The Centre would extend all possible help to the ailing public sector Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) in its endeavour to make a turnaround, Union Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat has said.

Centre promises all help to ITI

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The forest department has designed a scheme to increase the green cover as followed in the Western countries where the natural forest is preserved and massive forestation will be taken up in non-forest area to meet the commercial and domestic requirements.

Karnataka seeks to increase green cover

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The bail granted by the Supreme Court to Dr Binayak Sen Friday is likely to be activated only on Monday.

SC grants bail to Binayak Sen

Congress President Sonia Gandhi today stressed for a change of regime in West Bengal, saying that the Left Front Government had failed to utilise Central funds given to the state for its development.

Sonia flays Left Front for failing to utilise Central funds

The Punjab government has again deferred the long-delayed process of disinvesting loss-making Punjab Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (PACL), promoted by it and listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. There were almost no takers, admitted the disinvestment department, given the uncertainty on its debts.

No takers for Punjab Alkalies divestment

The political fallout of Singur-Nandigram movement has created such a sharp divide in the Bengal society that even the artists and literati are also divided into two opposing camps. In the last three years a number of prominent artists and intellectuals have deserted the Left and joined Mamata Banerjee's camp.

I believe in pluralism in the world of culture too: Buddha

After expulsion of 15 rebel candidates from the party for contesting against its official nominees for the West Bengal Assembly polls, Congress today appealed to the remaining dissidents to withdraw their candidature to defeat the ruling Left Front.

Pranab appeals to rebel leaders to withdraw candidature

The sugarcane dues in the ongoing crushing season have mounted to over Rs 950 crore in Uttar Pradesh (UP), even as the season has virtually rounded off.

UP sugarcane dues mount to Rs 950 cr

The industrial town of Kanpur is hosting the biennial AutoFair 2011 beginning tomorrow.

AutoFair 2011 kickstarts in Kanpur today

The Chandigarh region of the bank comprises the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Chandigarh and parts of Haryana. The bank has a branch network of 120 in this region.

Bank of Baroda to expand in the north

As the new government in Tamil Nadu is expected to take charge in a month, all the policy decisions and new projects are on hold.

In Tamil Nadu, policy decisions await new govt

Chennai-based real estate developer S&amp;P Foundation Pvt Ltd would initiate three residential projects in 2011-12, to develop a total area of 18 million sft in the next five years. The expected sales value for the first phase of the three projects is around Rs 1,290 crore, said company executives.

S&P plans three residential projects

Power-starved Karnataka has accorded sanction to 21 renewable energy projects for a combined generation capacity of 114 Mw of power. The state government recently issued an order for these projects. However, the projects are subject to clearances from the departments of water resources, forest, ecology, and pollution control board among others.

K'taka sanctions 114 Mw green energy projects

Trawlers and mechanised boat operators on the entire east coast will observe fishing holiday for 47 days from today. There are about 30,000 mechanised boats and 80 trawlers engaged in fishing. Of this, about 90 per cent trawlers and 20 per cent mechanised boats operate from Andhra Pradesh.

47-day fishing holiday begins

State-run Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) raised $ 500 million (around Rs 2,250 crore) by way of senior unsecured bonds under its medium term note (MTN) programme of $ 1 billion (around Rs 4,490 crore), on April 12, 2011 through its Hong Kong branch.

IOB raises $500 mn in bonds

Phase-I covers 54 of the 294 assembly constituencies.

North Bengal to decide fate of 364 candidates

In the first phase of West Bengal elections in North Bengal, more than the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM), it is the rebels who are causing headache for the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance.

Rebel hurdle for Congress in Bengal

In their hour of crisis of the Left Front in West Bengal, the critics of the Left who have distanced themselves from the party and the government have now started coming forward to express solidarity with the Left.

Ashok Mitra, Prabhat Patnaik express solidarity with the Left

Work is in progress on minor airports at Shimoga, Gulbarga, Bijapur and Hassan on PPP basis.

Tourism to get boost with 11 airstrips

Federation of Indian Farmers Organisations (FIFO) today slammed the process of land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh (UP) claiming farmers were being forced to part with their land at non-remunerative prices.

Farmers' body slams land acquisition process in UP

Africa is fast emerging as a favourite export destination among mid-sized Gujarati pharmaceutical companies. In the last two years, pharmaceutical exports from the state to different African countries has increased by around 30 to 40 per cent.

Africa hot favourite among Guj pharma firms

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