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TAMIL NADU: Approval for Chennai Metro Rail funding soon
Grant for second desalination plant will also be cleared. The Centre will clear the funding for the Rs 14,600-crore Chennai Metro Rail project and the second desalination plant for Chennai, according to Mr Jaipal Reddy, Urban ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: HMDA asked to cut development charges
Areas in erstwhile HUDA limits but now under HMDA to get 75% concession. Hyderabad, Dec. 19 The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, directed the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to reduce development ...

KERALA: Mythili Kesavasamy, Associate Professor, Asian School of Business, Thiruvananthapuram; University Institute of Technology, Kottarakara
Soft skills are among the most essential competencies in any aspiring manager’s skill set. Yet, they are the hardest to acquire and the most difficult to practise unless they become habits, said Ms Mythili Kesavasamy, Associate ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘Cos need a clear policy on talent management’
Coimbatore, Dec. 19 “There is no dearth of talent pool in India, but what most companies fail to do is draw a roadmap in the talent management space or do succession planning,” Mr Rajiv Krishnan, Managing Director, ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: RINL contract workers go on strike
The contract workers in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd here went on a day’s strike on Friday in protest against “the steel plant management’s refusal to hike the salary by Rs 1,000 a month as promised by the Union Steel Minister ...

OTHER STATES: Satbir Silas, Chief Electoral Officer and Secretary (Elections), Delhi Government; Greater Noida Institute of Management
Greater Noida (UP), Dec. 19 Mentoring is relevant in today’s times more than ever before and corporates should hand-hold young managers so that they can don the corporate ...

MAHARASHTRA: Facility for manufacturing multiparking systems to come up soon
Pune, Dec. 19 Klaus Multiparking Systems India — a 50:50 joint venture between Klaus, a German player in mechanised car parking, and the Pune-based Automag Group — is setting up a facility for the manufacture of entire ...

KERALA: New Bharath Tyres to set up largest boutique in Kochi
Kochi, Dec. 19 The Kochi-based New Bharath Tyres, which has been a pioneer in bringing a new paradigm in tyre retailing with the setting up of New Bharath Pitstop, is set to launch what is claimed to be the world’s largest tyre and ...

GUJARAT: Nasscom eyes tie-ups with varsities to train manpower
Ahmedabad, Dec.19 Nasscom is looking to tie up with Universities in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa to train manpower for direct recruitment to IT firms, said Mr Ganesh Natarajan, Vice-Chairman, Nasscom, and global Chief Executive ...

MAHARASHTRA: Pune’s new development plan hanging fire
Surveys for new plan expected to get over by Oct 2009. Pune, Dec. 19 The development plan (DP) for Pune is dragging its feet, says the real-estate sector. The earlier one expired in 2007 and the new one is still not in place. Surveys for the ...

GUJARAT: ‘Innovations must add value to be effective’
Ahmedabad, Dec. 19 Entrepreneurship has little to do with availability of social capital and more to do with an organisation’s internal culture, said Mr Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder, Chairperson and Managing Director, Rediff.com, at ...

TAMIL NADU: HC: Collection of coral reef from sea for commercial purpose not permissible under law
Chennai, Dec. 19 Collection of coral reef from the sea for commercial use was not permissible under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ...

GUJARAT: IRMA to host meet on empowering panchayat bodies
Ahmedabad, Dec. 19 ‘Issues before the Finance Commission: Empowering Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI)’ is the theme of a conference to be held at Institute of Rural Management Anand on December 22 and ...

TAMIL NADU: Bleak times loom over textile sector
Coimbatore, Dec. 19 A number of workers in the textile and garment manufacturing sector in Tamil Nadu have been rendered jobless, with mills closing down operations or operating at sub-optimal capacity due to the energy crisis and ...

KARNATAKA: Delicious Taj
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KERALA: Homely treat
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OTHER STATES: Development issues
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ANDHRA PRADESH: Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara ties up with Karvy Realty, Artha Money
Hyderabad, Dec. 19 Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Estates (SLVE), a Hyderabad-based real estate company, has announced it has tied up with Karvy Realty, Artha Money and SBI for Andal Homes Villas, a gated community project coming up near ...

GUJARAT: Pedigree relaunches vegetarian dog food
Ahmedabad, Dec. 19 Whoever had been scoffing at the idea of vegetarian dogs will now have to eat their words. Pet food brand Pedigree has relaunched its vegetarian brand of dog food, sensing a neglect of the ...





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