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MAHARASHTRA: Videocon semiconductor project runs into rough weather
CIDCO’s land, stake valuation may come under scanner. Mumbai Aug 6 The CIDCO-Videocon land deal, which kicked up a political storm within the ruling Congress-led coalition in Maharashtra over the price the State Government is offering ...

KERALA: CM: Land acquisition in Vizhinjam to begin soon
1,088 ha required for rail and road connectivity. Land acquisition for creating basic infrastructure for the proposed international container transhipment terminal at Vizhinjam, which was cleared by the Union Defence Ministry on Tuesday, will ...

GUJARAT: NID hosts Swiss expo Criss Cross
The National Institute of Design Ahmedabad inaugurated Criss Cross, a Swiss exhibition of 400 art works. With designs across various categories, it is the exhibition’s first stop in India, after travelling to Italy, Germany, Poland, ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: YSR orders speedy flood relief works
Hyderabad, Aug 6 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, directed R&B, Irrigation, GHMC, Health and Medical and other Departments concerned to take action and repair the damages caused following heavy rains in the ...

WEST BENGAL: Bengal varsities, CII join hands for soft skills development
Kolkata, Aug. 6 The Bengal Engineering & Science University, the West Bengal University of Technology and the Confederation of Engineering Industry (CII) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in the development ...

KERALA: Kochi to host global summit on rubber
Kochi, Aug. 6 Kochi will host India’s first Rubber Summit and Dinner on August 16 with large participation of rubber and tyre industry leaders from across the globe. ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘India’s economic development luring NRI investments’
Coimbatore, Aug. 6 The economic growth story is attracting investments in properties in India by NRIs and home sales to NRIs has tripled in the last six months, according to an executive from property portal ...

TAMIL NADU: Law does not restrict maternity benefit to female workers to 2 deliveries: HC
Chennai, Aug. 6 There was no provision in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 on number of deliveries made by a female worker so as to entitle them for the maternity benefits. So long as Article 42 of the Constitution read with the M.B. Act, was ...

GUJARAT: ICICI Mezzanine Fund investing Rs 40 cr in MAS Financial
Ahmedabad, Aug. 6 The Ahmedabad-based MAS Financial Services Ltd has announced an investment of Rs 40 crore from ICICI Venture’s Mezzanine Fund and said it is in the final stages of receiving $10 million from Dutch development bank FMO. ...

TAMIL NADU: Airtel promoting mobile telephony in rural markets
Chennai, Aug. 6 Bharti Airtel today announced a new scheme – Grameen Mobile Puratchi - to promote mobile telephony in the rural markets of Tamil Nadu. The company has tied up with IFFCO to form a joint venture company – IFFCO Kisan ...

KERALA: Whirlpool sets Onam targets
Whirlpool India has chalked out aggressive plans for the Kerala market in the ensuing Onam festival season by setting a sales target of Rs100 crore during the period. ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: AP to set up five nursing schools
Hyderabad, Aug. 6 The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to start five nursing schools at Sanathnagar, Nacharam, Ramachandrapuram, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam. ...

WEST BENGAL: ‘Bengal realty prices to rise from September’
Kolkata, Aug. 6 Real estate prices in West Bengal will rise by 5-20 per cent from September, said Mr Pradeep Sureka, President, Bengal Chapter of Confederation of Real Estate Developer’s Association of India (CREDAI), on ...

TAMIL NADU: Small units seek relaxation in power holiday
Madurai, Aug. 6 While welcoming the relaxation in the restriction of peak hour use of electricity by industrial consumers, announced by Tamilnadu Electricity Board (TNEB), the small and tiny industries here have made an appeal for relaxation ...

MAHARASHTRA: Honda unveils CBF Stunner in Pune
Pune, Aug. 6 Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd, the 100 per cent owned two-wheeler subsidiary of Honda Motor Company, on Wednesday launched CBF Stunner for the Pune ...

KERALA: Books on agriculture released
The former President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, released and accepted the first copies of two books, Issues in National and International Agriculture and The Agronomy and Economy of Cardamom – The Queen of ...



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