Gujarat agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani today said the cotton prices in the country has fallen due to the &quot;anti-farmer&quot; export policies of the Central government.

Gujarat demands increase in cotton export quota      

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Unfazed by the threat of the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), the organization spearheading the anti-Posco agitation, to stage agitation against land acquisition and the decision of United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco outfit to boycott the process, the Jagatsinghpur district administration has decided to start the land acquisition work tomorrow.

Administration to start acquisition today

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India's largest exporter of passenger cars Hyundai Motors India Ltd (HMIL) is estimating a close to nine per cent drop in exports this fiscal as the company decides to focus on the domestic market.

Hyundai`s exports to dip by 9% as focus shifts to domestic market

Bangalore based real estate developer, Vaswani Group is planning to raise around Rs 200 crore-Rs 280 crore through private equity (PE) route in the current financial year in its bid to fund its future growth. The present fund raising is part of company&rsquo;s overall plan to raise around Rs 500-700 crore to support its expansion plan.

Vaswani Group to raise Rs 280 cr via PE this fiscal 

With political equations changing in bastions of Left unionism, stiff challenges await the soldiers of strikes and bandhs.

A few uncertain unions

Bangalore-based real estate developer Prestige Estates Projects has posted a net profit of Rs 70. 15 crore in the fourth quarter of last financial year.

Prestige Q4 net at Rs 70.15 cr

Stuttgart, Germany-headquartered Bosch Group, a supplier of automotive components to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), is expanding its higher education funding and launching a global initiative. The company is investing a total of euro 50 million to support universities and research projects in Germany, China, India and the US over the next 10 years. Of this, euro 22.8 million would be provided to India.

Bosch to spend  Euro 50 mn for higher education 

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda today demanded the resignation of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah in view of the Supreme Court verdict quashing disqualification of 16 MLAs, including 11 BJP rebels.

Deve Gowda bays for CM, speaker's blood

MeritTrac, a testing and skills assessment company and which is an investee company of Manipal Education, is now targeting the international market for providing its services. MeritTrac is exploring opportunities in the international markets &mdash; covering both the developed and the developing world.

MeritTrac to take offerings global

Bangalore-headquartered health care equipment company, Opto Circuits has registered a 68 per cent rise in its net profit to Rs 111 crore in the fourth quarter of last financial year as compared with Rs 66.11 crore reported in the corresponding period last year.

Opto Circuits Q4 net up 68%

As the Election Commission&rsquo;s guidelines is no more a hindrance, West Bengal&rsquo;s chief minister-in-waiting, Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took part in her last railway function at Howrah station here as the railway minster, laying foundation of as many as 14 railway lines in state beside inaugurating a bunch of new trains.

Before swearing-in, Didi's rail sops on track

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), promoted by the Ministry of Finance, has joined hands with industry bodies like NASSCOM, CII, FICCI, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Gems &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and YLG Salon &amp; Spa for the nationwide search for skilled and talented youth who will get the opportunity to represent the country at WorldSkills Competition 2011 to be held in London.

NSDC ties up with industry body for talent hunt

Two Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers have come under the scanner for allegedly selling tribal land to non-tribals in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

Two IAS officers under scanner over alleged illegal land transferring

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J Jayalalithaa has appointed a minister to implement the schemes promised by her party in the election manifesto.

Jaya appoints minister to implement poll promises

On the first fday of assuming office, chief minister J Jayalalithaa signed seven files related to the welfare schemes announced in the party&rsquo;s election manifesto.

Jayalalithaa signs seven files

Former chief minister M Karunanidhi is a veteran script writer in Tamil cinema and his immediate and extended family also seem to have inherited his love for movies. But this has not gone down too well with the industry. Here's why.

Under new govt, Tamil film industry hopes to breathe easy

Congress will have 10 members including the chief minister in the new coalition cabinet of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala. Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)&nbsp;will have four ministers and Kerala Congress (Mani) faction will get two. A consensus over this was evolved in Thiruvanananthapuram today after&nbsp;a series of&nbsp;discussions.

UDF's 20-member cabinet to have 10 from Congress

Is the CPI(M), known for its cadre-based, democratic organisational structure&nbsp;deviating from its ideology, principles&nbsp;and style of working? The words of party general secretary Prakash Karat after the polit bureau meeting on Monday, when he admitted that the 'VS factor' had saved the party&nbsp;in Kerala, seem to indicate this.

VS carves a niche in a cadre-based party

Oceana Therapeutics, a US-based company, has entered into a multi-year exclusive agreement with Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy&rsquo;s Laboratories Limited, giving rights to the sale and distribution of Deflux in India. The drug is used in treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), a malformation of urinary bladder that affects children, according to a press release.

US firm in pact with Dr Reddy's

Ambuja Cements Limited, part of the Holcim Group, has sought more time from the state government for executing its proposed greenfield cement plant at Nadikudi in Guntur district.

Ambuja Cements seeks more time to start AP project

Japan-based Mitsui OSK Lines is planning to make India a major hub for its shipping and back office destination and is looking at a two-fold growth in market share in volume terms from the current 4 per cent.

Mitsui to make India its back office hub 

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