STATES
TAMIL NADU
‘Hosur is ideally placed to attract fresh investments’
It has been an industrial hub for more than two decades
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Airtel's festive offers
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ANDHRA PRADESH
The shrine of `Seven Hills': The abode of bliss
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Hyderabad to host poultry exhibition
Hyderabad, Oct. 15 India’s largest poultry exhibition to be jointly organised by the Exhibition Advisory Committee (EAC) and the Indian Poultry Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (IPEMA) will be held in the Hitex Exhibition ...
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Focus on road improvement, CM tells AP officials
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, on Monday directed the Roads and Buildings Department officials to complete the carpeting work of all damaged roads in the State immediately.This follows a review meeting the Chief Minister ...
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KERALA
NIFT to open Kannur centre next year
Kochi, Oct. 15 The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) is planning to start classes at the institute’s centre that is coming up in Kannur from the next academic year. The State Industries Minister, Mr Elamaram Karim, ...
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KARNATAKA
Creating awareness
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OTHER STATES
Anti-POSCO activists free labourers
Bhubaneswar, Oct 15 Eleven labourers, who were detained by villagers opposing the proposed mega steel plant project of POSCO-India five days ago, were finally released on Monday evening. The anti-POSCO activists had abducted 10 carpenters and ...
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IIM-L’s global management programme
New Delhi, Oct. 15 The Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow has announced its International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX) at its Noida campus. The full time, one-year residential executive programme will commence from ...
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NTPC signs MoU with Bihar
NTPC Ltd has signed an agreement with the Bihar Government and the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) to promote a joint venture company. A memorandum of understanding was signed between the power major and BSEB on October 14, NTPC said in a ...
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‘Entry tax will continue in UP after VAT ’
New Delhi, Oct. 15 Entry tax will continue in Uttar Pradesh (UP) even after the introduction of VAT, said Mr Sunil Kumar, Commissioner (Trade and Tax), UP, saidThe continuation of entry tax even after the proposed switching over to ...
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MAHARASHTRA
Public sector banks now target small industries
Retail investors and customers who used to prefer banking with private sector and multi-national banks, have now started turning back to public sector and cooperative banks. “Public sector banks, feeling the heat of competition, ...
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Indira Group to buy 20 schools across India
Pune, Oct. 15 Pune-based Indira Group of Institutes (IGI) is expanding upon its foray into primary, secondary and higher secondary education, and is looking at acquiring over 20 schools across India over the next few years. It is also in ...
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GUJARAT
Etech to hire 5,000 at Gandhinagar Infocity
Ahmedabad, Oct 15 The Texas-based Etech Inc, which set up its first offshore centre in India as an ITES/BPO facility at Infocity in Gandhinagar, on Monday announced to build and occupy an entire tower at this information technology park to ...
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Parsoli Corpn launching online trading on Oct 22
The Ahmedabad-based Parsoli Corporation Ltd will launch its new product, stockmultiplier.co.in , an online trading facility, in Gujarat, Mumbai and Bangalore on October 22.The product envisages opening of accounts, namely a demat ...
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WEST BENGAL
Italy keen on tie-ups in food processing, leather
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Investment proposals for Jan-June in West Bengal total Rs 49,128 crore
Kolkata, Oct. 15 There is a spurt in the number of investment proposals received by West Bengal during the first half of 2007 (January-June period), compared to the sameperiod of 2006. According to the quarterly review (July-September ...
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Dooars tea garden workers to get Rs 1,000 ex-gratia
Kolkata, Oct. 15 The Union Government will make a one-time ex-gratia payment of Rs 1,000 each to the workers of the closed tea gardens in Dooars in West Bengal in view of the festival season. A total of 15,670 workers are on the ...
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S-E Rly passenger revenue up
During the first six months (i.e. April to September) of South Eastern Railway (2007-08) has carried 92 million passengers generating a revenue of Rs 352 crore, up 12.5 per cent compared to last year. Of the 92 million passengers, 49 million ...
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