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Sobha's Q1 sales bookings down by 20% to Rs 482 cr

Sobha is cautious on Gurgaon due to the weak sentiment prevalent in the region as a whole

Steel consumption inches up by 0.7 per cent in Q1

India's steel consumption grew by just 0.6 per cent in the 2013-14 fiscal, the slowest in at least four years, to 73.93 MT

Mars orbiter spacecraft to reach target in 75 days

ISRO performed the second Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM-2) on the orbiter as a mid-course correction to keep the spacecraft on course

Shriram Transport Fin expects 12% growth in H2

The company plans to finance medical and industrial equipments finance

Have a killer app idea? Adeptpros helps you strike it rich

Under the Appionaire programme, Adeptpros invites mobile app ideas from various educational institutions and also from individuals

India to see $15-bn investment in cold chain

The findings were made in a study titled 'A tank of cold: Cleantech leapfrog to a more food secure world' by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

K'taka presses panic button over drought-like situation

The state government is set to defer the process of recovery of agricultural loans of farmers availed from cooperative institutions

Telangana rejects idea to form joint force for Hyd

Following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad has been made the joint capital of the two states for 10 years

Cong to back decision on UN body office

Third bridge collapses in flood-hit Uttarakhand

Opposition demands the govt blacklists construction companies which constructed these bridges

Set up skill-development centres for youth: Punjab CM

The initiative would serve two purposes- one, provide unemployed youth skill training and second, wean them away from drugs menace

Haryana govt's move to set up a separate committee for Sikh shrines illegal: Badal

This ill conceived move is aimed at dividing the Sikhs on one hand and destabilising the Sikh panth on the other: Badal

DDA team to visit Ahmedabad civic body to study heritage cell

CSMCRI develops green plastic from bio-fuel residue

Bhavnagar-based institute also working on developing bio-fuel from marine micro-algae

NICA can get large scale investments for Pune

Budget allocated Rs 100 crore for the creation of NICA, which many feel would boost the industrial activities in the belt

Answers to last week's quiz (#364)

The Strategist Quiz (#365)

Rurban Gujarat

The idea of urban infrastructure in rural areas is already alive in over 2,300 villages of Gujarat due to the generous contributions of Gujarati Non-Resident Indians to the land of their origin

HAL welcomes increased defence FDI, new airports

HAL Chief R K Tyagi says the Budget seeks to create conducive environment for tech development and research

Mamata considering a visit to Singapore