Poonam Yadav, an 18-year old girl who lives in Indore, 200 km from here, was stabbed to death last year when she reportedly refused to let her neighbours draw water from a tap in her home.

Bhopal's thirst remains unquenchable

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The success of India's first stereoscopic 3D film 'Haunted', and a bevy of others in the offing from both Bollywood and Hollywood has prompted several multiplex operators to increase their number of 3D screens.

Multiplexes add a third dimension to business with 3D

Reactions to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's comment recently that India's premier institutes like IIT and IIM are &quot;not world class&quot; but only &quot;excellent&quot; have been sharp and critical. But IIM Ahmedabad Director Samir K Barua in an interview to Vinay Umarji says, a straight comparison of IITs and IIMs with global institutes, without accounting for the impact of the ownership on performance would be unfair.

Q&A: Samir Barua, Director, IIM Ahmedabad

Tension prevailed on Monday at the proposed Posco project site at Gobindpur village under Dhinkia panchayat as ten platoons of armed police conducted flag march ostensibly to create a fear psychosis among the local people ahead of the land acquisition process at trouble-torn Dhinkia panchayat.

Face-off between police and activists at Posco site

The Punjab government has decided to assign sanction or approval of building plans to private architects in order to intensify its campaign to simplify various procedures, for grant of sanctions required for constructing a house, developing a colony, building an institute, a commercial venture or a mega project.

Punjab to assign sanctioning powers to private architects

The prices of stone fruits produced in Himachal Pradesh is reported to be around double or more than last year&rsquo;s prices due to a low output of these fruits this year, say traders and farmers.

Stone fruits price skyrocketing in Himachal Pradesh

All casino aficionados in India who rued the lack of a live casino in the country and had to travel to destinations like Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau or Kathmandu for that thrill of &lsquo;live gaming&rsquo; now have a reason to cheer. A full-fledged on-shore casino, the first of its kind in the country, is coming up at Mayfair-Gangtok, a five-star deluxe property spread over 48 acres and owned by the Orissa-based Mayfair Hotels &amp; Resorts.

Now, on-shore live 'Casino' at Mayfair-Gangtok

Haryana government is identifying land measuring 1,500 to 2,000 acres between Madina and Julana to set up an International Airport.

Haryana scouting for land to set up international airport

City-based climate and energy advisory firm Ctran Consulting, a Basix group company, is looking forward to expand its business in energy reduction services to drive growth.

Ctran eyes energy saving services in SME sector for growth

Construction and engineering major Larsen &amp; Toubro (L&amp;T) is set to go for big projects in West Bengal under the new dispensation.

L&T eyes major projects in West Bengal

GMR Infrastructure has posted a loss of around Rs 1,000 crore in last fiscal due to divestment of Intergen. The higher capacity cost of T3 terminal of Delhi airport has also weighed on the balancesheet of the company. However, on the back of positive cash flow from its projects, it is hopeful of posting good numbers in the present fiscal. A Subba Rao, group CFO of GMR Infra, discussed with Debasis Mohapatra about company&rsquo;s future plans.

Q&A: A Subba Rao, Group CFO, GMR Infrastructure

The CPI today said that if the warnings by partners that the Left Front had lost connect and was losing ground were not ignored by major partner CPI(M), the rout in the recent assembly elections could have been averted.

CPI blames CPI(M)for polls debacle ignoring warnings of allies

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The Karnataka legislative assembly today passed six bills including the budget for 2011-12 even as opposition parties continued their boycott of the extended budget session for the third consecutive day.

Karnataka state passes FY12 Budget

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today expressed optimism on the resolution of the Darjeeling problem saying most of its demands were being looked into by the West Bengal government.

GJM positive on resolution of Darjeeling issue

Stating that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given a nod to bid for the National Games, Mitra said if everything goes well, Kolkata will get to host the National Games in 2015 after a gap of 50 years.

West Bengal to bid for 2015 National Games

The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) after announcing the expansion of its Terminal 1 has started the construction work. This development comes after the airport completed three years of its operations and after having achieved a growth rate of 18 per cent per annum, the highest of any airport in the country. The enhanced terminal is aimed at improving passenger experience, making access to seating, amenities and commercial facilities easier and better.

Work on BIAL expansion begins

A sharp increase in terminal handling charges (THC) at the International Container Trans-shipment Terminal (ICTT) here&nbsp;is adversely impacting the exim business of Kerala and other southern states.

High ICTT Terminal handling charges hit exim business

Though the Twelfth Five Year Plan has put forward a &lsquo;strategy triangle&rsquo; involving micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), India needs a more aggressive approach to inclusive development, especially in the context of the global economic crisis, says India MSME Report 2011, brought out by the Kochi-based Institute of Small Enterprises and Development (ISED).

MSME policy needs to be more realistic: report

The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited (AICIL) has sanctioned Rs 137.50 crore to Orissa to settle the agriculture insurance claims for the Kharif season of 2010 under the National Agriculture Insurance Yojana (NAIY). The state government&rsquo;s share in the sanctioned amount is 34.5 per cent.

Rs 137.5 cr sanctioned for settling agri-insurance claims

The request comes in the backdrop of a severe power shortage in the state affecting agriculture sector, industry and domestic consumers. Additional power generation in the state would take one or two years, considering that the new projects including the Centre-sponsored power projects are in various stages of construction, she noted in a letter to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Jaya asks Centre to allocate 1,000 MW power

The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) has identified 121,304.22 acres for acquisition under the land bank scheme in the state. Out of this, a preliminary notification has been issued for the acquisition of 57,016.29 acres and final notification for 28,917.16 acres.

KIADB identifies 121,000 acres for acquisition

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