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10-20% yield loss in wheat crop likely due to heavy rains: Experts

Heavy rains on Monday continued to lash most parts of Punjab and Haryana

Inclement weather affects normal life in Uttarakhand

For the first time in many years, the state is witnessing heavy rains in March

Can a convicted stock trader start a new life?

Roomy Khan, a key witness against Raj Rajaratnam, is struggling to find a new identity

Punjab to focus on skill development; announces 3 centres

Multi-skill development centres would also be established in six cities

CAG finds irregularities of Rs 41 cr in APDCL

CAG pointed out that there were irregularities in the management of distribution franchise agreement of APDCL

CM claims credit for improving amenities for Kolkatans

The state govt has asked the State Election Commissioner to hold KMC election on April 18, and to 93 municipalities across the state on April 25

Budget pro-rich, pro-corporate: Tarun Gogoi

On the budget announcement to set up All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Assam, Gogoi said the announcement was to "hoodwink" the people of Assam

Budget reaction: Punjab rubber sector not fully happy

Since Rubber industry has domestic capacity, the industry seeks increasing duty on import of finished rubber products

Chhattisgarh to enhance its power transmission capacity

The Governor said the Chhattisgarh Government had given top priority to the schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Union Budget 2015 evokes mixed reactions from UP Inc

Financial package to Bengal a bunkum: Mamata

The deduction of about Rs 28,000 cr every year towards debt taken by the previous government has been increasing

Budget no cheer for handloom weavers

The federation has demanded increase in subsidy of yarn from 10% at present to 20% and establishment of raw material banks in each district, particularly those with high concentration of weavers

Kerala creates 533 startups in 1,000 days

Kochi Startup Village entreprenuers generate a total 2,889 jobs by the end of 2014 calendar year

NSCL suspends cane crushing on fund crunch

Company seeks govt intervention to keep it afloat

Odisha seeks central assistance for Concor project

The project, with financial outlay of Rs 95.40 cr, is coming up on 28.31 acres of land

Naveen open to relocate IIM to Sambalpur

Says if the Central govt is willing to relax this guideline for site selection, then the state government strongly recommends Sambalpur in western Odisha as the location of IIM-Odisha

VIT's last date for applications is Mar 15

Final year undergraduate students this year would get more placement offers from the top businesses visiting its campuses

Panasonic to launch 5-6 new smartphones every quarter

Move aimed at supporting its 5 % market share target in India; also planning to spend around Rs 125 crore on brandbuilding

Natco signs agreement with Gilead for Hepatitis C drugs

The agreement allows Natco to expand access to the medicines in 91 developing countries

IIT-H first to introduce course on digital fabrication

Digital fabrication can be used not only in the manufacturing sector but also in healthcare, food and other segments in future