Honouring the election pledge of Trinamool Congress to have a transparent land policy in West Bengal, the state government today set up a committee which will submit suggestions on its formulation.

Land committee set up by Mamata to give suggestions on land policy

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Chhattisgarh government will constitute a steering committee with representatives from the state government and the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) to examine fresh investment proposals.

Chhattisgarh govt  to constitute a committee  to give suggestions investment proposals

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Trinamool Congress first timer Biman Bandopadhyay was today elected unopposed Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly.

Biman Bandopadhyay elected WB Speaker

IT consulting and services company, Mahindra Satyam (the brand identity of Satyam Computer Services Limited), has established a centre of excellence (CoE) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Mahindra Satyam opens centre for MasterCard

The sporadic rains and squall in Uttar Pradesh has been providing respite to the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) this summer season with the peak power demand falling by almost 20 per cent.

Pleasant weather gives respite to UP Power Corp

After the successful launch in Shimla and Baddi, Idea Cellular&rsquo;s 3G service on Monday was extended to four other towns of Himachal Pradesh &mdash; Dharamsala, Mcleodganj, Mandi and Sunder Nagar.

Idea 3G enters Dharamsala, Mandi

The government of India and the World Bank on Monday signed a $350 million loan to accelerate the development of Karnataka&rsquo;s core road network through the Second Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (KSHIP II).

World Bank to lend $350 mn for Karnataka highway project

There is a sharp decrease in the production of millets in Andhra Pradesh in recent years, where production of raagi and jowar has decreased by 50 per cent, and bajra by 60 per cent.

'Adoption of millets in food still low'

In what may thwart the Orissa government's move to select developers for minor ports through the MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) route, the Orissa High Court (HC) today restrained the state government from signing any further MoU with any developer for setting up of any port in the state.

HC restrains state from developing ports through MoUs

The talks between the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), central range and the activists of United Action Committee (UAC), a pro Posco outfit, today ended on a positive note with the former conceding to all the important demands of UAC.

Administration concedes demands of pro-Posco group

Riding on higher realization from metal sales, the net profit of National Aluminum Company (NALCO) has gone up by 31 per cent during 2010-11 to Rs 1,069.30 crore, up from Rs 814.22 crore in the previous year.

Nalco profit rises 31% on higher margins

Rajkot-based three-wheeler auto major, Atul Auto Limited is scouting for land outside Rajkot to set up its upcoming four-wheeler light commercial vehicle (LCV) plant.

Atul Auto scouts land near A'bad

Centre's announcement of allocation of Rs 4.80 crore to Gujarat for increasing oil palm acreage seems to have failed in impressing the industry players and the agriculturists in Gujarat as they see dismal prospects for a fruitful outcome of this initiative by the central government.

Centre's allocation for oil palm cultivation fails to impress Gujarat

Two Ahmedabad based pharmaceutical majors, Dishman Pharmaceuticals &amp; Chemicals Ltd and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, have posted a dip in net profit in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2010-11 fiscal, despite a rise in sales. While there is a decline of 31.2 per cent in Dishman's Q4 net profit, Torrent Pharma posted a 27.56 per cent dip in its net profit.

Dishman, Torrent post dip in Q4 net

TriZetto Inc, a health insurance solutions provider on Monday said that it has plans of hiring 400 new employees at its business process outsourcing (BPO) center in Pune. The TriZetto BPO, formerly known as Tela Sourcing before the acquisition, is engaged in providing healthcare BPO and IT services that drive administrative efficiency, improve the cost and quality of care and increase payer, provider collaboration and connectivity.

TriZetto to hire 400 at its Pune BPO in next two months

The elephant, as the former chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) O P Bhatt used to call the bank, has stopped dancing. In fact, now it seems wary of speed.

Slow and steady, anyone?

Hallmark Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (HIPL), a Chennai-based infrastructure company, is planning to invest around Rs 1,100 crore in various residential and a hospitality projects, and would raise around Rs 200 crore from private equity (PE) for one of its affordable housing projects.

Hallmark to put Rs 1,100 crore in new projects

A project monitoring committee headed by Orissa Chief Secretary B K Pattnaik would review every month the status of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) proposed to be set up at Sijua village on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

Panel to speed up AIIMS Bhubaneswar

After having executed large number of realty project on western side on Rajkot, realtors are now turning to eastern parts of the city. Several commercial and residential projects are being developed in eastern Rajkot.

Rajkot realtors eyeing uptapped areas

Ahmedabad-based nCode Solutions, a division of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Corporation Limited (GNFC), is aiming at a 50 per cent growth in its business.

nCode Solutions aims at 50% growth

Ahmedabad-based Cera Sanitaryware Limited has posted a 27.94 per cent rise in its net profit at Rs 6.09 crore for the second quarter ended September 30 of the financial year 2010-11, up from Rs 4.76 crore for the corresponding period last year.The company, which is into manufacturing sanitaryware, also saw a 20.85 per cent increase in its net sales at Rs 56.85 crore for the second quarter of current fiscal.

Cera Sanitaryware Q2 net up by 28%

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