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TAMIL NADU
Credit propels economic activity: Chidambaram
Minister opens three different bank branches
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ANDHRA PRADESH
NCDC aid to AP set to cross Rs 1,000 crore
The total assistance from the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) to Andhra Pradesh is set to cross the Rs 1,000-crore mark by the end of March.Cumulatively, NCDC has provided a total assistance of Rs 939.19 crore to the State at ...
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QTech wins global award
QTech Inc, the Hyderabad-headquartered venture-funded technology company, has been selected as a DEMOgod, at the DEMO' 07 conference in Palm Desert, California recently. Each year, the DEMOgod award is presented to select companies that show ...
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VUDA moves against Pharma City
The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) has initiated action against the promoters of the Pharma City coming up at Parawada in Visakhapatnam district. A few structures were demolished towards the weekend in the ...
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Honour for NGRI director
The Director of National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) here, Dr V.P. Dimri, has been elected President of the Earth System Sciences section for the 95th session of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) to be held ...
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Call to set up more wholesale markets in Vizag
There is a necessity for setting up more wholesale markets on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, as in Chennai and New Delhi, to decongest the city and avoid traffic snarls, according to Praja Spandana, a forum for public welfare. At a press meet ...
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AP to set up micro hydel projects in tribal areas
Move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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KERALA
Weaving a network of herbal nurseries
The society proposes to undertake cultivation of medicinal plants in a hundred households in the Balaramapuram region on a promotional basis.
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Kerala plans tourism calendar
As part of its effort to promote cultural tourism, Kerala Tourism will offer tourists an annual cultural calendar, said the State Tourism Minister, Mr Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. Inaugurating a two-day seminar on ethnic tourism at the Kerala ...
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Reliance Retail begins procurement in Kerala
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Kottayam library anniversary
The 125th anniversary celebrations of the Kottayam Public Library will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, at the KPS Menon Hall here on Tuesday. The foundation stone of the new three-storey building to ...
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Workshop on folklore
The Minister for Education, Mr M.A. Baby, will inaugurate a three-day workshop organised by Kerala Folklore Academy and Sukumar Azheekodu Trust in cooperation with CMS College at Kottayam on Monday. Prof Sukumar Azhikodu will ...
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KARNATAKA
`Mangalore can become top petro investment region'
Mangalore can become one of the best petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment regions in the country, depending on how everyone concerned takes the project forward, according to Mr Subir Raha, former Chairman and Managing Director of ...
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Switzerland agency to interact with Indian investors
Location Switzerland, the Foreign Investment Agency of Switzerland, will be holding interactions with Indian trade and industry representatives here on February 13. Access to European markets, a highly specialised multi-lingual work force and a ...
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OTHER STATES
The road ahead for UP roads
Over Rs 1,000 crore is `spent' every year for construction of roads in Uttar Pradesh. "But how much is actually spent for the purpose is anybody's guess," frets `Uttar Pradesh Development Report' of the Planning ...
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Valuable scrap
RESALE ECONOMY: A Delhi-based scrap dealer reworking old car parts for resale in the open market in the capital on Saturday. Making an old car as good as new is turning into a money-spinner for many. ...
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GUJARAT
National meet on energy sector begins on Feb 24
The 3rd National Conference on Indian Energy Sector will be held from February 24 to 24 on the theme of "Synergy with Energy." Mr Jaynarayan Vyas, Chairman of Saket Projects Ltd and Convener of the meet, told newspersons that Union Energy ...
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WEST BENGAL
`North-East industrial policy likely by March'
The Centre may announce the North East Industrial Policy (NEIP), 2007 by next month. The new policy will include Sikkim and is expected to be announced before the existing NEIP 1997 expires on March 31. Addressing a road show for the third ...
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