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TAMIL NADU
Science congress from Jan 3
The 94th Indian Science Congress (ISC) will be held from January 3 at the Annamalai University in Chidambaram. The five-day event is to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said Dr Harsh Gupta, General President, ISC-2007. ...
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`Stock market returns follow seasonal pattern'
Median returns between November and February at 45%
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CII initiative to promote south TN
Destination for `big ticket' investments
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Kerala lorry strike hits TN poultry sector
The strike by Kerala truck operators has severely hit the movement of poultry products from Tamil Nadu into Kerala, which is a major market for the State's poultry producers. "The broiler movement into Kerala remained paralysed for the past two ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
Efforts on to improve power generation: CM
TRS protest mars State Formation Day fete
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BoB retail loan factory
Bank of Baroda (BoB) will launch its retail loan factory at Hyderabad. It would be an addition to the bank's many customer-centric initiatives being taken up under Project Parivartan. The initiative will be launched by the ...
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AP ropes in IL&FS to identify tourism development opportunities
The Tourism Ministry of Andhra Pradesh has roped in IL&FS (Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd) to promote tourism and identify tourism packages and opportunities to be developed through public-private partnership. Ms Chitra ...
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BoI corporate banking branch in Hyderabad
The Hyderabad zone of the Bank of India (BoI) would have a corporate banking branch, exclusively catering to the needs of the corporate clientele. The branch would be opened during the current financial year. BoI also plans to open six new ...
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Sewage works: YSR for pooling bank resources
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has asked officials of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department to talk to banks and enter into tie-ups with them to complete the Rs 2,000-crore sewerage master plan. Reviewing ...
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KERALA
Stand up to competition, PM tells commodity trade
`The State should take upon itself the task of meeting the challenge posed by a largely integrating world and not choose to run away from it.'
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Traders' plea to end transport strike
The trade and industry has expressed concern over the ongoing transport strike in the State, which entered the third day on Wednesday. The Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that the present strike is beginning to affect the prices ...
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Keltron signs MoU with Durag group
Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (Keltron) has signed an MoU with Durag Group of Germany for marketing, maintenance and after-sales service of advanced equipment for monitoring environment pollution. The Durag Group is reputed ...
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ICICI Bank branch extension
ICICI Bank has inaugurated an extended area of the branch at Emgee Square in Padma Junction on MG Road. Mr Navas Meeran, Chairman, CII, Kerala Region, inaugurated the branch. The branch will remain open for customer transaction ...
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PM pledges slew of incentives for Kerala
Better air connectivity, sops to farm sector promised
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Global business meet
An international conference on the Emerging Paradigms in Business will be held at Mala in Thrissur on December 14-15 under the auspices of Holy Grace Academy of Management Studies. The focus of the conference is on international ...
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KARNATAKA
Karnataka Govt sets up revolving funds in fisheries co-ops
Minister honours 45 persons with Suvarna Karnataka awards
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Apranje Jewellers gets IGI certification
Apranje Jewellers has announced that it has become Bangalore's first diamond jewellery store to be fully certified by the International Gemological Institute (IGI), an independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine ...
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OTHER STATES
Traders' bandh turns violent
Loss to exchequer estimated at Rs 150-200 cr
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MAHARASHTRA
Clarification on tax returns
Mr K. Venkataramani, Chief Commissioner of Income-Tax, Mumbai, has refuted reports that income-tax returns filed through post offices may not be processed by the Income-Tax Department. A department press release quoting Mr ...
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WEST BENGAL
Emirates clocks 70 pc passenger load factor on Kolkata sector
Emirates has clocked an average passenger load factor of 70 per cent on the Kolkata-Dubai-Kolkata sector. The airline commenced operations from the city in March with six-flights-a-week direct non-stop to Dubai. Across the country, Emirates ...
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Bosch plans Rs 1,800-cr investment in India
The Rs 4,000-crore Bosch Group in India has outlined an investment of Rs 1,800 crore by 2008. Of this, approximately Rs 900 crore has already been invested in the development of facilities and competencies, capacity ramp-up and R&D, and an ...
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20% rise in VAT collection in Bengal
The West Bengal Finance Minister, Dr Asim Kumar Dasgupta, today said that the State had witnessed 20 per cent growth in value added tax (VAT) collection during the first half of the current fiscal. Collection of excise duty has grown by 26 per ...
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Birla heart centre gets accreditation
The city-based B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre (BMHRC) has become the first hospital in the country to be given accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation (NABH) for hospitals and healthcare providers for meeting proper standards in ...
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HC refuses bail to Govind Sarda
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Mr Justice D.P. Sengupta and Mr Justice B. Somaddar on Wednesday refused the bail prayer of Mr Govind Sarda, one of the accused in the case pertaining to supply of defective blood test kits ...
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SBI Bengal circle targets Rs 2,957-cr addl deployment
State Bank of India, Bengal Circle, covering West Bengal, Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, has a set target of Rs 2,957 crore of additional deployment of funds in the current fiscal. In the first half of the year, the additional ...
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Emergency medical services on NH2
An attempt to replicate the Highway Rescue Project (HRP) of Gujarat and Maharashtra in West Bengal is being made with Save Life Foundation of Kolkata joining hands with the Baroda-based Lifeline Foundation to take initiatives to ...
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