The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 09, 2008

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WEST BENGAL: Bengal to focus on affordable housing
Looking at joint, assisted-sector companies. The West Bengal Housing Board (WBHB) is looking to boost construction in the affordable housing segment in the State this year through the joint sector and assisted-sector ...

KERALA: Kerala draws up schemes worth Rs 40,422 cr for 11th Plan
Centre urged to plug loopholes in CMZ notification. Kerala has submitted schemes worth Rs 40,422 crore to the Planning Commission for approval for the 11th Five Year ...

KARNATAKA: HAL airport: Centre may seek more time to get back to HC
Decision on reopening likely to be delayed. New Delhi, July 8 A decision on whether the HAL airport in Bangalore should be reopened is likely to get delayed with the Centre planning to approach the Karnataka High Court seeking more time to ...

KERALA: ‘Leadership Series’ launched at IIM-K
Kochi July 8 The Leadership Series 2008-09, an Industry Interaction Cell (IIC) initiative of IIM-Kozhikode, was inaugurated by Mr Srinivas Reddy, Head of Corporate Strategy and Leadership Development at Maytas Properties. The theme was ...

GUJARAT: GE Healthcare, Gujarat Imaging expand facilities
GE Healthcare and Gujarat Imaging Centre (GIC), which launched the State’s first molecular imaging centre for cancer detection and treatment here on Tuesday, are soon expanding the facility to two more cities in Gujarat and one in ...

TAMIL NADU: Social welfare organisations liable to pay minimum wages: HC
Chennai, July 8 Payment of minimum wages would stand irrespective of whether a work undertaken by an organisation was on voluntary basis, the Madras High Court has held. ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Centre mulling loan waiver for weavers: Vaghela
Hyderabad, July 8 The Union Government is considering a proposal to waive loans worth Rs 800-1,000 crore of handloom weavers, Mr Shankersinh Vaghela, Minister of Textiles, said. It is also considering a proposal to offer loans to the weavers ...

KARNATAKA: Envirofit launches biomass stoves
Bangalore, July 8 Envirofit, a research and development organisation, has introduced a range of biomass fired cook stoves that could reduce toxic emissions by 80 per cent while using 50 per cent less fuel and reducing coking time by 40 per ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: AP spinning mills to join industry protest today
Hyderabad, July 8 About 145 spinning mills in Andhra Pradesh would join the nationwide protest by the textile industry on July 9 by shutting down the machines that ...

TAMIL NADU: CII initiative on entrepreneurship
Madurai, July 8 Entrepreneurship is a state of mind that seeks to create value through the use of an opportunity that stands the test of time, in the process of which, the entrepreneur creates wealth for himself and the society as well, said ...

TAMIL NADU: Codissia to organise programme on duty drawback
Coimbatore, July 8 The Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (Codissia) and the Commissionerate of Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax, Coimbatore are organising a programme on duty drawback, service tax dispute resolution ...

WEST BENGAL: Longest bridge

ANDHRA PRADESH: In blossom

KARNATAKA: Riot of colours

TAMIL NADU: Nilgiris tea output down 5.2% in June
Coonoor, July 7 Nilgiris June tea crop has fallen compared to June last year because of low rainfall, but cumulative production in the first half of calendar 2008 was more than the corresponding period of last calendar, according to UPASI Tea ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Sreenidhi, US schools tie up
Hyderabad, July 8 Sreenidhi International School has tied up with the US-based St Mark’s and Episcopal Schools for mutual exchange of students and faculty. ...

TAMIL NADU: LIC buys Amrutanjan property
Life Insurance Corporation has acquired a 7-acre property from Amrutanjan Ltd for Rs 110 crore. According to information provided by Amrutanjan Ltd to the stock exchange, the company has sold the property at Egattur, about 20 km from Chennai, on ...

OTHER STATES: ICRI offers medical tourism
Research, educational and publishing organisation Institute of Clinical Research India (ICRI) has added one more vertical to its business — medical tourism. With the view to train professionals who would be able to attract foreign patients ...

TAMIL NADU: Vice-Admiral visits Tuticorin Port
The Vice-Admiral Nirmal Verma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, Visakapatnam visited Tuticorin Port Trust recently, said Mr.A.Subbiah, Deputy Chairman, TPT, in a release to the press. The activities of TPT ...

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