of &ldquo;failures&rdquo;.

Congress aims to rejuvenate itself

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It was the summer of 2010, and Vynsley Fernandes had just been through a gut-wrenching time at INX Media, which had sold its news channel, INX News. Investors persuaded Fernandes, then the group director (network operations), to stay on and help with a messy integration. While he was doing that 9X, another INX channel, was sold to Zee. Fernandes was again roped in to smoothe the operational part.

The Bandra boy in the news business

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday threatened to reveal the documents pertaining to the alleged irregularities committed by former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy in transporting ore.

CM attacks Gowda, Kumaraswamy

The electronics division of Bangalore-based Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has assembled and supplied space grade solar panels to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which have been successfully deployed on GSAT-8 Satellite. The satellite, launched from French Gui-ana recently, is the heaviest-ever satellite of ISRO and it caters to the requirements of telecommunication.

BHEL supplies space grade panels to GSAT

Taking shape in Reasi, Jammu&rsquo;s oldest district, is a mammoth next-generation technological marvel. When completed in 2016, it will be the highest-ever railway bridge in the world &mdash; a project in which a highly-skilled team of engineers, of both Indian and foreign origin, is involved.

The making of an engineering marvel

Uttar Pradesh government today directed small industries department mandarins to engage and woo national and international entrepreneurs for setting up units in the state.

UP to woo entrepreneurs for small industries

The Punjab government&rsquo;s ambitious plan to set up terminal market complexes at Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Muktsar for fruits and vegetables is yet to see light of the day.

Terminal markets yet to take off in Punjab

The Himachal Pradesh government today requested the central government to direct the railway authorities to continue the existing arrangement of fertiliser supply to the state from the Chandigarh railway station.

HP wants Railways to continue fertiliser supply from Chandigarh

Eleven districts in Haryana will be covered in the first phase of &lsquo;Vegetable Initiative&rsquo; programme for urban cluster scheme launched under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana. According to a spokesman, the central government had approved an allocation of Rs 300 crore for 2011-12 for implementing the &lsquo;Vegetable Initiative&rsquo; all across the country to boost production and generate income for farmers.

11 Haryana districts to see vegetable cultivation

Consortium of Management Education (COME), an alliance of 52 unaided private business schools in Maharashtra, today announced the commencement of its Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for member institutes.

Business school consortium eyeing UP students

City-headquartered Phoenix group, an infrastructure company, has lined up Rs 2,000 crore to be invested over the next five years.

Phoenix group lines up Rs 2,000 cr

7Seas Entertainment Limited, a Hyderabad-based independent IP-based games development company, today said it had added a social gaming platform to its online casual gaming portals www.neodelight.com and www.onlinerealgames.com, which already have in their kitty over 500 high-scored games across all genres.

7Seas launches social gaming platform

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