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Odisha seeks mines reservation for its PSUs in MMDR Bill

The Bill seeks to offer iron ore and other bulk minerals through the competitive bidding route

Miners sulk as Odisha buys time to clear lease renewals

Only 96 mines in the state are in a working state- less than a sixth of a total of 601 leases

Kharif season sets in under price support scheme

Last year, machinery owners collected between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,400 an hour from farmers to cut the crops

Global artist village to come up in Kerala

Kerala Lalithakala Akademi has drawn up an ambitious plan to set up the village, a 10-acre studios-cum-residential complex, at Sreekandapuram

Opposition should allow Rajya Sabha to function: M Venkaiah Naidu

Says Opposition parties are hurting the national interest by obstructing the business of Rajya Sabha for political reasons

Corporate India learns to live with competition law

Compliance needs to be embedded in the decision-making process, say experts

Sexual assault of school girls, terror blot on K'taka

ISRO's unmanned crew module reaches Chennai

Inching towards realising India's ambition to send humans to space, ISRO had on Dec 18 successfully tested an unmanned crew module on board

Bank unions to intensify strike on wage settlement

The United Forum of Bank Unions would be holding a one-day all-India strike on January 7 followed by a four-day strike from January 21-24

MTDC mulling launch of amphibian bus service in Mumbai, Konkan

The MTDC has invited expression of interest in this regard

Germany's Schmersal begins production from Pune plant

The company has invested Rs 65 cr in the greenfield facility with annual capacity of manufacturing 3.6 million safety switches

Puneites prefer Goa, Dubai for New Year celebrations

41% travellers prefer to stay in hotels of different kinds whereas 23% prefer Bed & Breakfast Inns for their New Year holiday

Amul's turnover may rise by 21% at Rs 22K cr in FY'15

GCMMF is undertaking major expansion to increase milk processing capacity to 320 lakh litre per day from the current 230 lakh litre per day

Arbitration agreement needs no signature

New vehicle owners in India want more tech enabled safety features

Driving convenience, safety and visibility are major features

Three areas of regulatory attention for 2015

The process of selecting and appointing personnel to run the regulatory agencies is the weakest link in the system

Indian Physiotherapists Association seeks inclusion of physiotherapy in Dept of AYUSH

The inclusion of a central council for this health care profession will give an independent status to physiotherapists, at par with other medical professionals

Fertiliser sales up, but urea sales down 7%

P&K fertiliser volumes have grown to 13.3 mt in seven months of FY15 driven by relatively low opening inventory levels vis-a-vis previous years and low base effect

ISB launches alumni mobile app

ISB Rocks is currently available on Android for testing

Navi Mumbai International Airport to be operational by 2019: Fadnavis

The project will be built on public-private partnership on a land of around 1,160 hectares