As a counter-offensive to the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD's) mounting opposition to the Congress led UPA government at the Centre over the 2G spectrum scam, AICC general secretary Jagdish Tytler has accused the regional outfit of massive corruption in selection of developers for eight upcoming minor ports in Orissa.

Congress smells scam in Orissa port development

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Faced with the problem of providing resettlement site to the people displaced by mining operation of state-run Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL), the company has offered lucrative cash package in lieu of resettlement plots to the land oustees, modifying the state rehabilitation policy, 2006 in the process.

MCL announces lucrative cash package for displaced persons

With the arrival of wheat in terminal markets, all is not well as the weather still hold the keys. The partly cloudy weather in two major wheat producing states, Punjab and Haryana, has the farmers worried.

Farmers praying for no rain in states of Punjab, Haryana

The government agencies have a target to procure 26.3 million tonnes of wheat this rabi season. So this may add a burden of Rs 1,315 crore on the state exchequer.

Wheat bonus of Rs 50/quintal fails to cheer farmers

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought personal intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of wheat from Rs 1120 to Rs 1480 per quintal.

Punjab CM demands increase in MSP of wheat

Mayawati-led ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh has blamed the Centre for the recent hike in urea prices in the state and said it would adversely affect agricultural production.

Uttar Pradesh flays Centre over urea price hike

Chandigarh-based Steel Strips Wheels (SSWL) has received an order from Volkswagen. The new order is for supplies of wheel rims to its manufacturing plants in Germany and Argentina for producing commercial vehicles. The contract is for supply of 100,000 wheels per year with a foreign exchange earning of over &curren;1.7 million per year and the contract is expected to run for 5 years.

Volkswagen selects Steel Strips Wheels for supply of wheels worth Rs 53.64 cr

The agrarian economy of Uttar Pradesh, which contributes India&rsquo;s second largest Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) after Maharashtra, is making efforts for ushering in faster industrial and economic development. As a policy, the state government has been emphasising on public private partnership (PPP) to overcome financial constraints and employ expertise in completion of projects. V N Garg, who has recently taken over as the UP infrastructure and industrial development commissioner (IIDC), tells Virendra Singh Rawat that projects worth almost Rs 1,70,000 crore under the PPP mode are underway in various sectors.

Q&A: V N Garg, Commissioner, UP Infrastructure and Industrial Development

The increasing resistance to drugs meant for treating diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and HIV has become a major health concern worldwide.

Drug resistance now a major health concern

Incor Infrastructure, which has two ongoing projects in the city is looking to add land parcels of 2-5 acres for its future projects. &ldquo;Now is the best to time to identify land parcels. Land holders are also more open and are looking for a good builder,&rdquo; said Surya Pulagam, managing director, Incor Infrastructure.

Incor Infra looking to add land parcels

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd is planning to invest around Rs 900-1,000 crore over the next two years, to add 2,500 beds. India&rsquo;s one of the largest hospital chain has said, funding for the proposed expansion will come from the proceedings of the proposed Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) and other modes. Besides, the hospital chain also plans to set up two colleges to address human resources shortage.

Apollo to invest about Rs 1,000 cr

Visakha Container Terminal Private Limited, a private container terminal operator jointly promoted by Dubai Port World and United Liner Agencies of India, is targeting to handle about 200,000 TEUs (twentyfoot equivalent units) during this fiscal.

Visakha Container expects 38% rise in cargo handling

Zoho Corporation, a California-based online business applications developer, is in the process of launching an audio-video chat and instant messenger service for small and medium enterprises, according to its vice-president (sales and marketing &ndash; Asia-Pacific) Sudhakar S Marthi.

Zoho to launch audio-video chat app for SMEs

Global tenders are now at the stage being finalised for implementing the intelligent transport system (ITS) in Mysore that the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), Mysore City Division, hopes to do in the next three months.

Bus shelters in Mysore to go intelligent soon

The Karnataka government today countermanded its decision to allot posh residential sites to the members of the World Cup winning Indian cricket team, citing legal hurdles.

State not to allot sites to cricketers

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Bangalore-headquartered public sector lender Canara Bank has launched four products to provide cashless services to the customers. The four products are Canara Bank debit card-platinum, Canara campus card, cash withdrawal at point of sale and bill payment facility.

CanBank unveils new products

The anti-corruption crusade of Anna Hazare has managed to draw support from all corners of the state and from people of all hues.

Support pours in for Anna Hazare

Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) is scouting for further acquisitions in Asia, Africa and South America, said a top company official in Kolkata today. The firm is also planning to introduce some of its acquired overseas brands in India and evaluating a re-entry into air freshners.

Godrej eyes overseas aquisitions

Playing the Bangladeshi card, Gujarat chief minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Tarun Gogoi led Congress government for appeasement of Muslims and its failure to stop illegal infiltration from across the border.

Modi attacks Congress for appeasement of Muslims

Posting a 19.17 per cent decadal growth, Gujarat has witnessed a rise in its population from 50.6 million to 60.3 million in Census 2011. Ranking the 10th populous state in the country with a share of five of country's population and six per cent of geographical area, Gujarat bettered the national growth of 17.64 per cent.

Gujarat`s population rises to 60 mn

US-based global speciality chemicals maker, Huntsman Corporation has acquired the ethylene oxide derivatives facility of Gujarat-based Laffans Petrochemicals Limited for a consideration of around US $ 20 million,&nbsp;approximately Rs 88 crore (at current currency rate), the top company officials informed on Thursday.

Huntsman-Laffans deal pegged at Rs 88cr

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