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TAMIL NADU
Apparel council workshop in Tirupur
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) is holding a workshop on `Profiting through quality' for the benefit of knitwear industry at Tirupur on March 22. The workshop, to be anchored by Dr Rajesh Bheda, a management consultant and ... More

Cotton Corporation keen on contract farming in Annur
Plans to cut production cost through lower input costs More

2-day meet on cost management at Coimbatore
The Coimbatore chapter of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India plans to conduct the regional Cost Conference here on March 23 and 24. The conference, according to Mr J. Sridhar, Chairman, Convention Committee, ... More

Hindustan Motors' dealer wooing customers at airport
Plans to replicate Coimbatore model in Bangalore More

`Strategic marketing is nothing but avoiding competition'
Marketing is the only game where there is no winner or loser. If one wins and the other loses, then it is not marketing. It is a win-win situation for both. The marketing landscape today, is beyond 4 Ps, Mr S. Ramachander, Management Consultant, ... More

Bank strike: Govt help sought
The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, while appealing to the banking sector employees to withdraw their strike call or reduce it to a day, has sought Government intervention to resolve this issue. Expressing ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Cornell varsity meet on April 15
The Cornell University of the US, in association with the Hyderabad-based Sathguru Management Consultants, would organise `Food and agri business management programme' in Kochi. The Indian module of the six-day programme will ... More

Efficiency award for Transco
Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (AP Transco) has announced it has been chosen for another award for efficient performance by the Central Electricity Authority. The award is to be handed over by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan ... More

Dead river
THE MUSI, a tributary of the Krishna river, flows through a major portion of Hyderabad, separating the old and new quarters of the city. Untreated domestic and industrial waste and chemicals, estimated to be around 350 MLD (million litres a day), ... More

Tobacco growers meet PM with plea to allow FDI
A delegation of tobacco farmers from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on Tuesday along with some members of the Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh and asked for Foreign Direct Investment in the ... More

Hyderabad all set for film fest from Friday
Telugu film industry offers full support More

Nabard aid for AP projects
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 18.24 crore for six lift irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh. These projects would provide water to 3,151 hectares in East Godavari, Kadapa, ... More

Vijaya Bank to open two more branches
Vijaya Bank is opening two more branches in Andhra Pradesh this week, one in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday and the other at Kakinada on Friday, according to Mr Prakash P. Mallya, Chairman and Managing Director, who will inaugurate both branches. ... More

Development expert calls on Reddy
Dr Nirupam Bajpai, a development advisor and Director of Harvard India programme at Centre for International Development, today called on the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, and discussed issues relating ... More

KERALA
Kerala Govt opposes plan for contributory pension
The Kerala Government has expressed to the Centre its unwillingness to introduce contributory pension scheme for the employees of the State Government. The Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, said in reply to questions in the State Assembly ... More

Keltec takeover proposal under consideration, says Antony
It could be a takeover by the DRDO or a joint venture or a long-term supply contract. More

UTI Bank opens branch in Aluva
UTI Bank has opened its latest branch in Aluva, Kerala. Inaugurating the new branch, Mr C.P. Rangarajan, President of UTI Bank said: "This marks yet another step towards the extensive consumer banking focus that we are providing ... More

Spectre of drought
THE GAYATRIPUZHA is all but dried up as summer progresses. A scene from Thiruvilwamala. World Water Day is observed on March 22 to create awareness on the need to preserve water ... More

KARNATAKA
Kisan Mela from April 4
Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) will conduct the 27th annual `Kisan Mela' at Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district from April 4 to 6. Addressing presspersons at Bantwal, Dr D. Veerendra Heggade, ... More

Don't impose power cuts till exams are over: Minister
The power supply company catering to the needs of the Dakshina Kannada district - Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) Ltd - has been requested to maintain uninterrupted power supply in the evenings till the examinations for school ... More

MAHARASHTRA
New sporting brand
DAZZLING GIFT: Film actress Mahima Chaudhary, Brand Ambassador, Gitanjali Group, at a press conference unveiling a new sports range `Sporteratti' and the first-ever diamond studded cricket ball in Mumbai on Tuesday. The cricket ball will be ... More

GUJARAT
Cottonseed oil offtake gaining ground
2nd most preferred edible oil in Maharashtra, Gujarat More

IPCL employees launch relay hunger strike in Vadodara
Employees of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd (IPCL) today launched their "path of agitation" with a relay hunger strike at the company's gate in Vadodara district protesting against the alleged mass transfer of mainly unskilled employees to ... More

Infiniti Retail launches Croma stores in Gujarat
Infinity Retail Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Sons, today announced its plans to launch their national chain of multi-brand outlets of consumer electronics and durables in Gujarat. These mega stores, branded "Croma", will offer the ... More

WEST BENGAL
Reaping the whirlwind
on the Left parties' trumpeting of the virtues of land reforms and the importance of owning land. More

Govt failing to keep promise on Haldia Petro: TCG counsel
The West Bengal Government now is detracting from its earlier promise to The Chatterjee Group (TCG) with regard to the management and control of Haldia Petrochemical Ltd (HPL). This argument was advanced by counsel of TCG today before Mr ... More

Commonwealth group in Bengal, Orissa to study tourism potential
Focusing on `sustainable tourism as development option' More






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