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TAMIL NADU
Tirupur exporters keen to knit a strong retail network
Branded products planned to expand into the domestic market
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BHEL gets Rs 950-cr order
BHEL has secured an order worth Rs 950 crore for setting up a 99-MW captive power plant on EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) basis. This is the highest-value single order ever won by the BHEL for setting up a ...
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Order on entry tax has only prospective application: HC
A clarification dated August 23, 2005 by the Special Commissioner & Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Tamil Nadu, that entry tax was leviable on imported lay flat tubing and PP bags would have only prospective application, the Madras High Court .
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ANDHRA PRADESH
Bentley plans convertible version
The fastest four-door Bentley Continental Flying Spur with a cruise speed capability of 312 km per hour was launched here and will be followed by the introduction of a Convertible version in India late this year or early next year. The makers ...
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Row over appointment of new Tobacco Board chief
Karnataka opposes move to post AP official
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Japan Bank to lend Rs 100 cr to Eastern Power
The Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd is obtaining a loan of Rs 100 crore from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation to cut its technical losses from the present level of 7 per cent to 2 per cent. The EPDCL supplies power to five ...
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ECIL bags award
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) here has been awarded the `Raj Bhasha Shield' for 2005-06 by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). Mr R.R. Pandalai, Director (Personnel), received the shield from Dr Anil Kakodkar, ...
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Kotak Life enters Vizianagaram
Kotak Life Insurance has made a foray into Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh through a tie-up with Sakshi Investments. The tie-up would enhance Kotak's presence, as the latter has a strong base of share trading clients, ...
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Srilankan offers special packages
Srilankan Airlines is introducing a specially priced package from Visakhapatnam to Colombo, using Hyderabad as the gateway. Ms Asha Kumar, Sales Manager, Andhra Pradesh, said at a press meet here on Friday that passengers could ...
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KERALA
Trade unions want State Govt to take over FACT
`If the resources available with FACT are beneficially used, it could turn around.'
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Kerala truckers poised to go on strike from Monday
Private buses, lorries, tankers and containers in the State will go on an indefinite strike from the midnight of October 29 over the contentious issue of retrofitting `speed governors'. This became clear after talks between the Transport ...
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Khadi uniforms to be made compulsory in Kerala schools
Teachers and staff also to wear khadi once a week
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Paramount First Class services
Paramount Airways has launched its First Class services. The service will be available on Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad sectors. It will soon be extended to other sectors, including Coimbatore, Madurai and Kochi. The aircraft ...
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CanBank `financial inclusion' drive
The Neyyattinkara branch of Canara Bank conducted a programme for SC/ST beneficiaries on Thursday as part of the bank's nation-wide campaign for financial inclusion of these beneficiaries falling within a given command area. Over ...
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Computer CD expo at Kochi
Dove Multimedia Pvt Ltd, a Kochi based multimedia company is organising a 12-day exhibition of computer CD and Educational VCD at Kochi at Hotel Woodlands from Friday. The exhibition has a wide variety of topics to cover for ...
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Airtel centre in Muvattupuzha
Airtel has opened a new relationship centre in Muvattupuzha town to provide customers services to its subscribers in Kothamangalam, Adimaly, Kizhakkambalam, Nellikuzhi, Cheladu and Madakkanthanam. The centre is located at Surya ...
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Leyland unveils Comet 1611
Ashok Leyland unveiled its Comet 1611 featuring a facility built cab in the Kerala market here on Thursday. The company has targeted Comet 1611 to meet the growing demand in rated payload segments such as parcel, courier, white ...
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Engineering expo in Kochi
KELCON, the Kerala State A Grade Electrical Contractors Association, will conduct an engineering expo - Electric World - from January 11 to 14 here at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here. The expo is organised with a view ...
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KARNATAKA
Karnataka mulls Knowledge City near Bangalore
The Karnataka Government proposes to set up a Knowledge City spread across 9,000 acres at Bidadi, between Bangalore and Mysore, said the Chief Minister, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday. Speaking at the inaugural of the 9th edition of ...
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Sify invests Rs 32 cr in Bangalore data centre
Ties up with life-sciences company
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`India investing more in the UK'
India and the United Kingdom are in the race to occupy the coveted honour of being the top investor in each other's country, as the two nations are currently locked at the third spot. Expectations are that India's new found appetite for ...
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OTHER STATES
MoU signed for improving power situation in Delhi
To make National Capital self-sufficient in power generation
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WEST BENGAL
Bank strike total in Bengal
The bank strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) was successful in West Bengal with employees heeding the call in large numbers. The UFBU is expected to hold a meeting early next month to decide upon future strategy. Various ...
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Stock broking firms go the extra mile
The cup of choices is overflowing for investors in Kolkata, thanks to the sudden flurry of activity unleashed by the local stock broking fraternity, which is going that extra mile to tap opportunities that are evidently arising here in good ...
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SBI opens Singur branch
Plans to expand network in rural, semi-urban areas
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Bengal woos Japanese cos
Delegation back from Japan, Singapore visit
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Kolkata Dock set to handle parcel load of 40,000 tonnes
The previous highest load handled by it was 37,000 tonnes
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Peerless celebrates Platinum Jubilee
Peerless General Finance & Investment Company Ltd, a major residuary non-banking company (RNBC), celebrated its platinum jubilee at a function here recently. It was attended by, among others, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr ..
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Doom Dooma Tea registered office to be shifted
Process to be over in 10-12 days
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Tata Tele targets 1 m users in Kolkata
Having crossed the one million subscribers mark in West Bengal, Tata Teleservices Ltd has targeted a customer base of one million in the Kolkata Telecom Circle alone by end-March 2007. At present, the company's subscriber base in Kolkata is ...
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SEBI suspends broker
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has suspended Lyons Range Share Broking, following observations on unusual price rise in the Ankit Prachi Trading and Investments Ltd stock. The latter had moved from Rs 8.40 to Rs 86 during a critical ...
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Bengal CM releases book of essays
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, on Thursday, at the launch function of Business Line, released a book titled `The Call of the 21st Century and Other Essays,' written by Mr B.S. Raghavan, a former civil servant, ...
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CPI (M) keen on unions in IT sector
Veteran Marxist leader Mr Jyoti Basu has defended the setting up of trade unions in the IT sector but added that there was also a need to consider the sector as an essential service where the right to strike should not be abused. "There will ...
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Amend Land Acquisition Act: Patkar
`Acquiring land for industrialisation should be suspended till then'
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IT industry slams CITU move to form association
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions' (CITU) move to form an association for employees in the IT and ITeS sector has been termed as a "retrograde step" by the industry. CEOs of IT and ITeS companies here will meet in the first week of November to ...
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