Mumbai | 6 hours ago
Nakoda to set up wind power plant in Madhya Pradesh
Mumbai, Sep 2 - Yarn manufacturer Nakoda Limited will invest Rs.33 crore on a 5.25 MW wind power plant in Madhya Pradesh, the company announced Thursday.The plant will be set in Jethana village of Ratlam district. It will have seven turbines of 750 KW each, aggregating to a total power production of 5.25 MW. The windmills for the project will be acquired from Global Wind Power Ltd, a company of th ... read more

New Delhi | 6 hours ago
Maternal, infant health index improves in India: Unicef
New Delhi, Sep 2 - There has been a significant improvement in maternal and child health indicators in the country with rise in institutional delivery and increase in immunisation, a Unicef survey released Thursday said.The Coverage Evaluation Survey 2009 -, a nationwide survey commissioned by United Nations Children's Fund -, was conducted November 2009-January 2010 across India. According to the ... read more

Washington | 2 days ago
World Bank cites Andhra water project for food security
Washington, Aug 31 - With the global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, the World Bank has cited India's Improved Rural Community Water Project in Andhra Pradesh as a model for better water management.'Experience in Andhra Pradesh has shown that actions on the ground tailored with reforms have proven to be strong incentives in fostering the reform agenda,' says a review of the Worl ... read more

Kolkata | 2 days ago
Madhya Pradesh to set up diamond park in Indore
Kolkata, Aug 31 - The Madhya Pradesh government has acquired land in Indore for a proposed diamond park and the detailed project report is ready, an official said here Tuesday.Anil Kumar Jain, managing director, M.P. State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd, said the state plans to develop the park for industries based on diamond cutting. 'We have appointed a consultant who has prepared the p ... read more

Panaji | 2 days ago
Involve youth in election process: Quraishi
Panaji, Aug 31 - The Election Commission of India is pulling out all stops to ensure the participation of the youth, especially those disillusioned by politicians, in the country's poll process, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said Tuesday.Addressing a press conference here, he said that a nationwide programme would be conducted on Jan 25, 2011 to induct 2 crore youngsters turning 18 tha ... read more

Panaji | 4 days ago
Zonal poll panel meet to discuss paid news
Panaji, Aug 29 - The paid news phenomenon, which has become the subject of serious debate during polls in India, will be one of the issues discussed at the Election Commission's zonal meet here, an official said Sunday.Addressing a press conference, Akshay Rauth, director general in the Election Commission, said that electoral officers had already been issued guidelines to effectively deal with pa ... read more

Panaji | 4 days ago
Poll panel to discuss money power during elections
Panaji, Aug 29 - Monitoring of election-related expenditure and working out effective means to tackle excessive use of money power during the polls will be among the major issues to be deliberated on at a conference of electoral officers and administrative officials to be held in Goa Tuesday-Wednesday, a senior Election Commission official said Sunday.Election Commission Director General Akshay Ra ... read more

New Delhi | 5 days ago
I haven't replaced Arjun in 'Don 2': Kunal Kapoor
New Delhi, Aug 28 - Bollywood hunk Kunal Kapoor is disappointed and upset. What seemed to be a replacement of model-turned-actor Arjun Rampal in much-awaited thriller 'Don 2' is 'not true', rues the former.Rumour mills were abuzz that Arjun's character Jasjeet will be now played by the 34-year-old model-turned-actor Kunal, who has dismissed the reports. 'This is not true. I haven't replaced Arj ... read more

Lucknow | 5 days ago
Three held for counterfeiting currency notes
Lucknow, Aug 28 - Three men involved in the manufacturing and supply of fake currency notes to various states in the country were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district, police said Saturday.The three men, in the age group of 30-35, were arrested Friday evening from a hideout in the Kurebhar area, some 150 km from here. Computers, scanners, ink and high quality blank paper used in manufact ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Deficit rainfall in east hits rice cultivation: IMD
New Delhi, Aug 27 - Northeastern and east India have received deficient rainfall this monsoon, which has adversely affected rice cultivation and other agricultural operations, the weather office said Friday.'Despite satisfactory position as far as rainfall for the country as a whole is concerned, the deficit rainfall scenario persists over the states of northeast India, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkha ... read more