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ANDHRA PRADESH: ETA Star plans residential complex in Chennai
To target NRIs, IT professionals, upper middle class segment. Chennai, Aug. 7 ETA Star Property Developers Ltd has announced plans to set up a residential complex, ‘ETA Star Rosedale,’ on the Old Mahabalipuram Road near ...

TAMIL NADU: IVRCL arm to borrow more for Chennai desalination project
Cost expected to go up to Rs 550 cr from Rs 470 cr. Chennai, Aug. 7 The Chennai Water Desalination Ltd, a subsidiary of IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects Ltd, has gone in for additional borrowings to meet the escalation in project ...

WEST BENGAL: WBFC plans to set up bio-diesel hub in western zone
Kolkata, Aug. 7 The West Bengal Financial Corporation (WBFC), an autonomous body under the regulatory control of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), is working with entrepreneurs in the state to set up a bio-diesel hub in the ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘New industrial policy is aimed at attracting investors to south TN’
Madurai, Aug. 7 The new industrial policy announced by Tamil Nadu is aimed at making investors prefer the southern districts if a decision were to be made on the basis of a choice of a location in the State, said Mr M.S. Farooqui, Principal ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: East Coast Energy to establish 4,000 MW plant in AP
Phase I may involve 2,640 MW at a cost of Rs 10,000 cr. Hyderabad, Aug 7 East Coast Energy has sewn up plans to establish a 4,000-MW capacity mega power plant along with a dedicated jetty to evacuate coal near Bhavanapadu in Srikakulam ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Apollo Hospitals to organise a fundraiser event
Hyderabad, Aug. 7 To raise funds for its Save A Child Heart Foundation (SACH), Apollo Hospitals is organising a grand event on August 17 here. Bollywood actresses Bipasha Basu and Lara Datta are expected to perform. ...

GUJARAT: Monsanto helps reduce child labour in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Aug 7 Monsanto, a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve productivity, has encouraged Gujarat farmers to reduce child labour from 20 per cent to less than 1 per cent since 2004. ...

KARNATAKA: ‘PPP model needs fine-tuning’
With the Public Private Partnership model gaining acceptance with the private sector, there is a need to assess the long-term risk to provide comfort for the lending institutions and other stakeholders to pursue PPP as a viable business model ...

TAMIL NADU: HC rules no stamp duty payable on transfer of property of sick co under BIFR scheme
Chennai, Aug. 7 Transfer of property owned by a sick company [which had been sanctioned a rehabilitation scheme by the Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction (BIFR], in favour of a lendor company approved by BIFR scheme, would not ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: CPI stir against coastal industrial corridor in AP
Visakhapatnam, Aug. 7 The Communist Party of India (CPI) held demonstrations against the proposed coastal industrial corridor and petrochemical investment region between Visakhapatnam and Kakinada on Thursday. The protests were held at both ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Clinical research body’s campus in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Aug. 7 The New Delhi-based Institute of Clinical Research (India) has set up its campus here to offer M.Sc and post graduate diploma in clinical ...

MAHARASHTRA: BEST files suit to get REL licence revoked
Mumbai, Aug. 7 The BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport) undertaking, which is the sole distributor of electricity to the island city, has sent a petition to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission asking it to revoke ...

KERALA: KSERC plea to cut power consumption
The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has called upon all categories of consumers to restrict use of electricity in view of the severe power crisis in the State. ...

GUJARAT: Indian Aura bullish on medical tourism
Ahmedabad, Aug 7 Indian Aura, a new venture of Airline Travel & Tours Centre, plans to make Gujarat the medical tourism destination of Asia. Speaking to press persons, Mr I.J. Patel, Chairman, said, “Of the total number of ...

KERALA: Kerala panel to draw tourism projects on dams, reservoirs
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 7 The Kerala Government has decided to constitute a high-level committee to formulate new tourism projects covering dams, reservoirs and hydro-electric stations as also to coordinate the functioning of the existing ...

TAMIL NADU: Panel discussion on textile clusters in Coimbatore
Coimbatore, Aug. 7 A panel discussion to educate the textile clusters here on the need to imbibe IT as a business enabler is being held at The Residency on August 8. ...

KARNATAKA: Mangalore SEZ to set up herbal garden
Mangalore, Aug 7 Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dr Mohan Alva, Chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri, to set up a herbal garden in MSEZ site area in ...

TAMIL NADU: Tiruchi ban on plastics
The Tiruchi Corporation would soon enforce the ban on the production and use of plastics below 20 microns in thickness in the city after carrying out an awareness campaign. Mayor Sarubala R.Tondaiman, in an informal discussion with ...

KERALA: New animation co launched
The city-based Mookambika Infotech Pvt Ltd, which runs an Arena Animation Academy in Thiruvananthapuram, has floated Imago Global to focus on the animation sector. Imago Global will focus on animation production, post-production and outsourcing, ...

TAMIL NADU: Infrastructure facilities sought
The Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, to take the initiative in establishing a number of infrastructure facilities required for upgrading industrial and economic growth in southern Tamil ...



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