The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 01, 2007

ANDHRA PRADESH
Biomass units seek bigger role in AP power sector
The Indian Wind Power Association has offered to partly bridge the huge demand supply power mismatch in the State at a levellised tariff of Rs 3.37 per unit for a span of 20 years, if allowed to take part in the State power generation. In a ... More

First wheat ship reaches Kakinada
Diversion of cargo draws protest More

AP Govt to allot LPG dealerships
The Andhra Pradesh Government plans to give 126 new dealership for LPG gas in the State during 2007, according to the State Minister for Agriculture & Civil Supplies, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy. The idea is to augment the supply of cooking gas for .. More

Major banks plan to fund SHGs in AP
Karimnagar experiment gives encouraging result More

Rite of passage
GIRIJANS in the eastern ghats of Visakhapatnam district usher in the New Year in traditional style.

IT seminar for women
The Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE), a city-based non-profit trade body of women entrepreneurs, plans to organise a free seminar on `Capacity Building in IT and ITES - Challenges and Opportunities for ... More

KERALA
Cochin Port Trust draws up new labour regulation
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BSNL plans to strengthen presence
Telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has plans to strengthen its presence in the mobile telephone and broadband markets in India. Addressing a press conference in the city, Mr A.K. Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam ... More

Ajit Associates in tie-up
The Kochi-based Ajit Associates (Architects and Engineers) has entered into an agreement with Hong Kong-based P&T Architects to jointly bid for major IT projects in the State. An ISO 9001-2000 company, Ajit Associates has ... More

KARNATAKA
BSNL hopes to double mobile subscriber base
BSNL, Karnataka Telecom Circle expects to doubles its subscriber base for its mobile telephony to three million by the next financial year. It hopes to achieve this target by enhancing infrastructure and improving support services, said a ... More

SHG members to share 50 pc of profit among themselves
`The groups have done a turnover of around Rs 140 crore' More

Package for coastal tourism on cards
The Karnataka Government is planning a separate package for the development of coastal tourism. Addressing presspersons at Pilikula Nisarga Dhama - a nature park near here — the Karnataka Tourism Minister, Mr B. Sreeramulu, said that ... More

Airtel launches `background music' service
Airtel has launched the `background music' service. With this, users can set their favourite song/instrumental piece as background music during a call. It can also help the callers to disguise their location. The database includes over 5,000 song ... More

OTHER STATES
IT takes them to school
Orissa's e-Shishu project seeks to ensure education for all children up to age 14 in the State. More

KSINC identifies water tourism potential at Tehri
The State-owned Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporaton, which has prepared a detailed project report for the Uttaranchal Government, has identified water-related tourism as one among the activities for tourism promotion in the Tehri Dam ... More

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