In the backdrop of acute power shortage in Uttar Pradesh, industry has sought greater participation in the energy sector of the state encompassing both generation and distribution.

Industry seeks greater participation in UP energy sector

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The Union Bank today said it is expecting lending rates to go up by 50 basis points (0.5 per cent) shortly.

Union Bank to increase lending rates

Idco pulls up 7 IT SMEs for not using allotted land

Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde today said BJP President Nitin Gadkari accusing him of &ldquo;acting like an opposition leader&rdquo; had hurt him. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why he said so,&rdquo; Justice Hegde added.

Gadkari's words upset Lokayukta Hegde

The high court circuit bench at Dharwad will have another divisi-onal bench. The new bench will be functional on January 3. Disclosing this here on Friday Chief Justice (CJ) of Karnataka High Court Justice Jagadeesh Singh Kehar said the decision was taken considering large number of cases being filed in the circuit bench here.

Dharwad HC to get one more division bench

Symantec Corp, a global data security provider, has said that cyber attacks against critical infrastructure providers in India were becoming more frequent and effective in the recent past.

Cyber attacks against key infra now frequent

Steel major proposes to invest Rs 8,000 crore for eastern freight corridor.

SAIL lends helping hand to Railways

The Human Resource Management System (HRMS), a flagship project of the state general administration department would streamline administrative processes and also facilitate better decision making in matters related to recruitment, promotion, transfer and superannuation of the government employees.

HRM project to streamline administrative processes

The State Women's Commission in Jharkhand has requested the external affairs ministry to investigate the allegation brought by a tribal girl in Gumla district against her claim of sexual harassment by the former diplomat in Kenya, Ketan Shukla.

Jharkhand women's panel takes up tribal girl's sexual abuse case

In a bid to develop itself as a centre of excellence in research and academics, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) is organising a &lsquo;Leadership Conclave&rsquo; on its premises.

IIT-G to host Leadership meet

Nissan Motor India saturday launched the diesel variant of its small car Micra priced between Rs 5.70 lakh and Rs 6.17 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) in Ahmedabad.

Nissan Micra Diesel unveiled in Ahmedabad

Scrabble Entertainment, digital cinema deployment player has announced its plans to go international by foraying in to the Middle East markets.

Scrabble Entertainment forays into Middle East

Surinder Singh, Drugs Controller General of India, said, &quot;Currently there are 1364 sanctioned posts, and around 864 are filled up. We need at least 3,100 drug inspectors in the country.

DCGI plans to raise drug inspectors tally in India

Canon--a global player in photographic and digital imaging solutions&rsquo; India existence--Canon India says it plans to become a billion dollar company by 2015. Its biggest investment will be in advertising and promotions which is expected to be Rs 150 crore in 2011. Pravda Godbole spoke to Alok Bharadwaj, senior vice president, Canon India about how will the company achieve its goal statement.

Q&A: Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice President, Canon India

The state steel &amp; mines department has recommended the renewal of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Posco India for a period of six years from June 22 this year, the date of expiry of the pact with the steel major.

Orissa may extend Posco MoU by six years

As many as 37 mines in the state are operating under deemed extension following expiry of their lease term and non-renewal of the lease in time.

37 mines in Orissa operating under deemed extension

The jute mills in West Bengal are losing Rs 900-1000 per tonne on jute bags owing to a faulty calculation made by the Jute Commissioner's office. The mill owners have claimed that between July 2009 and August 2010, the industry has lost around Rs 42 crore.

Jute mills losing Rs 1000 per tonne on faulty calculation

Tirupur exporters, who are facing a loss of Rs 300 crore from the foreign exchange derivative products of 2007, are exploring their options having gone through the doorsteps of courts, regulators, political leaders for three years.

Tirupur exporters, banks explore out of court settlement

Organisations run by cooperatives should be part of the global economy to protect it from downturns as the 'company' structure is susceptible to economic collapse as indicated in the recent recession.

'Co-ops should be part of global financial system'

Indian Coast Guard ship 'Vijit', second in the series of 90-meter Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), was commissioned at Goa by&nbsp;M M Pallam Raju, Minister of State for Defence, in the presence of Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Director General, Indian Coast Guard.

Coast Guard ship &#39;Vijit&#39; commissioned

Legislative affairs minister D Sridhar Babu on Saturday introduced the Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Bill, 2010 in the Assembly.

MFI Bill introduced in AP Assembly

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