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Horticulture: Plan for upgrading research centres
Tiruchi, Oct 28 The Indian Council of Agricultural Research is examining a proposal to upgrade the national research centres on horticulture crops as project directorates, said Mr H.P. Singh, Deputy Directorate General (Horticulture), ICAR. ...
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Plea to make blending of ethanol with petrol mandatory
Madurai, Oct. 28 The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has made an appeal for mandatory blending of ethanol with petrol.The chamber Secretary, Mr P.T.K.A. Balasubramanian, in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan ...
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Murata Machinery setting up Indian subsidiary
No immediate plans for manufacturing facility
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Caution on Bengal gram, cumbu prices
Coimbatore, Oct. 28 Farmers planning to raise Bengal gram, cumbu and coriander during October-November season in Tamil Nadu have been cautioned on moderate price forecasts for these crops during their harvest in February-March next.The ...
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SBI Life Madurai module’s feat
The Madurai module of State Bank of India (SBI) Life Insurance Company Ltd. has become the no.1 module of all the 58 modules of SBI, mobilising a premium of Rs 35 crore in 2006-07. In recognition of the outstanding performance, SBI Life Insurance ...
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Marg Constructions, Malaysian co tie up for Karaikal port
Chennai, Oct. 28 Marg Constructions Ltd and Pembinaan Redzai Sdn Bhd, Malaysia, are to promote a joint venture company to manage the Karaikal Port being set up by Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd (KPPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Marg ...
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‘Good business will only survive because of good values’
Chennai, Oct. 28 You are the most precious resource, and you have to direct yourself in the current corporate environment where continental shifts are taking place in short periods of time, calling for innovative approaches, rapid assimilation ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
Global meet on aluminium
Hyderabad, Oct. 28 A global meet of experts, industry and stake holders from the aluminium sector will be held in Hyderabad during November 21-23. INCAL 2007 will provide a forum for Indian and foreign industry experts to deliberate on ...
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AP targets 20% of IT exports
Hyderabad, Oct. 28 The Andhra Pradesh Government is targeting to step up the State’s share of IT exports to about 20 per cent of the country’s total exports, from the current 14 per cent, by focussing on skill development and ...
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Ocean India starts work on Brandix apparel park unit
Likely to go on stream in Q2 of next fiscal
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Alufluoride sales up by 14%
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High-rise city
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Seminar on captive mines
Visakhapatnam, Oct. 28 The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is at a great disadvantage as it does not have captive iron ore mines and the repeated pleas of the company have gone in vain till now, and until the Union Government concedes the demand, ...
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Spandana Sphoorty forays into tractor, dairy finance
Hyderabad, Oct. 28 Spandana Sphoorty Innovative Financial Services Ltd has forayed into tractor and dairy finance and is planning to invest significantly in these sectors. “The micro-finance market in Andhra Pradesh in general, ...
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Beedi workers oppose ‘pictorial warning’
Hyderabad, Oct. 28 A group of farmers, beedi workers and pan shop owners have strongly opposed the move by the Union Health Ministry to make it mandatory for manufacturers to print pictorial warnings on tobacco products.Addressing a ...
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KERALA
Coir sector opposes cess on turnover
Kochi, Oct. 28 The Indian Coir Association has expressed concern over the move of the Kerala Government to impose one per cent cess on the turnover of all engaged in the business of coir in the State. Addressing the 51st annual general ...
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Coir products to be sold in IOC outlets
Kochi, Oct. 28 Coir Board and Indian Oil Corporation are jointly evolving a novel scheme for promotion and marketing of coir products through selected outlets of Indian Oil Corporation. This scheme is one among the domestic market ...
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Kerala PSUs under Agri Dept do well
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 28 The public sector undertakings under the Agriculture Department of the Kerala Government have significantly improved their performance of late.At a review meeting here, presided over by the Agriculture ...
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Muthoot Capital to sell insurance
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Meet on retailing
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Quaint charm
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KARNATAKA
Local tool for BangaloreIT.in
The city’s annual IT event BangaloreIT.in will use local start-up TELiBrahma’s Bluetooth-powered event software. TELiBrahma’s Event Solution will enhance the event experience while creating additional channels for revenue ...
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Winter specials to Chennai
Southern Railway will run winter special trains between Mangalore and Chennai to clear extra rush of passengers during the festive season of Deepavali, Bakrid and Christmas. A press release by Southern Railway said here that the first service ...
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MAHARASHTRA
‘Infrastructure holds key to double-digit growth’
Experts seek progress in farm sector, inclusive growth
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For a cause
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WEST BENGAL
US Treasury Secretary Paulson pats Buddhadeb’s investment pitch
Kolkata, Oct. 28 The US Treasury Secretary, Mr Henry M. Paulson, Jr, has praised the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, for the latter’s efforts to encourage big ticket investments in West Bengal. He has also said ...
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SAIL ramps up iron ore production
The Raw Materials Division of SAIL has ramped up iron ore production to meet the enhanced requirement of SAIL’s steel plants in the Eastern sector of the country. Iron ore lump production touched 3.1 million tonne, notching a growth of 10.6 ...
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