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CLIMATE & WEATHER


Phone services disrupted in Mumbai
TORRENTIAL rains and heavy usage of phones severely disrupted mobile and landline services in the city. While some phone lines worked from time to time, others were hardly accessible. Heavy downpour disrupted radio-wave transmission which ... More

Heavy rains force REL to cut power
RELIANCE Energy has cut power supply to several suburban localities in Mumbai citing safety reasons. The cuts were applied in several suburban pockets ranging from the extended suburbs of Bhayandar and Mira Road which are outside of the Mumbai ... More

Bay `low' moves inland with rain belt in tow
MONDAY'S well-marked low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal off the Orissa-West Bengal coast persisted, and moved inland to position itself over Orissa and its neighbourhood late on Tuesday afternoon. The system, not yet upgraded to a ... More

Rains wreak havoc in Maharashtra
TORRENTIAL rains in the Konkan region of Maharashtra have claimed 28 lives so far and disrupted rail, road and air traffic. Mumbai city has also been badly hit. About 5,000 people have been shifted to safer places in the Konkan region. More ... More

ECONOMY


First quarterly review of Monetary Policy — RBI hikes risk weights on loans for real estate, capital markets
TO check unrestricted flow of bank funds to real estate and capital markets, the Reserve Bank of India has increased the risk weights for banks' outstanding exposure to these sectors from 100 per cent to 125 per cent with immediate effect. ... More

`India on its way to becoming IT, manufacturing kingdom of the world'
INDIA is well on its way to become the IT and manufacturing kingdom of the world, said the Japanese Ambassador to India, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, while inaugurating the `Succeeding in Japan' manufacturing workshop, organised jointly by the ... More

'No case for any sharp adjustment in interest rates'
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said on Tuesday that the current macroeconomic environment in the country does not call for any sharp adjustment in interest rates. He also said that the Reserve Bank of India's policy stance in the ... More

Macro-economic events under close watch, says RBI chief
THE overall stance for the monetary policy for the rest of the current fiscal will continue as set out in the Annual Policy statement of April this year, the Reserve Bank of India said in its first quarterly review of the monetary policy. ... More

ENVIRONMENT


Bengal plans new waste facility at Durgapur
THE West Bengal Government plans to set up a second common facility for hazardous wastes at Durgapur. The first such facility is currently being commissioned at Haldia. Speaking at the sidelines of a conference on industrial hazardous waste ... More

HOTELS


Ceebros to launch two more Raintree ecotels
CEEBROS Property Development Pvt Ltd is investing Rs 85 crore in two hotel projects in Chennai. Both these hotels would also be under the Raintree brand (ecotel) like the first one on St Mary's Road. Mr C. Subba Reddy, Managing Director, ... More

PETROLEUM


Govt considering new petro product pricing mechanism
WITH oil marketing companies continuing to pursue with the Government the issue of reviewing the retail price of petroleum products in order to mitigate their under-recoveries, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas may be forced to work out a ... More

Sites identified for LPG stations in twin cities
CONFORMING to a Supreme Court directive on curbing pollution in the twin cities, the State Government has identified 35 spots for opening LPG filling stations. While oil companies take care of investments, the Civil Supplies Department would ... More

POWER


Power tariff policy may suggest 20 pc cap on cross-subsidy
THE Power Ministry, in its Tariff Policy, is likely to suggest that States would have to cap the extent of cross-subsidy across their consumer tariffs at 20 per cent over a five-year period. The policy, which came up for discussion in the Union ... More

TAXATION


ICAI unveils study on State-level VAT
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) said on Tuesday that its fiscal laws committee and the continuing professional education committee have brought out a publication titled `State-level Value Added Tax (VAT) - A ... More

WATER


Panel to study Somasila project
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has directed officials to constitute a three-member committee comprising the Joint Collectors of Kurnool, Nellore and Anantapur to take up a detailed study on issues ... More

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    KNITWEAR & HOSIERY


    Tirupur knitwear cos shut for a day
    KNITWEAR manufacturing in Tirupur has come to a halt with almost all the sections engaged in the knitwear production chain having stopped work responding to the one-day bandh called today by the all-political parties and the hosiery workers ... More

    FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


    Volkswagen puts car project in India on hold
    THE German automotive major Volkswagen AG has informed the Andhra Pradesh Government that it has temporarily put on hold its car project in India. The company, which has been hit by a bribery scandal, has however indicated its continued ... More

    LABOUR REFORMS


    Honda unrest: Industry calls for flexibility in labour laws
    VIOLENT clashes between the workers of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India and the local police in Gurgaon for the past two days has led to a larger fallout with the industry asking for more flexibility in labour laws and warning of a negative ... More

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


    Mixed reaction to tea sector wage pact
    THE historic wage agreement of the West Bengal tea industry may set new labour standards and productivity patterns, not just in other tea growing States but across all plantation-based industries in the country. A day after the accord was ... More

    EVENTS


    President visiting Kerala today
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, will arrive on Wednesday evening on a three-day visit to the State. After formal reception at the airport, Mr Kalam will leave for the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), where ... More

    INCOME TAX


    Special counter for income-tax assessees
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Income-Tax Department, Salary Range, Thiruvananthapuram will open special counters at Ayakar Bhavan, Kowdiar to help assessees file their returns before the due date. An official spokesman said that the counters ... More

    NATURAL CALAMITIES


    Flood alert forces Infosys, Wipro to shut Pune centres
    INFOSYS Technologies Ltd and Wipro Technologies shut their development centres in Pune on Tuesday following a flood alert by the local administration. "In view of the flood warning issued by the Pune District Collector, we have closed our ... More

    PEOPLE


    South Australia trade representative
    MR A.K. Tareen, now head of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) in South India, based in Chennai, has been appointed South Australia's Director for Trade and Investments in India. According to a press release, this follows a co-location ... More


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    Looking back
    Jul. 17-Jul. 23
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    No let-up in movement of ore to steel plants

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