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MAHARASHTRA: Maharashtra Deputy CM Patil resigns
Mumbai, Dec. 1 Mr R.R. Patil, Deputy Chief Minster and Home Minster of Maharashtra, resigned on ...

MAHARASHTRA: It’s not enough for Muslims to be revolted by terror
“They knock on my door aggressively but I don’t open it, I stay very quiet.” The caller pauses briefly before continuing. “But I am fine.” These were the words of the UAE national, Rashid al Owais, a ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Nabard sanctions Rs 298 cr
For projects approved under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund. Hyderabad, Dec. 1 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 298.46 crore loan assistance to Andhra Pradesh Government to undertake 127 ...

OTHER STATES: Garment export council calls for hike in duty drawback rates
Expects 24% shortfall in target on tepid overseas demand. New Delhi, Dec 1 The country’s garment export industry apprehends a shortfall of 24 per cent to the target of $11.62 billion set for the current fiscal, in the wake of the worrisome ...

MAHARASHTRA: Of daring escapes and devastating deaths
Mumbai, Dec. 1 Emotional stories of daring escapes and devastating deaths continue to haunt the city, as it grasped at strains of normalcy, like getting back to work on Monday, after the brazen terrorist attacks of the week ...

MAHARASHTRA: Taj control handed back
Mumbai, Dec. 1 The control of terror-scarred properties of the Taj Mahal Palace and Towers was handed back to the Taj Group by security agencies on ...

TAMIL NADU: Plea for reducing petrol price
Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has made a plea for a reduction in the price of petrol. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, the Chamber Secretary, Mr P.K.A. Balsubramanian, said that the reduction in the ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Nalsar, IAAM sign agreement
Nalsar University of Law has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Applied Aviation Management (IAAM), Kozhikode, for introduction of a one-year post-graduate diploma in Aviation Law and Air Transport Management. ...

KARNATAKA: Bangalore hotels, malls to beef up security
Bangalore, Dec. 1 That they were attacks not on a city called Mumbai but the nation as a whole is evident from the aftershocks being felt in cities as far as Bangalore and ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘Creation of more jobs in non-farm sector vital for food security’
Creation of two crore jobs in the non-farm sector in the rural areas over the next twenty years is necessary to achieve a nutrition secure India, said Dr M.S. Swaminathan, Member of Parliament and Chairman M.S. Swaminathan Research ...

MAHARASHTRA: ‘No co-ordinated counter attack’
Mumbai, Dec. 1 “What was seen in the Mumbai attack was lack of preparedness. There was no co-ordinated counter attack on the terrorist,” said renowned defence expert, Major General (Retd) Eustace ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Pension for physically challenged increased
District Medical Boards will be set up to issue certificates. Hyderabad, Dec. 1 The Andhra Pradesh Government has announced an increase in pensions for the physically challenged which would be implemented ...

TAMIL NADU: Consider assessee’s plea for interest waiver on delayed tax payment: HC
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that an income-tax assessee was entitled to get refund of interest charged by the I-T authorities, and the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Tiruchi, was not correct in rejecting the claim ...

TAMIL NADU: Wind power body asks TN electricity regulator to hike tariff
To make investments in wind mills viable. Chennai, Dec. 1 The Indian Wind Power Association, while welcoming the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) order approving its petition seeking permission to let wind energy generators ...

KARNATAKA: Biometric cards for fishermen
Mangalore, Dec. 1 Biometric smartcards will be made compulsory for sea-going fishermen in coastal Karnataka from January ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Giving infrastructure a leg-up
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KERALA: Vast work area
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KARNATAKA: GMR Energy to supply 200 MW to Bangalore
Bangalore, Dec. 1 GMR Energy Ltd (GEL) has signed a contract for supply of 200 MW power on a “round-the-clock” basis to Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (Bescom) from November 16 to January ...

MAHARASHTRA: Serviced apartments in Mumbai may see surge in demand
Mumbai, Dec. 1 As always is the case, opportunities surface even in adversity. The terror strike has left the city numb, but realtors, battered by poor offtake and falling prices, are expecting the serviced apartment space in Mumbai to look up ...

MAHARASHTRA: Maharashtra to form security council
Mumbai, Dec. 1 Maharashtra will have a State Security Council on the lines of National Security Council with the Chief Minster at its helm. Other members of the council would be State Home Minister, prominent industrialist and members ...

WEST BENGAL: CBI court sends Todi to jail till Dec 12
Kolkata, Dec. 1 Mrs Justice Madhumita Roy, CBI Court, on Monday sent the prime accused in the Rizwanur Rahaman unnatural death case, Ashok Todi, to jail custody till December ...

MAHARASHTRA: US help
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OTHER STATES: Metro chronicle
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TAMIL NADU: TN chamber protest fast against hike in property tax
Madurai, Dec. 1 The Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry will observe a ‘protest fast’ here on Tuesday urging the Madurai Corporation to bring down the steep hike in property ...

KERALA: Kerala opposes declared goods status to ATF
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 1 The Kerala Government is not in favour of the move by the Union Finance Ministry to accord declared goods status to aviation turbine ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Dr Sunil Unny Guptan, Touching Lives Consultancy; Malla Reddy Institute of Technology and Science, Dulapally
Hyderabad, Dec. 1 Why do all the Kamat hotels in India, whether they are in south, north, west or east, offer food with similar taste? Similarly, railway stations in India smell, look the same and offer almost the same ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Fillip to SSIs in Vizag
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TAMIL NADU: A&T ties up with R.L.Institute
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KERALA: Indus-League opens new store
Indus-League Clothing Ltd, a unique brand lifestyle-marketing firm, has opened a new menswear store in Oberon Mall here for premium brands. The store is to house four premium brands – Scullers, Indigo Nation, Urbana and John Miller. Mr ...






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