The West Bengal government will table a vote-on-account on June 24 for August and September to meet the government's expenditure for two months.

WB govt to table vote-on-account on June 24

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Even as the Orissa High Court had restrained the state government from developing minor ports through the Memorandum of Understanding route, the state government has categorically stated in its response that it is following the policy laid down by the Government of India in selecting minor port developers.

HC cannot interfere in minor port development, says Orissa govt

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Bank of Maharashtra has set up a soil testing laboratory at Bhigwan near Pune with Mahabank Agricultural Research and Rural development Foundation&rsquo; (MARDEF) in association with Rashtriya Chemicals &amp; Fertilisers Ltd.

Bank of Maharashtra sets up soil testing laboratory 

Admitting that North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP) &ldquo;has not been able to bring any substantial improvement in the industrial climate&rdquo; of Assam and the region, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has asked for a &ldquo;review&rdquo; of the various provisions of the policy and demanded its modification.

Gogoi demands 'review' and 'modification' of  NE industrial policy

Even as land acquisition work on the Posco project was halted today due to heavy rains, a host of political parties including the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), RJD, Samajwadi Party, CPI, CPM and Forward Bloc urged the state government to refrain from forcible land acquisition for the project.

Posco land acquisition halted due to bad weather

Heavy rains today lashed the metropolis and several other parts of West Bengal claiming three lives and flattening several mud-built houses.

Heavy rains lash Kolkata, southern Bengal, three dead

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has planned to add 3,000 buses to its fleet during the current year. The buses would be operated in rural areas, Minister for Transport and Home R Ashok said here at the weekend.

KSRTC to add 3,000 new buses this year

Public sector lender UCO Bank has launched its small and medium enterprises (SME) loan hub in Bangalore in its bid to increase lending to the sector.

UCO Bank opens SME loan hub to increase lending to sector

Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance, a 50.1:49.9 JV between Sundaram Finance Ltd., and BNP Paribas has announced that the company is now expanding its presence into select markets in Western and Eastern India.

Sundaram BNP Paribas widens presence in western, eastern India

The Union government is in the process of formulating a national employment policy, Labour and Employment Minister M Mallikarjun Kharge said today.

National employment policy on anvil, says Kharge

The government&rsquo;s cup of woes with regard to the much hyped Posco project seem to be brimming over. Even as the anti-Posco activists have forced the Jagatsinghpur district administration to stop land acquisition for the project at Gobindpur and Dhinkia, the project supporters, who had assisted the officials in an almost trouble free land acquisition in Gadakujang and Nuagaon panchayats, are now peeved with the administration for non-fulfillment of their long standing demands.

UAC stops Posco work in Nuagaon, Gadakujang

The course have been introduced for non-engineering graduates from different streams like BSc, BCom, BA and diploma for creating employability, according to RiiiT&rsquo;s Head-Education Pedagogy V Urmeela.

Tech course for non-tech students introduced

The Union Mines Ministry has pulled up the state governments of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh for non-submission of quarterly reports related to mineral concessions.

Mines ministry raps Orissa, MP for non-submission of mineral concession reports

WinWinD Power Energy (P) Ltd, part of the Finnish WinWinD Oy Group which is a constituent of the Chennai-based Siva Group, has entered into an MoU with Suryachakra Green Power Pvt. Ltd, an associate of Hyderabad-based Suryachakra Power Corporation Ltd to develop a 250-MW wind park in Dharapuram located near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.

WinWind Power plans to invest $350 mn

The Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has slashed electricity charges for usage up to 50 units after getting subsidy assurance from the state government while rejecting the government petition for review of power tariff hike.

OERC announces special tariff rebate on subsidy assurance

Even as its key demand of keeping coal royalty out of the purview of the proposed Goods &amp; Service Tax (GST) is understood to have been turned down by the Centre following opposition from non-coal bearing states, Orissa has pressed for full compensation on account of phasing out of Central Sales Tax (CST).

Orissa seeks full compensation against CST loss in 2010-11

Newly elected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is set to make the information technology (IT) sector her new mantra for ridding the state of unemployment and growth.

WB govt banks on IT sector to boost employment

Projecting a record arrival of cotton crop this season, the state government has set up twenty five &lsquo;Cotton mandis&rsquo; out of which nineteen have been provided with world class infrastructure under &lsquo;Technology Mission of Cotton&rsquo;.

Punjab gears UP For bumper cotton crop

The medium and small scale enterprises (MSMEs) of Himachal Pradesh are facing a tough time amidst fresh hiking of bank rates announced by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Arun Rawat, president, Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Industries Association (BBNIA) said every two per cent increase in interest rates results in a 10 per cent profit-eroding for the Medium and Small Scale Industries.

Himachal MSME sector demands interest subvention

Chhattisgarh government will raise its own state industrial security force (SISF) to speed up infrastructure development works and provide cover to the industries in the insurgency-hit pockets.

Chhattisgarh govt to raise industrial security force to guard industries in Naxal prone areas

The country's leading petrochemicals company, Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL), has met Finance Ministry officials to make a presentation on the need for differential duty on naphtha and polymers.

HPL makes presentation to Centre for duty respite

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