77 million) towards urban development infrastructure in Tamil Nadu, according to a press release. Under the framework of financial cooperation, the ...
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VETA training centre in Madurai
VETA, earlier known as Vivekananda Institute, a premier English training academy in the country from Chennai, opened its 10th regional spoken English training centre in the city on Thursday. A substantial boom in rural economies ...
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Chamber plans sessions in tier-II cities
The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Tamil Nadu Branch, plans to organise daylong sessions on `Doing business with USA' in tier-II cities in Tamil Nadu such as Salem, Puducherry and Tiruchi. In the past, the Chamber has held such sessions ...
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TN Govt to buy 25-lakh colour TVs from 5 cos
The Tamil Nadu Government on Friday said that it has decided to place orders on five companies for purchase of 25-lakh colour television sets. At a price of Rs 2,740 a piece, the total cost works out to Rs 685 crore. A Government press release ...
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Airtel bets on value-addition
Mobile phone service provider Bharti Airtel Ltd, which has just launched the instant music on mobile telephones styled `SongCatcher', `is virtually like No 2 in the world' on the number of downloads, according to Mr P. Swaminathan, CEO, Bharti ...
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HC says no to wind mills' plea for refund of peak hour tariff
The First Bench of the Madras High Court has rejected the relief sought by the 396 wind mill farms in Tamil Nadu by ordering the State Electricity Board not to refund the 20 per cent peak hour charges for power consumed by them, levied since ...
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Co-op sugar mills aim at 100 pc capacity utilisation target
Rehab package to increase cane-crushing capacity, modernise facilities
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`Understanding of values at workplace vital for rise in life'
To gain a rise in life, one need not be born rich but necessarily must understand the values at workplace. While work is a means to express oneself, workplace is an opportunity for every individual to establish one's identity and a platform for ...
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Mullaperiyar standoff
NO CONSENSUS REACHED: The ageing Mullaperiyar dam, located within Kerala territory but owned, operated and maintained by Tamil Nadu, has seen periodical wars of nerves between the two State Governments over the dam's safety. Kerala has objected ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
Cell World launches new multi-brand showroom
Cell World, a multi-brand mobile handset store chain, has launched its new showroom in Hyderabad. It also plans to open an outlet in Dubai in a fortnight's time, claiming to be the first Indian mobile retailer to go global. The new showroom of ...
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HSBC to hold `bird race' tomorrow
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd is organising the HSBC Bird Race, a signature event of the bank to create awareness about nature, here on Sunday. The HSBC Bird Race is a dawn-to-dusk event and each of the four-member team ...
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SSIs for relocation of units from old industrial estates
Fapsia has formulated a scheme, Rajiv Udyoga Sikshana Pathakam, to train youth. Plea to allocate unused HMT land near Hyderabad
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Sanghvi jewellery mall in Vizag
Sanghvi jewellery mall, the first one here to be certified by the International Gemological Institute, will be opened here on Sunday by cine star Sneha, according to Mr Suresh Jain, a partner of the firm. At a press meet here on Friday, he said ...
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Andhra Bank founder remembered
Dr B. Pattibhi Sitaramayya, veteran Congress leader of yesteryears and founder of Andhra Bank, was remembered here on Friday in Andhra University, when a reprint of a biography, authored by Prof. A. Prasanna Kumar, was released ...
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AirTel handset, connection offer
Bharti AirTel has announced the launch of an affordable plan in which a feature-rich LG colour phone is bundled with AirTel prepaid connection for Rs 2,399. This is valid for two years. The handset is valued at Rs 4,000 and is ...
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Idea Cellular base crosses 15 lakh
Idea Cellular Ltd has announced it has crossed the 15 lakh mobile subscriber base in Andhra Pradesh, with a significant part of the growth coming during the current financial year. Idea plans to continue to upgrade and expand its ...
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IT majors eyeing Vizag: CII
IT majors and IT-enabled services units are eyeing Visakhapatnam and many IT units are likely to come up in the near future, according to Mr Shakti Sagar, the convener (IT and communications panel) of the AP region of the ...
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KERALA
Kerala draft industrial policy focuses on traditional sector
Thrust on revitalising handloom, coir
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Chemical to raise rubber yield
Barath Agrotech has introduced Vitex, a product imported from Malaysia to prevent and cure dryness of the bark of rubber trees and to increase the yield. The company claimed that the application of Vitex would increase the ...
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Bharti Airtel relationship centre
Bharti Airtel has set up a new-look relationship centre in Kadavanthra here to provide customer services across the State. Mr Jamal Peer, Airtel's first customer in the State, inaugurated the centre in the presence of Mr Sanjay ...
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KARNATAKA
`Demat accounts help in smooth functioning of market'
The transformation of capital market from the days of physical accounts to demat accounts, and the role of demat accounts in the smooth functioning of stock markets were highlighted at the Business Line Club lecture at KVG College of ...
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OTHER STATES
Narsee Monjee Institute plans campus in Singapore
The Government's reservation on domestic colleges setting up campuses abroad notwithstanding, the Mumbai-based deemed university, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies (NMIMHS) is planning a campus in Singapore. To come up in ...
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MAHARASHTRA
Maharashtra cuts sales tax on diesel
In Mumbai, the price would be Rs 36.67 per litre
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GUJARAT
Essar Oil starts trial runs at Vadinar refinery
Plans to export 30-40 pc of production
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WEST BENGAL
Reliance Ind looking to invest in Bengal
State to turn Haldia into petrochem investment region
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Britain offers expertise to help transform Bengal
"Developing 21st Century infrastructure, whether it is ports, hospitals, schools or housing is very difficult."
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