Banks operating in the state- public sector banks, regional rural banks (RRBs) and cooperative banks continue to struggle with recovery of loans.

Poor collection from PMRY, IRDP pulls down recovery rates

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The &lsquo;e-sugam&rsquo; online filing, introduced by the Commercial Taxes Department, Government of Karnataka, has not been getting a positive response from traders and industrialists who have finding it a &lsquo;miserable&rsquo; experience going through with the process.

State Industrialists find 'e-sugam' not so 'sugam'

Considering the interest being generated by realtors like DLF, Emaar MGF and Tata Housing, Punjab is turning out to be a promising market from the realtor&rsquo;s perspective.

Big realtors catch fancy for Punjab

Anil Ambani led-Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL), which operates in radio, TV, experimental marketing, out-of-home and digital business, has reported that its radio business has achieved break-even.

Q&A: Tarun Katial, CEO, RBNL

Uttar Pradesh government has launched an ambitious Rs 2,000-crore scheme for the redevelopment of urban slums, predominantly inhabited by dalits.

Mayawati launches Rs 2,000-cr scheme for slums

A team of directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) today seized a suspected red sandalwood consignment at Kandla Port in Gujarat that was about to be shipped to Dubai allegedly by a Morbi-based ceramics exporter.

DRI seizes red sandalwood consignments at Kandla Port

The Gujarat government has converted all of the 749 Pundit Deendayal Grahak Bhandaras (DGB) in the Junagadh district to the model fair price shops, where necessary consumer goods including gas cylinder, mobile recharging, tooth paste, soaps, washing powder and cosmetics items etc will be sold to the rural community.

State converts all DGBs to model shops in Junagadh

The stalemate regarding seat sharing between Congress and Trinamool Congress for the next month's crucial Assembly election in West Bengal continued, even as both the parties kept their doors open for further talks. Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee, who held parleys with TC supremo Mamata Banerjee here last night, said that talks were on, before returning to Delhi today.

Stalemate over Cong-Trinamool seat sharing continues

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Leading education solutions provider, Educomp's ICT division, Edureach, has bagged a multimedia content development projects from the Government of Gujarat. Educomp has bagged a similar project from the Government of Assam.

Educomp to develop digital content for Gujarat government schools

CA Technologies and Unisys Corporation announced that they have extended their alliance to offer joint solutions that accelerate customers' path from virtualisation to the cloud.

CA Technologies and Unisys extend alliance to offer joint cloud solutions

With electioneering slowly intensifying in the state in view of the next months&rsquo; two phase assembly polls, corruption and price rise might upset the prospect of the ruling Congress party, which is seeking a third consecutive term to power. The opposition parties have identified corruption and price rise as two potential weapons to attack the Congress party.

Opposition to focus on corruption and price rise in Assam polls

Check-Inn Hotels Pvt Ltd, announced the commencement of operations of its first mid-market hotel Check Inn in the capital city with a latest concept in hospitality being select service accommodation.

Check Inn Hotels opens first hotel in Delhi

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda), an agency under the commerce ministry, will aggressively push for contract farming as a &ldquo;contemporary structural solution&rdquo; to get around the &ldquo;major problem&rdquo; of small-holder farming.

Apeda bats for contract farming

The recently inaugurated 30-day long Khadi Utsav held in Ahmedabad has already garnered revenues of Rs 2.18 crores on the tenth day of the exhibition itself. The exhibition, that is being held from March 6 to April 4, also organised a first of its kind buyers-sellers meet at the exhibition venue.

'Khadi Utsav' earnings crosses Rs 2 cr mark

The state government will organise the Global Agricultural Investors&rsquo; Meet (GAIM) in June on the lines of the Global Investors&rsquo; Meet (GIM) held in June last year.

State to host agri investors' meet

French car major Renault is set to launch five new cars before 2012. The company, which is setting up a Rs 4,500 crore car manufacturing plant at Oragadam along with its Japanese partner, has said it is targeting 70,000 units over next four to five years.

Renault to launch 5 new models

In an unprecedented move, the Election Commission has directed the West Bengal government to replace Kolkata Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty as his tenure has crossed three years and sought a three- member panel to select a new incumbent. &quot;Yesterday evening, the Election Commission sent an instruction to Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta stating that Gautam Mohan Chakraborty's tenure as Police Commissioner has crossed three years and so he has to be replaced,&quot; additional CEO N K Sahana told reporters today.

EC directs Bengal government to replace police chief

Chennai-based Ashok Leyland Defence Systems Ltd (ALDS) has entered into a tie up with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) GmbH and Co KG, Germany, to co-operate in developing advanced defence systems for Indian defence establishment as well as other defence forces worldwide.

Ashok Leyland set for bigger role in Indian defence sector

The Karnataka government is likely to get the first regional chapter of the cyber appellate tribunal within the next couple of months. State IT secretary M N Vidyashankar said, a proposal to this effect given to the Centre, was in the advanced stages of getting approval.

State to set up regional chapter of cyber appellate tribunal

Market Simplified Inc, a mobile trading technology service firm based in Delaware, and owned by Chennai-based INXS Technologies, is planning product and sales expansion by raising funds through private equity and strategic investors.

Mobile trading tech firm to tap PE funding

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has awarded a contract for power supply and overhead equipment (OHE) to Siemens AG, Germany, and its Indian arm Seimens Ltd India Consortium at a cost of Rs 305 crore.

Siemens ups presence in Metro rail projects

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