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World agri congress so far attracts 33 foreign, 247 Indian delegates

Four-day event begins in Hyderabad from Monday

Jayalalithaa criticises Centre on cut in Budget allocation

Also criticised Centre's decision to introduce GST, and termed it as an attempt to lay hands on the commercial tax resources

Karunanidhi asks PM to miss CHOGM meet in Colombo

DMK has been an ally of UPA which has been running central govt for nearly a decade now

Voltech to invest Rs 800 cr

Company looking at raising equity for future investments and planning to set up solar plant in African countries

TVS firm Wheels India to raise equity

Almost 60% of Wheels India's revenue comes from wheels for commercial vehicles, passenger cars

Modi will be 'state guest' during his 2-day Bihar visit

Mamata Banerjee to design 'Tantuja' sarees

Assam launches pension scheme for poor and unorganized sector workers

People in the age group of 18-60 would be able to avail the benefits of the new pension scheme

EAC recommends green clearance for Dhamra port expansion in Odisha

Dhamra, a deep draught port off coast of north Odisha needed 800 acres of land in second phase purely for port operations

Somen Mitra set to join Congress

TMC in a jittery over how many would follow

Centre bans mining in sensitive zones along sanctuaries in Goa

The ministry in its notification has prohibited all new and existing mining of minor and major minerals, stone quarrying and crushing units with immediate effect in all the six sanctuaries

Cadila Healthcare Q2 net profit up 82%

On consolidated basis, Cadila Healthcare's net profit was up 93.4% y-o-y basis to Rs 183.3 cr

Adani Enterprises Q2 net loss at Rs 102 cr

Consolidated net loss of the company for the quarter at Rs 417 crore

Completion of Narmada dam true tribute to Sardar, not statue: Dinsha Patel

Mining minister says it is more important for farmers to get water for irrigation

Rahul Khullar blazes a new trail at Trai

He has refused to toe the line of ministers, though some question his recent decisions

Rupee rises on diesel price rise expectations

The government should raise diesel prices by about 9.5% or Rs 5 ($0.08) a litre

India may go back to being a market for opportunistic investments: Nainesh Jaisingh

Interview with Global co-head, PE, Standard Chartered Bank

Local PEs to bet on global quick service restaurants' India entry

The latest QSR brand exploring options to enter India is global fast food giant Burger King, backed by PE major Everstone Capital

LotusPool to launch $125-mn fund

The fund will focus on taking stakes in scalable SMEs that are at early-expansion phase of their growth cycle

Trinamool scoffs at Left strategy

They have lost credibility in West Bengal. They have lost relevance: Partha Chatterjee