The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 16, 2008

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KERALA: Preparations under way for Kerala Shopping Festival
Kochi, Aug. 15 The State Government is gearing up to organise the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival (GKSF) from December 1 to January 15 for the second consecutive year, with a view to promoting and developing the trade and industrial sector ...

TAMIL NADU: Passenger, freight earnings up at Tiruchi railway division
Five stations to be modernised this year. Tiruchi, Aug. 15 The Tiruchi division of the Railways has registered a marginal increase of two per cent in passenger earnings in the first quarter of the current financial ...

KERALA: Kerala CM spells out development agenda
‘Unprecedented growth in industry, IT, tourism’. Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 15 There has been a quantum leap in development covering the various sectors and the State is going ahead with well-laid out programmes to further accelerate ...

TAMIL NADU: Tribunal’s power to reject dismissal of workman limited: HC
The Madras High Court has set aside an order of the Industrial Tribunal, Chennai, refusing to grant approval to the proposal of the TN State Transport Corporation (Madurai Divn II) to terminate the services of a workman on a charge of ...

TAMIL NADU: Insera plans to bring ‘Shelter’ to treat strokes
Chennai, Aug. 15 Though having a stroke is the second major cause of death globally and India is no exception. ...

KERALA: Yachting body extends tech backing to Volvo race
Kochi, Aug. 15 Yachting Association of India, the governing authority for sailing in India, will extend technical support to Volvo Ocean Race India Stopover, scheduled to be held in Kochi during December. ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: DLF preparing feasibility report on Hyderabad Metro Link
Final study may be submitted to APIIC by mid-Sept. Hyderabad, Aug. 15 DLF Ltd is currently preparing a feasibility study for the proposed Hyderabad Metro Link between the IT hub, HiTech City, and the Financial District on the outskirts of ...

KARNATAKA: Mangalore gets waste management plant
Mangalore, Aug. 15 The solid waste management plant will be operationalised in Mangalore in two days, according to Mr Krishna Palemar, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister. ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Compete hard, Hind Shipyard workers told
Visakhapatnam, Aug. 15 Hindusthan Shipyard Ltd here is on the revival path and has achieved a turnover of Rs. 510 crore during 2007-08, but it is necessary for the staff to strive hard to compete with other shipyards and maintain the momentum ...

KERALA: Rlys plans heritage hotel in Kochi
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 15 The Railways has decided to set up a heritage hotel at the old Cochin Harbour Terminus station on Wellingdon Island. ...

KERALA: Japanese management course
Nihongo Bashi ( www.nihongobashi.com), provider of Japanese management, language and culture training programmes in India, has commenced intake for the 2008 batch of its one-year, full-time postgraduate ...

KARNATAKA: NMPT I-Day celebrations
New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) celebrated the 61st Independence Day on Friday. A press release said here that Mr P. Tamilvanan, Chairman of NMPT, who hoisted the National Flag, explained about the progress in developmental works being taken up ...

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