With the centre issuing a warning on illegal sand mining in the Ganga river in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that he will talk to Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to settle the issue.

Uttarakhand CM to meet Ramesh on sand mining

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Punjab National Bank (PNB) will soon set up an agriculture training centre to train farmers in latest advancements in the farming sector. The state government has already started scouting for land.

PNB to set up agriculture training centre in HP

An expansion project at one of the largest open cast mine in Raniganj coalfileds of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) at Hansdigha in West Bengal&rsquo;s Burdwan district saw a violent protest over land acquisition today. A few people, including police men, were injured in the incident.

ECL expansion plan hits roadblock

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today said he would visit Dharmasthala on June 26 along with his family, a day ahead of his temple face-off with JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy at the famous pilgrim town on the issue of an alleged compromise bid by the Chief Minister.

CM eager for showdown with Kumaraswamy

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When Chandigarh-based Kamla Dials and Devices Limited launched its retail arm for luxury watch brand Ethos in 2003, it was a bumpy road as it is difficult to access and take daily business progress report from employees across India. &ldquo;The software solutions available to the big players were not customised for the small businesses and it was a constraint in growth,&rsquo; says C Raja Sekhar vice-president (finance) of Ethos.

Retailers look for IT solutions to better footprint

The state government plans to reserve about 30 per cent of the land for small and medium scale enterprises in all future industrial estates. The government is in the process of creating new industrial townships across the state where the SMEs will be given preference, Murugesh R Nirani, minister for large and medium industries, said.

Karnataka to reserve 30% land for SMEs

Congress leader Siddaramaiah today made fresh charges of corruption against chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. He alleged the BJP government, led by Yeddyurappa, has looted the state off Rs 50,000 crore through illegal mining of iron ore and denotification of land in the last three years.

Yeddyurappa looted Rs 50,000 cr: Congress

Rahul Mittal, founder of Vivald Solutions, offers customised enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to small and medium enterprises in the region. He was the founder member of the Entrepreneurship Development Club of Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, from where he passed out in 2008. Having honed his entrepreneurship skills through the exposure he had with the club, Rahul chose a path different from most of his peers. He decided to be a job creator and not a job seeker. &ldquo;I realised that there was dearth of ERP solution providers to the local business enterprises, hence ventured into this field.

Entrepreneurship catches the fancy of youth

Lately, there have been cases of spurious drugs made elsewhere in the world being exported to African countries as drugs &lsquo;made in India&rsquo;. By the time the authenticity of a drug is established, the damage would have been done. India, known to be a major generics exporter, would have its name tarnished.

Brand protection firm seeks to rope in drug firms

Chhattisgarh&rsquo;s foodgrain production for the kharif season, 2011, is estimated to go up by nearly three per cent to 6.4 million tonnes.

Foodgrain production pegged at 6.4 mn tonnes

Sugar traders threaten to stop import

KarnatakA forest minister C H Vijayshankar said here that the Centre must respect the sentiments of the state governments regarding UNESCO&rsquo;s World Heritage Site status for the Western Ghats region. Karnataka has written to the Centre opposing the World Heritage Site tag for the Western Ghats.

'Do not need Heritage tag for Western Ghats'

The Wetland Atlas of Orissa, which reveals information on the status and recharge areas of wetlands in the state, is expected to be useful for irrigation as well as academic and research purposes.

Wetland Atlas to aid irrigation, guide research

In a bid to curb smuggling of forest products in the state the government has appointed a cabinet sub-committee to chalk out concrete steps. Revenue minister Karunakar Reddy, power minister Shobha Karandlaje, urban development minister Suresh Kumar and forest minister Vijayshankar are members of the committee which is expected to submit its recommendations in a month&rsquo;s time.

Timber Lobby to be reined in: Vijayshankar

&quot;The Chief Minister has asked us to place work orders for building cc roads in rural areas by July and commission the work in 3-4 months. We will be spending Rs 900 crore on cc roads during 2011-12 compared to Rs 410 crore spent last year.

State to build 5,500 km of concrete roads in 2011-12

If the actor finds a film interesting, he decides to produce it; he then examines the project&rsquo;s financial viability.

It's all about script and balance sheet

The cold storages in Uttar Pradesh have reported a jump of nearly 8 lakh tonnes in the arrival of potato for refrigerated storage facility.

Potato arrival in UP cold storages jumps by 8 lakh tonnes

Online counseling for Orissa Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) will begin from July 3 and students can go for the e-admission process by accessing the website ojee.nic.in, said OJEE officials.

Orissa JEE e-counseling starts on 3 July

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently arrested six top officials of Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA) and three city builders in connection with RRDA&rsquo;s building scam.

Ranchi development authority's top officials arrested in building scam

High Court lifts stay on power tariff hike partially

The West Bengal government today said it is in favour of amending the Agri-Produce Market Committee Act in line with the policies of the Centre.

West Bengal govt in favour of amending APMC Act

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