The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Essar looking to invest in TN
The Essar group is looking at opportunities to invest in Tamil Nadu. A group comprising top officials of the group, including Mr Prasant Ruia and Mr S.V. Venkatesan, met the Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, on Monday. No official from the State ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Offer from Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines has announced discounts up to 50 per cent to some destinations in South-East Asia, from Hyderabad. The offer includes free stopover at Singapore. The `New Year Getaways' offer entails a discount of 30 per cent on current ... More

SEZs put in execution mode
Govt hopes to create 14 lakh jobs by 2010 More

ICFAI hails move for pvt varsities
Welcoming the Government's decision to allow establishment of private universities in the State, ICFAI (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India) has called for a proper mechanism that ensures meaningful regulation on both academic and ... More

Consultant to be appointed for Vizag development
The State Government will appoint a consultant for giving suitable suggestions for the development of Visakhapatnam city, according to the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. He was speaking here on Monday after laying the foundation ... More

Ceramic industry poised for a leap: YSR
The ceramic industry in Andhra Pradesh is poised to grow by leaps and bounds and the State Government will extend all necessary support to it, said Chief Minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. He was speaking at the engineering college of Andhra ... More

KERALA
Anti-piracy drive will continue, says Kerala CM
The Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, has promised all legally possible measures to ensure that the film industry in the State survives the menace of pirated CDs. Addressing a function held here on Monday to honour nonagenarian actor ... More

Power shortage unlikely this year in Kerala
Water levels comfortable More

Geojit Financial MD wins award
Mr C.J. George, Managing Director of Geojit Financial Services Ltd, has been selected for the `Dhanam Businessman of the Year Award 2006'. Mr George, who built a fast-growing financial services company in a short period, won ... More

Meet on molecular biology
The University of Hyderabad will organise a three-day international conference on `Molecular and cellular biology and therapeutics of HIV and associated viral infections' from January 12. The meet will feature two skill imparting ... More

Bid to protect threatened species, dwindling forests
Conservation of biodiversity vital, says KFRI chief More

`Strategic consistency vital for building strong brands'
Over 95 per cent of the brands available in the markets are relevant for the product space that they occupy. But only five per cent of them are able to differentiate their brands from the rest, and are thus able to build a strong and sustained ... More

KARNATAKA
ITC in nationwide drive for water conservation
Its rainwater harvesting programme seeks to achieve 2 main goals More

More adventure sports planned in Bangalore
Catamarans, fly fish, tubing, kayaking, parascending (where you parasail down and land on a boat). These are just few of the adventure sports that will be introduced in the State in the near future. Both corporates and others will have a variety ... More

Karnataka urged to allot Ramana Durga mines to Kudremukh
Move will enable running of co's pellet plant, port facilities, captive power plants in Mangalore More

MAHARASHTRA
Kharadi SEZ in Pune goes online
Kharadi, in Pune has become the first SEZ (special economic zone) to go online. VSNL (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd) is the first entrant into the SEZ. According to Mr Atul Chordia, Managing Director, Panchshil Realty, states that it is the first ... More

ADP to launch Pune facility
ADP Private Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of the $9-billion US-based Fortune 500 company, Automatic Data Processing, Inc (ADP), today announced plans to launch operations in Pune by February. The Pune facility is aimed at supporting ADP's ... More

Bulk buyers may benefit from crash in sugar prices
Growers could suffer a setback of Rs 300 a tonne of crop More

GUJARAT
Mahalaxmi Rubtech plans to raise Rs 25 cr for expansion
The Ahmedabad-based Mahalaxmi Rubtech Ltd plans to raise about Rs 25 crore for its ongoing expansion project, by way of rights issue of equity shares and debt, to achieve its targeted annual capacity of producing 96 lakh meters of fabric and ... More

WEST BENGAL
Bandh hits normal life in Bengal
Flights unaffected; all-party meeting held More

Kolkata port reports normal working
The Kolkata Port Trust reported normal working at both Kolkata Dock System (KDS) and Haldia dock on the bandh day on Monday. The bandh was called by various political parties, including the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, the BJP, the SUCI ... More

Metro Rail services `fully operational'
Eastern, SE Rly services hit by morning disruptions More

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