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ANDHRA PRADESH
CII planning ‘Vision Q1’ for industrial growth in AP
Hyderabad, Sept. 16 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Andhra Pradesh, is planning a study, Vision Q1, for achieving all-round industrial development in State by end of first quarter of current century (2025).“We will ...
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AP not to hike residential property tax
Hyderabad, Sept. 16 There is good new for owners of residential property in Hyderabad and other areas falling under the urban local bodies in the State. The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided not to increase the tax rate for ...
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Shinde inaugurates work on 2nd phase of NTPC’s Simhadri project
Visakhapatnam, Sept. 16 Andhra Pradesh is doing remarkably well on the power front, with two credit rating agencies (Crisil and ICRA) having given the State the number one position in recent assessments, said the Union Power Minister, Mr ...
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KERALA
9 closed tea gardens in Kerala re-open
New Delhi, Sept. 16 The recently announced rehabilitation package has seen nine of the 17 tea gardens in Kerala re-open. An official statement issued on Sunday adds that five gardens were in the process of settling their accounts and will open ...
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Kerala to convert coir co-ops loans into capital
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 16 The Kerala Government has decided to convert all government loans given to the coir cooperative societies till March 31, 2006, into share capital. The Minister for Coir and Cooperation, Mr G. Sudhakaran, ...
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Hindi Fortnight at PNB
The regional office of Punjab National Bank here celebrated a ‘Hindi Fortnight’ from September 1 to 14. The fortnight saw many competitions such as essay writing, a banking technology ‘antakshari’, elocution, poetry ...
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OTHER STATES
‘Delhi most polluted among mega cities’
New Delhi, Sept. 16 Among all the mega cities in the country Delhi has the highest pollution level with the level of respirable particulate matter (RSPM) in the air at 115 while it is lowest in Mumbai (RSPM 79), according to the findings of ...
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Waive agriculture loan: Badal
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, has asked the Centre to waive agriculture loan of farmers in the State and hike the Minimum Support Price of wheat and paddy. “If a special package for relief on agriculture debt can be ...
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Hindu Metro Plus Lifestyle Show to be held in Delhi
New Delhi, Sept. 16 The Hindu Metro Plus Lifestyle Show, a consumer retail fare, is now being extended to New Delhi at Pragati Maidan from September 20-23. The four-day event would be a one-stop shop for products ranging from ...
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MAHARASHTRA
Maharashtra assures help for airport revamp work
Mumbai, Sept. 16 There may be some relief in sight for companies involved in the modernisation of Mumbai airport over uncertainties surrounding land acquisition for the project. Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh on Sunday assured ...
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New Mumbai airport — A tough project, with tremendous potential
“This is quite probably the most difficult infrastructure project in the world today,” the Chief Operating Officer, Rudy Vercelli, says.
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GUJARAT
University for tourism, hospitality being set up in AP
Ahmedabad, Sept. 16 Andhra Pradesh is soon going to have India’s first university for tourism and hospitality management. It is expected to emerge as the apex body supplying manpower to an industry potentially expected to generate 1.24 ...
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