The world&rsquo;s largest coal miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) has set production and coal off-take targets of 452 million tonnes (MT) and 454 MT respectively for the financial year 2011-12 .

Coal India sets production target at 452 MT for 2011-12

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US based auto component manufacturer International Automotive Components (IAC) Group has opened a new manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune. The company has invested around Rs 68 crore in this unit. The new plant will produce products including instrument panels, floor consoles, interior and exterior garnish trim, air distribution vents and door panels for Mahindra and Mahindra Navistar vehicles.

IAC opens new facility at Chakan

The Uttarakhand government today said it was ready for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe or any other investigating agency related to the alleged irregularities highlighted in the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report.

Uttarakhand ready for CBI probe into CAG report

The decks have been cleared for elections to the Kerala Assembly scheduled for April 13. According to an official statement, 971 candidates are in the fray for 140 seats as of March 30, the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers.

971 candidates in fray in Kerala as 403 withdraw

The Andhra Pradesh government plans to provide rural connectivity in 14 districts across the state. The project has been linked to the Centre's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

Boost to rural roads in 1,000 villages

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today discounted Opposition claims that his government was economically bankrupt and said that the situation had never been so under the Left Front regime. &quot;It is true that the state has a debt burden of a little below Rs two lakh crore, but it is baseless to claim that the government has become bankrupt,&quot; he said during an interaction with students at Dinabandhu Andrews College in Garia in South 24-Parganas district.

Bengal not bankrupt: CM

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The buoyant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which hopes to play a dominant role in Assam politics after the assembly elections, has come out with a vision document for the state, 'Asom of our dream: Asom Vision 2025&rsquo;.

Assam deserves better governance: Gadkari

A new institute, with help from the Tatas, will integrate ayurveda with modern medicine to take medical pluralism forward.

Marrying the medicines of the world

Chief Minister Narendra Modi are among a host of party leaders scheduled to campaign in West Bengal during the six- phase Assembly elections starting next month.

 Advani, Modi to campaign for BJP candidates in West Bengal

In an alternate model to the existing micro finance institutions(MFIs) Andhra Pradesh government is contemplating the formation of a separate Non Banking Finance Company(NBFC) in collaboration with public sector banks to meet the micro credit requirements of SHGs on a sustainable basis.

State mulls separate NBFC to counter MFIs

The Fab City board, which met here today, has decided to issue notices to half a dozen companies that had failed to start the execution of the proposed photovoltaic manufacturing units in the 1,200 acre park promoted by the state-owned Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation(APIIC).

Govt to take back land from 6-7 companies in Fab City project

Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy announced release of Rs 50 crore for the Trauma Care Centre at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) Super Specialty Block at Panjagutta here. The amount was sanctioned at the request of the officials to acquire the required health equipment and other facilities for the new centre being set up at an estimated cost of Rs 173 core.

CM releases Rs 50 crore to NIMS

The government of Andhra Pradesh is going to come up with a policy with additional incentives to support the IT and ITeS industries in Tier-II cities of the state.

New IT policy to promote Tier-2 cities in AP

Uttar Pradesh&rsquo;s revenues from commercial tax in the financial year 2010-11 will miss the target of Rs 26,825 crore.

UP commercial tax revenue to miss target of Rs 26,825 cr in FY11

Piaggio Vehicles, maker of light transportation solutions has launched Ap&eacute; mini, half tonne cargo four-wheeler, last week in Chandigarh. With this, the company aims to expand its market share and is already an undisputed leader with its Ap&eacute; three-wheeler. It controls 64 per cent of three-wheeler cargo market and 33 per cent of three-wheeler passenger market.

Piaggio launches Ape mini truck in Chandigarh

IT bellwether Microsoft Corporation will launch its much-hyped Windows Phone 7 in the Indian market towards the end of this year. The company claims that Phone 7 has gained adoption worldwide, selling over two million units last quarter.

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 in India soon

Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund (the Fund), a diversified, closed-end management investment company, today bought around 426,000 shares in Chennai-based Orchid Chemicals &amp; Pharmaceuticals Ltd. It may be noted in the last eights months FII&rsquo;s investment into the company growing at around 6 per cent.

US-based fund picks stake in Orchid Chemicals

The Karnataka government has constituted a team of high-ranking officers drawn from the departments of mining and geology, forest and revenue will prepare a consolidated report on some of the matters pertaining to illegal mining in Bellary. This follows the interaction between the state government with the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court during its recent visit to the Sandur-Hospet mining areas.

State to submit report on illegal mining to SC panel

It anticipates that the three-time penalty would yield an additional Rs 3 crore, taking the civic body&rsquo;s revenues to Rs 5 crore and the revision of municipal building rent would fetch revenues of Rs 4.10 crore.

Mysore civic body to revise rents

Vision Express, the joint venture between Reliance Retail and Netherlands-ased Grand Vision, will increase the number of its outlets to 500 by 2016-2017 in order to increase their pan-India footprint.

Vision Express to take outlet count to 500 in 5 yrs

Election laws should be modified to ban party hopping by legislators under deceptive methods like &lsquo;Operation Kamala&rsquo; being indulged in Karnataka by the BJP, leader of the opposition in the State Legislative Council Motamma said in Mysore today.

Cong leader favours law to check 'Operation Lotus'

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