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KERALA:
Kerala asks neighbouring States to deploy forces at Sabarimala
Tamil Nadu proposes concessional fare for pilgrims. Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 15 The Kerala Minister for Devaswom, Mr Kadannappally Ramachandran, has requested his counterparts from the southern States to share available intelligence inputs for ...
TAMIL NADU:
Dunlop may reopen Ambattur unit next week
Sahagunj factory still awaits power supply from West Bengal utility. Kolkata, Oct. 15 Dunlop India plans to resume production at the Ambattur factory in Chennai next week. The fate of the Sahagunj facility, however, is still uncertain as the ...
KARNATAKA:
Rs 417-cr revenue deficit likely for Mescom
Mangalore, Oct. 15 The Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) is expected to face a revenue deficit of Rs 417.15 crore during 2009-10, according to Mr Jayaram Alva, Financial Advisor. Making a presentation at the KERC ...
TAMIL NADU:
Team from Alpha Arts is runner-up in global entrepreneurship competition
Chennai, Oct. 15 The Alpha-SIFE student entrepreneurship project of the team from the Alpha Arts and Science College, Chennai, has been adjudged the first runner-up in the SIFE World Cup ...
GUJARAT:
Vadodara Municipal Corporation, GAIL join hands for gas supply
Ahmedabad, Oct. 15 In the first-ever joint venture between an elected civic body and GAIL (India) Ltd, the country’s largest gas transmitter and Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) have signed an MoU to distribute piped natural gas ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Additional 8.47% DA for Govt employees
Rs 1,166-crore burden on State exchequer. Hyderabad, Oct.15 Coinciding with Diwali, the Andhra Pradesh Government on Thursday announced additional dearness allowance (DA) of 8.47 per cent for all Government employees with effect from July 1, ...
OTHER STATES:
CII to partner SATTE for tourism fair
New Delhi, Oct. 15 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) announced on Wednesday that it will partner tourism expo South Asian Travel and Tourism Expo (SATTE) to organise the ‘SATTE 2010,’ scheduled to be held between January ...
GUJARAT:
They turned from diamond to embroidery, but the life-thread is frayed still
Ahmedabad, Oct. 15 Looks like a rosy picture right now: After the end-2008 crash in Surat’s diamond cutting-and-polishing industry, many units reopened recently, expecting a revival of this business; highly skilled workers are being paid ...
TAMIL NADU:
TN cane farmers want price fixed before planting begins
Chennai, Oct. 15 The Consortium of Indian Farmers’ Association (CIFA) has demanded that sugarcane price be announced ahead of the planting season to help farmers decide on the crop viability, according to the ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
‘AP saves Rs 4,000 cr by negotiating with independent power producers’
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Thursday said that the State saved over Rs 4,000 crore in the last four years through negotiations with four independent gas-based power plants in the ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
ISB expects ‘better’ placements this year
Indian School of Business (ISB) is hoping that the campus placements will be better than those of last year as the recession ...
WEST BENGAL:
Eastern Silk Q2 sales, net fall
Kolkata, Oct. 15 Eastern Silk Industries Ltd (ESIL) recorded lower net sales of Rs 118.42 crore in the second quarter ended September 30, against Rs 154.49 crore in the corresponding quarter of 2008-09, due to a drop in export volume and ...
KERALA:
Marginal rise in pepper futures
Kochi, Oct. 15 Pepper futures on Thursday moved up marginally on bullish operations. More buying interest shown when selected processors were offering at October price fresh pepper has pushed up the prices of all contracts. Also, no ...
KERALA:
Programme on tissue culture certification
Kochi, Oct. 15 The Ministry of Agriculture and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) through Biotech Consortium India Ltd (BCIL), New Delhi, has conducted a one-day awareness programme on the National Certification System for Tissue Culture ...
KARNATAKA:
Banks to reschedule farm loans
Bangalore, Oct. 15 The State-Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) on Thursday has decided to convert crop loans extended to farmers in Karnataka, who have been hit by the recent floods, into medium-term loans. By doing so, the loans would now ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
AP appoints panel to study issue
Hyderabad, Oct. 15 Keeping in view the concerns over Bt brinjal, the Andhra Pradesh Government has appointed a high-level committee to study the issue in detail. The committee would be headed by Mr Pankaj Dwivedi, Principal Secretary ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Icrisat initiative for dryland farmers
Hyderabad, Oct. 15 With a view to assisting dryland farmers in India and Africa, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has launched Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement ...
KERALA:
CII meet on infra development
Kochi, Oct. 15 The Confederation of Indian Industry in its efforts towards enabling infrastructure development in the country through various initiatives organised a seminar on ‘Enhancing capacities of construction equipment for ...
KARNATAKA:
Revised Master Plan for Mangalore notified
Mangalore, Oct. 15 The Karnataka Government has given approval for the revised Master Plan of Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA), according to Dr Madhav Bhandary, Chairman, ...
KERALA:
Bright prospects
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WEST BENGAL:
New stadium
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ANDHRA PRADESH:
‘Real’ concession
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ANDHRA PRADESH:
Festival of lamps
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ANDHRA PRADESH:
London Mayor to visit Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Oct. 15 The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Mr Ian Luder, will be in Hyderabad on October 19. He would visit a HSBC micro-finance project, announce the winners of the annual Mansion House scholarship and meet businesspersons ...
KERALA:
Air Asia plans daily services to Kerala
Kochi, Oct. 15 Low-cost carrier Air Asia has announced that it will start daily direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram in ...
KERALA:
IDSi Tech plans infopark facility
The Kochi-based IDSi Technologies, a global software products and services outsourcing company, has proposed to sign up for its own facility in the upcoming infoparks in Cherthala or ...
WEST BENGAL:
Insurance scheme for poor launched in Bengal
The Union Government’s social security life insurance scheme, Aam Admi Bima Yojana, will benefit nine lakh families already covered under the West Bengal Government’s Provident Fund for Agricultural Labourers scheme, according to ...
KARNATAKA:
Get gold rate through SMS
The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), in a bid to improve the quality of jewellery sold and bought in the country, has started an SMS service wherein consumers can get gold rate for hallmarked jewellery ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Lepakshi furniture showroom
Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd has opened an export-oriented Lepakshi showroom with an exclusive furniture unit at Musheerabad here. The unit would display Nirmal, rosewood and Rajasthani furniture, among others, ...
KARNATAKA:
Karnataka floods — Delayed relief haunts victims
The devastating floods — the worst in a century — that affected 14 districts across the northern belt of Karnataka in the first week of October, claimed 229 lives and reduced thousands of villages to rubble. While the State ...
WEST BENGAL:
LMJ jewellery export unit
Export house LMJ International Ltd launched on Thursday its gem and jewellery manufacturing and export unit at Manikanchan SEZ at Salt Lake here, according to a company release. The Rs 2,000-crore LMJ Group, primarily engaged in exports ...
OTHER STATES:
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ANDHRA PRADESH:
Western Union donation for flood relief
The Western Union Foundation has announced a $50,000 grant to international relief agency, World Vision, to extend support to the flood victims in South India. In addition, its principal agents, Weizmann Forex and Paul Merchants Ltd, have ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Dewang Mehta award for IPE
The Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad, has bagged the 17th Dewang Mehta Business School Award for being the best government business school. The award will be presented to IPE at a function on November 5 in Mumbai, according to ...
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