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TAMIL NADU
Chamber plea to President
A delegation from the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, which met the President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, during the latter's visit here on Monday has highlighted some of the infrastructure problems faced by this ... More

Investment ratio-based I-T relief sought for small units
Centre asked to offer exemption from Customs duty More

Tirupur exporters seek exemption from input tax
The Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) wants the Tamil Nadu Government to exempt the exporters from payment of input tax while implementing the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act 2006, which comes into effect from January. Expressing apprehension ... More

TN sugar industry unhappy about VAT law
Cane purchase tax retained at Rs 60/t; no input tax credit allowed More

Appellate authority permission needed to lead fresh proof: HC
If an employer did not seek permission to lead fresh evidence as required under law against an employee whose services were terminated, consequence was obvious that the employer had missed the opportunity of proving to the satisfaction of the ... More

`Younger people are industry's new customers and leaders'
Asia is in the news. India is the `news maker'. The young want it all and younger people are industry's new customers and leaders. "So you are shaping the industry," said Mr G. Ramachandran, financial consultant, to the students of Dhanalakshmi ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Union urges Vizag Steel to promote ancillary units
The union urged the Steel Secretary to prevent the entry of private sector in the expansion works of the steel plant. More

AP to allot 600 acres for IIT at Medak
With the Human Resources Development Ministry agreeing to sanction three more IITs in the country, the Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to allot about 600 acres in Medak district. Informing the State Assembly of the Centre's decision for ... More

Prefab houses for tsunami victims
The aesthetically designed houses will have long metal legs, to be fixed in concrete pillars, and each house comprises 2 units. More

AIDS awareness campaign
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Speaker of Assembly, Mr Suresh Reddy, and several Ministers joined the `Be Bold' campaign launched by the Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society and got tested ... More

Awareness on service tax in Kakinada
There is very little awareness about service tax among the public and trade circles, though it was introduced more than a decade ago and 95 services being brought into the tax net at present, according to Mr M. Rama Rao, ... More

New chief for HMT tractor biz
Mr Prakash Sharan has taken over as the new Executive Director of HMT's tractor business. He was previously General Manager (Production) of the Tractor division at Pinjore. According to an official release, Mr Sharan held ... More

Vithal Rajan felicitated
Dr Vithal Rajan, emeritus chairman of SKS Microfinance Pvt Ltd, was felicitated here on Sunday on securing Canada's highest national honour. He had recently been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Dr Rajan is also ... More

KERALA
Digital lifestyle expo gets good turnout
`Kochi has potential to be hub for IT usage' More

Kerala moves to revive Keltron
Separate packages for holding company, subsidiaries More

Ernakulam to come under 100 pc financial inclusion
By next March, Ernakulam in Kerala may well be the first district in the country to have achieved 100 per cent financial inclusion. The campaign, led by Union Bank of India, the lead bank in the district, aims to bring all the left-out ... More

Kerala CM woos pvt players to build IT infrastructure
The State Government will encourage private sector participation in the creation of IT infrastructure, according to the Chief Minister, Mr V. S. Achuthanandan. Addressing an assembly of top honchos of MNCs at Technopark on Tuesday, the Chief ... More

Kerala school bags TCS IT Wiz trophy
Kerala's Pallikoodam School was declared the national champion of TCS IT Wiz 2006, in which over 8,000 students from 535 schools from eight cities across the country participated. Mikhail Jacob and Joseph Sebastian from Pallikoodam School ... More

Tata Motors showroom
Tata Motors has announced the opening of its second passenger car showroom in the city. Announcing this, Mr S. Krishnan, Vice-President (Commercial), Passenger Car Business Unit, Tata Motors, said the outlet of Kulathunkal Motors ... More

Welcome home!
A VIEW OF `ARANYAKAM', a popular homestay dwelling in Wayanad, Kerala. As comfortable accommodation at affordable rates is scarce in Wayanad, many tourists opt for homestays. Favoured by domestic tourists, especially those from the IT sector ... More

GUJARAT
Essar dispatches first cargo to British Gas
Joins hands with RIL for product, infrastructure sharing More

WEST BENGAL
Nemesis of Bengal?
With Ms Mamata Banerjee's call for a 48-hour closure beginning Thursday, there is now the strong possibility of West Bengal losing the economic advantage it had carved out for itself during the past couple of years. The danger is clearly there ... More

Bengal chambers express concern over bandh call
Want politicisation of industrial investment stopped More

Bengal CM seeks CBI inquiry on woman's death
Mamata issues 24-hour ultimatum to return farmland More






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