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ANDHRA PRADESH: BioAsia will be held in Hyderabad from Feb 2-4
Meet to discuss industrial, agri biotechnology issues. Hyderabad, Nov. 2 The sixth edition of BioAsia 2009 will be held in Hyderabad from February 2-4 next year at the Hyderabad International Convention ...

GUJARAT: Gujarat industry substituting LNG with naphtha
60% reduction in global naphtha prices. Kolkata, Nov. 2 Having suffered from acute energy crisis leading to skyrocketing price of energy for almost eight months, especially during the last six months, the industries in Gujarat are now enjoying ...

MAHARASHTRA: Pune to become second point of entrance to Japanese varsities
JASSO hopes to improve awareness on opportunities. Pune, Nov. 2 Pune would become the second centre in the country, after Delhi, where the Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO) would be conducting the examination for Entrance to Japanese ...

KERALA: Hotel industry cautioned on challenges
Kochi, Nov. 2 Architects should be seized of the growing awareness and need to bring in aesthetic designing of hotels and resorts to meet the increasing global expectations, Mr Mahesh Narayana, Senior Architect and Director of ...

WEST BENGAL: Paswan hints at extending more duty relief for steel industry
Lays stone for Jindal Bengal Steel; Buddhadeb calls for national iron ore policy. Salboni (West Bengal), Nov. 2 The Union Government is mulling further rationalisation of duty, covering both counterveiling and import duty, as a means to provide ...

TAMIL NADU: New bank exposure norms boon to exporters
Forex derivative users hail move. Coimbatore, Nov. 2 The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to ease the off-balance sheet exposure norms of banks has come as a big relief to the exporters in Tirupur, particularly those with forex ...

KERALA: Kerala electricity board seeks to increase tariff
‘Current levy not enough to bridge revenue deficit’. Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 2 The Kerala State Electricity Board has informed the State electricity regulatory commission, KSERC, that given the precarious power availability ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Care Hospitals in talks with Italian healthcare centre
Obtaining technique for quicker reach-out time. Hyderabad, Nov. 2 Care Hospitals, the city-based hospital group that specialises in cardiology, is in talks with a healthcare institute in Milan (Italy) to adopt its technique that ensures quicker ...

WEST BENGAL: ‘Increase expenditure on public health’
Kolkata, Nov. 2 Public expenditure on health should be increased to 2-3 per cent of GDP of the country, up from the present level of 1 per cent, Mr Surya Kant Mishra, West Bengal Health Minister, said here ...

KARNATAKA: New Mangalore port marshalling yard gets one more rail line
Mangalore, Nov. 2 To provide better infrastructure for smooth handling of cargo generated at the hinterland, New Mangalore Port Trust opened the sixth railway line at the Panambur marshalling yard in New ...

KERALA: Chamber holds meet with Collector
Kochi, Nov. 2 The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised an interactive session with the Ernakulam District Collector, Dr M. Beena, to find out solutions for several problems in the ...

KARNATAKA: ‘Recession may hit tax collection’
Bangalore, Nov. 2 The global sluggish economy was bound to affect Karnataka’s industrial production, which was expected to witness a decline reflecting on the State’s commercial tax ...

TAMIL NADU: Direct train service from Rameswaram to Chennai
Madurai, Nov. 2 Southern Railway has introduced a direct train service from Rameswaram to ...

KERALA: In unsure waters
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TAMIL NADU: TN looking at new Act for development of urban areas
Chennai, Nov. 2 The Tamil Nadu Government plans to amend the Town and Country Planning Act to strengthen the role of local bodies and promote co-ordination between them for ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Rlys to give priority to AP projects
Railway projects in Andhra Pradesh, and the Visakhapatnam area in particular, will be given priority and all attempts will be made to complete them on schedule, according to Mr K.C. Jena, Chairman of the ...

OTHER STATES: Bengal gets proposals for industries on Singur land
Salboni (West Midnapore), Nov. 2 The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, said here on Sunday that the West Bengal Government had received several proposals from a cross-section of industrialists keen to set up industries ...

TAMIL NADU: IOB offers support for biofuel projects
Coimbatore, Nov. 2 Indian Overseas Bank has offered to extend financial support to viable biofuel plant cultivation projects. Towards this, the bank conducted a workshop jointly with Nabard on ‘biofuel plant cultivation’. ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Rake loading from Gangavaram
Reports have it that the Rs 1,800-crore Gangavaram port, built by a private consortium headed by D. S. Raju & Company, will be inaugurated some time in the current month. However, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has started operations in the ...





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