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NMDC production up 37%

Dispatches higher at 40% in Q3; improved market conditions are the main reason

Debate on AP Reorganisation Bill begins amid protests

YSR Congress Party members, however, continued with their protests in the House leading to adjournment of the session for the day

Irda chief favours single policy for low income groups

Specific circumstances of low income groups like unstable income, migration for work and others should be considered, he said

Uttarakhand to build 35,000 shops for unemployed youths

With unemployment rising in the state, the govt is finding it difficult to cover all the educated unemployed youths registered at unemployment exchanges

Put option exit pricing may hurt PE investors

Private equity firms won't get to use internal rate of return model, as the central bank is against fixed returns

Welspun announces MoU with Punjab to build solar power project

The project will have a capacity of 150 Mw

'Fun and frolic' at Saifai as ministers on foreign trip

Oppn targets UP govt for ignoring muzaffarnagar riot victims

UP eyes 35% increase in potato production

The govt is giving a final shape to the proposed potato development Policy

Punjab gets HC nod to set up first NRI court

It was imperative for Union External Affairs Ministry to take up this issue strongly, says NRI Affairs and Revenue Minister Punjab

MP govt rolls back decision to sell IMFL at 'desi' liquor shops

Desi liquor shops are only allowed to sell country-made liquor

Cotton output pegged at 36.1 mn bales this season

Gujarat will be the top producer with 12.5 mn bales, followed by Maharashtra (70 lakh bales) and Andhra (65 lakh bales)

Chouhan sees no challenge to Modi from Rahul or Priyanka

Says MP will strive to give its best for bringing BJP back to power at Centre and also towards making Modi the Prime Minister

Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai to join Aam Aadmi Party

She will be joining the party not as a politician but as a citizen of the country

Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist to invest in Gujarat

Sets up $8 million fund for start-ups from Gujarat, other parts of country

Laws enacted in Parliament not on Ramlila Maidan: Digvijay Singh

Both Kejriwal and Modi are big megalomaniacs with a strong dictatorial streak, adds Singh

BJP gears up for Modi's rally in Goa

Collects Rs 5 fee for attendance, CM Manohar Parrikar says so far over 90,000 people have registered their names for the rally

UP sugar mills to add cogeneration, ethanol plants

Sugar, bagasse, ethanol and molasses are different byproducts of sugarcane extracted during / after crushing

Cong, BJP are black marketeers, two sides of same coin: Manik

Says the two parties are always with affluent businessmen and bureaucrats, but never work for the common people

Chhattisgarh to focus on non-core sector industries

Suchitra not yet out of danger, to remain in ITU