The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 02, 2008

STATES

OTHER STATES: Indian Railways inks pact with Punjab for luxury train service
State wants haulage charges waived; will try to ‘defer’ payment: Lalu. New Delhi, Oct. 1 The Punjab Government and Tourism Ministry have requested Indian Railways to waive off haulage charges during the initial two-three years for ...

TAMIL NADU: TN attracts Rs 31,333 cr FDI
21 pacts signed with MNCs in 24 months. Madurai, Oct. 1 The Tamil Nadu Government has signed 21 MoUs (memorandum of understanding) with leading multinational companies under foreign direct investment to the tune of Rs 31,333 crore in 24 months, ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: YSR calls for high-level meet on increase in rice prices
Hyderabad, Oct. 1 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, expressed anguish and concern at the prevailing prices of rice in the open market during a review meeting here on ...

TAMIL NADU: Computerisation of PDS to cost Rs 520 cr
Chennai, Oct. 1 Computerisation of the public distribution system across India is being taken up at a cost of around Rs 520 crore (in the eleventh 11th Plan period) to improve on the existing ration ...

KERALA: Kerala to launch health insurance scheme today
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 1 The Kerala Government has worked out a comprehensive health insurance scheme, which will be formally launched on October ...

OTHER STATES: For the grass roots
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TAMIL NADU: Bench ruling on ST deferral scheme for units in backward areas
Chennai, Oct 1 The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has rejected the plea of a dealer registered under the TN General Sales Tax Act, 1959 that the ‘deferral scheme’ launched by the TN Government should be available to them ...

GUJARAT: Gujarat Chamber signs agreement with Malawi, Belarus for business, industry
Ahmedabad, Oct. 1 A seven-point agreement of cooperation in the fields of business and industry was signed on Wednesday between the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the High Commission of the Republic of Malawi and Belarus ...

KARNATAKA: Dakshina Kannada banks cross Rs 17,800-cr mark
Mangalore, Oct. 1 Banks in Dakshina Kannada have crossed a business level of Rs 17,805 crore as on June ...

KARNATAKA: Crowd puller
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KERALA: Master strokes
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ANDHRA PRADESH: L&T bags Rs 552-cr PBEL order
Hyderabad, Oct. 1 L&T, the infrastructure major, has bagged a Rs 552-crore order from PBEL, an Indo-Israeli joint venture real-estate developer, for the construction of PBEL ...

GUJARAT: Adani to set up medical college near Bhuj at Rs 100-cr investment
Ahmedabad, Oct. 1 In the first public-private partnership (PPP) in the fields of health and medical education in India, the Adani Group will set up a medical college at Bhuj with a capital investment of Rs 100 crore over the next four years ...

TAMIL NADU: Trade plea on extension of 1% VAT on teas sold in auctions
The Tamil Nadu Minister for Commercial Taxes, Mr S.N.M. Ubayadullah, reassured the members of the tea trade that the Government would study the sector’s demand on extension of one per cent VAT levied at first point of sale to all teas ...

KERALA: Kerala inland waterway project stays in limbo
Kochi, Oct. 1 The World Bank-assisted Rs 61-crore inland water transport development project started about five years ago appears to have been abandoned ...

WEST BENGAL: Cooch-Behar airport to resume flight operations from Jan
Kolkata, Oct. 1 The Cooch-Behar airport will resume flight operations from January as the modernisation of the airport is expected to be completed by the year-end, Mr P.K. Singhal, Regional Executive Director, Airports Authority of India ...

TAMIL NADU: Mr Ramesh Viswanathan, Executive Director, CavinKare; Meenakshi Sundararajan School of Management, Chennai
Chennai, Oct. 1 The challenges of marketing FMCG products are many, but it’s the constant novelty that these challenges throw up that also makes it exciting, said Mr Ramesh Viswanathan, Executive Director, ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Novotel opens hotel near airport
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KARNATAKA: KCCI office-bearers
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KARNATAKA: New Karnataka Bank DGMs
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TAMIL NADU: Shanghai Puhai new service
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KARNATAKA: Students to organise model UN
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OTHER STATES: I-T filing date for Sikkim extended
The Centre has extended the last date of filing of income-tax returns for Sikkim to October 31. Earlier the last date was July 31. The Finance Ministry said the date has been extended in view of the delay in issuing instructions on filing of ...

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