STATES
TAMIL NADU
Call to improve regulated cotton marketing yards
The phase-2 study covered 20 of the 28 agriculture marketing committees run under the State's Directorate of Agricultural Marketing.
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MMA to organise students' convention
The Madras Management Association (MMA) will organise its fifth management students' convention on September 8 and 9 here. Titled `Beyond Quality: Breakthrough innovation', the convention would see more than 800 delegates ...
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Varsities need to be given functional autonomy: Kalam
Madras University's 150th year celebrations inaugurated
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ANDHRA PRADESH
New paper mill in West Godavari
A 600-tonne-per-day paper mill, to be accorded the status of a special economic zone, is being set up at Bayyaram village near Kovvuru in West Godavari district at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore, according to Mr T. Srinivisa Rao, the ...
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Castrol enters Hyderabad with BikeZones
To be present in 16 cities by end of 2006
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AP sets 300 mt horticultural production target by 2012
Dr Reddy asked the university officials to give more thrust on research for development of efficient and judicious water management technologies.
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Special credit plan for flood-hit in AP
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has released a special credit plan with an outlay of Rs 606.14 crore for the flood-hit districts. According to Andhra Bank, the convenor of the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC), ...
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AP invokes ESMA against petroleum strike
The Andhra Pradesh Government has invoked ESMA (Essential Commodities Maintenance Act), banning strikes in the petroleum industry in the next six months from Monday. Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, Minister for Civil Supplies and Agriculture, said the ...
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New Zealand education fair
The New Zealand Education Fairs 2006, showcasing the country's education opportunities, will be held here on September 6. About 20 educations institutions will participate. The New Zealand Trade & Enterprise in association with .
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Idea Cellular Lakshadhikari contest
Idea Cellular, part of the Aditya Birla group, has announced the Rs 1 lakh cash prize winner for the contest "Kaun Banega Andhra Lakshadhikari''. Idea customers from across Andhra Pradesh participated in `Kaun Banega Andhra ...
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Carbon Accessories outlet
Carbon Accessories Ltd, a fashion accessories house, has launched its first and exclusive outlet in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. The store named Carbon `Mirage' would have both women and men's collection items. The Bangalore-based ...
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Industrial pollution poses health hazard in Vizag
Residents to take out protest march from Gnanapuram tomorrow
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`Information literacy is the new goal'
We routinely deal with political risk, economic risk, environmental risk etc. but hardly debate media risks.
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KERALA
Past glory gives way to vibrant dynamism
Pressures of modern life seem to have changed the traditional contours of the Onam festival. The festivities are still present. But commercial and consumerist tendencies have overtaken the rationale of this harvest festival.
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Weaving profits
Coir and coir products export from the country increased both in terms of value and quantity during the last fiscal. Exports totalled 1,36,207 tonnes, valued at Rs 508.45 crore. The unit value of coir also increased helping the sector tide ...
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KARNATAKA
Call to showcase Mangalore's potential
`The city is the most well-connected in Karnataka'
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OTHER STATES
GSIDC posts Rs 113-lakh profit for '04-05
The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (GSIDC), the state-owned corporation undertaking infrastructure development projects for the Government, made a profit of Rs 113.27 lakh for the year 2004-05 against Rs 45.25 lakh during ...
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Hanung Toys to sell Disney products
With Hanung Toys and Textiles acquiring a licence to manufacture Walt Disney products, Disney's cartoon characters as well cushions, infant bedding and several others products will be available at the retail outlets here. The company retails ...
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MAHARASHTRA
Mumbai port offers fresh concession in rates
In a bid to attract additional cargoes, the Mumbai port has announced fresh concessions in its various rates for port users. The concessions include reduction in stevedoring charges for midstream discharge from 120 per cent to 70 per cent, ...
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Jet Airways sets up hangar in Mumbai
Jet Airways has set up a hangar in Mumbai for its fleet of Boeing and ATR aircraft. The hangar, which can accommodate two Boeing Aircraft 737-series and one ATR aircraft at any given time, costs $15 million. The hangar is equipped with ...
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GUJARAT
SICA to set up info centre, testing lab in Gujarat
Either at Rajkot or Ahmedabad
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WEST BENGAL
Bengal plans complex for Chinese investors at Haldia
An industrial complex exclusively for investors from China is to be set up in Haldia soon. An expression of interest (EoI) in this regard was signed on Monday between the State Government and Jiangsu Overseas Group Corporation (JOGC) of ...
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