The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 29, 2008

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WEST BENGAL: Singur deadlock continues, worker attendance falls below 15%
Work at the Tata Motors’ small car project site at Singur continued to be affected for the fifth day on Thursday with the attendance of contractual workers there falling below Wednesday’s level of around 15 per ...

KERALA: Bid to lift lockout at Kerala Apollo Tyres unit
Another meeting will be held at Kochi on Aug 31. Kochi, Aug. 28 In a bid to lift the lockout and resume production at the Perambra unit of Apollo Tyres near here, discussions were held on Wednesday between the representatives of the management ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: AP CM defends allotment of land to IT cos, SEZs
‘Only lands vulnerable to encroachment were allotted’. Hyderabad, Aug. 28 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, today defended the land allotments made to IT companies and special economic zones (SEZs) over ...

KERALA: Development fund scheme for local bodies launched
Kerala bids to raise resources thru bonds. The Pooled Finance Development Fund Scheme, which is designed to raise resources through bonds for the development of basic infrastructure in small and medium towns, has been launched in ...

MAHARASHTRA: General Motors setting up engine plant in Pune
$200-m facility to have annual capacity of 1,60,000. Mumbai, Aug. 28 General Motors India is setting up an engine plant in Talegaon, Pune, near its car plant. ...

OTHER STATES: I-T exemption: Sikkim businessmen to launch Gandhian movement
Peeved at the ‘discriminatory’ attitude of the Centre on the Income Tax exemption issue, the business community of Sikkim has launched a ‘Gandhian’ movement with two demands — exemption from direct income-tax at ...

TAMIL NADU: Plan to install 550 automatic weather stations
Tiruchi, Aug. 28 The Department of Meteorology will install 550 automatic weather stations and 1,350 automatic rain gauge recording system in all districts in the country by 2011, under its Rs 920-crore modernisation plan. ...

KERALA: Rating system for human resources in Kerala mooted
Kerala needs a rating system for human resources, specially relating to IT and IT-enabled services and such a rating exercise should be based on vigorous efforts for generation of integrated ...

WEST BENGAL: Landing system at Kolkata airport secondary runway
Kolkata, Aug. 23 The installation of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the secondary runway of Kolkata airport is expected to gather momentum with the Airports Authority of India considering to put in place the system temporarily before ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: JWT India to focus on Hyderabad

ANDHRA PRADESH: Reliance Retail second hypermarket

OTHER STATES: Meghalaya seeks private investments to step up growth
Mumbai, Aug. 28 The Meghalaya Government is targeting an investment of over Rs 3,000 crore in the next three yearsto achieve annual growth rate of at least 7.5 per ...

WEST BENGAL: Banks in Singur region faring well
Kolkata, Aug. 28 Banks are doing good business both in terms of deposits and advances in the Singur region, senior bank officials told Business ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Oriental, MyTVS launch roadside assistance scheme
Hyderabad, Aug. 28 Oriental Insurance Company Ltd will focus on providing value-added services to its customers and expand its emergency roadside assistance scheme across the country soon. ...

TAMIL NADU: Artha Money launches property services
Chennai, Aug. 28 Artha Money, the financial services company, has diversified into property services making it a complete financial super market for the retail customer, according to Mr Suresh Rangarajan, Managing Director and CEO, Artha ...

KERALA: Waiting for patrons

TAMIL NADU: Rajathi Group targets tier 2-3 cities for expansion
Chennai, Aug. 28 Chennai-based Rajathi Group is planning to take its hotel brand — Breeze — to other cities. This would cost around Rs 750 crore in three phases beginning early next year. The company has roped in Deloitte ...

OTHER STATES: Study to mull alternative highway for Sikkim
Gangtok, Aug. 28 Central officials and their colleagues from the State are slated to make a study of a potential alternative highway for the State through Bhutan this September. The State is now wholly dependent on the NH 31A as its lifeline ...

TAMIL NADU: PTC unit to have stake in TN project
PTC India Financial Services Ltd, a subsidiary of power trading major PTC India Ltd, has entered into an agreement for picking up a minority stake in a 189-MW project coming up in Tamil Nadu. Under the pact, PTC India Financial Services will ...

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