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Indian ace paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal on Saturday clinched his third gold of the National Games by winning the individual men's title. Achanta, who won gold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, did not break a sweat in his clinical 4-0 win over Bengal's Anirban Nandi in a match which lasted for 16 minutes. In the one-sided match, Achanta kept the pressure on Nandi right from the word go and didn't give the Bengal paddler to settle down. Nandi did get off to a good start in the first set as he was leading 4-3, but Achanta made a solid comeback by giving away only one point to his opponent before winning it 11-5. Achanta gave away nine points in the second set but there was no let off from the Tamil Nadu paddler as he clinched it 11-9. There was no looking back for Achanta after taking a 2-0 lead as he won the next two sets with an identical score of 11-6.

Madhucon Projects (Nama Nageswara Rao, Chairman & MD) announced that it has obtained a letter of award for order worth around Rs 12,000 cror es from National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). The order is for 4-laning of Barsasat-Krsihagar section of NH-34 (84 kms) in the state of West Bengal under National Highway Development Program (NHDP-III) on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) Annuity basis. As per terms, Madhucon has to design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) Annuity basis under NHDP-III for semi-annual annuity of Rs 739.8 million. The concession period is 17 years, including construction period of 910 days. As on date, the company is having order on hand to the extent of Rs 41 billion and has been pre-qualified in number of EPC works over Rs 100 billion in irrigation, highways, railways, power projects and transmission line projects, etc .

BHUBANESWAR: Maoists finally released Malkangiri collector Ravella Vineel Krishna on Thursday. The collector, abducted on February 16, was freed at Doliamba, a village bordering the Chitrakonda-Balimela forests, 750 km from here. Malkangiri District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) project director Balwant Singh received Krishna. According to initial reports, around 15 Maoists dropped the collector at Doliamba village where a meeting of local tribal people was held. One of the local Maoists explained that the collector was abducted for the cause of tribals who were being 'exploited' and 'oppressed' by the state administration. The reports said the collector was held on a well-guarded hilltop, eight km from Doliamba. Armed militia was deployed all-around the hill to repulse any possible attempt of attack by security forces. Suspense and drama preceded the collector's release as Maoists demanded immediate release of their ideologue Ganti Prasad and a host of other lea...

Hyderabad: Kosaraju Sivadeep bagged a ‘double' in the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament organised by Advantage Tennis Academy here on Friday. Sivadeep clinched the boys' under-12 singles and under-14 doubles titles. Kosaraju Sivadeep bt B. Rithvik Choudary 6-2, 7-5. U-14, Kosaraju Sivadeep & A. K.Rohit bt P. C. Anirudh & Sakineni Durga Himakesh 4-2, 3-5, 10-8 .

Authoress Shubhra Ramineni's Entice with Spice, Easy Indian Recipes for Busy People, has been awarded the 2010 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for "Best Indian Cuisine Book" in the US. Now it is in the running for "Best in the World" for the most popular Indian cookbook in the world. Entice with Spice will compete with the other books that won in the Indian cuisine category in their respective countries. The winner of the "Best in the World" will be announced at an award ceremony in Paris in March 2011, and will be followed by a swanky party. Entice with Spice is available in bookstores around the world and at Borders, Barners and Nobles and on Amazon.com In Houston, it is also available at Williams-Sonoma, Highland Village; River Oaks Bookstore; and the Blue Willow Bookshop.

New Delhi, (IANS) The inaugural Formula One race in New Delhi later this year was one of the reasons that prompted Tata Motors to back Kakarla Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan 's return to the sport after five years. Karthikeyan will be seen in action with Tata Motors sponsored Hispania Racing Team in the Oct 28-30 race and a top official of the Indian automobile giant admitted that backing the Coimbatore lad was a natural choice as it helps in 'brand enhancement'. Tata Motors has also been one of the oldest sponsors of Karthikeyan since 2002. Karthikeyan had also raced for Tata LeMans racing team. Speaking to IANS, R.Ramakrishnan, vice president (commercial-passenger business unit) of Tata said: 'It has been a long association between Karthikeyan and Tata. The New Delhi race was certainly one reason why we supported him. Besides this, we remain committed to motorsport activities as it helps tremendously in brand enhancement. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Monday also launched a r...

Microsoft today filed a report disclosing the stock award given to Satya Nadella , who was promoted to president of the server and tools business on Feb. 9. Nadella, 43, received 217,499 shares that vest in blocks starting Aug. 29 and continuing until Oct. 21, 2012. At today's closing price -- $27.06 -- that's a $5,885,522.94 (Rs.26,54,95,942/ -) signing bonus. Strangely, the filing says that Nadella doesn't own any shares directly or indirectly. Either that's an omission or Nadella's done a lot of diversification in his 19 years at Microsoft.

SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Lion Hotels Corporation (NYSE: RLH - News ) announced today that the Red Lion Hotel Oakland International Airport in Northern California has officially converted to the brand. "The sheer power of joining a known brand has already helped our property gain exposure," said Rao R. Yalamanchili, who owns the hotel along with Srinivas Yalamanchili. "When we were considering moving from an independent hotel to a brand, we ultimately selected Red Lion Hotels because the company is also an owner of hotels and understands what it is like to be in the operator's role." "This property is a strong addition to the Red Lion Hotels footprint," said Rich Carlson, Vice President of Lodging Development for Red Lion Hotels Corporation. "Growing Red Lion's presence in the Bay Area is essential to growing the brand throughout California." The Red Lion Hotel Oakland International Airport , 150 Hegenberger Roa...

HYDERABAD: Like any other ordinary soul, Ravella Vineel Krishna used to move around in the interior and inaccessible areas of Malkangiri district of Odisha on a motorcycle. He mingled with the people freely, discussed their problems and made all efforts to solve their problems. The people there too held him in high regard and felt he was one of them. Despite the fact that he was working in the Maoist stronghold, Krishna refused to move around with security and this perhaps was the reason he landed himself in the 'custody' of Maoists. Hailing from Kuchinapudi, near Tenali, in Guntur district, Vineel Krishna, a 2005-batch IAS officer and Malkangiri district collector in the neighbouring state was abducted by the extremists yesterday. “Being an Indian, serve the country. Why go to some foreign land when you have much more to do here?'' is what Krishna, an IITian from Madras and state topper in the civil services examination, used to tell his US-based brother whenever he a...

Bhubaneswar: A senior IAS officer in Orissa's Malkangiri district has been kidnapped by the Maoists. District Collector Ravella Vineel Krishna was kidnapped while he was returning after an interaction programme in Gumma block of tribal-dominated Malkangiri district. The incident happened on Wednesday, just two days before Home Minister P Chidambaram's scheduled video-conference with the Collectors of 60 Maoist-hit districts. This is for the first time that the Maoists have kidnapped an IAS officer. Malkangiri Additional SP A Das said there has been no communication with the Collector since Wednesday afternoon. Thirty-year-old Vineel Krishna, an IIT-Madras graduate, joined administrative service in 2005. Krishna was posted as the District Collector of Malkangiri 16 months ago. He is known to be popular with the local people and interacts closely with them. Along with the District Collector, the Maoists had also kidnapped two junior engineers. One of them was freed on Wednesday...

Vibha Seeds Group is pleased to announce that its CMD, Vidyasagar Parchuri , has been awarded with the "Outstanding AgBio Leadership Award” at AgBio Global Summit 2011 at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore on January 31, 2011 . This award recognition comes for his outstanding commitment and leadership vision in promoting Research & Innovation and Development of quality hybrid seeds and crop genetics programs for the benefit of farmers and to uphold our national pride in food security and agriculture education and the welfare of the Indian farming community at large. The award has conferred by Maryland India Business Round Table Inc. (MIBRT), USA . Vidyasagar Parchuri, the Chairman and Managing Director of Vibha Seeds Group is a shining example of entrepreneur in seed industry who has demonstrated that how dedication, attention to details and sheer hard work can transform lives for many, especially the needy rural populace. The meteoric rise of his group o...

In a move described as “planned transition”, Ashok Leyland on Saturday appointed Mr Vinod Dasari the company's Managing Director in the place of Mr R. Seshasayee, who has been promoted the company's Executive Vice-Chairman. Mr Seshasayee, who has been the face of Ashok Leyland for decades having served the company for the better part of his working life, will from April focus on “strategic initiatives towards globalisation of the company's operations,” says a press release from the company. He was made Managing Director of Ashok Leyland in 1998 and his present term expires on March 31. Mr Dasari joined Ashok Leyland in 2005, before which he was Joint Managing Director of Cummins India. He will take charge from April 1.

Six legendary actresses like leela Naidu , Meena Kumari, Nutan, Kanan Devi, Devika Rani and Savitri Devi are being honoured with the issuance of postage stamps to coincide with the week-long Indipex 2011 Philately exhibition in the capital. This makes the total number of stamps on film personalities issues so far to just over twenty, even as the film industry is completing one hundred years of its existence next year. The first postage stamp to honour a film personality was issued on 30 April 1971, when a 20 paisa stamp was released to mark the birth centenary of Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian Cinema.

To set up 250 MW solar photovoltaic unit in Chhattisgarh. Lanco Infratech’s (Lagadapati Rajagopal, Chairman) Singapore based subsidiary Lanco Solar Holdings has unveiled its solar plans. It is implementing a fully integrated business strategy as a developer of Solar Farms, EPC contractor and also integrated manufacturer of solar PV modules.Lanco Solar is present in both solar PV and Solar thermal technologies. Under various policies of both state and central governments, Lanco Solar has already signed power purchase agreements to the extent of 140 MW and aims to develop 200 to 300 MW of solar power over the next 2 years. Lanco Solar also offers turnkey engineering, procurement and construction services to other solar power developers and are looking to build 300 to 500 MW of solar thermal and solar PV plants over the next couple of years. Lanco Solar has also secured contracts for establishing solar power generation projects to be built on Parliament house and Science City in Punjab....

Microsoft Corp . said Satya Nadella , an engineering manager in its Internet business, is becoming president of the server division, part of an effort to put more people with a technology background in top jobs. Nadella, 43, will oversee strategy, engineering, marketing and product development for the company’s server, tools and cloud-computing efforts, Microsoft said today in a statement. He replaces Bob Muglia, whose departure was announced last month. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is making executive changes to inject more engineering experience into the senior levels of product divisions. He’s contending with criticism from the board and investors that Microsoft is falling behind in smartphones and tablet computers. Ballmer also is trying to capitalize on a shift to cloud software, which is stored online. Nadella, a 19-year Microsoft veteran, served as a senior vice president overseeing engineering and technical strategy for the Bing search engine, MSN websites and Intern...

It was going to take more than a pogonip to keep Swetha Jasti from triumphing at the 2011 Olathe District Spelling Bee. The seventh-grader began sobbing with joy on stage when told she had correctly spelled the Shoshone word that means an icy winter fog. Swetha defeated 42 other top-notch spellers at the bee held Thursday at Frontier Trail Middle School, sponsored by The Olathe News. She will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., on June 1-2. “Awesome,” was how the 13-year-old described her feelings after winning. She has been entering spelling bees since she was in the first grade and this was her fourth year at the district level. Two years ago, she came in third. “I was nervous the whole time,” said Swetha, who attends Chisholm Trail Middle School. “I’m just really happy.”

Kamineni Steel & Power India , part of the Hyderabad-based Kamineni group (Kamineni Suryanarayana Chairman) , has on Friday announced financial closure for its 3.6 lakh tonnes steel billets and 220 mw gas-based power project, involving a total capital outlay of Rs 1,534 crore. Chairman Kamineni Suryanarayana said a consortium of nine banks led by Indian Bank has arranged Rs 1,248 crore of loans. The balance will be pumped in by the promoters in the form of equity, he said. The project, coming up at Narketpalli in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, will take off over the next 18 months. The company has already placed orders for equipment and also tied up gas supplies for the power project with the Gas Authority of India (Gail), he said. Suryanarayana said the project is coming up adjacent to the facilities of other group companies which are into manufacture of seamless tubes used in the oil and gas drilling operations by the Indian public and private sector giants including ONGC...

Investment of Rs. 350 crore 3500 tonnes per day sugar crushing capacity NSL Sugars , a part of Hyderabad based NSL Group (Mandava Prabhakara Rao, Chairman ), announced today that its Mahbubnagar Plant, Krishnaveni Sugars, has commenced operations. It is an integrated Sugar, Co-generation power and Fuel grade ethanol project set up at Kothakota Mandal of Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. NSL invested Rs. 350 crore to build the integrated sugar complex. The overall cost of the project has been funded through a mix of internal accruals and debt. The plant consists of 3500 Tonnes crushing per day (TCD) sugar unit besides 28 MW Cogen power plant and 45 Kilo liters per day (KLPD) capacity Fuel Grade Ethanol plant. NSL has plans to expand the sugar unit capacity to 5000 TCD in near future. Mr. Mandava Prabhakar Rao, Chairman, NSL Group, stated “Our humble beginning in sugar business in 2003 has made us one of the biggest players in south India today. This Greenfield project is the step...

1) Lanco Power Lagadapati Madhusudhan Rao: Executive Chairman LANCO has proven expertise in power generation from conventional and non-conventional sources of energy including gas, coal, biomass, hydro and wind. Lanco has operational and under execution projects amounting to over 11000MW. http://www.lancogroup.com/power/Power.html 2) Konaseema Gas Power Limited M V V S Murthi: Founder With the advent of Gas discoveries in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin of A.P., the company has been conceived to generate power. In its constant endeavour to power the economy of the region and the nation at large, KONASEEMA GAS POWER LTD is born at the KONASEEMA Region in the vicinity of Natural Gas wells. The Capital cost of the project is Rs. 1800 Crores (US $ 450 Million). http://konaseema.org/ 3) Sravanthi Group D .V.Rao: Chairman SRAVANTHI Group, an emerging player in Power Sector, is promoted and run by renowned professionals of the power industry. The Group is an integrated power sector developer...