Kolkata, (IANS) The West Bengal government and villagers of Loba, who had clashed with the police over a land acquisition dispute Nov 6, Friday held a meeting. They differed on various issues but said they were not against the Trinamool Congress government. Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee, who held talks with representatives of villagers, later squarely [...]

New Delhi/Mumbai, (IANS) Activist-politician Arvind Kejriwal Friday accused industrialists Mukesh and Anil Ambani, Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal, Congress MP Annu Tandon and several other Indians of holding money in Swiss banks, allegations all of them denied. The BJP demanded a probe to clear the air and the CPI-M said the government should disclose names [...]

Kolkata, (IANS) World’s largest coal miner Coal India Limited (CIL) Friday announced an 18.92 percent increase in net profit to Rs.3,080 crore for the quarter ending Sep 30, 2012 from Rs.2,590 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. The coal major registered about 11 percent increase in net sales during the period under review, [...]

Kolkata, (IANS) Promoters of an upcoming mega food park in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district Friday said they were in talks with ITC for setting up the unit spread over a five-acre plot. The mega food park at Jangipur, promoted by the state government and five other private firms, is expected to be operational by March [...]

New Delhi, (IANS) Vijay Mallya Friday said the Diageo-United Spirits deal has no implications for his cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines, as both are independent businesses. “We have multiple businesses and each business operates independent of each other. There is no cross contamination. There never has been, there never will be,” Mallya told reporters over phone from [...]

Thiruvananthapuram, ( IANS) The Kerala Tourism’s pavilion themed as the Western Ghats turned out to be a huge hit at the World Travel Mart (WTM) held in London this week, an official said here Friday. The four-day event that concluded Thursday was attended by top state tourism officials and private players from the tourism industry [...]

Mumbai, (IANS) Jet Airways Friday dismissed as “entirely false” the allegations levelled by India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal of company chairman Naresh Goyal having unaccounted money stashed away in a Swiss bank. In a statement here, the company said Goyal was a non-resident Indian since January 1991 and was accordingly entitled to have bank [...]

Shimla/New Delhi, (IANS) A craftsperson involved in protecting the globally acclaimed but dying art forms of the erstwhile princely hill state of Chamba in Himachal Pradesh Friday got the national award from President Pranab Mukherjee. Lalita Vakil of Chamba town was honoured with the Shilp Guru award for her excellence in Chamba embroidery at a [...]