The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Choice Hotels India set to add more properties
Choice Hotels India, the company which manages and franchises hotel brands such as Quality Inn and Comfort, is set to add more hotel properties to its network. Mr Vilas Pawar, CEO, Choice Hotels India said that the company plans to sign up a ... More

Foundry meet to focus on casting for future
`Domestic industry sees good export potential' More

European certification award
SSM Academy for International Certifications (SSMAIC), a part of the SSM College of Engineering in Komarapalayam, has been licensed to award the European computer driving licence (ECDL) and International quality licence - Textile ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Stormy public hearing over Jindal project
No groundwater resources will be tapped for the plant: Vimta Labs More

Homage to Nagarjuna founder
The seventy-eighth birthday of the founder of the Nagarjuna group, the late K.V.K Raju, was celebrated here on Tuesday in the NFCL urea plant. Mr R.D. Mall, Vice-President (Works), said on the occasion that Mr Raju was a great ... More

APSFC signs pact with Canara Bank
In its efforts to ensure speedy flow of credit to industrial customers, the Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation (APSFC) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Canara Bank today. Sanction of term loans up to Rs 5 ... More

SpiceJet to fly to Jammu, Kolkata
After launching services to Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune from Ahmedabad in December, low-cost airline SpiceJet plans to operate services to Kolkata and Jammu. "We are hopeful of launching services to Kolkata and Jammu in March," Mr Sanjay Kumar, ... More

NAC training institute for Kadapa
The National Academy of Construction (NAC) plans to establish a Mechanical Trades Training Institute (MTTI) at Pulivendula in Kadapa district with an investment of Rs 7 crore. The institute to come up on a 9.88 acre site in the Chief Minister, ... More

Hyderabad set to quadruple IT infrastructure within 3 years
29 IT SEZs to come up in Hyderabad, 2 in Vizag More

KERALA
Season sets Kumarakom abuzz
Hotels fully booked; `unprecedented' rush reported More

Autokast likely to make light-weight rly wagons
State Govt in talks with Rlys for joint venture More

Spot exchange centres to be set up in Kerala
The National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), expected to be operational by the end of January next, will launch farm grade contracts for delivery at all important arrival centres in Kerala. According to Mr Anjani Sinha, Managing Director and CEO, ... More

Rajagiri to have Bangalore campus
Rajagiri Public School will open its campus in the township of the Bangalore-based Confident Group soon. An MoU in this regard has been signed between the two parties and the Confident Group will hand over four acres of land to ... More

Wages in grains
FARM WORKERS carrying grains received as part of their wages in Thrissur. The Centre has doubled the amount of Rs 60 to those registered under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Kerala in view of the standard of living and other ... More

KARNATAKA
Pact with Japan
CHAMBERS' TIES: The Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry President, Mr R.C. Purohit, and the President of Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Japan), Mr Hiroshi Hashimoto, exchanging files after signing an agreement in ... More

Reliance Capital dilutes stake in DTDC
DTDC keen on acquisition to expand business More

Airtel unveils Easy Music card in Karnataka
Airtel on Tuesday launched Easy Music card in Karnataka, in association with Indiatimes 8888. These music cards, priced at Rs 30 and Rs 50, will sit alongside the shampoo sachets and are expected to make it easier for the mobile user to buy ... More

Meet on radiation technology
Mangalore University — in association with National Association for Applications of Radioisotopes and Radiation in Industry (NAARRI), Mumbai, and Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT), Mumbai - will conduct a ... More

MAHARASHTRA
All-India Anchor oral health survey launched
The Indian Dental Association (IDA), with the help of Anchor Oral Care and the Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare launched the Anchor all India Oral Health Survey on Tuesday. The Governor of Maharashtra, Mr S.M. Krishna, announced the ... More

Hospitality project in Mulund
The Mumbai-based real estate major — Nirmal Lifestyles has signed an agreement with Accor to develop and operate a hospitality project in suburb of Mulund. Nirmal Lifestyles would be investing Rs 1,000 crore into developing ... More

GUJARAT
NID organising India Design Week
More companies may participate More

WEST BENGAL
SAIL to invest Rs 10,000 cr in IISCO upgrade
`Auto, infrastructure, construction sectors to drive steel demand' More

Tata Steel wins safety award
Tata Steel's Noamundi Iron Ore mine won the first prize for overall performance in the Highly Mechanised Iron Ore Mines category, in the 44th Annual Mines Safety Week Celebrations 2006 for the Chaibasa region, according to a ... More

MSD Pharma to set up base in Kolkata
MSD Pvt Ltd, a 100 per cent Indian subsidiary of the US-based $24 billion Merck Sharp & Dohme, arguably the single largest pharma company in the world, is now setting up shop in the eastern region, with Kolkata as the base, after establishments . More

`Hospitals told to set up infection control panels'
Effectively managing viral and other diseases More

`Strict compliance of Factories Act norms can prevent mishaps'
Prosecution only way to stop proliferation of unregistered factories More

First children's book fair
Kolkata is set to have its very first children's book fair. The 10-day event has been scheduled to start on December 17. The city, according to the Children's Book Fair Committee 2006, has had a rich tradition of book fairs. ... More

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