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Connect Coimbatore to focus on hardware sector
Connect Coimbatore 2007, the reincarnated version of CoimbatoreIT.com, is slated to be held on February 27. This year, the event aims to showcase the emerging business opportunities in electronics hardware sector, apart from deliberating on ...
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Airtel ties up with Star Vijay
Mobile service provider Airtel has tied up with Tamil channel Star-Vijay to co-brand and promote its new reality show `Super Singer Junior' that targets children aged 6-14 years. The show is aimed at spotting singing talent among children of this ...
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Wipro Coimbatore unit
The Wipro Chairman, Mr Azim Premji, on Friday confirmed that the company's project in Coimbatore would become operational within a year of assigning the land. He told Business Line that while the Government had expressed ...
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`India likely to invest $650 b in energy sector over 25 years'
`Subcon 2007' expected to generate Rs 75-100 cr biz
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ANDHRA PRADESH
Spandana reaches out to children with heart ailments
Spandana, a non-profit organisation set up by Mr N. Prasad, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Matrix Laboratories, has joined hands with Care Hospitals for helping children suffering from heart problems. Speaking to newspersons on Friday, ...
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SCR earnings register growth
The South Central Railway (SCR) has registered a total originating freight loading of 49.74 million tonnes up to January 2007 (ten months in this financial year) as against 45.58 mt in the same period last year. The earnings of the zone went up ...
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Onion prices may drop in first week of March
Rising onion prices have become a political issue in Andhra Pradesh with the Opposition criticising the Government.
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Bt cotton seeds to be sold at Rs 750, 925
In a major decision that would benefit farmers in the cotton growing States, the Indian Seed Industry Association (INSIA) has decided to sell Bt-I (Bollgard-I) at Rs 750 and Bt-II (Bollgard-II) at Rs 925 (including VAT and Services Taxes) a ...
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`Securitisation Act has boosted debt recovery'
Recovery of bank loans has become speedier and easier after the enactment of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, according to the Chairperson of Debts Recovery Appellate ...
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Manufacturing, services growth boost economy
The Indian economy registered a growth rate of 9.1 per cent during the first half of 2006-07, with the GDP recording a growth of 9.2 per cent in the second quarter compared to growth of 8.4 per cent in the corresponding previous period. The ...
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Wonders down under
PROF P.V. RAO, Director of the Centre for Indian Ocean Studies, addressing the press during the preview of the film `Deep Sea 3D' at I-Max theatre in Hyderabad on ...
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KERALA
HDFC Standard Life's regional office in Kochi
HDFC Standard Life Insurance, which is expanding its reach across the country, has augmented its presence in the city of Kochi by inaugurating its regional office. This will be the second office of HDFC Standard Life Insurance in Kochi, where the ...
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Pantaloon to invest Rs 1,000 cr in Kerala
Pantaloon Retail India Ltd, which runs multiple retail formats in the country, is to invest close to Rs 1,000 crore in Kerala within one year to set up a chain of retail stores in various parts of the State. Plans are afoot to open 12 Big ...
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SCMS organises meet
The School of Communications and Management Studies (SCMS) is organising its two-day interactive seminar, Isthmus '07, on February 23 - 24 at its Kochi campus. More than a dozen industry leaders from marketing, human resource ...
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KARNATAKA
Petroleum products account for major part of Mangalore excise collection
Total collection at Rs 3,220.89 cr in first 10 months
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E-campus of management institute
The e-campus of Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management will be inaugurated at Nitte in Udupi district on February 26. A release from the institute said on Friday that Prof Les Ebdon, Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Bedfordshire ...
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OTHER STATES
Orissa annual Plan at Rs 5,105 cr
The annual Plan of Orissa for 2007-08 has been pegged at Rs 5,105 crore, inclusive of additional Central assistance of Rs 80 crore for projects of special interest to the State. This was decided at a meeting here between the Planning Commission ...
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MAHARASHTRA
Maharashtra sugar co-ops plan refining facility
The cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra have plans to set up a sugar refining facility, near Mumbai, which will give it access to the metropolis' port facilities. This refining unit will primarily cater to the export demand for refined ...
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Bata India suspends 180 staff
Bata India Ltd has fired 23 shop managers and suspended 180 employees in Mumbai because they refused to extend their working hours and keep shops open seven days a week, the company said in a statement on Friday. The company ...
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GUJARAT
No fresh taxes proposed in surplus Gujarat Budget
Tax relief worth Rs 400 cr given; electricity gets big relief
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WEST BENGAL
Tata Indicom eyeing 1-m customer base in Kolkata Circle
Launches five new handsets for post-paid customers
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Leather show
A VISITOR looking at the designer products at the 12th International Leather Goods Fair in Kolkata on Friday. Over 50 international and domestic participants have displayed their products at the ...
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