The JD(S) today levelled fresh allegations against Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa claiming that an educational trust run by him had received over Rs 27 crore as donation from companies, including some loss-making ones, which benefited from the government.

CM-run trust got Rs 27 crore  donation, says JD(S)

Press Trust of India

The Rs 150-crore medicinal plant products market in Orissa is likely to get a boost, as the State Medicinal Plants Board (SMPB) has decided to form at least four producers&rsquo; companies in various parts of the state to trade the products in an organized manner.

Medicinal plant products market in state to get a boost

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Plans foray into full-fledged restaurant business.

Coffee Day group set to expand its hospitality offerings

Karnataka Lokayukta justice Santhosh Hegde said here in Bangalore on Thursday that he would submit a report to Justice V S Mallimath, chairman of Karnataka Law Commission on the need to work on legal reforms to facilitate and promote more human organ transplants in the state.

'Change law to facilitate organ transplants'

This is a true representation that there is a palpable demand for super-luxury apartments in Bangalore. In a development underlining this significance, Prestige Estates &amp; Projects, which is developing Kingfisher Towers in association with UB Group on Vittal Mallya Road, is understood to be making headway in pegging the price of the flats around Rs 16,000-17,000 per square feet, even before the ground work is ready for the project.

Prestige kick-starts sale of flats at Kingfisher Towers

Out of the total ACP of Rs 12677.77 crore, the banks have achieved credit flow of Rs 10682.63 crore by the end of December last year. The achievement of public sector banks has been 111 per cent while for private sector banks, it has been disappointingly low at 39 per cent.

Banks achieve 84 % of Annual Credit Plan till Dec

19 districts in Orissa have CD ratio below RBI norm of 60.
The Credit-Deposit (CD) ratio of public sector banks in the state, which has witnessed a downtrend for the past couple of years, has not recorded any substantial improvement by the end of December 2010. The CD ratio of the PSU banks has slipped to 55.15 in the said period as against the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) stipulation of 60.
According to the data compiled by the State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC), seven public sector banks

CD ratio of public sector banks falls to 55.15

If economic indicators like employment rate are anything to go by, the US is on its path to recovery. Logically, this should bring cheer to the exporting community, especially garment exporters from India, who had seen their sales plummet in the last one year on account of a decline in demand from the US and Europe.

Knitting a mechanism to protect margins

Addressing media persons here, Ajai Kumar, executive director, UCO Bank said, &ldquo;We have set a total business target of Rs 2.40 lakh crore in 2009-10. This would include Rs 1.40 lakh crore of deposits and around Rs one lakh crore worth advances.

UCO Bank aims at Rs 2.4 lakh cr business in 2010-11

Sonia Gandhi&rsquo;s Congress is eyeing the upcoming assembly elections as an opportunity to showcase people&rsquo;s faith in the Congress-led UPA in these troubled times. As the ruling coalition is under pressure over scandals and incidents of corruption, the Congress is keen to maximize its chances of victory in the assembly polls and prove that the popular support has not eroded.

After retaining DMK, Congress to strengthen ties with TMC

The visit of Coal India Chairman to Talcher last week to give a boost to coal production of Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd (MCL), which has been hit by series of agitations by locals and transporters during this fiscal, has had little impact on improvement in operation in this coal company.

Two mega coal mines at Talcher closed

Heavy damages estimated for in cotton, chana, castor crop.

Unseasonal rains cost Rs 3,312 cr to state agriculture

Former chairman of Coal India Limited Partha Bhattacharyya is set to take over as managing director of the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL).

Partha Bhattacharyya to be HPL MD

Baliram Kashyap, veteran parliamentarian and the man who prepared saffron ground in the red zone, passed away here in the wee hours today after prolonged illness.

Baliram Kashyap passes away at 75

As short supply of raw cotton has raised raw material prices, in turn increasing the cost of production for cotton ginner, nearly 80 per cent of ginning units in Gujarat are shut since last month. The remaining are working part-time.

Ginners close units as cotton arrivals dip

Having launched its new product, Fiesta eCampus, a teaching, learning and communication tool for educational institutes, Rajkot-based Anukaanchan Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

ASPL eyes Rs 15 crore biz from eCampus

Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA, a Spain-based wind turbine manufacturer, is planning to invest around Rs 630 crore (100 million Euro) to set up new facilities in two Indian states, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gamesa Wind Turbines (Pvt) Ltd.

Gamesa to invest around Rs 630 crore in Gujarat, TN

Franke Faber India Limited (FFIL), a kitchen chimneys and hob manufacturer in India with Swiss and Italian parentage for Franke and Faber brands respectively said it began construction of their new plant at Sanaswadi near Pune with an investment of Rs 50 crore, it is one of the largest investments Franke Faber has made outside Europe, the company officials added.

Franke Faber invests Rs 50 crore in new technology plant at Pune

Farmers&rsquo; payment to breach the Rs 15,000-crore mark.

UP sugarcane output to be record high in 2010-11

MP presents Rs 4,281-cr third adjunct budget

Rich in hydro-electricity potential, Himachal Pradesh has so far tapped 6,470 Mw of the total potential of 23,000 Mw.

Himachal taps 6,470-Mw hydel power

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