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TAMIL NADU
Chennai airport revamp likely at existing site
Consultant plumps for expansion instead of new airport More

Alliance plans villa project at Chennai suburb
The project, Bougainvillea, is located close to the Porur junction, and will be spread over 25 acres More

The Hindu Metroplus Lifestyle fair begins
The annual The Hindu Metroplus Lifestyle consumer exhibition began at the Codissia Trade Fair complex here on Friday. The four-day fair was inaugurated by Ms Vanitha Mohan, Managing Trustee of Siru Thuli, the city-based ... More

TMB opens 4th branch in Tuticorin
Tuticorin-based Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) has recently opened its 174th branch and the fourth one in Tuticorin. The branch was declared open by the District Collector, Mr R. Palaniyandi. The Managing Director and Chief ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Rural eye-care centre crosses a milestone
The 10th anniversary of Bhosle Gopal Rao Patel Eye Centre, Mudhol, in Adilabad district of the Hyderabad-based, LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) was kicked off on Wednesday. This was LVPEI's first rural satellite service centre, aimed at ... More

DuPont, Biocon keen to move into Genome Valley
Offer letter given to 3G Biotech: Minister More

Crossword, Mothercare open standalone stores
Crossword and Mothercare on Friday launched their first standalone stores at the City Centre in the posh Banjara Hills area. While this is Crosswod's 40th store, it is Mothercare's second in the country. The Chief Executive Officer of ... More

Max Retail opens store in Hyderabad
Co aims to cater to mid-segment More

5-star hotel prototype developed
The Visakhapatnam-based Indo American Hotel Management Academy has developed a prototype five-star hotel with 16 luxury deluxe double-bed rooms and a mini spa to offer in-house training to its students. Announcing this here at ... More

KERALA
Unremunerative?
DORMANT PRICES: A farmer tending his vanilla crop in a plantation near Pullpally in Kerala's Wayanad district. Vanilla cultivation in the country is spread over 5,000 hectares providing livelihood to over 80,000 farmers. Increased availability ... More

Kerala: MLAs urge bankers to improve credit delivery
Must create facilities for farm produce marketing More

Condor launches second project in Kerala
The Dubai-based Condor group has launched its second luxury apartment project in Kerala. Styled `Condor Daffodils', the project will feature 90 apartments at Kuravankonam in Thiruvananthapuram. It will have comforts such as Spa, ... More

HDFC Bank opens 2 branches in Kerala
HDFC Bank opened its 25th branch in Kerala at Kalamassery, taking its national branch network to 569. The bank also opened its 568th branch in the country at Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram, a press release issued here has said. ... More

Airtel contest
Airtel has announced an exciting contest for its customers in Kerala, where one can win loads of prizes from 10 Sony Ericsson phones, 35 Nokia mobile phones to a bumper prize of a brand new Ford Fiesta. To participate, a customer needs to dial ... More

Tata Tele's loyalty scheme winners
Tata Teleservices Ltd, Kerala, has announced the winners of its ongoing loyalty scheme of public telephone booth (PTB) and coin calling booth (CCB) owners across the State. The five PTB and CCB operators who have won received a Tata Indica ... More

US Senator visits Technopark
US Senator, Mr Arlen Specter, accompanied by the Consul General, Mr David Hopper, visited the US Technology Centre here on Thursday. A US Technology spokesperson said here that Mr Specter's visit was significant in that he was ... More

Award for Canara Bank
The Kerala Government has adjudged Canara Bank as the best bank for implementation of the PMRY scheme in the State during 2004-05. The award was handed over to Mr P. Mohanan, General Manager, Canara Bank, by the Industries ... More

Hind Latex ties up with Sri Chitra
The central public sector Hindustan Latex Ltd has signed an agreement with the city-based Sri Chitra Medical Centre for developing a new intra-uterine device (IUD) containing hormone. As per the agreement, the IUD ... More

KARNATAKA
Centre takes up three highway projects in Karnataka under NHDP
It will also provide port connectivity to all the ports More

UTI Bank's NRI fest in Mangalore
The Mangalore branch of UTI Bank is observing `NRI Fest' till January 20. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Mr Gregory Fernandes, Assistant Vice-President, UTI Bank, Mangalore, said the branch is organising the festival to ... More

OTHER STATES
`B-schools must be ready for the manufacturing boom'
The Director of the Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Mr P.F.X. D'Lima, has predicted a boom in manufacturing based on the changing pattern witnessed at the placements of the latest batch this year, and a comparative plateauing of services ... More

MAHARASHTRA
Mumbai circle corporate tax collection up 74.5 pc
Corporation tax collections in the Mumbai circle for the April 1-December 15 period grew 74.5 per cent over the same period last year. Mumbai is still the largest contributor to income-tax revenues in the country, corporate tax collections from ... More

GUJARAT
`Brand Ahmedabad' set to rediscover the city
The IIM-A Director, Mr Bakul Dholakia, and others have been declared `Brand Ambassador for Ahmedabad 2020'. More

WEST BENGAL
Photo exhibition shows `Calcutta' during the Raj and after
The Victoria Memorial Hall of Kolkata is currently hosting an exhibition of photographs on Calcutta (as the city was known at the time the pictures were taken) shot by Jayant Patel — all the pictures in the collection relating to a period ... More

Jindal Steel Works to set up in West Bengal
A 10-million tonne capacity integrated steel plant is to be set up by Jindal Steel Works at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, according to Mr Sajjan Jindal, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Jindal Steel works. Speaking ... More

3 PILs on Singur acquisitions adjourned
A Division Bench of Calcutta High Court comprising the Chief Justice, Mr V.S. Sirpurkar, and Mr Justice Arun Kumar Mitra on Friday adjourned three public interest litigations relating to the alleged land acquisition in Singur, ... More






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