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Written by Priyadarshi Siddhanta | New Delhi | Published:July 20, 2010 1:14 am Related NewsJairam Ramesh book: ‘Suicides, Opposition chorus led to Andhra division’Congress should directly take on PM Modi, says Jairam RameshCong seeks SC-monitored probe into GSPC’s KG basin investment Seeking to enforce compliance to environmental norms by the miners,union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) minister Jairam...

Written by Agencies | Mumbai | Published:July 18, 2010 9:14 am Bangalore-headquartered IT major,Mindlance,plans to invest around USD 100 million in India over the next two to three years besides eyeing acquisitions in the infrastructure management space,a senior company official said. “We plan to invest USD 100 million over the next two to three years,mainly for scaling-up our infrastructure,setting...

Written by Johnson T A | Bangalore | Published:July 10, 2010 3:56 am Related NewsI-T department surveys service providers engaged for Janardhan Reddy’s daughter’s weddingCentre, states to brainstorm on making mines auction a successKarnataka: Lokayukta police raid mining baron, ‘tainted’ officials The Karnataka Assembly witnessed scenes that resembled a street fight when ruling BJP legislators from the iron ore...

Written by Agencies | New Delhi | Published:July 7, 2010 9:49 am The domestic industry plans to raise Rs 40,000 crore — meant for adding capacity and retiring debts — through qualified institutional placements (QIPs) in the remaining six months of 2010,a study said. “In the absence of virtually no regulatory approvals,India Inc has drawn up elaborate plans to...

Written by Pranav Kulkarni | Pune | Published:June 15, 2010 4:04 am When Bajirao Peshwa I got the Shaniwar Wada constructed,it cost him Rs 12,000. Three centuries later,a replica will cost Rs 2.4 crore. Art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai is creating an exact replica of Pune’s famous landmark at Karjat,100 kms from the city,at Desai’s Big ND Studios,for...

Written by Express News Service | Patiala | Published:June 12, 2010 11:07 pm Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal assured improved health services in the state and announced that a sum of Rs 325 crore would be spent on improving the health infrastructure in the state. Announcing this here on Friday,Badal said the Planning Commission has already approved...

Written by Gunjan Pradhan Sinha | New Delhi | Published:June 12, 2010 12:48 am The government has resumed its hunt for a chief for National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) months after its initial selection process was abandoned. The initial process got mired in controversy in January this year after it was found that a member of the...

Written by Priyadarshi Siddhanta | New Delhi | Published:June 9, 2010 2:17 am Pitching for the setting up of a debt fund to infuse money to the tune of Rs 50,000 crore for financing various infrastructure projects,a committee has suggested a host of changes in financial regulations to facilitate roping in funds from the pension and insurance sectors. Citing...

Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Published:May 28, 2010 11:02 pm Related NewsRajya Sabha polls: Plea in HC against fake affidavitsSeventeen judges to Bombay, Jammu and Kashmir high courts to be appointed soonAfter Kerala High Court order, kin of Muslim convert forcibly take her home Following a ban by the High Court on sand mining,the price of sand...

Written by Gunjan Pradhan Sinha | New Delhi | Published:May 20, 2010 10:33 pm In what may come as an additional perquisite to the country’s legislators,the empowered group of ministers (E-GoM) set up to resolve issues in the implementation of the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) has exempted all members of Parliament (MPs) and members of Legislative Assemblies...