STATES
TAMIL NADU
TN to constitute e-governance agency
The Tamil Nadu Government plans to set up Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency to drive e-governance initiatives in the State. The agency would be registered as a company and would have Mr Atul Anand, Collector, Theni District, as its first chief ...
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Corporates' role in development activity stressed
Tata Steel receives LIBA award
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BMW appoints Kun Exclusive as dealer
According to a press release from BMW India, the subsidiary of the automobile manufacturer BMW Group, from the beginning 2007, Kun Exclusive will offer sales, service and spare parts facility. Initially, Kun Exclusive will operate from an ...
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TN chamber wants meet on VAT implementation
To decide on modalities for smooth transition
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Sethusamudram Corpn plans
Sethusamudram Corporation Ltd has accorded approval for making a contribution of Rs 32,15,000 towards execution of 12 schemes under its coastal community development programme in Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram districts . According to Mr N.K. ...
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VAT: Implementation at short notice is one more challenge
With the quick passing of the VAT (Value Added Tax) Bill, the coming New Year's Day is slated to usher in VAT, in Tamil Nadu. Business Line contacted Mr S. Sridharan, a Madurai-based chartered accountant, who specialises in VAT. Here is ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
Reliance deal stumbles on pricing issue
The inability to arrive at an appropriate gas price mechanism is holding up the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Andhra Pradesh Government and Reliance Industries Ltd. While the State consumers, including gas based plants and ...
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Informatica software for technical courses
Hyderabad-based Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology has adopted Informatica PowerCenter data integration software for its B. Tech and M. Tech curriculum. US-based Informatica Corporation will provide the software. "With Informatica's ...
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Convergys expands centre
Customer care, human resources and billing solutions major Convergys Corporation has announced expansion of its software development campus located at the Hitec City, near here. The US-based corporation has taken additional area ...
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I-T Dept scanning real estate activity
The Income-Tax Department is planning to launch a special drive to look into the real estate activity that has been attracting a lot of investments. The skyrocketing prices in the real estate, particularly in and around the twin cities have ...
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Duplicate PAN cards
The Income Tax Department in Andhra Pradesh has found 1.32-lakh duplicate PAN cards from 65,000 groups. "They have more than one card," Mr D.V. Dharmik, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Hyderabad-1) of Andhra Pradesh, said. Addressing a press ...
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Honour for Hyderabad varsity V-C
Dr Seyed E. Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, has been elected member of the prestigious Deutsche Akademie Der Naturforscher (German Academy of Sciences), Leopoldina. He is probably the first Indian ...
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KERALA
UAE firm to use Coir Board tech for producing coco lawn
The technology developed by the Central Coir Research Institute, Alappuzha, for producing Coco Lawn (readymade lawn) is getting attention overseas as a UAE-based company has evinced interest in utilising this technology through National Research ...
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Italy exploring trade opportunities in Kerala
Envoy cites tourism, infrastructure and food processing
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Animation film festival
The KINFRA Film and Video Park, Thiruvananthapuram, and the Kerala Chalachitra Academy are organising an animation film festival in the city from Saturday. The animation film festival, which is being held as part of the ...
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KSR group plans luxury flats project
Taking luxury residential real estate to a new orbit, KSR group, in association with Jurong International of Singapore, is coming out with a 26-storeyed residential complex at Gachchibowli that would house 600 flats. Designed by Jurong, which ...
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Kannur textile centre to be ready by 2008
The Textile Centre Infrastructure Development Scheme (TCIDS) being implemented in Kannur in Kerala is slated to become operational in 2008. The project under the scheme is coming up on a 128-acre plot and is one of 24 such centres identified by ...
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CII workshop on energy management
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Kerala in association with State Bank of India is organising a one-day training programme on Energy Management on Saturday at Hotel Lulu International in Thrissur. The main objectives of the training ...
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KARNATAKA
First Indian Corporation selects Mangalore for its third facility
The new facility of the First Indian Corporation will initially support transaction processing services for the US mortgage industry.
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Vasavadatta Cements plans to double output
Fourth unit in Gulbarga scheduled to go on stream by August next
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HAL's air ambulance service scores its first action
HAL's newly launched air ambulance service scored its first action by transporting a senior Japanese tourist on Wednesday. The service, `Vayu Vahan,' was called to airlift Ms Ikeda, 82, from a primary health centre in Badami town in northern ...
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OTHER STATES
Together we care
Many homes rethink the traditional roles of husband and wife.
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MAHARASHTRA
Energy-saving measures
NOVEL PROTEST: Two Greenpeace atop the State electricity corporate office in Mumbai on Thursday. Greenpeace unfurled a banner demanding that the Maharashtra Government stop its plans to build eight new thermal plants, until energy efficiency ...
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Landmark to open store in Pune
Landmark is set to open its first store here at an investment of Rs 4.5 crore. This is the ninth store of the Rs 100-crore book and music retailer. Talking to presspersons, Ms Hemu Ramaiah, Chief Executive Officer, Landmark, said with this ...
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JP Morgan invests Rs 274 cr in Lodha project
JP Morgan has invested about Rs 274 crore in a premium residential project of Lodha Builders — `Lodha Bellissimo' — coming up at Apollo Mill lands in Mahalakshmi. "We have invested significant time and effort in understanding the ...
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GUJARAT
Essar Oil may have struck mid-sized reserve in Mehsana
Likely to submit development plan to DGH
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Navy, Gujarat join hands to protect marine border
`Development plan of Porbandar port by March 2008'
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WEST BENGAL
Bengal parks to have palm tree landscaping
Kolkata corporation ties up with Sahayog Hortica
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CM rules out police action to break Mamata strike
`Ready to discuss anything she wants to'
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Chambers concerned over politicisation of industrial investment
"There is growing anxiety ... that the thrust towards industrial regeneration could receive a severe setback."
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Joining the protest
PRO-FARMER: Writer and social activist Arundhati Roy at a protest march in New Delhi on Thursday against the West Bengal Government's decision to hand over farm land to Tata Motors. She is seen with a woman who was injured during an earlier ...
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IT finishing school in Kolkata
Mr S. Ramadorai, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services, will inaugurate the IT finishing school that is being set up at Taratala in Kolkata by the State Government, according to Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West ...
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New year's here
UPBEAT ON SALES: A calendar outlet in Kolkata on Thursday. As the city is a major market for calendars in East India, the traders here make brisk business every season and are upbeat this time too. The prices of the calendars range from Rs 300 to ...
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